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Landing of Federal troops at White House Point.

--Passengers by the Central train yesterday bring contradictory reports about the landing of Yankee troops at White House Point, on the Potomac; but the following, from the Lynchburg Republican, seems reliable:

Through a gentleman direct from Alexandria, a citizen of that place, we learn that about two thousand Federal troops have been landed at the White House, on the Virginia side of the Potomac, about seventeen miles below Alexandria, and about the same distance from Manassas Junction. They intend fortifying themselves strongly at this point, and a much larger force is expected to be landed in a few days.

The bridges on the Orange Road, from Alexandria towards the Junction, are being rebuilt, and the road otherwise repaired, with the view of making use of the road; and it was generally believed that an advance movement of the troops from Alexandria, co-operating with those stationed at the White House, would be made in a few days.

The Daily Dispatch: June 11, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. June 11, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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