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Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: August 30, 1861., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Poolesville (Maryland, United States) or search for Poolesville (Maryland, United States) in all documents.
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Reported engagement on the Potomac. Hyattstown, Md. Aug. 28
--It is reporter here that heavy firing has been heard near Poolesville.
It is supposed that an engagement has taken place between Gen. Stone advanced guard and Gen. Johnston's forces.
Washington, Aug. 28--The city was ritlast night and this morning with report about a fight on the Virginia side of the Potomac.
There is nothing reliable, and the reports are momentarily getting more and more conflicting.
Gen. McClellan returned from the Virginia side about half-past 11 o'clock last night.
Nothing important was elicited.
Three cavalry and three infantry companies had been hovering about, evidently intending to draw the Federals into an ambuscade in the vicinity of Ball's Cross Roads.