Posted on 07/04/2021 7:04:05 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, July 3.
The following dispatch was received here at 2 o'clock this morning:
BLACK RIVER, NEAR MARTINSBURGH
July 2, 1861.
To Col. E.D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant-General:
I left Williamsport, at 6 o'clock this morning, for this place, and drove and routed the rebels who were about 10,000 strong, and who had four guns. I now occupy their camp, with the loss, I regret to say, of three killed and ten wounded.
[Signed,] R. PATTERSON,
Major-General Commanding.
It is stated that Gen. SCOTT was so much gratified with this news that the President was waked to receive it.
The Cabinet met, to-day, with more than usual good spirit in consequence of the news.
HAGERSTOWN, Wednesday, July 3.
The following is an official list of the wounded now in the hospital here, brought here after the fight at Williamsport:
ELEVENTH REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS.
James Morgan, of Company B, severely; M.F. Hamaker, of Company B, severely; Fred. Hutching, of Company E, and Color Sergeant of Capt. Bryant, severely; Fred. Bonner, of Company G, not severely.
GEORGE DRAKE, of Milwaukee, Company A, Capt. BINGHAM; and one, whose name is not yet learned, of Company B, Capt. MITCHELL.
The names of the others of the killed and wounded will be sent by telegraph as fast as it is possible to get them.
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, July 3.
The seizure of the steamer St. Nicholas, by Capt. HOLLINS and his co-pirates, has done what the United States Government should long since have done, -- it has put a stop to communication with the rebels of the Virginia shore.
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Highly Important News: The Engagement Near Martinsburgh – 2-3
Our Washington Correspondence: Crowds in the Hotels – 3
Gen. Lyon Made Major-General – 3
The Wounded in the Last Battle – 3
Latest Reports from Missouri – 3-4
Editorial: The Day We Celebrate – 4
Editorial: Your Cotton or Your Life – 4-5
Editorial: Onward at Last – 5
Editorial: Meeting of Congress – 5-6
Dispatch to the Associated Press – 6
That Peace Petition: An Order for the Arrest of a Number of the Police Department – 6
General City News: Independence Day – 6
More Northern propaganda regarding Lincoln’s War of Northern Aggression.
So, is “HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS” the “Breaking News” of 1861?
Give me history, it beats the posting of EVERY.SINGLE.ARTICLE. from Townhall, every day without comment. It’s the same stuff, day in, day out.
Yes it is. I have even seen an “IMPORTANT IF TRUE” NYT headline from a 160-year-old edition.
The Richmond Daily Dispatch is online if you want to see what the other side is reporting.
The Richmond Daily Dispatch is online if you want to see what the other side is reporting.
Hi.
The first casualty of war is always the truth.
5.56mm
I don’t believe anything in the New York Times.
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