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The Daily Dispatch: February 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], The recent fight at Smithfield. (search)
of the retreating foe. His men, too, are said to have fired with great precision and deadly effect. The enemy had not landed any troops at Smithfield at a ate hour Monday night, nor was there a gunboat in Nansemond river, or Pagan or Chuckatuck creeks. The fate of the Flora Temple's crew, as well as that of the Smith Braggs, has probably satisfied Butler for a while. Brigadier General Graham, accompanied by a Lieutenant-Colonel, one Major Pendleton, and 80 marines, landed at Holliday's Point, on the Nansemond river, Sunday at 12 M. They proceeded to arrest every man in Chuckatuck, both white and black, and then at to eating and drinking. The object of the visit was to await the arrival of the Smithfield expedition; but night approaching, and none of their brother pirates appearing, the General and his party began to "smell a mice," and speedily steamed off to Fortress Monroe. Before leaving they released all the prisoners, white and black, except Mr. J. L. Walraven, l