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The Daily Dispatch: December 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
Fatal duel on the Peninsula. A duel took place on Tuesday last, near Young's Mill, on the Peninsula, between Dr. Forward and Lieut. Jones, of the 5th Louisiana regiment. They fought with Mississippi rails, at forty pages; and both fell at the first fire. Lieut. Jones was killed instantly, and Dr. Forward survived only a few moments. We have not learned which was the challenging party. Dr F. was sutler of the regiment in which his antagonist was an officer, and the unfortunate affair gregiment. They fought with Mississippi rails, at forty pages; and both fell at the first fire. Lieut. Jones was killed instantly, and Dr. Forward survived only a few moments. We have not learned which was the challenging party. Dr F. was sutler of the regiment in which his antagonist was an officer, and the unfortunate affair grew out of a business difficulty. Their bodies were brought to this city in the steamer Curtis Peck, (Capt.Freeman) and will be forwarded to Louisiana without delay.
The Daily Dispatch: December 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 16 (search)
A man named Jones killed another named Owen in Shelbyville, Tenn., on the 21st inst., by shooting him. Jones has escaped. A man named Jones killed another named Owen in Shelbyville, Tenn., on the 21st inst., by shooting him. Jones has escaped.
The Daily Dispatch: January 10, 1862., [Electronic resource], Outrage upon the person of our Commissioner to Mexico. (search)
Ranaway. --$ Reward.--Runaway from the jail of Jones, of this place, on Monday, 21st of October, 1861, a Negro man, named James; dark brown complexion, 21 years old, and nearly six feet high. He had on a dark suit when he left; also, a military overcoat. I expect he will try to pass for a free boy. I will pay the above reward for said boy, if taken out of this city, or $25 if found in it, to be de delivered to me at E. H. Stokes's, Richmond. Va. de 19--1m* J. A. Burdett.
The Daily Dispatch: January 10, 1862., [Electronic resource], House of Delegates. (search)
as an intelligent man? He hoped the bill would pass, but for the present, he would waive his opposition to the motion to lay on the table and renew that motion himself. The subject was further discussed by Messrs. Laidly, Bradford, and Jones, in defence of the bill. The bill was then laid on the table. Several bills were read a first and second time. The following resolutions of inquiry were referred to the appropriate Committees: By Mr. Jones: Of refunding to Robert Mr. Jones: Of refunding to Robert C. Selden the tax paid by him on certain bonds due him in the State of New York. By Mr. James: Of reporting a bill to regulate by law the charges of Express Companies upon the different railroads of Virginia. By Mr. Robinson, of Berkeley: Of constructing a railroad from the town of Winchester, in the county of Frederick, to the town of Martinsburg, in the county of Berkeley, as a military necessity as well as a public convenience. By Mr. Baskervill: Of so amending the charter of
The Daily Dispatch: January 29, 1862., [Electronic resource], From Norfolk. (search)
Adjutant A. Marks. Surgeon, Dr. Cromwell, of Ga. First Company--Capt. A. Brady, Lieuts. Merrick, McClelland, and Marks. Second Company--Capt. R. A. Wilkinson, Lieuts. Egan, Penrose, and Jemison. Third Company--Capt. Wm. Patrick, Lts. Bowman, Pardoe, and Cram. Fourth Company--Captain Levi T. Jennings; Lieutenants Power, Stockwood, and Cady. Fifth Company--Captain S. D. McChesney; Lieutenants Haynes, Murray, and Shaw. Sixth Company--Captain W. H. Murphy; Lieutenants Jones and--. Seventh Company--Captain William C. Michie; Lieutenants Brigham, Bowman, and Andrews. Eighth Company--Captain Jos. F. Withurup; Lieutenants Doubiller, Miller, and --. The companies are all full and the men in as fine health and physical condition as any I have seen since coming to this post. In passing around the quarters, we found that the utmost order, quiet, and neatness, prevailed in everything. "How is it," said I to my guide, "if these men are as wild
The Daily Dispatch: February 7, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
ch by the enemy, and I also strengthened considerably the picket guard advanced in that direction. The centre I entrusted to the 5th brigade, under command of Col. Taliaferro, composed of the 44th Virginia regiment, Col. Scott; the 23d Virginia regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Taliaferro, and Major Rogers's battalion, commanded, in his absence from sickness, by senior Captain John C. Higginbotham. This brigade was reduced in the course of the action by the detachment of one hundred men under Maj. Jones, of the 44th, to reenforce our left wing. This detachment marched in gallant style, under the enemy's fire, to the position as signed it in line. The troops on this wing which, from the character of the ground were widely disparted, fell under the general command of Colonel Rust, of the 3d Arkansas regiment, and consisted of his own command, the 31st Virginia volunteers, Lieutenant Colonel Jackson, and the battalion of Lieutenant Colonel Hansborough, commanded, in his absence on account
