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The Daily Dispatch: July 31, 1863., [Electronic resource], What will they do with us? (search)
From Weldon. The report obtained currency during the day yesterday that the President had received a dispatch from the commandant of our forces in the vicinity of Weldon, conveying the news that a severe fight had taken place, and that the enemy had been completely routed. Upon inquiry we learned that the report was withoutWeldon, conveying the news that a severe fight had taken place, and that the enemy had been completely routed. Upon inquiry we learned that the report was without foundation, and the passengers by the Petersburg train, who passed Weldon yesterday morning, state that nothing with reference to an engagement had been received there at that time. ng the news that a severe fight had taken place, and that the enemy had been completely routed. Upon inquiry we learned that the report was without foundation, and the passengers by the Petersburg train, who passed Weldon yesterday morning, state that nothing with reference to an engagement had been received there at that time.
The Daily Dispatch: July 31, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Yankee raid on the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad. (search)
on the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad. The Yankees have been checked in their attempt to destroy the railroad between Weldon and Petersburg. On Tuesday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, our advanced pickets reported the enemy advancing, in numbers varnd immediately caused a regiment and battery to move to that point. On Wednesday, at twelve o'clock, when the train from Weldon reached Jarratt's Depot, ten miles north of Hicksford, artillery firing was heard in the direction of the county road ap them, and was thus enabled to send a large force in pursuit of the raiders. So far, the road between Petersburg and Weldon, says the Petersburg Express, has not been reached at any point by the vandals, and the trains are running regularly through as usual. It is stated that Gen. Matt. W. Ransom, now commanding the Confederate forces in the vicinity of Weldon and Garysburg, made a narrow escape from capture on Tuesday afternoon. The General and a portion of his staff were sitting in t