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The Daily Dispatch: April 14, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Yankees in Gloucester. (search)
The Yankees in Gloucester. A gentleman from Gloucester county furnishes us with some particulars of the wild career the Yankees are leading there. Col. Grimshaw is in command of the force at Gloucester Point, and in consequence of several dashes made on his pickets. has threatened, on their repetition, to burn every house in the neighborhood A cavalry command called the "California Hundreds, " composed of the cum of the lowest classes in the cities of the United States, has been making raids in the county, stealing and destroying as they go. The barn of Dr. Bird, with 700 barrels of corn, and that of Mr. Patterson Smith, with 500 barrels, were burnt by them. Is both cases the carriages of the owners. with farming utensils, etc., were thrown into the firms. Dr. Tabb's burn was also burnt. Among the robberies worthy of the Yankees was that recently committed at the house of Mr. John Taliaferro. A gunboat came up and landed a party, who proceeded to the house, and, after ste