The Daily Dispatch: February 11, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
militia, numbering152 men. Three companies, Col. Heyward's 9th Regt. S. C. V.210 men. Four companies of Col. R. G. M Dunovant's 12th Regt. S. C. V., under Major Jones260 men Total622 men. There were stationed on the beach at Camp Lookout, six miles off, Capt. J. H. Screven's mounted gurillas, numbering 65, who acted as ps at camp Walker were but three hundred and sixty-two, afterwards increased on the 24th to six hundred and twenty-two, by the accession of four companies under Major Jones, of 12th regiment South Carolina voluntters. To this may be added the Engineer force of some sixty men, who, with the soldiers, worked incessatly day and nighteinforcements at Camp Walker, until the night of the 6th instant, also provented me from sending the four companies of the 12th regiment S. C. volunteers, under Major Jones, to the support of the other six companies of the regiment at Bay Point. For the details of the engagement at this port, the notable examples of bravery, t
The Daily Dispatch: February 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], A British Troop in the Union army. (search)
Prayer by Rev. James A. Duncan. After the reading of the Journal of yesterday, Messrs. Foster, of Ala.; Chambers, of Miss.; Burnett, of Ky.; and Smith, of N. C., presented themselves at the desk of the Speaker and were duly sworn in. Mr. Jones, of Tenn., moved a reconsideration of the resolution adopted yesterday, informing the Senate of the readiness of the House to proceed to count the vote for President and Vice President of the Confederate States, which being agreed to, the folloth, of Virginia, moved to lay the resolution upon the table. Motion agreed to. The Chair announced the names of the following gentlemen, who compose the Committee on Rules: Messrs. Curry of Alabama, Lewis of Georgia, Perkins of La., and Jones of Tenn. The hour having arrived for the two Houses to go into joint session, the Senators were supplied seats upon the floor of the House, and the President, pro tem., Mr. Hunter, announced that in pursuance of an act of the Provisional Con
The Daily Dispatch: March 6, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 25 (search)
r correspondents: Fifty-Sixth Virginia Regiment-- Capt. Davis Commanding. Company A--Killed — None, Wounded — Private J B Elloxen, Z Daniel, John R Brooks, D D Doggett, and Charles Throckmorton. Company B--Killed — Privates Charles W Jones, Madison L Rainey, and M A Bacy. Wounded--Private Thomas J Burton. Company C--Killed — None. Wounded--Privates Nathan Branham, N Kumphreys, Benjamin J Hall, James P Keeton, William Leaks, Edward Poindexter, and A L Trice. Company D--KGauley fame. Thirty-Sixth Virginia Regiment--Celonel M'Causland. Lieut-Colonel Reid--wounded. Company A--Killed--Private John D Palmer. Wounded — Privates G C Fosinger, T H Harvey, John T Howard, Luke T Wallace, W P Henson and Bird L Jones. Company B--Killed — Privates J Dotts and Harvey Dillison. Wounded — Privates John H Etter, W S Herald, John B Mangus, and Jos Gore. Company C.--Killed — Corp'l Lewis Clark, and privates Lee Harless, James Harriss, and John Gu
The Daily Dispatch: April 10, 1862., [Electronic resource], House of Representatives. (search)
House of Representatives. Wednesday, April 9, 1862. The House met at 12 o'clock, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Pettigrew. Journal of yesterday read. The chair announced the following committee appointments to supply vacancies:--Mr. Baldwin, of Va., on Committee of Ways and Means, in place of Mr. Garnett. Mr. Garnett, on the Military Committee, in place of Mr. Peyor, resigned. Mr. Jones, of Tenn., moved to suspend the rule for calling the States, to go through with the committees. Motion prevailed. Mr. Harris, of Mo., from the Military Committee, reported back the bill for the appointment of drill masters for the Confederate army, and asked the committee to be discharged from the farther consideration of the bill. Mr. Rugsell, of Va., called up the bill reported from the Committee of Ways and Means, relative to the suspension of the collection of the war tax in certain States. Mr. Keiskell, of Tennessee, from the Judiciary Committee, re
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