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November (search for this): article 1
By the Governor of Virginia.--a Proclamation. --Whereas, a vacancy has occurred in the Convention of Virginia, assigned by the resignation of Boca Hunton, a member for the county of Prince William. Therefore the Sheriff of the said county is hereby to hold an election at the several places of prescribed by law in said county on the first Wednesday (being the 6th day) of November a member of the Convention to supply the vacancy aforesaid. Given under my hand as Governor, and under the seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond, this 23d day of October, in the year of the Commonwealth the . John Letcher. By the Governor: Geo. W. Munford, Sec'y of the Commonwealth.
George W. Munford (search for this): article 1
By the Governor of Virginia.--a Proclamation. --Whereas, a vacancy has occurred in the Convention of Virginia, assigned by the resignation of Boca Hunton, a member for the county of Prince William. Therefore the Sheriff of the said county is hereby to hold an election at the several places of prescribed by law in said county on the first Wednesday (being the 6th day) of November a member of the Convention to supply the vacancy aforesaid. Given under my hand as Governor, and under the seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond, this 23d day of October, in the year of the Commonwealth the . John Letcher. By the Governor: Geo. W. Munford, Sec'y of the Commonwealth.
John Letcher (search for this): article 1
By the Governor of Virginia.--a Proclamation. --Whereas, a vacancy has occurred in the Convention of Virginia, assigned by the resignation of Boca Hunton, a member for the county of Prince William. Therefore the Sheriff of the said county is hereby to hold an election at the several places of prescribed by law in said county on the first Wednesday (being the 6th day) of November a member of the Convention to supply the vacancy aforesaid. Given under my hand as Governor, and under the seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond, this 23d day of October, in the year of the Commonwealth the . John Letcher. By the Governor: Geo. W. Munford, Sec'y of the Commonwealth.
October 23rd (search for this): article 1
By the Governor of Virginia.--a Proclamation. --Whereas, a vacancy has occurred in the Convention of Virginia, assigned by the resignation of Boca Hunton, a member for the county of Prince William. Therefore the Sheriff of the said county is hereby to hold an election at the several places of prescribed by law in said county on the first Wednesday (being the 6th day) of November a member of the Convention to supply the vacancy aforesaid. Given under my hand as Governor, and under the seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond, this 23d day of October, in the year of the Commonwealth the . John Letcher. By the Governor: Geo. W. Munford, Sec'y of the Commonwealth.
Hunton (search for this): article 1
By the Governor of Virginia.--a Proclamation. --Whereas, a vacancy has occurred in the Convention of Virginia, assigned by the resignation of Boca Hunton, a member for the county of Prince William. Therefore the Sheriff of the said county is hereby to hold an election at the several places of prescribed by law in said county on the first Wednesday (being the 6th day) of November a member of the Convention to supply the vacancy aforesaid. Given under my hand as Governor, and under the seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond, this 23d day of October, in the year of the Commonwealth the . John Letcher. By the Governor: Geo. W. Munford, Sec'y of the Commonwealth.
Prince William (Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 1
By the Governor of Virginia.--a Proclamation. --Whereas, a vacancy has occurred in the Convention of Virginia, assigned by the resignation of Boca Hunton, a member for the county of Prince William. Therefore the Sheriff of the said county is hereby to hold an election at the several places of prescribed by law in said county on the first Wednesday (being the 6th day) of November a member of the Convention to supply the vacancy aforesaid. Given under my hand as Governor, and under the seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond, this 23d day of October, in the year of the Commonwealth the . John Letcher. By the Governor: Geo. W. Munford, Sec'y of the Commonwealth.
16th (search for this): article 1
rs — the Yankees repulsed with a loss of eighty killed, &c. [correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] Camp Flowing Springs, Jefferson county, Va., Oct. 17, 1861. Having been engaged in the battle on Bolivar hill on yesterday, the 16th inst., we have concluded to give you a true statement of the same. Early on the evening of the 15th we received orders from Col. Ashby to have one day's rations cooked, and placed in our haver- sacks, ready to take up the line of march at daybreak. Accordingly we were all early on the line of march on the morning of the 16th, and ready to meet the enemy. About 8 o'clk A. M., we came in sight of the enemy, who were encamped on Bolivar hill, having their breastworks made with heavy logs. We planted our cannon, consisting of one twenty-four pounder and one six-pound rifle cannon, upon the hill about half a mile this side of Bolivar hill, and commenced firing upon the enemy, they firing upon us with their small arms without any effect. We
October 17th, 1861 AD (search for this): article 1
The Harper's Ferry fight. Col. Ashby's order to march — the enemy's balls Flying thick and fast — coolness of Confederate officers — the Yankees repulsed with a loss of eighty killed, &c. [correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] Camp Flowing Springs, Jefferson county, Va., Oct. 17, 1861. Having been engaged in the battle on Bolivar hill on yesterday, the 16th inst., we have concluded to give you a true statement of the same. Early on the evening of the 15th we received orders from Col. Ashby to have one day's rations cooked, and placed in our haver- sacks, ready to take up the line of march at daybreak. Accordingly we were all early on the line of march on the morning of the 16th, and ready to meet the enemy. About 8 o'clk A. M., we came in sight of the enemy, who were encamped on Bolivar hill, having their breastworks made with heavy logs. We planted our cannon, consisting of one twenty-four pounder and one six-pound rifle cannon, upon the hill about hal<
Shenandoah (search for this): article 1
ame ground that they did in the morning, commenced firing upon us again with bombshells. Our ammunition in the meantime giving out, and the 24-pounder being of no more use to us, (its axletree having been broken in the commencement of the engagement,) was spiked, thus rendering it useless to those whom it fell in the hands of.--The evening being now far spent, we were ordered back to our encampment. There was only one killed on the Confederate side--a Mr. Zimmer, of the militia, from Shenandoah, and seven or eight wounded.--The loss upon the Federal side, according to their own acknowledgment in the Baltimore Sun, is about eighty killed. But for the accident to our gun, the enemy would have been cut to pieces. As it was, however, they lost in their flight upwards of one hundred coats and blankets, besides other trappings, and a number of fire-arms. The victory on the Confederate side was complete, the enemy making tracks in hot haste to Maryland. The Confederate force was 300
Ashby (search for this): article 1
The Harper's Ferry fight. Col. Ashby's order to march — the enemy's balls Flying thick and fast — coolness of Confederate officers — the Yankees repulsed with a loss of eighty killed, &c. [correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] C, we have concluded to give you a true statement of the same. Early on the evening of the 15th we received orders from Col. Ashby to have one day's rations cooked, and placed in our haver- sacks, ready to take up the line of march at daybreak. Accofrom the windows of the buildings in Bolivar. It was (here) on this hill that several of the cavalry fell belonging to Col. Ashby's regiment. It is due here to state that Maj. Finter and Adjutant Grayson acted with the greatest coolness and bramuch weakened by the greater portion of the first regiment retreating, the handful of men that were left, by order of Colonel Ashby, fell back on the hill where we first made the attack in the morning. We here opened fire upon them again with t<
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