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Affair* i* Wk*teh n Vik^is!* —An Kxp*-rfirrtm to:o Wirt Countv —k rum tbe Wheeling iaflt;* Llgen* er. Uct 2Ulh .Major Kreps of tbe 1st Va. Cavalry, who ac-coOpinM the exposition to W!rt county returned Uet eventng. Tae expedition was d-lavpd » day to Parkersburg, and tbe rebels getting wa.d of tbe coming of tbe force managed to keep about a dav ahead, and finally t» get aw;»y altogether. Tbe four companies bowt-vr-, pn rased tbe rat-'als hotly, and succeeded in capturing a large number of prisoner*, hnrsri, guns, Ac., in the vicinity of F1 lrbeth ana Burning springs Tbe retiel* bad been perpetrating all manner *»f outrages In tbe places above named, and wben the expedition reached there It was warmly welcomed by many cf the citizens, numbers voluxrtrering to .'uide tbe bovs through tbe county, la KUxaWtb a Union company was formed, and about fifty men wore a worn InWhile oar forces were at Elizabeth* own, a Secessionist named Roberta flrrd upon a Union man who was ploughing In a field near tbe town The Union man reported the fact, when a sqtsd ©four men wen! out on the double quick after Roberta. Tbey soon got sight of him. and succeeded 1n running him Into a rail pile out of which ka was foo* enough to atlck hit head for recoancitsrtaa purpose*. He was Area upon and hilledCapt Donnelly and Capt. Morgan, wl»h DeT companies, are at Burning spring*. The other two companies were cent up to Clarksburgb.
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Evening Star
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Sat, Nov 02, 1861
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