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The Daily Dispatch: April 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], A peculiar case. (search)
A peculiar case. --At the recent term of the Circuit Court in Hampshire county, Va., Abraham J. Alger, indicted for marrying his niece, was found guilty and fined five hundred dollars. Mrs. Barbary Aun Alger, the wife of said Alger, for marrying her uncle, was also tried and acquitted.
The Daily Dispatch: may 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ven under my hand as Governor, and under the Seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond, this 3d day of May, 1861, and in the 85th year of the Commonwealth. John Letcher. By the Governor: George W. Munford, Sec'y of the Commonw'h. [Schedule.] The following places of rendezvous are designated as the points at which companies called from the annexed counties will assemble: To rendezvous at Harper's Ferry, the counties of Berkeley, Clarke, Frederick, Jefferson, Morgan, Hampshire, Hardy, Shenandoah, Page, Warren, Rockingham. At Staunton, the counties of Pendleton, Augusta, Pocahontas, Monroe, Highland, Bath, Rockbridge, Greenbrier, Allegheny At Alexandria, the counties of Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, and Alexandria City. At Warrenton, the county of Fauquier. At Culpeper C. H., the counties of Rappahannock, Madison, Greene, Orange. At Gordonsville, the counties of Albemarle, Nelson, Amherst. At Lynchburg, the counties of Campbell,
The Daily Dispatch: may 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], France and the Confederacy. (search)
iven under my hand as Governor, and under the Seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond, this 3d day of May, 1861, and in the 85th year of the Commonwealth. John Letcher. By the Governor: George W. Munford, Sec'y of the Commonw'h. [Schedule.] The following places of rendezvous are designated as the points at which companies called from the annexed counties will assemble: To rendezvous at Harper's Ferry, the counties of Berketey, Clarke, Frederick, Jefferson, Morgan, Hampshire, Hardy, Shenandoah, Page, Warren, Rockingham. At Staunton, the counties of Pendleton, Augusta, Pocahontas, Monroe, Highland, Bath, Rockbridge, Greenbrior, Alleghany At Alexandria, the counties of Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, and Alexandria City. At Warrenton, the county of Fauquier. At Culpeper C. H., the counties of Rappahannock, Madison, Greene, Orange. At Gordonsville, the counties of Albemarle, Nelson, Amherst. At Lynchburg, the counties of Campbell,
The Daily Dispatch: June 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ohio and Pennsylvania. (search)
The enemy Approaching! --By special courier from Romney, Hampshire county, we are informed that the Federal forces, to the number of 1,000, arrived in that town on Wednesday, at 12 o'clock, and took possession. A forward movement is hourly looked for, and Winchester is beyond question the next point to be advanced upon by the miserable mercenaries of a corrupt and profligate military dictator. Men of Frederick, arouse, and prepare to meet the invader of your soil. Your honor demands it. The sanctity of your homes, the protection due to your wives, your mothers and sisters, demands an instantaneous rally. By all the memories of the glorious past, by all the demands of the exigent present, and by all the hopes for a successful future, we conjure you to rally to the standard of your State, and prepare to give Lincoln's ruffians a warm reception.--Winchester Republican.
