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The Daily Dispatch: May 26, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Campaign in Southwestern Virginia. (search)
The Campaign in Southwestern Virginia. [correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] Southwestern, Va. May 20, 1862. Having seen frequent misrepresentations of Col. Jennifer's conduct, for " abandoning" Mercer county recently to the enemy, and for "alarming" the community in this section, as well as the Confederate Government, it has occurred to me that a simple and brief narration of facts might not prove unacceptable to a newspaper having that reputation for fairness which, even its enemies confess, has always characterized the Dispatch. Col. Jennifer had judiciously chosen Rocky Gap — a point a few miles this side of Mercer Court-House — for the main body of his cavalry regiment, and had placed the remainder under Lieut-Col. Henry Fitzhugh, at the latter place. Thus matters stood when Captain Foley, a trusty scout, commanding a small partisan force, and a brave and noble fellow, brought intelligence to Lt.-Col. Fitzbugh that the enemy was advancing in large force. Lt