NEWS: The Alleghanian; 19 May 1864; Ebensburg, Cambria Cnty. PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ The Alleghanian Ebensburg, Pa. Thursday, 19 May 1864 Volume 5, Number 34 Etchings Another dispatch has been received stating that Lieut. Charles A. Fagan of the same company [Co. A, 11th Pa. Reserves] is missing since the fights [Spotsylvania battles] and that John Patterson, private, was killed. Our thanks are due and are hereby tendered Conductor Scott of the Branch for a copy of the new railroad schedule. We are glad to learn that Charles W. Wingard, Esq., now of Lock Haven, but formerly of Ebensburg, has been appointed paymaster in the army. Did you never know the Army of the Potomac to move, or attempt to move, that it didn't rain! Since the opening of the present campaign and within a period of two weeks we had six successive days of what is set down in the almanacs as "very wet weather." The peach crop in this section is a total failure. Hardly enough of the luscious fruit will come to perfection in the fall to flavor the whiskey used. Pity. The Show was a pretty good thing. About the best feature connected with it was Mr. Richard Hemmings' tight rope performance. His tumbling and balancing were truly terrific and we shudder when we think what might have been the result had it been Richard instead of the rope that was tight! A. C. Mullin, Esq., of Harrisburg, was in town a couple of day during the present week. He was looking gay, genial and generally good as usual. Wounded In the list of wounded who have arrived at Washington city from "the front," we discover the name of Major James C. Burke of the 11th Pa. Reserves. It is not stated how badly he is hurt. The Major was until quite recently Captain of Co. A, same regiment, from this place. He is a brave and determined officer and has participated in all the battles fought by the Army of the Potomac up to the present time. This is his second wound, the first (a very severe one) having been received during the Seven Days Fight on the Peninsula. Lost, Strayed or Stolen! Three papers necessary to the completion of our files, to wit, one number of Vol. 3, No. 49 and two of Vol. 3, No. 51 are missing from this establishment. Any of our subscribers who may have these numbers will confer a particular favor on us by sending them to us. We will willingly pay a dime apiece for them. Licenses Granted At the Argument Court held here on the 10th and 11th inst., tavern licenses were granted to the following named persons, to wit: George Gurley, Ebensburg Gotleib Lassinger, 2d ward, Johnstown Richard Jelly, 2d ward, Johnstown James Rodgers, 5th ward, Johnstown Cyrus Hart, 4th ward, Johnstown George M'Bride, Allegheny War News It is stated that Gen. Crawford of the Pennsylvania Reserves was captured by the rebels during the late battles and that Col. Jackson of the 11th regiment is now in command of the division. Gen. Sedgwick, the brave and invincible commander of the 6th Army Corps was killed in one of the late fights. His loss to us will be almost irreparable. Maj. Gen. Johnston, Brig Gen. Johnston and Gen. Stewart, all rebels, were captured by Hancock the other day. Gen. Jeb Stewart is reported killed. Sherman's army now occupy Dalton, the rebels having evacuated it on our approach. The Army of the Potomac has been largely reinforced within a few days. The Campaign We had intended writing a summary of the war news transpiring in Virginia during the past week, but event has succeeded event and victory followed victory in such rapid succession that we abandon the task in despair. We can only say that our army, through the providence of God and under the leadership of the gallant Grant, has been successful from the moment it crossed the Rapidan until now, when it confronts the rebels at - - where? The North Anna? South Anna? or have the fugacious foremen skedaddled still further southward? The rebel army in Virginia after a series of the hardest contested battles the world ever knew has thoroughly been broken, vanquished, rubbed out. We think its inherent particles have been "scattered ne'er to reunite," and that henceforward it will live only in history. The following order issued by Gen. Meade "tells the flattering tale:" Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, May 13 Soldiers! The moment has arrived when your Commanding General feels authorized to address you in terms of congratulation. For eight days and nights almost without intermission in rain and sunshine you have been gallantly fighting a desperate foe, in positions naturally strong and rendered doubly so by entrenchments. You have compelled him to abandon his fortifications on the Rapidan to retire and attempt to stop your onward progress and now he has abandoned the last entrenched position so tenaciously held, suffering a loss in all of eighteen guns, twenty-two colors and eight thousand prisoners, including two general officers. Your heroic deeds and noble endurance of fatigue and privation will ever be memorable. Let us return thanks to God for the mercy thus shown us and ask earnestly for its continuation. Soldiers! Your work is not yet over. The enemy must be pursued and if possible, overcome. The courage and fortitude you have displayed renders your Commanding General confident your future efforts will result in success. While we mourn the loss of many gallant comrades, let us remember the enemy must have suffered equal if not greater losses. We shall soon receive reinforcements which he cannot expect. Let us determine to continue vigorously the work so well begun and under God's blessing, in a short time, the object of our labors will be accomplished. [Signed] Geo. G. Meade, Major General Commanding Official: S. Williams, A. A. G. Approved: U. S. Grant, Lieutenant-General Commanding the Armies of the United States. -"Liberty–Union-Peace" says the New York TRIBUNE – "such is the blessed promise of the late momentous events in Virginia."