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The Daily Dispatch: October 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], Terms of the Dispatch. (search)
e cause by toils and services which can never be repaid. Their soldiers have the utmost confidence, as well they may, in their capacity and valor, and it would be a sad day for the Confederacy were that confidence to be diminished by unjust criticism. The men who have fought our battles know better how to appreciate our Generals than peaceful citizens who have never smelt gunpowder. Such men as Johnston, Beauregard, Smith, and others who might be named, on the Potomac; such Generals as Lee and Loring in Western Virginia; such a master of his profession as Gen. Albert S. Johnston; such accomplished soldiers and strategists as Generals Hardee, Magruder, McCulloch, Price, Hill, Polr, and others, are not to be found in any other army on this continent.--The South has shown its good sense in calling to the control of its forces educated military men, and has been fortunate in securing not only soldiers, but men of sense and character, of dignity, self-respect, and conscience, who ap
The Daily Dispatch: October 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], Terms of the Dispatch. (search)
s on another range of the same mountain, which possessed many advantages. The camp of the enemy could be plainly seen. Gen. Lee had made a thorough reconnaissance of the neighborhood, and acquired much valuable information concerning the reads and other avenues of approach. Gen. Floyd had not joined Gen. Lee up to the time our informant left, having been detained by high water, but is doubtless with him at present. A Mississippi regiment had searched Big Sewell, and the men seemed to be in fine health and spirits. Gen. Loring was at Lewisburg on Sunday last, on his way to join Lee, with 4,000 men including 1,000 militias and probably reached Camp Defiance on Monday. This would give Gen. Lee a force fully able to cope with the eneGen. Lee a force fully able to cope with the enemy, and it was believed he would offer battle without delay. We may thus expect stirring events from that quarter in a short time. The Central train yesterday brought down fourteen "loyal citizens" in the Lincoln of Boone county, who were capt