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The Battles of 1861.Official reports. Official report of Brigadier-General Jno. B. Floyd, of the battle of the 10th September, 1861. Headquarters Army of Kanawha, Camp on the Road, Sept. 12, 1861. Hon. L. P. Walker, Secretary of War: Sir: Information had reached me for some number of days that a heavy force was advancing towards my position, from the direction of Clarksburg, in the North western part of the State. As these rumors became certainty, I made an effort to strengthen myself, first, by reinforcement, and secondly, by entrenchments, sufficient to with stand the very large force of the enemy. My orders to General Wise I send you copies of, and also copies of his replies. I failed in procuring reinforcements, but succeeded somewhat better in the construction of a temporary breastwork. At three o'clock in the evening of the 10th of September, the enemy, under the command of General Rosecrans, (as we learned through prisoners,) of whose advance I was
Committed to Jail as a Runaway. --Was committed to the jail of the corporation of the City of Norfolk, on the 12th day of September, 1861, negro man Albert Brown. The said negro man is five feet six and a half inches high, and weighs about 140 pounds, has a scar on the right arm about six inches long, dark complexion, and about twenty-five years old. had on when committed gray clothing, and says he belongs to James Fisher. Thomas J. Corprew, fe 5--3w* Sergeant City of Norfolk.