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The Daily Dispatch: December 17, 1862., [Electronic resource], The "Occupation" of Galveston. (search)
the number of Yankee said. The town of Hartsville and some four hundred of the enemy were captured by Col. Bennett's command. To John Basor, of company C, 9th Kentucky regiment, belongs the honor of capturing the battery flag of the enemy. It is a beautiful piece of sill bunting, with the letter B upon it. The 9th regiment also has the flag of the 104th Illinois regiment. The 2d regiment brought off the colors of the 106th Ohio, which, before reaching town, were, by order of Major James W. Hewitt, reversed, the Union down — a signal of distress. But the most remarkable fact connected with the expedition was the endurance of the infantry troops. They marched on a bitter night over fifty miles, fought a splendid battle, captured twice their number, crossed the Cumberland river twice, and yet there was no complaints heard, and no straggling witnessed. Yesterday the twenty-one hundred Abolitionists captured in the engagement at Hartsville, on Sunday last, were brought