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The Daily Dispatch: August 6, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
rection, has probably been reinforced by the troops that were recently sent from Petersburg to the north bank of James river to meet Hancock's threatened attack. A skirmish has taken place near Cumberland between the Federal forces under General Kelly and a body of Confederates under Bradley T. Johnson and McCausland. The latter are said to have been defeated, with the loss of several caissons and a number of wagons laden with the spoils brought from Pennsylvania. A dispatch from Hag, Md., in strong force on Monday, and after a severe fight of several hours' duration he was repulsed, our forces capturing several wagons and caissons and a vast amount of the plunder stolen in Pennsylvania. Another account states that General Kelly, commanding at Cumberland, did not wait for the enemy to attack him, but went out to meet him, and an engagement took place about two miles from the town. A deserter from Early represents his forces as between thirty five and forty thous