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The Daily Dispatch: February 9, 1864., [Electronic resource], A Journey in the Tracks of Averill. (search)
A Journey in the Tracks of Averill. [Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] Fincastle, Feb. 3, 1864. I write you this letter on the subject of Averlips raid in November, to notice some facts illustrating the cruelty and barbarity of that incursion of the enemy, not before brought to light. Averill's November raid was amongst the most unscrupulous and the most destructive of private property which have taken place in Virginia. In its march towards Salem we hear of nothing especially interesting until it emerged from the Alleghenies at Callahan's, the famous old stand at the base of those mountains. This point they had visited several times before, always helping them selves to some of the moveables and supplies thereabouts. In their advance and retreat on this expedition they left Mr. Dixon, the proprietor, little save his land and houses. Proceeding rapidly up Dunlop's creek, they entered the Sweet Springs road at Crow's, that other famous stage stand of other day
The Daily Dispatch: February 9, 1864., [Electronic resource], Re-Enlistment. (search)
Re-Enlistment. --The Twelfth Va. Regiment has re-enlisted for the war. Upon dress parade the following order from Major J. R. Lewellen, commanding, was read to the regiment Headquarters 12th Va. Infantry, Feb. 3, 1864. General Orders, No. 18. Comrades: In this and the other armies of our Confederacy a movement is being made which, if successful, will offer to the world the most sublime moral spectacle of the age. The veterans, east and west, of those armies whose gallantry has made our plains histories, are pressing forward to renew their views of devotion to our cause, and I feel it to be my duty, this evening, to call upon you to be the first Virginia troops to speak. Too intelligent to render explanation of the results of such action necessary — too patriotic to need exhortation — you will, I am sure, respond unanimously to the call. When peace has crowned our efforts, and we look back on trouble as a forgotten dream, this victory over hardship and