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The Daily Dispatch: March 5, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Burnside Expedition. (search)
quadron to Elizabeth City, and send express to Norfolk for ammunition. Should I arrive in time we will return to aid in the defence; if not, will there make a final stand; and blow up the vessels rather than they shall fall into the hands of the enemy. There are reasons for reaching upon Norfolk, but it would be unseemly thus to desert this section of country. If I have erred in judgement, by a speedy notification the error will be corrected. Commander Hunter, Lieut Commanders Cooke, Parker, and Alexander, and Masters Commanding McCarrick Taylor and Hoole bravely sustained the credit of the service, and every officer and man per formed his duty with alacrity. Lieut Commanding Simms, although absent on detailed service, exhibited such an eagerness to participate in the conflict as to give full assurance that, if gratified, he would have upheld his high reputation. I am, very respectfully, your obd't" W F. Lynch Flag-Officer. The Hon. S R. Mallery, Sec'y of the Na
The Daily Dispatch: March 5, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Burnside Expedition. (search)
and advice. I likewise acknowledge my obligations to Col. Jno. C. Burch, my aid decamp, to apt Gas A. Henry, Major Field, Lieut. Nicholson, Lieut. Chas. F. Martin, and Col. Brandon, my volunteer aids decamp; to Major Hays, my assistant commissary, major Jones, my assistant quartermaster, for the prompt manner in which they executed my orders under trying circumstances through out the long and continued conflicts, and to Major Gilmer, who accompanied me throughout the entire day. Also, to Capt. Parker of my staff, whom I assigned to the command of Capt. Ross's field battery with new recruits as gunners, and who fought and served them well. Col. Brandon was severely wounded early in the action.--Colonel Baldwin's command constituted the front of the attacking force, sustained immediately by Col. Wharton's. These two brigades deserve especial commendation for the manner in which they sustained the first shock of battle, and under circumstances of great embarrassment threw themselves int
The Daily Dispatch: March 5, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 3 (search)
ed soldiers. Parties wishing to join the Goochland Light Dragoons can do so by addressing Capt. A. M. Hobson, Pemberton P. O., Goochland county, Va. The corps is attached to the 4th Regiment Virginia Cavalry. Wm. W. Harrison, Lieut., has been detailed in Richmond to recruit for the 1st Regiment Virginia volunteers, and may be found on 10th street, between Main and Cary, ready to entertain applicants desiring to join the oldest volunteer regiment in the Confederate service. Wm. W. Parker, M. D., Law Building, has a company nearly ready for service, and only wants a few more men to complete his list.--His men may be assured of a careful attention on his part to their wants. Messrs. Gaston G. Otey and David N. Walker, having secured a good field battery, will receive the names of applicants for membership to the company they propose to raise at the office of the Life Insurance Company, opposite the American Hotel. They intend the standard of membership to be equal to