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The Daily Dispatch: June 24, 1864., [Electronic resource], The fight near Lynchburg. (search)
on the Lynchburg and Salem turn pike, moving in a direction a little west of north, including portions of the land of Dr. Owen, Charles Moorman, John B. Lee, H. S. Barksdale, and terminating on the farm of Seth Halsey, near the Blackwater creek. The distance embraced by this line must be two and a half to three miles. A large body of cavalry supposed to be about 4,000 drawn up in line of battle in Captain Barksdale's field, on the Forest road, charged upon our fortifications with great spirit, and yelling defiance at the top of their voices, which were to the point while the Doctor stood concealed. He heard them cry, "come cut of your holes, you d —t, and near to the same road. --Here the enemy's dead were principally found, and here it was that two fierce assaults were made on our works. The fighting on Mr. Barksdale's farm was principally with artillery, though at one time the Yankees cavalry posted there made a demonstration as if to charge our batteries, but our sharpsho