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A « 1 MU »*▼ iAMII,And ia our harte •• errt shall dwell,Tfcv d'ir aure*tr I untnc.GaI LATIN, TlN , Jail ISw'J.THE LATE SKIKHLS11 AT HI7KTEBBVILLK.To tklt; hUorof ik4 M’Alf:I w*!»h to ircapetv upon your column* lo correct a stateuioui i'i the p«p*r* concerning lire rvceut akhraiah «l UwaUrvrul*, Va. They (t’.o paper*) nuke the impr. e--Ion ihat the tiu.ll lor.o under Captain Alexander inedr • pr* clpiutc retreat, without tiring a guu. Now, h«ing xu eyo witn- -4 And panic pant in the tight, I will try to g to you the correct detail*. Ou Thursday, the 8d of Jaoun'y, we were informed that the Yankee* were Approaching iu .be d.r*ctiou of naoter*viUe. Capu Alei. aadar, who »u in oouinund ol the po*t, celled a meant of the officer*, And decid d to giro them a warm re-cepttoa. We hAd ouly two huudrod men in All—one hundred And fifty cavAlry and lifty infantry. I.ieuf. Kuighl, of tb* I.uuenburg dragoon*, wan tent with NT-auty-hve cavalry ou towArd MorUn'i Rollout lo tneef the orn my, while Cap aiu Alexander kept tke otler io te •. rte to protect our rear, where we expected lo he al-Utkci. After going about a u.ilo our roouU wcie fired upon ; they returned the tire, and fell hack to ihc company, where *o euuoncd ouwelve* b-h.nd a hill a d gave them a fire, kUlit g three. We then ie'l back about evenly five yard* and gave thorn another vo'ley, and w Mr exposed to a heavy fir-- tor about two hundred yard*. Qor men behaved with a great deal ol coolneae xnd fitej at then Iroiu every turn of the io*d. Wo k lied about »ii of them, and It-ai none. The want of tra-ieporution caused u* to lone a great poitiou of our baggage Wa left lluuteraeiUo iu good order, a d coi ld have wved our baggage, but had no Imnaporuiiou ; wo llt; about aixty thousand ration*, tea carbine*, no tin munition. I think, alter a good vl*w and minute in*p-cion, that there were lire regimeuie, if not more, and CapUlu Alexander agrc«s with m» iu timber*. There w** nothing rl* for u* to do tut toielreal, under th*- miMim.taic •* ! only to -how that there wa*no pnmpiuncy, and that wc for:ght them to tho la*L Vary r.*ii-viltlly,HORATIO.
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Daily Richmond Whig
Richmond, Virginia, US
Mon, Jan 20, 1862
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