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The Daily Dispatch: October 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], Latest from the North. (search)
ing expedition, having been out some four days, the expedition being under the command of Col. Chas. C. Dodge. This expedition was accompanied by the battery attached to our regiment, consisting of two brass . This party of mounted men reached Zuni, Va., on the Blackwater river, about twenty-five miles from Suffolk, last evening about 9 o'clock, when they were bred into by a party of rebel infantry from the opposite side of the river, wounding one of our men named Brown, belonging to troop D, Blackwater river, about twenty-five miles from Suffolk, last evening about 9 o'clock, when they were bred into by a party of rebel infantry from the opposite side of the river, wounding one of our men named Brown, belonging to troop D, and occasioning a general stir throughout the battalion. The fire of the rebels was promptly returned by our men, and the howitzers batching forth their shower of grape and canister among the rebels, caused them to feel for their hiding places, not, however, until they had lost several of their men. After we had fired several rounds we returned to our camp, satisfied with one night's exploit. The troops at this place are now under command of Major General Peek, and the improvements made b
The Daily Dispatch: October 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], Franklin in Southampton. (search)
Franklin in Southampton. --The Petersburg Express publishes a letter from Col. Marshall commanding at Franklin Southampton county, Va., in which he says the enemy had been driven back on the having attacked him in the morning with gunboats, and made a demonstration on his front in the evening. The Express says: Arizona , it was said that Graham's battery, of the bay, had suffered severely. Inquiries made minority quarter yesterday where we thought it possible to obtain information, failed to furnish any satisfactory details. We hear that three gunboats came up to Blackwater river, and fired several shot and shell; that they were replied to by Graham's battery, and finally repulsed. We hear, also, that our sharpshooters along the banks of the river annoyed the crews of the gunboats very much, and that six of the vandals are known to have been killed.