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Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: April 19, 1861., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Augusta (Georgia, United States) or search for Augusta (Georgia, United States) in all documents.
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Col. Rudler arrived.
--We are happy to announce that Col. Rudler, whose return from his captivity in Honduras has been noticed, arrived here on Sunday night, and was warmly welcomed by his many friends, A salute was fired in honor of his arrival yesterday.
He comes in the hour of his country's need, and will doubtless add to his fame by distinguished service with her gallant sons.--Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, 16th.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.change of sentiment in Augusta — leaving of troops, etc. Staunton, Va., April 17.
Old Augusta has been strong for the Union, but I have always maintained that when the tug of war came, her sons would be among the very first to rally around Virginia's flag.
Such is now the fact.
For some days the secession sentiment has been rapidly increasing.
The news from Sumter gave it a mighty impulse; but Lincoln's Proclamation settled the matter.
To-day the town has been in a blaze of excitement, owing to the ordering to Harper's Ferry of the two volunteer companies, and to the prospect of the leaving, on to-morrow, of the militia from all this region.
The scene at the cars this evening, as the volunteer companies left, will never be forgotten.
The whole town was at the depot, everybody having a God speed for the boys, who went off in high spirits, though expecting serious work.
Before the train left, Rev. Geo. Brooke, late Methodist m