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The Daily Dispatch: August 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], $100 reward. (search)
vate letters which we found in the mail captured, between Sutton and Summersville, by Colonel Croghan, of the Legion. For instance, the Cincinnati Gazette uses the following "official" language: "We have official advices this morning that Gen. Cox has taken possession of Gauley Bridge, Wise having retreated in haste, leaving behind him one thousand muskets, and other traps. We had supposed that the force marched to Bulltown from Beverly was intended to out off the retreat of Wise; but ifn soldier: "Sutton, the county seat of Braxton county, is pleasantly situated on Elk river. There is a wire suspension bridge spanning the river at this place. Col. Tyler here received a message that Wise and his force were headed off by Gen. Cox; he therefore made preparations for an attack from Wise," &c., &c. From the same mail, captured between Summersville and Sutton by a cavalry force, which, by mountain paths, was thrown in rear of the former place, I send you a letter writt