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The Daily Dispatch: July 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], One of Lincoln's Majors. (search)
Lincoln's hirelings how skillfully they can use their favorite and trusty rifles. Two very substantially equipped companies, the "Invincible" from Pittsylvania, and the "Guards" from Appomattox, numbering in all about two hundred men, under command of Capts. Watson and Talbot, arrived here on the morning of the 4th and pitched their tents for the night. They took up a line of march the following morning for Lewisburg, on their way to join Wise's Legion. The University Volunteers, Captain Crane, with fifty-five men, passed here yesterday for the same destination. They are all fine-looking, intelligent gentlemen, and they are well prepared to undergo the duties incident to camp life, and their friends at home will no doubt hear a good account of them should a favorable opportunity ever present itself. I arrived at this delightful and picturesque summer resort a few days ago, where I found every preparation being made by the attentive and energetic proprietors for the comfo