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to be put in commission the coming week. Their armament will be put on board tomorrow or Wednesday. The occupation of Leesburg. As before stated, the town of Leesburg, in Loudoun county, Va., was occupied by the Federals on the 8th inst. They give the following account of the movement: The details of the affair are to the effect that Col. Geary left Lovettsville on the night of the 7th inst., with his whole command, and marched by two distinct routes through. Wheatland and Waterford to Leesburg, capturing prisoners by the way, and scattering the rebels pell mell. In consequence of his taking these routes the military necessarily entered Leesburg on the easterly and westerly sides, which movements they doubtless effected at the same moment, after taking possession of Fort Johnston, which has been since re-christened Fort Geary. They entered the town with all the military glory of a victorious command, the rebels retreating rapidly as the Union troops arrived. The co