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The Daily Dispatch: October 23, 1863., [Electronic resource], Yankee history of the attempts to blow up the Ironsides — Excitement Ashore. (search)
Affairs in Northern Virginia. --Parties from the vicinity of Gen. Lee's army represent that matters were entirely quiet yesterday, not even a skirmish occurring to disturb the repose of the army since its return from the pursuit of Meade. We have some few particulars of the capture of the Yankee garrison at Charlestown, on Sunday last, by Gen. Imboden. The enemy, it seems, were not apprised of the approach of our forces until the town was surrounded, and all the avenues of escape cut off. They then repaired to the Court-House, in the yard of which they had built fortifications, and prepared to make a resistance. General Imboden ordered up his artillery, which was placed on a hill south of the town, near where John Brown was hung, and opened fire upon the Court-House square, some of the shells passing through the building. Discovering that they were surrounded and that resistance was useless, the white flag was run up, and the whole Yankee force surrendered. The number o