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The Daily Dispatch: August 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 3 (search)
s were reported off Newport News yesterday. Large numbers of troops have left that point, within the last day or two, to go, as we think, to Washington. Luna. Norfolk, August 9th, 1861. It has been stated in the newspapers that Gen. Wool had been ordered to take command of the Federal forces in and around Old Point. Somehow or other, Wool has gotten up the reputation of being a "fighting man." How he earned this name, or when, or where, I am unable to tell. But certain it is,Wool has gotten up the reputation of being a "fighting man." How he earned this name, or when, or where, I am unable to tell. But certain it is, that the announcement that he was coming to Old Point has greatly raised the spirit of our troops. It is hoped that he may feel himself called upon to retrieve the fallen fortunes of his section, by setting a few squadrons on our shores Should he do so, look out for Manassas No. 2 I regret to announce the burning of the town of Hampton, located about 2½ miles from Fortress Monroe. It was a snug, cozy, homelike looking village; the Main street, in summer, presenting the appearance of a lo
The Daily Dispatch: August 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], Direct trade with the South. (search)
An accident occurred on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad on the 8th inst. by which Andrew Bond, a Georgia soldier, was killed, and several others were injured. Littleton Leftwich, Esq. and old citizen of Lynchburg, died last Friday morning. Lewis Merritt, Sr., aged about 80 years, died in the same city on Saturday. The blacksmiths at the Gosport Navy-Yard are on a "strike." Cause — disagreement with the naval officers. General Wool has not been ordered to Fortress Monroe, or any other point of active war operations, as reported. The New Haven Journal says that the 2d Connecticut Regiment brought home with them 25 Negroes from Virginia. Henry Lindeman, an old and respectable planter of Cusohita Parish, La., was drowned in the Ouachita river last week. Gen. Watkina, commander of the Southern forces in Missouri, is a half brother of Henry Clay. The steamer Kanawha was burnt last Monday morning, forty miles below Memphis No lives lost. The