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The Daily Dispatch: October 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], Wealth, pauperism, and crime in the North (search)
give a general outline of the facts, but cannot send you any incidents connected with them. It is difficult to separate the truth from the mass of rumors that have been sent afloat, but if my statement is in any way erroneous, I hope to correct it when additional particulars come in. On Monday word was brought in that the Federal were crossing the Potomac, and that the advance had taken possession of Leesburg. Some time previous to this, Gen. Evans had fallen back to a place called Goose Creek, and the Yankees considered, probably, that his main body being away, the town could be easily occupied. Our force consisted of one regiment from Virginia, and three from Mississippi, the whole amounting to about three thousand men. The enemy had something over eight thousand, and some say as high as twelve thousand men. They commenced crossing early in the morning under cover of the fire of their artillery, succeeded in getting over a large force, when the fight began. It was continued