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The Daily Dispatch: October 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], determined woman. (search)
inia. From the Wheeling Intelligencer, of the 18th ult., we gather the following: Governor Pierpont yesterday received a dispatch from Mr. Van Winkle, of Parkersburg, announcing that the rebels had made their appearance in Wirt and Gilmer counties in great numbers, and were carrying on to the perfect terror of the inhabitants. It was reported that they had attacked Capt. Hill's cavalry company, stationed at Elizabethtown, and completely cut them to pieces, and were threatening Parkersburg. The dispatch is certainly from a very reliable source, and is entitled to the fullest credit. It is known that an unusual number of rebels have recently appeared in Wirt, Gilmer and Galhoun counties, and many Union men have been murdered. The rebel forces are not natives of the counties named, but are regularly organized bands, doubtless from Floyd's army. Last night — about dark, companies A, B, C, D and E, of the First Virginia Infantry, took passage on the steamer Woodside