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The Daily Dispatch: July 21, 1862., [Electronic resource], The lines East of the Blue Ridge — affairs in the Valley. (search)
awn their pickets from that road entirely.--The gentleman from whom we obtain our information says that he came through from Winchester to Staunton in a buggy, without the slightest interruption the entire route. Since the re-occupation of the town by the enemy after their expulsion by Gen. Jackson, they have destroyed several buildings by fire, principally warehouses in the neighborhood of the depot, where they previously had stores deposited. One of these was the large store house of Baker & Bro., which, with all their stock, was consumed. Desertions among the Yankees were of frequent occurrence. In one instance a guard of forty left Winchester with a lot of Confederate prisoners who had been picked up at various points, and before reaching Harper's Ferry thirty of the forty deserted, and forty out of the gang of prisoners made their escape. When the gentleman from whom we derive our information left the town, the enemy had strong pickets on the Berryville and North