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Sligo (Irish Republic) (search for this): article 1
as been "brutally slain," and ends with the expression of a determination to rescue him "if living," or avenge him "if dead." Corcoran will in his retirement be as much amused at perusing a "life" only (apparently) half ended as the public at large: Col. Michael Corcoran, The heroic commander of the Sixty-ninth Regiment, whose fate is shrouded in such mystery as to cause the fear that he has been brutally slain, was born on the 21st of September, 1827, in Carrowkeel, in the county of Sligo, Ireland. He was descended from an aristocratic family, whose patriotic devotion to the freedom and glory of the Green Isle made their names ennobled by the people, and added honor to their legal heraldry. He was directly related to the distinguished Earl of Lucan, famous for his military genius, and also to the gallant General Sarsfield. Thomas Corcoran, the father of the young Colonel, served with distinction in the West Indies as an officer of the British army, and afterwards retir
Donegal (Irish Republic) (search for this): article 1
to the gallant General Sarsfield. Thomas Corcoran, the father of the young Colonel, served with distinction in the West Indies as an officer of the British army, and afterwards retired on half pay. In that period the British Government rigidly selected the officers of the army from aristocratic circles. Colonel Corcoran entered the Irish constabulary at the age of 19, and continued in that service till he attained his 22d year. He was then stationed at Creeslough, in the county of Donegal, in the North of Ireland — a locality celebrated for its Orange fends and bitter hostility to the Roman Catholic faith, of which Colonel Corcoran was a member.--No locality could have been more favorable to impress a young and ardent mind with hostility to British institutions, as the obsolete privileges and customs of days when the word and not the Gospel was made the means of publishing religion were resumed by the Orangement, on the anniversary of the defeat of papal armies in by-gone ce
West Indies (search for this): article 1
e 21st of September, 1827, in Carrowkeel, in the county of Sligo, Ireland. He was descended from an aristocratic family, whose patriotic devotion to the freedom and glory of the Green Isle made their names ennobled by the people, and added honor to their legal heraldry. He was directly related to the distinguished Earl of Lucan, famous for his military genius, and also to the gallant General Sarsfield. Thomas Corcoran, the father of the young Colonel, served with distinction in the West Indies as an officer of the British army, and afterwards retired on half pay. In that period the British Government rigidly selected the officers of the army from aristocratic circles. Colonel Corcoran entered the Irish constabulary at the age of 19, and continued in that service till he attained his 22d year. He was then stationed at Creeslough, in the county of Donegal, in the North of Ireland — a locality celebrated for its Orange fends and bitter hostility to the Roman Catholic faith, o
Park row (United Kingdom) (search for this): article 1
The late Commander of the 68th. --We have been furnished with a "Life of Colonel Michael Corcoran, 69th New York Regiment," published shortly after the battle of Manassas Plains, on the 21st of July, "at 37 Park Row, room 24," in the late "commercial metropolis." We insert it to gratify a curiosity natural among our readers to know something of the antecedents of those who came to aid in depriving them of their liberty. It seems a little strange that the biographer of the Colonel should give him credit for the possession of sentiments in favor of liberty which his course as a follower of that pestiferous hog, Abraham Lincoln, does not justify. As will be seen, the "life" is written so as to fit the subject living or dead. It starts off with the assertion that he has been "brutally slain," and ends with the expression of a determination to rescue him "if living," or avenge him "if dead." Corcoran will in his retirement be as much amused at perusing a "life" only (apparently) ha
January, 9 AD (search for this): article 1
To the public.advance in the Price of the Dispatch. After the 1st of September, the following will be the rates of publication of the Dispatch: Daily Paper.--Two cents per copy at the counter and from the regular carriers of the city. Per annum, $5, Six months, $3, Three months, $1.75. Semi-Weekly..--$3 per annum. Weekly.--$2 per annum. Neither the Semi-Weekly nor Weekly paper will be sent for a less term than twelve months.
