Posted inUS Civil War

September 6, 1862 – The Richmond Battle—Explanation by Major-General Nelson

From the Cincinnati Gazette.

CINCINNATI, September 1.

Editors Gazette: I read this morning, with much astonishment, your account of the disaster at Richmond, Kentucky, and your comments thereon. It Is to be presumed that you desire to furnish your readers with the truth. it is as follows:

First. The action was brought on by General Manson, who was in command at Richmond, against my instructions, and against the instructions of General Wright, the Commander of the department, which were that the troops being new, were not to be risked in action until some time had been spent in drill and discipline.

Posted inUS Civil War

September 5, 1862 – Military Execution

The sentence of the Court Martial on Corporal Geo. H. Burger, Company E. First Regiment S. C. Artillery, who was found guilty of an intention to desert and attempting to persuade others to desert with him, was carried into effect on Sullivan’s Island Thursday, precisely at 12 M. He was shot at that hour on the open space, about two hundred yards to the East of the Moultrie House, just beyond the Beauregard battery, in full view of the blockading fleet.

The execution took place in presence of the unfortunate man’s own Regiment, also Col. Keitt’s Regiment a portion of Col. Dunovant’s Regiment and the Provost Marshall’s Guard, composed of a detachment from the Forty sixth Georgia and the Charleston Batalion.

Posted inUS Civil War

September 2, 1862 – Ashamed of Their Cause

At all times since the traitors commenced their war upon the Government, they have misrepresented to foreign nations their true purpose, knowing full well that if they boldly announced that they were fighting in behalf of the vilest system of oppression and slavery, instead of receiving aid and sympathy they would excite the universal scorn and horror of mankind. So the Yanceys and the Rosts and other advocates of the Southern cause in Europe, ashamed to admit the truth, have labored to deceive the people there, by attempting to show that they rebelled in consequence of high tarifs imposed by the North. That meanest of all traitors, Lieut. Maury, has lately been trying his hand at falsehood by writting a letter addressed to the Admiral in the French Navy, which is reprinted in the London Herald. Here is what he says about the cause of the rebellion :

Posted inUS Civil War

August 29, 1862 – Gallant Action of Major Lippert of the 13th Illinois Cavalry

Greenville, Mo., August 25. —Major Lippert of the 1st battalion of the 13th Illinois cavalry, with 130 men, attacked a body of guerillas 350 strong, under Hicks, miles beyond Bloomfield. The guerillas were totally routed, twenty of them killed, three times as many wounded, and a number taken prisoners. Sixty horses, seventy stand of arms, and all their camp equipage were captured. The survivors scattered in all directions, and will not probably again reorganize. The affair was a complete success for Major Lippert, and little more trouble need be apprehended from Hicks’ band.

Posted inUS Civil War

August 18, 1862 – Our Army Correspondence From Mississippi

Camp near Jacinto, Aug. 6, 1862.

Ed. Sentinel:—As we are about to pull up stakes and move to a different locality, I thought a few lines from the 22d would not be uninteresting.

Three regiments of our brigade, including the 22d, three sections of our battery, a squadron of cavalry, are now out. This is the third day since they left. They are now at Iuka, twenty miles south-east of this on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, whither we follow with our camp equipage, and, as I understand, will remain at that point for some time. Our brigade. the 1st, under Gen. Robert B. Mitchell, is to hold that point, while the 2d and 3d remain here. The headquarters of Gen. Davis, commanding the Division (4th) remains as before at Jacinto.