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The Daily Dispatch: may 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
The invasion of Alexandria.the capture of Capt. Ball's Cavalry and Subsequent treatment.shooting of Col. Ellsworth.disgraceful conduct on the part of Lincoln's troops.&c., &c., &c.[special Correspondence of the Dispatch.] Manassas Junction, May 27, 1861. Messrs. Editors:--Having seen no authentic statement of the occupation of Alexandria, it may be of interest to your readers to know some of the details. Early on the morning after the election, (about 3 o'clock,) notice was given der was not promptly obeyed, our indeed was the notice sufficiently exciting to make them do so. In accordance with the Punic character of the Administration thus far, the Federal troops were burried in, and captured the larger portion of Captain Ball's company, and, it is said, handcuffed them, put them on board a steamboat, and marched them up to Washington and through their streets in triumph. As remarked above, the capture of the troopers was partly the result of negligence, but more t