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The Daily Dispatch: July 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], Military Works. (search)
ng in strengthening his defences, and he is now in condition to stand his ground, if not to act on the offensive. The indefatigable Quartermaster, Maj. W. L. Cabell, has so perfected his transportation resources and general supplies, as to enable the advanced columns, if necessary, to fall back or push forward as the nature oe case may suggest. A word in regard to the latter gallant officer may not be amiss. He is a native Virginian, a son of the venerable General Benjamin W. S. Cabell, of Pittsylvania, and has already five brothers in active service, four as Captains of companies and one as Major of volunteers, himself being a Major in the Confederate Army. Detailed at the instance of General Beauregard as the Quartermaster-in-Chief for his division, the services of Major Cabell have been invaluable. In less than four weeks, by dint of herculean effort, he has put this indispensable arm of the service at that point in a condition of order and preparation, and should t