The Daily Dispatch: June 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 8 (search)
ultant happiness when we receive such news, and it is, that we have not yet given or received a blow. If I am not greatly mistaken, however, the most pugnacious of us will soon have an opportunity of gratifying to the fall the desire for battle. I hope, if such an event does take place, that I may be in condition to give you particulars as eye-witness and participant. A rumor was received at headquarters to-day, to the effect that a battle was fought at Romney, the county seat of Hampshire county, resulting in the defeat of the Lincolnites and the taking of a number of prisoners, amongst whom were a Colonel and two of his staff. The report has not been confirmed, but is generally credited. I have heard of a singular circumstance in connection with the affair at Vienna on Monday last, in which a prophecy was literally fulfilled. A gentleman who is in our Army, while on a visit last winter to his brother-in-law, in Ohio, urged him to leave that hot-bed of Abolitionism, and
The Daily Dispatch: June 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ten dollars reward. (search)
From Western army division at Romney, Va.[special Correspondence of the Dispatch] Romney, Va., June 19, 1861. After a march of three days, we find ourselves at Romney, Hampshire county, and were met with tearful joy by many of the citizens of the town and vicinity, who had fied upon the approach of the band of robbers, sometimes wrongfully called the Federal Army of the U. S. As I came in I observed many of the citizens in tears, especially the ladies, for the great joy they felt for the protection afforded by our army from the Northern vandals. Our column, consisting of three regiments — the Tenth and Thirteenth, of Virginia, and a Tennessee Regiment--which left Winchester on Saturday last, and arrived here on Monday morning, a distance of forty-three miles, through the mountains, by slow and easy marches. If necessary, our men could have doubled their distance each day. On Wednesday of last week the Federal troops triumphantly marched into Romney, (a deserted vi
The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1860., [Electronic resource], Post-Office affairs. (search)
Wm. Lancaster appointed postmaster — on route from Fredericksburg to Orange C. H. A post-office is established at Rose Level, Mecklenburg county, Va., and George T. Gregory appointed postmaster — on the route from Willisburg to Boydton. Appointments.--Calvin C. Wooden, postmaster at Newburg, Preston county, Va., vice Dennis A. Litzinger, deceased. John C. Burdett, postmaster Second Creek, Greenbrier county, Va., vice John Burdett, resigned. Benjamin F. Lindsay, postmaster at Chester, Chesterfield county, Va., vice Edward C. Craig, resigned. David G. Pingit, postmaster at Pingitsville, Hampshire county, Va., vice Granville Pingit, resigned. Gill A. Cary, postmaster at Hampton, Elizabeth City co., Va., vice Wm. Massenburg, resigned. Virginia Offices Discontinued.--Leading Creek, Lewis county; Peaks of Otter, Bedford county; Mountain Falls, Frederick county; Bothwick, Dinwiddie county; White Chimneys, Caroline county; Griffithville, Cabell county; Spanish Oaks, Appomattox count
The Daily Dispatch: July 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 16 (search)
place at Kelley's Island, near Romney, on Saturday, the 29th ult., from the Winchester Republican.--It is with much regret that we find in the postscript attached, the announcement of the death of that gallant here, Capt. Richard Ashby, From Mr. H. G. Pickett, a member of Capt. Ashby's company, we have the following particulars of the fight, which can be relied on as strictly correct: On Thursday morning last, Colonel Turner Astiby left the camp at Col. George Washington's, in Hampshire county, five miles north of Romney, on a scouting expedition, with 11 men under his command, and proceeded is the direction of Patterson's Creek depot. Near the same hour, Captain Dick Ashby left his quarters on Patterson's Creek, some 10 miles from Patterson's Creek Depot, with 19 men under his command, and proceeded in the direction of the Depot. On reaching the railroad opposite Kelley's Island, he divided his command into two parties, taking 7 men with himself, and proceeded up the rail
The Daily Dispatch: July 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
g, from a participant, will be read with interest: A detachment of Col. McDonald's Regiment of Cavalry, composed of most of Capt. Macon Jordan's company, of Page, a few of Capt. Wingfield's, of Rockingham, and Bowen's, of Warren, numbering about one hundred, were ordered on 13th instant from headquarters, at Romney, to proceed to Piedmont, to break up railroad and bridges. This being accomplished, and passing to another point of duty, they entered Paddytown, of New Creek Station, Hampshire county, about daylight on the morning of the 14th. They were told by a tavern-keeper that there were no Federals scout, but advancing a short distance, they found two sentinels, killed one and arrested the other, when, just beyond, a fire was opened upon them from a meadow, where the Federals were concealed in the tall grass. The Page boys jumped the fence, charged, and drove them to a large brick house. From the doors, window, and cupola, a deadly fire was directed at our brave fellows, an
The Daily Dispatch: August 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], Hospital supplies for the Army of the Northwest. (search)
their repeal, by electing those Representatives who will so vote in the Senate and Congress. The Devoted band. We see by our exchanges that recruits for the "Devoted Band" are volunteering. The news of this organization has reached New York, and the abolition Times raves like a maniac about it. The Philadelphia Ledger, once a very decent newspaper, quotes the call for volunteers and expends some wrathful words about Southern atrocities. Federal Outrages. The Romney (Hampshire county, Va.,) Intelligencer, of August 9th, says: The Federal force in this and Hardy county, at this time, is not less than from 4 to 5,000. Many of our citizens have suffered greatly by these Hessians. John T. Peerce, Esq., has had taken off by them 60 head fat cattle, 3 horses, 1 mule, with wagon, and colored servant Harry. Col. E. M. Armstrong, damage done to house and furniture very great — colored servant, Maria, enticed away by them. A W. McDonald, Jr., Esq., furniture and hou
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