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The Daily Dispatch: March 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], The War. (search)
. They declared their purpose to capture any male citizen they could reach. On Thursday night they landed at Boyd's Hole, and about two o'clock were observed by some of Capt. Taylors pickets, reported to camp, and met by a detachment of Capt. Murphy's troop and Capt. Taylors, and after a sharp fire on both sides, repulsed in an obvious attempt to surprise and capture those commands. Sergeant Washington, of the Potomac Troop, was slightly wounded in the cheek, and two horses of the same troop were badly injured by rifle shot. The party was led by Captain Murphy, of Lee's Light Horse, and Lieuts. Ashton and Taylor, of the Potomac Cavalry, Capt. Taylor happening to be absent at the time. The night was intensely dark, and neither party could be seen distinctly by the other, the enemy's force is supposed to have been between 80 and 100. From Cumberland Gap. The Lynchburg Republican has intelligence from reliable source that five thousand Federal troops had crossed