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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 189 (search)
seat of Accomac is Drummondtown, and the other villages are Horntown, near the mouth of Pocomoke River, on the north; Assawoman and Modesttown, near Assawoman Inlet, on the east; Onancock and Pungoteague on the west, and Turkey's Pen at the south. Before the war broke out the following lighthouses existed on the coast of these two counties, all of which have been dismantled by the rebels:--One at Watts' Island, Chesapeake Bay, at the entrance of Pocomoke Sound; one at the entrance of Pungoteague Creek; one at the entrance of Occohannack Creek; one at Cape Charles; one on Smith's Island, east of Cape Charles; one on Hog Island, east of Eastville, and one on Piney Island, southeast of Horntown. The objects of the expedition have been clearly set forth in the proclamation of General Dix. See page 367, Docs., ante. The troops composing the expedition were transported from Baltimore, Md., to the scene of action in steamers. They landed at Newtown, in Somerset County,Md., and march
The Daily Dispatch: February 7, 1862., [Electronic resource], Northern and Southern Affairs. (search)
n. Col. James L. Orr. Col. Orr, of South Carolina, took formal leave of his regiment, at Sullivan's Island, on the 10th instant, prior to leaving the State for the Confederate capital. The following items of Northern news are taken from the Philadelphia Inquirer, of February 3d From Accomac, Va.--a fleet captured. Major Andrews, who has charge, at Pungoteague, has captured twenty-nine sloops and several schooners, and has them all anchored man-of-war style in Pungoteague creek. These vessels have all been taken because they had either attempted to run the blockade, had irregular papers, or had disobeyed the orders promulgated for the regulation of vessels in the waters of the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Secession Ladies. Three young ladies astonished the troops at Pungoteague the other day, by driving through the town and past the whole garrison, "full tilt," in a curricle, holding high over head a gay Secession flag, which, as the chariot flew, flu
The Daily Dispatch: December 9, 1862., [Electronic resource], Attack on our pickets — affairs on the Peninsula. (search)
notorious traitor, Lemuel J. Bowden, left Williamsburg, went to Washington, and complained that the military commander of the "Old Burg" was too lenient to our citizens, and that he ought to be removed. On his return, he was walking quietly down the street, consoles of having accomplished his ends, when some Yankees fell to and gave him such a handsome drubbing that it is thought he will, as of old, have to keep his house for several weeks. A few weeks since a steamer arrived in Pungoteague creek, in Accomac, Va., from the Eastern shore of Maryland, with troops to be landed there, to keep the Virginians down and guard the two counties on that side the Chesapeake; but, lo and behold! the Marylanders refused to go on shore, stating "that they would not fight against Virginia, and that they had only been enrolled as a home guard." The commander of the steamer could neither persuade nor force them ashore, so he had to telegraph to Fortress Monroe to know what to do. After waiting