Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Colonel Fitch” in article 13 of The Daily Dispatch: may 3, 1862., [Electronic resource]:
...hat a larger force will be sent down to-day to gratify any desire the rebels may have for a small gunboat fight in the woods.
All of General Pope's forces (except two regiments under command of Colonel Fitch ) left here yesterday, and went up the river.
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