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Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: February 6, 1862., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Clarksburg (West Virginia, United States) or search for Clarksburg (West Virginia, United States) in all documents.
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The Battles of 1861.Official reports.
Official report of Brigadier-General Jno. B. Floyd, of the battle of the 10th September, 1861.
Headquarters Army of Kanawha, Camp on the Road, Sept. 12, 1861. Hon. L. P. Walker, Secretary of War: Sir:
Information had reached me for some number of days that a heavy force was advancing towards my position, from the direction of Clarksburg, in the North western part of the State.
As these rumors became certainty, I made an effort to strengthen myself, first, by reinforcement, and secondly, by entrenchments, sufficient to with stand the very large force of the enemy.
My orders to General Wise I send you copies of, and also copies of his replies.
I failed in procuring reinforcements, but succeeded somewhat better in the construction of a temporary breastwork.
At three o'clock in the evening of the 10th of September, the enemy, under the command of General Rosecrans, (as we learned through prisoners,) of whose advance I was f