Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Barksdale” in article 7 of The Daily Dispatch: July 8, 1863., [Electronic resource]:
...the Dan river.
The loss of crops, along its banks is very great.
The chief sufferers are Mr. Jas. C. Bruce, Dr. Coleman, Mr. Jerman W. Pace, and others, whose plantations lie along the river from Barksdale a Station to South Boston, on the Richmond and Danville Railroad.
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