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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: July 18, 1861., [Electronic resource] 2 2 Browse Search
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 11.1, Texas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: July 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], Notice to our Subscribers. (search)
ent of the New York Tribune, evidently ambitious of creating a sensation, writes from Old Point, on the 9th instant, as follows: The report is current, both at Newport News and here, that one of the officers killed in the skirmish which Captain Hamil's party had with the rebels on Friday last, was General Magruder. Although there are circumstances favoring the report, it lacks confirmation. The pursuing party returned satisfied, that a prominent officer was killed. The rebels stopped at a house to obtain water and refreshments, and in reply to the question what had happened, they said, "The Yankees have killed two of our best officers, and they are in the wagon there." These officers were the men who called out to Captain Hamil's men to cease firing, as they were friends. They received the deliberate fire of several men with Minnie rifles, and were seen to fall.--Subsequent information leaves no doubt that the skirmish was a serious affair for the rebels. Their killed and