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The Daily Dispatch: June 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], $10 reward (search)
In one case several soldiers not only refused to obey, but used threatening language to the officers, and the difficulty was not settled until the officers drew their swords and began to strike the men over the head with the backs of the weapons. The train left the depot about seven o'clock, the men cheering, and some of them firing off their pieces. " From Western Virginia. Grafton, Va., June 17. --A report reached Cumberland yesterday that the rebel troops were marching from Romney to attack the Federal forces and burn the city. An intense excitement was produced, but up to this time they had not made their appearance. A letter received from Cumberland states that the telegraph wires and poles on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from Martinsburg to Harper's Ferry have been carried away by the rebels. It also states that the delegates to the Wheeling Convention from Berkeley and Jefferson counties have been imprisoned at Charlestown, Va. It is not yet known w
The Daily Dispatch: June 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], Sunday a day of battles. (search)
The occupation of Romney. The Winchester Virginian, of the 14th inst., says : The news of the occupation of Romney, in the adjoining county of Hampshire, spread like wildfire amongst our pRomney, in the adjoining county of Hampshire, spread like wildfire amongst our people and the people of Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah, and other contiguous counties, and yesterday thousands flocked to our town armed with all kinds of deadly weapons, to meet at the threshold the assan another article the Virginia says : Several of Lincoln's rabble, while on their march to Romney, were sent headlong to their final account by the rifles of our unerring mountain sharp-shooters. And on entering Romney, a shoemaker, whose name we have forgotten, took his-gun and boldly shot one dead in the rangs. He was, of course, in turn killed. The villains will meet with many Jacksonsoffice of the Romney Intelligencer. P. S. --We learn that the Lincoln troops retreated from Romney some time during the day, Wednesday. Whether they have gone back to the railroad, or have only
The Daily Dispatch: June 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], $10 reward. (search)
ester, where he will establish his camp. In falling back from Harper's Ferry, he offered the enemy battle at a place called Bunker Hill, midway between Williamsport and Winchester; but they declined the challenge. From Winchester Gen. Johnston is expected to make demonstrations against the enemy whenever circumstances invite. Gen. Johnston fell back from Harper's Ferry under instructions, that place having no military value now that the machinery of the armory is all removed, and being a mere trap which it would be as dangerous as useless to hold. The country before Winchester presents an open field in which every advantage can be taken of the enemy's movements. So soon as some arrangements are perfected, which depended upon shipments from Richmond which went forward on Wednesday, Gen. Johnston will make a forward movement from Winchester, when warm work with the enemy may be expected. Gen. Johnston has had dispatched four regiments under Col. Hill, in the direcsion of Romney.