Returned Home
--Amongst the soldiers recently returned to
Richmond under flag of truce by the
Yankees, are
Capt. John S. Stevenson, 3d Artillery P. V. commanding heavy batteries around
Suffolk, and
Surgeon D
W. Hand,
Medical Director of
Peck's corps.--These two officers were captured in sight of their lines while returning from
Carrsville, near
Suffolk.
They arrived on Tuesday night. Last Friday,
private J. Archer Via, of co H, 1st Regiment Va Vols., returned to
Richmond via
City Point, having been captured while our forces were evacuating
Suffolk, and carried to
Fortress Monroe, thence to Fort Norfolk.
He was treated kindly.
Mike Corcoran led the troops that took him prisoner.