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The Daily Dispatch: October 1, 1863., [Electronic resource], Three hundred dollars reward. (search)
en. Winder, then in command of the military department of Richmond, authorized the raising of a mounted company to do local service in and around Richmond. Capt. John F. Wren, at the instance of friends, undertook the raising of this corps, and soon succeeded in doing so. When the command was mustered into service it was understood that the limits were 10 miles and no more. Finding Capt. Wren's company too large it was divided, and the Captain appointed a Major of the battalion. Thus organized, the battalion performed picket duty around Richmond, volunteering to go beyond the limits on several occasions to prevent Yankee raids. Some few months since thm from service. In the course of a few days these cases will be brought before the Judge, and argued upon their merits. If he decides that those members of Maj. Wren's old command, who have been ordered and taken beyond the local limits for which they volunteered, are entitled to their discharge, then the Conscript officers w