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The Daily Dispatch: January 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], Newspaper accounts. (search)
The rank of General. A correspondent, writing from Elizabeth City, N. C., asks "what is the highest rank in the Confederate army--whether simply General or Major-General?" The highest rank in the regular army is that of "General," The act of Congress provides for five Generals, who have, we believe, been appointed, to take rank in the order in which they are named, viz: Gens. Cooper, Albert Sidney Johnston, Lee, Joseph B. Johnston, and Beauregard. There can, therefore, be no further appointments except through an amendment of the law by Congress.
The Daily Dispatch: January 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
ime, entirely unfounded; very probably the detached camps about the island have been brought into town with the object of preventing the further increase of disease among them. I have the assurance of one who has had communication with the island that the enemy's hospitals have been very much crowded, and it might readily be inferred from the fact that in many localities the acclimated residents will not remain during the night, even in this season of the year. A report prevailed that Gen. Lee had been communicated with, asking the removal of the negroes from the island, as small pox raged there among them. I believe there is no foundation for the report; but I shall be very much surprised if the negroes will be retained much longer, as they will necessarily become a burden and charge upon the Government, the crops of grain having been very largely destroyed. Savannah has been as usual very quiet, and scarce news enough arrives in the evening from the Charleston railroad to