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The Daily Dispatch: July 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], Incidents of a battle. (search)
Incidents of a battle. --Among the incidents of the fight in Berkeley county, on the 21 inst, the Staunton Spectator mentions the following: James Brooke, of this place, made a very narrow escape. He was at a fence firing away at the enemy, when a cannon ball took off the two top rails. He stooped a little lower, and continued to return the compliment with his Minnie. Little Charley Turner, a boy about fifteen years of age, insisted so strongly on going with the Augusta Guard that his father finally yielded to his importunities, and all wed him to go. The result shown that little Charley went to perform service, for he made one of the enemy bite the dust. A correspondent of the same paper says: Our men were fighting under a heavy fire all the time, and it is wonderfully remarkable that our loss was not much greater, only two killed, and three or four missing. The balls were whisting all around us, and shells bursting over our heads all the time. We had
The Daily Dispatch: July 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], $40 reward. (search)
and they were delivered up to the officer in command. A Winchester correspondent furnishes some interesting information relative to military movements in that quarter, which we are not permitted to publish. The follow is an extract from the letter: "Two companies of cavalry, one from Washington county, and one from Amelia county, passed through here this morning to join Col. Stuart. "The Militia of Frederick, Clarke, Shenandoah, Rockingham, Page, Warren, Jefferson and Berkeley counties have been ordered out for six months or the war, and ordered to rendezvous here. Berkeley and Jefferson have not, as yet, responded to the call. A squad of men, however, left here by railroad this morning for Jefferson, to draft them into service. "A large body of Federal troops passed up the Potomac, opposite Harper's Ferry, on Sunday. "It is believed that the Federal force at Martinsburg are being daily reinforced. "I would call your attention to the fact that you ha