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The Daily Dispatch: October 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], A brilliant skirmish. (search)
e boldness of the men, scarcely find a parallel in the pages of history. About two hundred cavalry, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Clarkson, left Hamilton, just above the "Hawk's Nest," on the 10th inst., and reached "Toney's," on the Coal River, twelve miles above Charles on, about 10 A. M. on the 12th inst., a distance of eighty miles, and the troop either in a full gallop or straining of the horses for the last twenty miles. To reach "Toney's" the Coal River was forded ninety-seven Coal River was forded ninety-seven times during the night of the 11th inst., under a violent storm of rain, and in the darkness so profound than one's hand was invisible. A torch had to be used at every crossing of the river. The Laurel Mountain had to be crossed in file, without a horse falling or a man dismounting, where no one before, even among the in habitants of that mountain, had ever dared to thread this rugged, steep, and precipitous path on horse back. For many miles the road was overhung by the loftiest precipic