Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. William B. Reed” in article pos=29 of The Daily Dispatch: February 24, 1864., [Electronic resource]:

...issue. This makes eighteen who have been brought back. In connection with this escapade, we failed to announce that four of the runaways were met in an old field just beyond Trinity Church by Mr. William B. Reed , clerk at the city post-office, and that that gentleman, suspecting who they were, boldly walked up and ordered them to turn back. The fellows, believing him to be a Confederate Captain, and fearin...
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