April 17, 1863, The New York Herald General Foster has been relieved from his dangerous position at Washington, N.C. A despatch received by General Dix, at Fortress Monroe, yesterday, says that a steamer, with a regiment of troops and a supply of provisions and ammunition, succeeded in running the rebel batteries on Tar river, and [...]

April 16, 1863, The New York Herald Our Suffolk Correspondence. THE FIGHT. ON THE SIGNAL TOWER (NINETY FEET HIGH), April 14, 1863. At eleven o’clock the enemy opened from the direction of the Sommerton road with heavy artillery. We replied with our batteries, when the enemy opened with some light field artillery against our left. [...]

April 16, 1863, Tyler Reporter All persons who have heretofore been exempted, in the county of Smith, from enrollment for service, under either of the following heads, are ordered to report to me, at my office in Tyler, on or before the 20th day of April next, for a fuller and more minute investigation of [...]

April 16, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia)  The Texas Pioneer says Gen. Magruder has ordered that, if the militia, which have been called for the defense of the State, will organize into companies, and have their arms, ammunition, equipage, &c., boxed and sent to the Ordnance Office at Houston, they may be disbanded and allowed to [...]

April 16, 1863, Tyler Reporter Whenever, says the Rebel, you hear of a regiment, battalion, company, or squad, infantry or cavalry, destroying fences and other property of farmer citizens, you may safely set it down that the Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Captain or Sergeant of the party is not fit for an officer, and a disgrace [...]

April 16, 1863, Tyler Reporter The death by freezing of twelve Confederate prisoners at Camp Douglas, Ohio, has been noticed. The 22th Illinois (Scotch) regiment, on guard there held a meeting and protested against the condition of the camp and barracks. The Chicago Times has the following particulars of the death of the prisoners: Word [...]

April 16, 1863, The New York Herald Our latest news from General Foster at Washington, N.C., up to the 12th instant, states that he can hold out for three weeks; that he has plenty of supplies, and can resist any force the enemy have to bring against him. On the other hand the rebel accounts [...]

April 16, 1863, Tyler Reporter  The Little Rock True Democrat has the following concerning the Arkansas Post Prisoners. We trust their treatment in prison has not been so bad as represented. It now appears very certain that they have been exchanged, we shall probably hear from them soon:  The prison at Camp Douglas, Chicago, is [...]

April 16, 1863, Daily Mississippian (Jackson, Mississippi)  We learn from Gen. Pearce, who has just arrived here, that Fox Hart (nephew of Martin D. Hart, who was hung at Fort Smith), with thirty of his men, have been captured near Greenville, Hunt county. The refugees were found in the Journigan Thicket, from whence they had [...]

April 16, 1863, Peoria Morning Mail (Illinois)  We are informed that a rather rich, but withall a rather humiliating affair came off a few days since in the Provost Marshal’s office in the city of St. Louis. Michael Foley, a resident of Bath, Mason county, last week took a trip to St. Louis. While walking [...]

April 16, 1863, The Charleston Mercury The number of blockading vessels off this port yesterday was eleven. No movements worthy of note have been observed on the Island below, recently occupied by the enemy. The Yankees were engaged Monday night in shelling Chisolm Island, near where the steamboat Washington was burnt by our troops, under [...]

April 16, 1863, Tyler Reporter Head Quarters Clark’s Regiment, } Camp Near Pine Bluff, Ark., Feb. 23, ’63. } To the people of Texas: You have always been noted for the readiness with which you give aid to your country when she needs assistance. You have liberally and nobly contributed in the prosecution of the [...]

April 16, 1863, Peoria Morning Mail (Illinois)  A merchant in New York, advertising for a boy, adds: “Lads who part their hair in the middle need not apply.”  If the Administration had put that clause in their “proposals for Generals,” the country would have been better served than it has been. Fremont in that case [...]

April 16, 1863, Peoria Morning Mail (Illinois) Letter from the Hon. Mrs. F.  A few days ago, one Mrs. Fulgum, from Richmond, Virginia, was arrested at the outposts, and a number of letters for rebels in Nashville were taken from her person. She gave the Provost Marshal some unsealed letters, probably to avoid suspicion, but [...]

April 16, 1863, Tyler Reporter Brownsville, Texas, March 18th, 1863. Mr. Hamilton: Some seven or eight days ago, the Yankee transport “Honduras” anchored off the mouth of the Rio Grande, and amongst its precious cargo was to be found E. J. Davis, a renegade citizen of Texas, who at one time disgraced the Texas bench, [...]

April 16, 1863, The New York Herald Our Suffolk Correspondence. ON SIGNAL TOWER, SUFFOLK, Va., TUESDAY, April 14 – 9. A.M. During the entire night we were engaged in the construction of new fortifications, by order of General Peck, under the immediate superintendence of Lieut. James, Topographical Engineers. For this work we used and are [...]

April 16, 1863, The New York Herald Our Suffolk Correspondence. ON SIGNAL TOWER, SUFFOLK, Va., Monday, Midnight, April 13, 1863. It will be remembered that my despatch of this morning left the enemy firing with his artillery from the Sommerton road. At one o’clock he ceased firing and retired in good order. About three o’clock [...]

April 16, 1863, Tyler Reporter A letter in the Houston Telegraph, from Brownsville, of date the 28th of March, says that the clouds raised by the recent abduction of Davis and others from Mexican territory, and the more recent seizure of a Federal schooner in the anchorage off the mouth of the Rio Grande, which [...]

April 16, 1863, The Charleston Mercury OPERATIONS IN TENNESSEE. CHATTANOOGA, April 14. – The first rumors in relation to VAN DORN’S fight at Franklin, prove to have been greatly exaggerated. The loss was only 50 on each side. Only a portion of FREEMAN’S battery was captured by the enemy, which was immediately retaken. All quiet [...]

April 16, 1863, Tyler Reporter From camp Ford, the Eastern camp of instruction for Conscripts. Jefferson Moseley–aged 36 years, 5 feet, 11 inches high, blue eyes, auburn hair, fair complexion, a native of Alabama, by occupation a farmer, a resident of Upshur county, enrolled by W. K. Heath, January 29th 1863. March 30th 1863.

April 16, 1863, The New York Herald Our Suffolk Correspondence. SUFFOLK, Va., Monday Noon, April 13, 1863. We fired upon the enemy last night, shelling the woods from one of the gunboats over the town, without provoking a reply. There is information current that the rebels are waiting for reinforcements, and moving to outflank us [...]

April 15, 1863, The New York Herald The extraordinary combat maintained last week by eight small iron-clads, carrying sixteen guns, with the innumerable batteries and powerful forts by which the entrance to Charleston harbor is defended, is one of the most remarkable events of the great rebellion, prolific as it has been in prodigies of [...]

April 15, 1863, Dallas Herald  A letter from Fort Mason, dated March 17th, says a party of 16 Indians came to a house just above here, where they found one man and his wife. They had a white flag, and asked for something to eat. While they were eating the man and woman tried to [...]

April 15, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia)  A few days since it was a problem whether the Republican would continue its regular visits to its large list of subscribers or not. The destruction of the paper mill from which we drew our supplies, rendered the prospect gloomy indeed. We are gratified, however, to be able to [...]