November 30, 1863, The New York Herald             Our latest news from the Army of the Potomac is up to Saturday morning. It was reported that General Kilpatrick’s cavalry had attempted to cross the river at Raccoon Ford on the day previous, under the fire of the rebel batteries, but were driven back. Severe skirmishing [...]

July 3, 1863, The New York Herald Two years have now passed since Semmes commenced his piratical cruise in the Sumter, since which time about one hundred and fifty of our vessels — valued, with their cargoes, at ten millions of dollars — have been captured by vessels under the Confederate flag, and still nothing [...]

June 19, 1863, The Charleston Mercury (FOR THE MERCURY.) At 5 o’clock, a.m., June 21, 1863, I was awakened in my bed by the driver, who rushed precipitately in my room, and informed me that two of the enemy’s steamers were in full sight, and would soon by opposite to my landing. I arose hastily, [...]

June 17, 1863, The Charleston Mercury (CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MERCURY.) RICHMOND, Saturday, June 13. Night before last, Gen. LEE was telegraphed in regard to the enemy’s approach by way of the Chickahominy. His answer was received forty minutes after the despatch to him left the War Office. Its nature is unknown, but some believe he [...]

June 13, 1863, The Charleston Mercury (CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MERCURY. RICHMOND, Tuesday, June 9. Perhaps it is all the better for the public sanity that no more telegrams come from Jackson. We are in the dark, too, in regard to LEE’S army. It is thought that EWELL, LONGSTREET and STUART have crossed the Rappahannock, probably [...]

From the diary of Osborn H. Oldroyd                       JUNE 11TH.–Stayed in camp to-day with the exception of about an hour. The rebs have succeeded in planting a mortar, which has sent a few big shells into our quarters. This sort of practice did not last [...]

May 29, 1863, The Charleston Mercury (CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MERCURY.) RICHMOND, May 25. Quite a pleasant and unexpected change from the intolerable heat of last week occurred this morning. The dust is laid, the day is cool and humid – fine weather for marching. PEMBERTON’S despatches to the President are encouraging to outsiders. But a [...]

May 29, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia)                       The German Ladies’ of Savannah are invited to assemble in Concordia Hall School on Wednesday, 3d June, at 4 o’clock in the Afternoon, in order to form an Association for the benefit of those families whose fathers or [...]

May 20, 1863, The Charleston Mercury (CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MERCURY.) RICHMOND, Saturday, May 16. So far as I can learn, the fall of Jackson is based on a private telegram received yesterday from Mobile. The wires to that point have been cut, and the War Department professes ignorance. The greatest apprehensions are caused by the [...]

From the diary of Osborn H. Oldroyd MAY 18TH.–The army last night made pontoons, on which this morning the Black River has been crossed. McClernand is on the left, McPherson in the center, and Sherman on the right. In this position the three great corps will move to Vicksburg by different roads. We are nearing [...]

From the diary of Osborn H. Oldroyd MAY 17TH.–On the road to Vicksburg, resolved to capture the city or get badly whipped. We have not known defeat since we left Fort Donelson, and we propose to keep our good record up. We have seen hard times on some hotly contested fields, but mean to have [...]

From the diary of Osborn H. Oldroyd MAY 16TH.–We rolled out of bed this morning early, and had our breakfast of slapjacks made of flour, salt and water, which lie on a man’s stomach like cakes of lead–for we are out of all rations but flour and salt, though we hope soon for some variety. [...]

May 16, 1863, The Charleston Mercury IMPORTANT FROM MISSISSIPPI. Rumors were rife in the city last night that the expected advance of GRANT’S forces into Mississippi had taken place, and that the city of Jackson had been occupied by the enemy. From what we can learn, we fear that this report is correct; although we [...]

May 8, 1863, Southern Confederacy (Atlanta, Georgia)             The Fort Brown Flag of March 20th gives a detailed account of the capture and release of the renegade Judge Davis.  A party of Texas Rangers crossed the Rio Grand, surrounded the house in which Davis and Montgomery were lodged in company with a number of renegades, [...]

May 8, 1863, Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Texas)             In distributing the cotton cards lately bought by the State, the Military Board have fixed their prices at $10 per pair.  As they have enough to go very far towards supplying the demand, it is to be presumed that the price of cotton cards will speedily come [...]

May 8, 1863, The Charleston Mercury FROM THE RAPPAHANNOCK – FURTHER DETAILS OF THE LATE BATTLES. RICHMOND, May 7. – The correspondent of the Richmond Whig gives some further details of the battles of Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg. HOOKER accomplished the capture of Marye’s Heights by a ruse. On Saturday evening he moved several heavy columns [...]

May 8, 1863, Daily Mississippian (Jackson, Mississippi)             We infer that something of a panic exists south of us.  Droves of negroes, mules &c., have been pressing through our village, northward and eastward bound, for some days.  The stampede seems to have frightened many of our own citizens, and we hear of a number who [...]

May 16, 1863, The New York Herald Our Murfreesboro Correspondence. MURFREESBORO, Tenn., May 10, 1863. My despatches of last night will have intimated to you the loss of the forces under Colonel A.D. Streight, sent to destroy the military machine shops and arsenals at Rome, Georgia. The rebel papers received stated the capture positively; but [...]

April 29, 1863, The Charleston Mercury CHEERING INTELLIGENCE FROM THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT. We were informed yesterday by a highly intelligent Confederate officer, recently from the Department west of the Mississippi River, that our prospects there are now brighter than they have been for many months past. The appointment of General Kirby Smith and General Price [...]

April 27, 1863, The Charleston Mercury (CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MERCURY.) RICHMOND, Thursday, April 23. Certain farmers in Powhatan County, in this State, acting as arbitrators under the new law, declared the price of clover hay in that County should be twenty dollars the hundred weight. This went through the regular channels to the War Department, [...]

April 23, 1863, The Charleston Mercury FROM PORT HUDSON. PORT HUDSON, April 21. – The New Orleans Era of the 16th confirms the report of the destruction of the Confederate prizes, Queen of the West and Diana. The former got aground in Grand Lake. The Yankee fleet approached and a fierce bombardment ensued. A shell [...]

April 23, 1863, Peoria Morning Mail (Illinois) Correspondence of the World. Federal Flotilla, Mouth Yazoo River, Miss., April 9.  The interest attached to the operations before Vicksburg will hardly be borne out by the facts. A greater contrast could hardly be presented than things as they are in General Grant’s army and the combined fleets, [...]

April 23, 1863, The Charleston Mercury We lay before our readers the proceedings and debate in the House of Representatives in Congress, on the resolutions denouncing Martial Law. It is the very best conclusion that we can make to our observations, calling their attention to three points. 1. The usual motion to postpone the resolutions, [...]

April 23, 1863, The New York Herald The steamer Key West, which arrived at this port yesterday from Beaufort, S.C., with dates of the 20th inst., reports that the story of the rebels having abandoned the siege of Washington, N.C., is fully confirmed. We have no later news from that direction. A despatch from Memphis, [...]