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The Daily Dispatch: July 12, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ange of point of attack. From prisoners and a manuscript captured, it appears that the forces now operating against this place compose all the available force on the South Atlantic coast. The bombardment of Fort Sumter has been heavy for several days, and continues so. (Signed) Sam Jones,Maj. Gen. M'Neill's latest Exploit. We some days ago noticed the fact that Capt. McNeill had captured a lot of Yankees, with over one hundred horses and equipments, at Springfield, in Hampshire county. The capture was made on Sunday, the 26th ult., and the prisoners, fifty-nine in number, including three commissioned officers, arrived at Harrisonburg on Thursday evening last. The attack was made about ten o'clock in the morning, and the enemy were completely surprised. Capt. McNeill had 78 men engaged in the affair, whilst the party attacked numbered about 100. The prisoners belonged to the 6th Virginia (Yankee) cavalry, Averill's command. They said their term of service had jus
The Daily Dispatch: August 18, 1864., [Electronic resource], Five hundred dollars reward. (search)
es in Richmond" The assurance will be received with satisfaction by the public. The forbearance of the Confederate Government has in no wise diminished the insults and outrages of the enemy, and it is time that the virtue of rigid retaliation should be tried. In the article which contains this statement, the Enquirer announces that Colonel Crook, a brother of the general of that name, is selected as hostage for Colonel August W. McDonald. Colonel McDonald is a venerable citizen of Hampshire county, in this State. He has five gallant sons in the army, and five more who will be in if the war lasts long enough. A fugitive from his county, he was captured in Rockbridge, and by Hunter's order put in chains because he had resisted the invaders of the State with arms in his hands. He has been confined like a felon in a jail in Cumberland, Maryland, whence he has contrived a letter to his wife describing the ignominious treatment to which he had been subjected. But, with the spirit o
The Daily Dispatch: December 9, 1865., [Electronic resource], Governor Peirpoint's message. (search)
." This should be considered lawful marriage, and legitimate the children of the parties. He is at a loss what to suggest in regard to the James River and Kanawha canal. "It has been a great expense to the State." "He thinks there are too many salaried officers." Regards the crossing of the Alleghanies by the canal as impracticable. The Governor recommends that the Loudoun and Hampshire railroad be given to any company who will complete and equip the road to the coal-fields of Hampshire county. The Capitol needs thorough repair. A new court-house is needed for the Circuit Court and Court of Appeals. The one destroyed by fire was not in the best place, and plans for the election of a building, fire-proof, at a different site, are now being prepared by Colonel Rives. The Governor proposes a commission to equitable part of the State debt on West Virginia. The status of the disputed counties of Berkeley and Jefferson he proposes to refer to the United States. H
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