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The Daily Dispatch: October 31, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Boy Mortara. (search)
From Kentucky. fight with Gen. Zollicoffer--the enemy Advancing — News from Sandy, Ky.--necessity of preparation, &c. [Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] Tazewell C. H., Va., Oct. 28, 1861. The following items of news I gather from M. L. Comann, who has just returned from Gen. Zollicoffer's camp, in Laurel county, Ky., some 65 miles from Cumberland Gap.--Gen. Zollicoffer took up his line of march from Cumberland Ford, on the 15th inst., and proceeded in the direction of Crab Orchard. During this march he had frequent skirmishes with the Union men on the road, who concealed themselves in brush on the road side. From the 15th to the 20th he lost some three or four men, and some two or three horses, killed by these Union-loving people. On Sunday, the 20th inst., the General came to a halt, finding the road completely blockaded by the falling timber. He sent out scouts, who reported the enemy, some three or four thousand strong, in their breastworks, som