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The Daily Dispatch: February 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], Late Fortress News. (search)
hinks if we had had a general in the place of Schoepff at Somerset, that their whole force could have been captured. Federal account of the last skirmish at Occoquan. Monday afternoon another little skirmish occurred near the banks of the Occoquan.--It was reported in the morning that a body of rebels was at Pohick ChurchOccoquan.--It was reported in the morning that a body of rebels was at Pohick Church. Captain Lowing, of the 3d Michigan regiment, Col. Chainplin, then on picket duty in front of General Heintzelman's division, took thirty-four men, under Lieutenant Brennan, from Company F, and forty-four, under Lieut. Bryan, from Company H, and went to meet them. Arriving at Pohick Church, no rebels were seen. The party, however, proceeded to the banks of the Occoquan, opposite the town of that name. Arriving there early in the afternoon, a few unarmed men were observed drilling in the town. They gave the alarm; when a number of rebels came from the houses and fired on our men. A brief skirmish took place. Four of the rebels were seen to fall, and w