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dozen Confederntes-jBoldiers—who were-v**m» -fw- - *r*t* -*»•*-«-* --Cv- -*Vjttpture of socd e horse^ itealiiris'sbaa given us the' Info'WnfdfjuEh ed by one of the partyf-*trifc *fcovetnents of the others, when flelermint'd to entrap them.—Acedtiiih£lyr ^ 'Confederates started in pur8uir,,onrFridaf night, the 10th instant, and Voob found the party secreted in the mountain, between Rawley and Union Springs, about 9 or 10 miles west of Harrisonburg. They first'captured a son of Geo. W. Ruinsey, a boy about 14 year? old, who was in company with his father, who is represented as a pilot for the Swamps, for Yankee*, for deserters from our army, and for citizeps wishing to abscond through our lines Yankeedom. Tho older Rumscv ^scoped by the skin of his teeth, leaving bis boy in the bands of his captor3. The first “Progdn,2- encountered wap an ill-looking fellow, lyThe.name of Miller, who was cap* turea about 1 \ tnilea from the widow John Robinson’s, between two spurs of the mountain. , Aliller.waa^in possession of a valuable riding horse belonging to F.M. Ervin, Esq., #ho •resides^ ear Paul’s Mill, and who hadpaaU. I ^fbur of bis horses stolen the night before IJY*7wil*me wh of ItheofftunWedonobsinow is u the13re:u bctv go u prov thie theKnfgiY an sire.comtbur:\'nthe party connected with Miller.At Union Springs tWy caught another jintK Swamp Dragon, ft young man by the nameof Bowman, whose father resides in Bote-* mctoart'county, hdviri^ removed thither from•» • »•Tlbckitigbam. This patty had in his posies-Bion three of Mr. Ervin’s stolen horses.J3o was armed with a revolver, and hud a • tegular pass from the Captain of o Swamp Driigon company,.authorizing him to pass Iftfhragh the lines and steal and carry out property. Along with Bowman were a Yankee deserter who had been on duty under •dCapt. Avis, in Staunton, aud a utan named Price, of Staunton, belonging to the 18th Imbodcn’s command. These men were unarmed, and tepresenied that they Were on the way to join Price’s command, .when they were “picked up” by the Swainps. A rather improbable story, especially as Price had long been absent froui his company and had shown but little desire to get back.♦i Oue Swamp Dragon, named Bell, known j to have been vhli this party, escaped.Miller and Bowman, the evidence of whose connection with that miserable class of trui-tors to their country, “the Swamp Dragons,” is so conclusive, are both very young men, and are both Rockingham boy?, althoughtthey have not for some lime resided here. Ttvyas p painful sight to see .these boys, who might have been ornamenis to their country, in tliQ humiliali.ig position in which they were placed by tbbir mi fortunate connection with the Swamp Dragons aud their horse-stealing expedition.- These “Dragons” and their supposed accomplices have been taken from our guardhouse, where they remained but one night, and sent on for trial. •aco«.KilbyuboofChewill mai ci atltiStroumatthr;l.V ahigTinIm:den\\h;orahiuledexcan*:uia!■*conthetj ’Icoll07 dWtthotvpovWtantSHEBIDAN.— At the tiinv of writing this \—Tuesday evening, March 21,—it is diffi-J c;h, cult for us to tell exactly where Sheridan is ,• % i lireor what he is doing. We are not without j j, hope that he will suffer, if he has not already done so, some damage at the hands of j ,|c, our troops who are now after him. WhenliAnrrl frnm o rrnniJ tuour l\!o ^r»v»byail)am
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Harrisonburg Rockingham Register and Advertiser
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Fri, Mar 24, 1865
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