The Daily Dispatch: February 21, 1862., [Electronic resource]

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Appointments.

--At the regular monthly meeting of the Colportage Society, located in this city, last Tuesday evening, ten colporteurs were appointed to labor among the soldiers. Rev. James B. Taylor, D. D., was appointed to labor in the hospitals in and around this city, in connection with Rev. Ro. Ryland, D. D., who has for some time been engaged in the work here; Rev. R. R. Overby, to the soldiers encamped between Petersburg and Norfolk; Mr. W. T. Yarbrough, to the hospitals in Charlottesville; Rev. Geo. W. Given, to Manassas; Mr. Henry Madison, to Ashby's Cavalry; Rev. T. W. Roberts, to Lynchburg; Rev. Mr. Taylor, (formerly Chaplain in Hampton's Legion,) to spend a few months in Col. Gilham's regiment; Rev. H. G. Crews, to the hospitals between Winchester and Romney; Rev. Mr. Runyon, to Hampton's Legion; and Rev. Mr. Robertson, to the Alabama hospitals in this city. During the month the receipts of the Society amounted to $6,750. This work is fast gaining influence and power among all classes of the community.