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The Daily Dispatch: July 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.view of the camp at Manassas. Manassas Station, June 29th. Despite the Divine commandments which prohibits "killing," and despite the merciful instincts of our nature that rise up in rebellion against the shedding of human blood, there is still something in a large assemblage of men under arms — in the strict military discipline, and careful preparations to destroy, in which everything is arranged with the etiquette and formality of a court levee — that strikes us rather with a feeling of admiration than awe. The probable bloody results of all this parade and pomp of war are almost forgotten in our amazement at the comprehensive skill, strategy, precision and science with which the every movement of a grand army is conducted. At au outside stand-point, the uninstructed observer like myself would expect constant chaos and disorder from "the moving multitudes" that people the various encampments within hall of each other, where thousands
The Daily Dispatch: July 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], Military Works. (search)
been variously stated, but the fact appears that when the drunken soldier fell he shot a companion, and not himself, as first stated.--Several of his comrades immediately fired upon the crowd which surrounded the regiment. The Colonel then gave orders to the first company to fire in the air, a compliance with which order, it appears had the effect of frightening the rest of the company so badly that they also obeyed the order. Gen. Patterson's command. A dispatch from Hagerstown, June 29, says: It is believed that our troops will cross the Potomac partly at Williamsport and partly at Sheppard's Ford, nine miles below. Both are excellent fords. If they cross at the latter point and push rapidly forward, they might succeed in capturing at least three hundred cavalry. The troops are all inspirated at the idea of a forward movement. Their enthusiasm is chilled by the fear that they will be marched ten or fifteen miles and halted again for weeks. A vidette from Col