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The Daily Dispatch: April 22, 1862., [Electronic resource], Fifty Dollars reward (search)
The fight at South Mills, N. C. We are indebted to a gentleman in Portsmouth for the subjoined account of the fight at South Mills, N. C. on Saturday last. We learn from a passenger that Capt. McComas of Henningsen's artillery, who was killed in the fight, fought with the most determined bravery, cheering his men on and exposing himself with apparent indifference to danger: Portsmouth, April 21. I have just seen an intelligent member of Col. Wright's 3d Georgia regiment, who was wounded in the battle at South Mills, and I will give you a hurried sketch of his statement concerning the fight. Three militiamen deserted to the Yankees and gave information of our numbers, situation, &c. They landed Friday night a large force and commenced the march. Col. Wright failed to get information of the advance until Saturday morning. He then hurried forward with three companies of infantry, an artillery company, and one cavalry company. Reaching a very large old field, skirte