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The Daily Dispatch: July 27, 1863., [Electronic resource], From Northern Virginia. (search)
dispatch to Gen. Burnside announced that two companies of militia had captured 71 of Morgan's men. A squad of 500 of Morgan's men, in attempting to cross the river last evening after dark, between Gallipolis and Pomeroy, were captured by the 1st Kentucky regiment. So far we have taken about 2,500 of Morgan's men prisoners. We have captured all his artillery, some 3,000 horses, large numbers of pistols, revolvers, carbines, and accoutrements. We have killed of Morgan's officers, Cols Chenault and Thomas Morgan, and have captured Colonels Basil Duke, Dick Morgan, Ward, Ashton, and Grigsley. We have also killed nearly 300 of his men. The prospects are decidedly favorable that Morgan's entire force will be captured." The Cincinnati Enquirer, of the 18th, states that a heavy detachment of his column, under Morgan himself, penetrated the State as far South as Oak Hill, where they encountered a considerable body of militia, and were forced to retire back to Jackson. Another deta