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The Daily Dispatch: June 24, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
The Yankees had a splendid fire brigade which put these fires out, using the Staunton hose and engine. They then broke two of the latter, and cut up six hundred feet of the hose, leaving the population helpless against any future fire. They had tents pitched in the Episcopal church yard and horses turned in there. At the residence of Hugh W. Shefley, Esq, a short distance from town, they stole a large quantity of provisions and clothing, and trampled down his wheat. The headquarters of Gen. Sullivan, who is described as a very gentlemanly man, were at the residence of the late Wm. King. On Thursday evening intelligence was received of the Confederate victory of the 3d of June, and on Friday the Yankee army left, professing not to know where they were going. If anything was needed to intensity the patriotism of the people of Staunton this visitation would have done it. Nevertheless they say, "If our brave and noble Jackson had been living the Yankees would not have got here."
The Daily Dispatch: June 24, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
atteries, marching his troops overland through Louisiana, crossed the Mississippi at Bruinsburg, and headed once more for Vicksburg by the Southern route, the only one not previously tried. He fought several battles and won several victories on the way, just as he has now commenced doing after crossing the James. His Generals, while en route, gobbled up considerable bodies of the enemy and large numbers of guns, just as Smith did on Wednesday. He deflected from a straight line to capture Jackson and cripple Johnston, just as he did the other day to capture Petersburg and whip Beauregard. How suggestive is all this. The same bold and brilliant strategy, the same confusion and discomfiture to the enemy, the same indomitable purpose to discover the right point for his attack, who can doubt the same ultimate success? Grant will try all ways, and hold fast to that which is good. Tenacity is the very essence of his composition. Let it be borne in mind that Hunter's column is