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The Daily Dispatch: August 8, 1863., [Electronic resource], Appointment. (search)
Appointment. --The Petersburg Express states that Gen. Hood, of Texas, has been appointed Commander in Chief of all the cavalry in the army of Northern Virginia, and that Generals Stuart and Wade Hampton will rank as Major-Generals under him.
The Daily Dispatch: August 8, 1863., [Electronic resource], The gunboat Repulse on James river — further Particulars. (search)
Prison Record. --At the Libby prison yesterday there were one hundred and sixty Yankees received, the last of these captured at Gettysburg. At Castle Thunder sixty five negroes were received, who were captured by Stuart in Pennsylvania during the recent invasion of our army.
The Daily Dispatch: August 10, 1863., [Electronic resource], Dead. (search)
e the infantry are enjoying. You have doubtless received a report of another tilt which occurred Tuesday afternoon, between a body of our cavalry, commanded by Gen. Stuart, and a force of Yankee cavalry estimated at three brigades. For obvious reasons I forbear to mention the exact force engaged on the part of the Confederates. e they had, and other circumstances, it is inferred that it was the identical body of Yankee cavalry that attempted the bold reconnaissance Saturday. This time Gen. Stuart brought on the fight, opening with his effective horse artillery on the position of the enemy partially concealed in a wood. We had eight pieces under command urday, and continued from about 2 o'clock P. M. until nearly night, when our forces occupied a position considerably in advance of their line at the beginning. Gen. Stuart then re established his line of videttes as held by him before the fight. We have as yet no means of ascertaining the enemy's loss, as they carried their d
The Daily Dispatch: August 11, 1863., [Electronic resource], Progress of the war. (search)
rther extremity of which the Yankees cavalry, a long line of dismounted troops acting as infantry, and two pieces of artillery, stood ready to give us welcome. Gen. Stuart rode up, and taking command of the line of skirmishers, comprising the 19th Mississippi and the 12th Virginia, gave the order to charge the enemy. With a genuine Confederate yell — a most distinct thing, be it known to you, from a Yankee cheer — the boys started off, two pieces of Stuart's light artillery following us. Then began the most beautiful chase I ever witnessed. Whenever the crest of a hill gave the Yanks advantage of position, the gentry would halt from their line and of John Minor Botts, and sending the reprobates flying at a speed which defied the efforts of our infantry. Altogether it was a most successful affair, and Gen. Stuart, who remained with us all the time, was pleased to express his approbation of the Twelfth in very decided terms Calling a passing officer, he asked what brigade
The Daily Dispatch: August 13, 1863., [Electronic resource], Our army Correspondence. (search)
or two since to the south side of the river at Rappahannock Ford. Their reserve, or main force, of cavalry are reported to be concentrated around Kelly's Ford. A body of cavalry advanced in the direction and within one and a half miles of Culpeper C. H., but soon fell back on the appearance of a confronting arty of ours. The cavalry of both armies remain in line of battle from day to-day, with nothing to interrupt the monotony save an occasional shot of the pickets at each other. Gen. Stuart is commanding on our side, and his coolness, vigilance, and general management since the appearance of the enemy in his front, have elicited general satisfaction. Diverse opinions prevail as to Meade's probable intentions, although no movement of his has yet been made which furnishes a key to his plans — if he has yet adopted any. Some are of opinion that he will attempt what both his predecessors failed to accomplish at Fredericksburg; while others think he will cooperate in the "on
The Daily Dispatch: August 13, 1863., [Electronic resource], Major Mosby. (search)
s to the fear of injuring him by promotion. He does not know that Mosby refused a commission urged upon him to accept for at least eighteen months. He has letters from Gen. Johnston (while in command at Manassas) to the Secretary of War, from Gen. Stuart as well as Gen. Lee to the President, for great services rendered, all of which he has, in his modesty, declined to deliver, preferring, in his loyalty, to work on in his hazardous, adventurous way against the Yankees, in whose lines he has lived and moved since the war, in which he entered as a private, receiving no pay. And not until lately has he accepted a commission, suggested by Gen. Stuart, (his friend, upon whose staff he served as a volunteer scout,) arguing that he could do more service in his way by a separate and larger command, which had not been over twenty-five or thirty in his various and hundred raids. It is with due respect and great love of his character I make these remarks to you about Mosby, whom I have kn
