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Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
the military spirit in Bland county.

Mechanicsburg, Bland Co., May 24,
The people of this county have responded gallantly to the call for volunteers to defend the noble old State from invasion by the miserable hordes of Lincoln's hirelings. The volunteers are daily receiving accessions to their ranks, and every opportunity they can possibly take is devoted to a greater perfection in drill. They will leave their friends and homes on Friday next for Lynchburg, and woe be unto the Lincolnites who come within range of their guns. The name of one of the companies is ‘"Bland Sharp Shooters."’

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