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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 225 (search)
and fired volley after volley at the Belfast and Florence Miller, and not one shot was fired in return. With one fire of grape, the whole band of rebels could have been mowed down; but the gallant commanders fled — fled, ay — and when they got to Higginsport, actually hoisted their cannon ashore, and moved off up the river with their boats. Much of our town is destroyed; the loss will reach one hundred thousand dollars. The principal sufferers are Thomas Myers, J. B. Ryan, W. H. Diltz, W. P. Taylor, Mrs. Hooker, S. F. Marshall, V. Weldin, J. T. McKibben, and William Barr. The confederate forces are a battalion of Morgan's. Colonel Bradford, Colonel Harris, and F. L. Cleveland, Esq., are still in the hands of the enemy. On yesterday Colonel Wilson and Colonel Wadsworth, commanding the forces from Maysville and Ripley, pressed on to Brownsville in the effort to overtake the rebels; but were there only in time to fall upon their rear-guard, they having retreated in great haste in t
The Daily Dispatch: November 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], Theatre. (search)
mouth side, and the corn mill of Mr. Marye, on this side, having been inundated, will be subjected to a small loss. The bridge at Falmouth stood firm, although the water from the current splashed over on the flooring, and a little higher rise would have produced a serious loss in timber. The country above has doubtless suffered heavily in the loss of fencing, and the crops of corn on the low grounds, judging from the wagon loads of pumpkins that came floating down the river. The vessels in port were in great danger, but no material damage occurred except to the schooner "Ladies Delight," Captain Kinningham, which parted her cables and drifted down, and now lies in a corn field below town. She is loaded with wheat, consigned to Mr. C. C. Wellford. The steamers Virginia and Eureka were carried down, the former three, times, but she steamed back; the latter has not yet returned. A wood vessel is now lying in a field adjacent to Mr. W. P. Taylor's residence at Hayfield.