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The Daily Dispatch: November 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], Army of the Potomac. (search)
level country to the ferry.--It is at this point the enemy will cross the main portion of his force, fortifying, probably, the nearer hills, and then crossing under cover of the batteries. The river is about one hundred yards wide. The only other place for a passage would be a ford about a mile and a half above the village, where the water is quite shallow. The roads here are very bad and might be obstructed so as to retard the advance for some time. But it is yet problematical whether McClelland intends to advance in that direction, or whether he will choose to come further into the country and cross at Wolf Run Shoals, near Bacon Race Church. For sometime the people of Occoquon have been cut off from mail facilities, and the arrival of one on Saturday evening produced quite a stir. A crowd collected around the carrier and asked eagerly for news. Half a dozen questions were asked at once, and he was soon hemmed in by an anxious band so that his progress was entirely stopped