Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Newbern” in article pos=34 of The Daily Dispatch: August 19, 1863., [Electronic resource]:
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--A Yankee deserter, who catered our picket lines below Kinston, N. C., on Wednesday, states that the Yankees have been receiving large reinforcements of cavalry and infantry at Newbern , and that the whole force has moved out to Deep Gully, twelve miles from Newbern.
He further states that they were making preparations for a raid on Raleigh.
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