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The Daily Dispatch: July 20, 1863., [Electronic resource], Progress of the war. (search)
McCoombs was headed out just in time to touch her bows, when the rebels, who were still concealed on the McCoombs, jumped on board the Dean and effected the capture of that boat also. The passengers were then liberated, with instructions that they were not to leave the town, around which pickets had been posted to give warning of any approach, as well as to prevent the departure of those in the place. About sundown a rebel Lieutenant came down to Capt. Ballard, of the McCoombs, and Capt. Pepper, of the Dean, and told them he has the honor of informing them that General John Morgan had arrived in the city, and had made the Ashcroft House his headquarters. Our informants made use of their time and the liberty which had been granted them in inspecting the rebel army and its equipments. They estimate the number of rebels under Morgan, their estimation being grounded on their own personal observation, at from six to seven thousand men, while at the same time it may possibly be