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The Daily Dispatch: June 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
A visit to camp this evening indicated no prospect of any immediate move, though there is a readiness for it, if required, at a moment's notice, important for tions on Batter's Hill have progressed so far as to show the impregnable character intended by the designer, Lieut. G. W. Shyder, late of Fort Sumter.--The bastion is almost completed, as also the western side. Two hundred and fifty laborers are constantly at work on it, assisted by a detachment of soldiers. About a week's more work will be required to finish the work. The Zouave's camp, which has been located within the enclosure, was moved to-day to a beautiful grove about 100 yards northeast, and near the reservoir. If the grand army shall be moved, a formidable force is expected to be encountered at Manassas Junction, as the preservation of the only means of securing for the Confederates a connection between Harper's Ferry and Richmond, except perhaps the difficult one via Staunton, Augusta county.