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The Thomas Artillery. Manassas Junction, August 3, 1861. To the Editors of Dispatch: It may be interesting to your readers, friends of the Thomas Artiliary, to find in your widely read paper a line or so about this company. Since the great fight of the 21st ult., in which the company largely participated, it has been encamped in sight of this place, repairing as rapidly as possible damages sustained by the battery during that engagement, to be ready whenever ordered to take a hand in any fighting which shall come off. There is no news of particular interest here just now. All our troops are in fine spirits, ready and anxious to meet the presumptuous invaders of our soil. Yesterday our company held an election to fill a vacancy caused in the lieutenancy by the death of our lamented Macon. Lieutenant E. J. Anderson was promoted to junior first lieutenant, and James Massenberg, formerly orderly sergeant, was elected with almost unanimity to the office of second lieutena
[for the Richmond Dispatch.] the Northern Army. Headquarters 37 th Reg't, Dep. N. W. Va., Monterey 3d Aug., 1861. To the Editors of the Dispatch:--In my communication to you published a few days ago, I stated that two or three companies of the 23d Regiment Virginia Volunteers, (Colonel Taliaferro's,) were engaged in the fight at Cheat River. This was the information which I had, but Col. Taliaferro informs me that portions of all his companies were in the fight except one. I also stated that the companies in the engagement behaved gallantly I am informed that my language is calculated to carry with it the implied statement that the officers did not behave well. Such was not my meaning. I intended to say that all of the 23d engaged in the fight behaved bravely, as I was informed. I will also here supply an omission made in my former statement. I am informed that Lieut. Brown, of the Danville Artillery, and Lieut. Washington, of the Confederate Army, who were officers