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Blodgett battery

We are pleased to learn that Captain Foster Blodgett, of the Blodgett Volunteers, at present attached to the Third Regiment Georgia Volunteers, stationed at Portsmouth, has been transferred, at his own request, to General Toombs' brigade.

If we should say that Captain Blodgett was an accomplished officer and artillerist, it would be only endorsing the general opinion of his military abilities. We are glad to hear that Captain Blodgett and his splendidly equipped company, as flying artillery, numbering 103 men, will leave Portsmouth, where they are now stationed, for a place of more active and real exertion. We wish him the success that his gallantry deserves.

The Daily Dispatch: August 7, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. August 7, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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