Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Quartermaster Melggs” in article pos=73 of The Daily Dispatch: August 19, 1861., [Electronic resource]:

...ring was heard to-day in the direction of Aquia Creek. It is stated that Minister Faulkner was arrested as a hostage for Messrs. Ely, McGraw and others. No non-combatants are prisoners. Quartermaster Melggs has gone to New York, to investigate clothing contracts. The Contract Committee are making astonishing discoveries. The Pawnee exchanged a few harmless shots this forenoon at Aquia Creek....
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