Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Col. Speare” in article 1 of The Daily Dispatch: May 9, 1864., [Electronic resource]:

...end in the river and commenced shelling our men, who were crossing Pickett's field with the prisoners, but without any effect. A body of Yankee cavalry, under the command of the notorious Col. Speare , attempted to cross the Blackwater river yesterday at Broadwater Bridge, near Ivor.--They were handsomely repulsed by a portion of Gen. Clingman's brave North Carolina troops, and retired out of sigh...
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