Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Colonel Porterfield” in chapter 14, page 208 of Allan Pinkerton, The spy in the rebellion; being a true history of the spy system of the United States Army during the late rebellion, revealing many secrets of the war hitherto not made public, compiled from official reports prepared for President Lincoln , General McClellan and the Provost-Marshal-General .:
...tion, accepted the ordinance, while West Virginia, comparatively free, voted to reject the idea of secession.
Immediately after the result was ascertained, the rebel troops became aggressive, and Colonel Porterfield dispatched several of his companies to burn the bridge on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
The appearance of these troops was quickly brought to the notice of the Federal authorities at Washing...
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