Posted on 10/10/2021 7:35:39 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Oct. 9.
Commander CHAUNCEY arrived here this evening from Hatteras Inlet. He reports that on Monday the rebels organized an expedition to attack and recapture the forts occupied by our forces. The expedition consisted of six steamboats and about three thousand men. The steamers were armed with heavy rifled cannon and mortars for throwing shells. The attack was simultaneous but ineffectual. The forts fired shell, and were assisted by the vessels stationed off the Inlet After a time the rebels retired, though not before two or three steamers had been sunk, going down with all on board. Judging from the crowded appearance of the vessels, it is estimated that about seven hundred men were drowned. Besides, a large loss must have been sustained from the bursting of our shell, and the plunging of our shot, as the guns were served in a most masterly manner.
Statistics and estimates gathered and made for the Government show conclusively that the foreign demand for breadstuffs from this country must largely exceed the demand of any previous year. It is susceptible of positive proof that we must receive for our cereals, within the present fiscal year, more money from Europe, than we have heretofore received for both food and cotton, and that supposing we shall not this year sel one pound of cotton to Europe, we shall yet have a large balance in our favor which will be payable in specie. If our imports decrease as rapidly as they have done, or if but the present rate of importations be continued, the excess of specie importations will be so large as to make this country the great depository of the precious metals.
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I love the color of their language.
Beautiful and descriptive
It sparks the imagination with invented scenes of the events described...
Now drinking my coffee at the Boardwalk and watching boats
It would be interesting to see Confederate newspaper reports at the same time, although I would be surprised to see any such archives survived the war.
bkmk
The victor writes the narrative.
“He who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past”.
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Not one of the battles referenced by Foster, but reminds me none-the-less of this song:
Was my brother in the battle when the noble Highland host
Were so wrongfully outnumbered on the Carolina coast?
Did he struggle for the Union ‘mid the thunder and the rain,
Till he fell among the brave on a bleak Virginia plain?
Oh, I’m sure that he was dauntless and his courage ne’er would lag
While contending for the honor of our dear and cherished flag.
...
Was my brother in the battle when the flag of Erin came
To the rescue of our banner and protection of our fame,
While the fleet from off the waters poured out terror and dismay
Till the bold and erring foe fell like leaves on Autumn day?
My favorite version is the McGarrigle one. I wanted to link it, but my browser settings don’t do youknowwhotube, and I wouldn’t want to link to a poor version, or one that is too easily trackable (for instance I just saw one with 400ish views, ergo it might be easy to determine that a spike in viewers was due to thi post). It can be found on the Songs of the Civil War compilation I found recently. Has songs from both sides and some on neither sort of. This one is a Yankee tune, but a picture of a way of looking at life we have lost, I think.
The Richmond daily dispatch for 1861-65 is on line.
I like to check it after I read this post to compare notes.
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