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Woodbury, D. F., I., 321. Woodbury, D. P., V., 213. Woodbury, Tenn., II., 330. 332. Woodbury's bridge, Va., I., 278. Woodford, S. I., X., 23. Woodhull, A. A., VII., 23, 224. Woodruff, W. E., VII., 47. Woodruff's battery, Confederate. I., 350. Woods, R. M., X., 292. Woods, W. B., X., 237. Wood's Fork, Mo., II., 330. Woodsmen of the North,VIII., 77. Woodsonville, Ky. (see also Rowlett's Station, Ky.), I., 354. Woodstock, Va., I., 306. Woodward's command, Confederate, II., 322. Woodward, J. J., VII., 223. Woodward, surgeon, VII., 224. Wool, J. E.: I., 364; VII., 100; X., 56, 204. Woolen Mills. Petersburg, Va.: ruins of, IX., 4. Woonsocket, R. I.: First Rhode Island Infantry recruited in, VIII., 60. Worden, J. L.,: I., 358; VI., 36, 111,161, 163, 174, 176, 241, 312, 318. Work, H. C.: IX., 168, 178, 180, 183, 342, 344. Wormley's Creek, Va.: I., 253, 255,259,
uld violate their oaths and become participants in the crime of treason.--The only other possible method of secession is by violence, involving the nullification of the Federal laws and armed resistance to the Federal authority. In such a contest the slave States would be speedily and deservedly crushed by the strong arm of power. They have neither the wealth, the intelligence, the arts, the arms, nor the character requisite to maintain the struggle." A meeting was held at Woodstock, Shenandoah county, on Monday last, at which, after speeches by Gen. Williams and Hon. Mr. Harris, resolutions were adopted in favor of calling a State Convention, to consider federal relations, and requesting the Lincoln voters in that county to emigrate to a free State. It is said summary action will soon be taken in the case of George Rye, Republican elector, who is a resident in that county. The Culpeper C. H. (Va.) Observer says: " Some of our young gentlemen have mounted the blue cockade
Sudden change. --On Friday morning there was a fall of snow in this region, to the depth of about half an inch; and on Saturday morning heavy winds from the northwest, chilling the air and freezing the ground, reminded us that winter is upon us. Ice to the thickness of more than an inch was frozen on the small streams, ponds and mill-dams. In fact, we have never known a more sudden change from warm to intensely cold weather.--Woodstock (Va.) Tenth Legion.
A Celebration. --The Woodstock (Va.) Tenth Legion says:-- We understand that the patriotic citizens residing at Columbia Furnace celebrated Washington's birth-day in quite a spirited manner. A cannon, weighing over eleven hundred pounds, was cast by order of the worthy proprietor of the furnace, for the occasion. It was substantially mounted upon the fore wheels of a wagon, and charged with the best XXX Dupout. Six salutes were fired, the charges being increased at each fire; and the seventh proved too heavy for Columbia's metal, and the cannon and the wagon were blown to everlasting smash. No one was injured by the explosion of the cannon.
Editors off for the war. --The editors of the Tenth Legion, (Woodstock, Va.,) and the Lexington Valley Star have said farewell to their readers and entered the service of the State.
The occupation of Romner. --It is stated that when the Federalists occupied the town of Romney, they fired several times at the Rev. J. P. Hyde, Lieutenant of a company, and formerly of Woodstock, Va.
The Yankees have been engaged for a day or two back in dismantling their vessels inside of Warsaw Island, with the view of sinking them. The Houston (Texas) Telegraph says the people of Galveston are in considerable of a "stew" over a report that Gov. Lubbock had written to Gen. Herbert, recommending the destruction of Galveston, if the city could not be defended. Joseph H. Samuels, of Woodstock, Shenandoah county, Va., a very worthy and highly respected citizen, died very suddenly of apoplexy in that place, on Monday, the 30th inst. Hon. Warren Winston, of North Carolina, has been compelled from ill health to resign his seat in the Convention of that State. The post-office at Hawfields and Hain's Mills, in Orange county, N. C., have been discontinued.
The Daily Dispatch: April 7, 1862., [Electronic resource], [correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] (search)
We have received copies of the Philadelphiagatra Baltimore American and New York Herald, of dates as late as the afternoon of April 2d, from with we make the following selections: Advance of the Valley. Woodstock, Va., April 1. --Gen. Banks advanced from Strasburg this morning towards this point. When on approaching the town,. Ashby, with a force of Rebel cavalry, infantry and battery, disputed the passage of the Federal troops. We however, passed on through the town, the rebels frequently stopping in their retreat and throwing shells, to which we responded with effort. Gen! Banks pursued the enemy to Edinburg, five miles south of Woodstock, Ashby burning the intupike and one railroad bridge in his retreat. All the railroad bridges between here and Strasburg had been previously destroyed. The only casualty on our side was one man killed an the Twenty-ninth Pennsylvania regiment, and one of the Second Massachusetts regiment received a rifleball in his se
Affairs in the Valley. We are assured, upon the authority of parties who arrived by the Central train last night, that the rumor which we noticed yesterday morning, in reference to an engagement at Woodstock, in Shenandoah county, is entirely without foundation. Up to Monday afternoon everything was quiet in our camp and our picket lines extended several miles below Woodstock. The enemy's pickets were at Strasburg.
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