The Daily Dispatch: August 17, 1863., [Electronic resource], Convention of North Carolina brigades in Gen. Lee's army — a Rebuke Administered to Unpatriotic citizens at home. (search)
Convention of North Carolina brigades in Gen. Lee's army — a Rebuke Administered to Unpatriotic citizens at home. A Convention of the North Carolina troops of Gen. Lee's army was held at Orange C. H., on the 13th inst., for the purpose of rebuking the treacherous proceedings of some of the people of the great State who are led on in their folly by a traitorous press called the Standard, published at Raleigh, N. C. The brigades represented in the Convention were those of Gens. Davis, Stuart, Hoke, Lane, Pettigrew, Iverson, Ramseur, Daniel, and Scales. The resolutions adopted by the Convention set forth; in substance: 1st. That our separation from the Northern Government is final and eternal, and that "we do not intend that the action of any portion of our people at home shall so bind our hands as to make further resistance on our part impossible." 2d. That we cannot comprehend the base feeling that would return to the embrace of any enemy who has carried on a war of i
The Daily Dispatch: August 18, 1863., [Electronic resource], Our army correspondence. (search)
Our army correspondence. Army Northern Virginia,August 17th, 1863. A report from a seemingly well authenticated source, prevailed yesterday, that the Yankees were advancing. Few gave it any credence. Later and official information states that they have all withdrawn to the other side of the river, leaving Gen. Stuart and his cavalry in undisputed possession and "master of the situation," on the hither side. This movement, news of which comes in so authentic a form, indicates no present intention on the part of Gen. Meade to advance, but the reverse, that his army is badly crippled and demoralized; that he is in no-condition for offensive operations. Such is the sequel of his boasted victory at Gettysburg which has been the source of much despondency to the timid and weak-minded in certain portions of the Confederacy. All accounts from that direction concur as to the weak and demoralized condition of the Yankee army. I am satisfied from the statement of a respec
The Daily Dispatch: August 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], Escape of prisoners from Fort Delaware. (search)
Escape of prisoners from Fort Delaware. --Yesterday afternoon five Confederate prisoners: A. L. Brooks and C. J. Fuller, company G, 9th Georgia; J. Marian, company D, 9th Ga.; Wm. E. Glassey, co B, 18th Miss., and Jno, Dorsey, co. A, Stuart's Horse Artillery, arrived here from Fort Delaware, having made their escape from Fort Delaware on the night of the 12th inst. The narrative of their escape is interesting. Having formed the plan to escape, they improvised life preservers by tying four canteens, well corked, around the body of each man, and on the night of the 12th inst. proceeded to leave the island. The night being dark they got into the water and swam off from the back of the island for the shore. Three of them swam four miles, and landed about two miles below Delaware City; the other two, being swept down the river, floated down sixteen miles, and landed at Christine Creek. Another soldier (a Philadelphian) started with them, but was drowned a short distance from the s
The Daily Dispatch: August 29, 1863., [Electronic resource], Later from the Notrh. (search)
f the horses they were leading and goods stolen from Lawrence. Miscellaneous. A dispatch, dated Washington the 25th, says that information of the most reliable character, from parties who have very recently passed along the whole route from Richmond to Culpeper Court-House, show that Gen. Lee's army is at present about 60,000 strong. Lee's headquarters are within a few miles of the Court-House. Hill's and Ewell's corps are in that vicinity, Long street's is at Fredericksburg, and Stuart's cavalry guarding the various fords of the Rappahannock. The United States sloop-of-war Bainbridge is reported to have foundered at sea, with the loss of all her officers and crew, excepting one colored man, who was picked up at sea by the brig South Boston, which has arrived at Philadelphia. This man states that the Bainbridge foundered on the 21st, during a violent gale. One other man escaped on the boat, but subsequently went crazy and jumped overboard. The Bainbridge left New Yo
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