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The Daily Dispatch: July 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], A very old young man. (search)
rmont for Coons' Run, in Marion county, to arrest some Secessionists, when the Secessionists waylaid them, fired upon them, killed four and wounded others. The enemy fled, swearing vengeance. Would to God the people of Western Virginia would wage a guerilla warfare against this dastardly and savage foe. Every abolitionist should be made to feel the vengeance of an outraged people. On Saturday last, Col. Reck, commanding the forces at Rich Mountain, entered the town of Buchanan, in Upshur county, with 500 men, seized upon some provisions which the traitorous "Union" knaves had gathered for the enemy, and captured two of the most villainous of the traitors. They will be sent to Staunton for trial as traitors to the State. Rich Mountain encampment is a range of Laurel Hill, and is seven miles from Beverly, on the Staunton and Parkersburg turnpike.-- Col. Heek is an energetic officer, and his descent upon Buchanan may be productive of some good. Buchanan has been in possession o