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The Daily Dispatch: April 1, 1862., [Electronic resource], An English opinion of the War in America . (search)
The Peninsula.
The grand army of the Federal seems to have been transported from the neighborhood of Washington to the Peninsula, which they have probably concluded is a shorter and easier road to Richmond than that via Manassas, which we have courteously placed at their disposal.
But if the road by Manassas is bad, that by the Peninsula may not prove much better.
Whether the movement is a feint to cover an attack on some other point, remains to be seen.
Gen. Magruder has not been asleep on his post at any time, and at the present moment, he must be a very wide awake man indeed who catches him napping.
We have great confidence in this brilliant and energetic officer, and in the heroic veterans under his command.
The glorious memories of Bethel will not be tarnished in their hands, and Yorktown, we devoutly hope, will prove a second time the scene of a nation's deliverance.
The Daily Dispatch: April 1, 1862., [Electronic resource], An English opinion of the War in America . (search)
Gen. J. Bankhead Magruder.
A Virginia correspondent of the New Orleans Deltas, describing the proceedings of a dinner given to Gen. Magruder and Gen. McLaws, on the Peninsula, by the line officers of the 5th Louisiana regiment, gives a sketch Gen. Magruder and Gen. McLaws, on the Peninsula, by the line officers of the 5th Louisiana regiment, gives a sketch of Gen. Magruder's remarks in reply to a toast to the "Hero of Bethel."
Though Gen. Magruder does not pretend to be a speaker, yet there is a native manhood about him, a fiery enthusiasm in his delivery, which commands attention and admirationGen. Magruder's remarks in reply to a toast to the "Hero of Bethel."
Though Gen. Magruder does not pretend to be a speaker, yet there is a native manhood about him, a fiery enthusiasm in his delivery, which commands attention and admiration.
He is every inch a soldier, a real General, and wherever the country wants a strong arm and a giant will, it can rely on him. He said he was extremely gratified to meet his brother officers of the 5th Louisiana regiment, and acknowledged in handsGen. Magruder does not pretend to be a speaker, yet there is a native manhood about him, a fiery enthusiasm in his delivery, which commands attention and admiration.
He is every inch a soldier, a real General, and wherever the country wants a strong arm and a giant will, it can rely on him. He said he was extremely gratified to meet his brother officers of the 5th Louisiana regiment, and acknowledged in handsome terms the compliment designed for him — that he was happy to have an opportunity to meet them upon such a festive occasion, as his intercourse with the regiment, from the incessant demands the defence of the Peninsula imposed upon him up to this