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The Daily Dispatch: April 19, 1862., [Electronic resource], Correspondence. (search)
Correspondence.
The Yankees in Western Virginia. Monroe County, Va., April 11, 1862.
Rumor is again rife that the Yankees are, or have been, in Monroe county, near Pack's Ferry.
Rumor had the number from 75 to 600 upon this side of New river.
The most reliable report is that 75 crossed over the river and came to a church in that neighborhood, while 300 were encamped on the river side a few miles distant.
They robbed a good many of our people; took some prisoners — amongst the number named was a Mr. Candcraft, who had been arrested by the Confederates some time since and discharged.
It is said the Yankees discharged him. Also, three Messrs. Pack and a Mr. Coles.
It is said that the Hutchinsons, who lived in the farms settlement, and whose loyalty to the State has been suspected, went over to the Yankees, with a Mr. Lewis Crawford and a Mr. Smith.
Smith is a son of a local Methodist preacher, who is under indictment, I believe, for treason.
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