McClellan (search for this): article 1
med departure. But let me assure you the regret of the citizens and native troops was not more profound than that of the Legion itself and of its commander at being obliged to turn our back upon a foe whom we had once defeated already, and against whom, though largely our superior in numbers, we entertained no doubt of victory in the final conflict. But we yielded to the pressure of a stern military necessity, and to prevent our being cut off at Gauley Bridge by a large detachment or McClellan's army, rapidly advancing from Weston, by Bulltown, Birch Mountain, Sutton and Summersville, to Gauley. The disastrous defeat of the Northwestern army and the death, or General Garnett left the enemy free to move upon our rear, and we could not reject the alternative of retreat. General Wise had information as to the well-matured plan of locking him up in the narrow valley from Gauley to Charleston and cutting off his communication with the East, which was accessible to no one but himsel
Patton (search for this): article 1
rifled-cannon ball enough from the field of Scary to fire thirty rounds; when occasion presents, we will return them with our compliments. A word in regard to the accounts of Northern correspondents, reproduced in Southern papers, as to the losses in military stores and "traps" incurred on our retreat. They were considerable, owing to two unfortunate accidents, to which I merely refer, without taking time to explain. The steamboat Julia Maffitt, owing to the too great eagerness of Col. Patton's command to engage the enemy, and their consequent delay, was detained until her passage up the river was exposed to the enemy's cannon, and she had to be abandoned and destroyed to prevent her falling into the hands of the enemy. With her were consumed the baggage of several companies, and some commissary supplies for our army. A similar untoward occurrence, for which no blame could attach to those in command, occasioned a smaller loss, owing to a mutiny on board the Kanawha Valle
July 24th (search for this): article 1
[correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] Wise's Legion, West of Lewisburg, August 21st, 1861. Once more, with faces turned to the setting of the sun, we march to the rescue of the Kanawha Valley. Our evacuation of Charleston on the 24th of July, just one week after the victory of Scary Creek, was a movement quite unexpected and some what misunderstood by the inhabitants of the valley. Left exposed, at the mercy of an invading foe, they could not be expected fully to appreciate the necessity for the retrograde movement, or the military propriety of keeping it strictly secret until every preparation for its immediate execution had been made. The surprise and mortification of the citizens of Charleston can be better imagined than described, when, with the booming of the enemy's cannon already in hearing, and their heavy columns almost in sight, our own army slowly took up its march through the streets with our back to the enemy and our faces homeward to the East. The old
Buchanan (search for this): article 1
m ambush some 300 in advance, killed eight and threw the whole of them into the wildest confusion and rout.--On yesterday, in three separate skirmishes, our cavalry took six prisoners and killed five. The first skirmish occurred on the turnpike, some three or four miles below here, and resulted in our killing two and taking two prisoners--both Germans. After this little affair, Col. Croghan ventured too far in pursuit, and, near the Hawk's Nest, fell into an ambush, and had four of Capt. Buchanan's Company (Floyd Brigade) severely wounded--one supposed mortally. The enemy's shooting was extremely bad. We picked up rifled-cannon ball enough from the field of Scary to fire thirty rounds; when occasion presents, we will return them with our compliments. A word in regard to the accounts of Northern correspondents, reproduced in Southern papers, as to the losses in military stores and "traps" incurred on our retreat. They were considerable, owing to two unfortunate accidents, t
Wise (search for this): article 1
n our rear, and we could not reject the alternative of retreat. General Wise had information as to the well-matured plan of locking him up ines this morning that Gen. Cox has taken possession of Gauley Bridge, Wise having retreated in haste, leaving behind him one thousand muskets, ched to Bulltown from Beverly was intended to out off the retreat of Wise; but if so, this piece of 'strategy' has proved a failure." Hoas imbued with this idea of trapping, and capturing, or annihilating Wise and his rebels, will appear from the following extract from the lettng the river at this place. Col. Tyler here received a message that Wise and his force were headed off by Gen. Cox; he therefore made preparations for an attack from Wise," &c., &c. From the same mail, captured between Summersville and Sutton by a cavalry force, which, by mounhe wound through his lungs. They moaned piteously all night, and Gen. Wise himself rose once to give them water. They are receiving every a
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