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An incident

--After the Vienna battle last week, a South Carolina soldier, who had been out on a scout, was arrested by three of the retreating Yankees, who, after disarming him, set out for the Federal camp, ‘"calculatin"’ largely, no doubt, on the welcome plaudits that awaited them for their heroic exploit.--But all things fair are doomed to fade. After marching some distance the party came to a halt — stacked arms, which were topped with the sword bayonet, and two of them went in pursuit of water, leaving the Carolina captive in charge of the Yankee captor. The former watched his time, and when the watering party was out of sight, seized a bayonet, and at a single stroke almost severed the head from the body of his companion, after which he quietly took possession of the arms, and marched to the camp of his friends.--Leesburg (Va.) Mirror.

The Daily Dispatch: June 28, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. June 28, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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