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Capture of Six of the Fayette Cavalry. Faepgategesvuna, Va., July 22, 1862. Ep. Truxs: It becomes my mournful duty to inform your readers and our friends, that the Fayette Cavalry met their first sad calamity in the capture of Lieu tenant Moffitt, Sergeants Wilson and No lan, and privates Gwinn, Bailey and Swift, last evening at sundown, on the direct road to Richmond, twenty-five miles south of this point. The particulars of the af fair are as follows: Lieutenant Moffitt, in command of twenty-three qoen, was one recompitering excursion, and when at the above named distance from this point, the party encamped for the night. The men captured went two miles in advance of the camp, when suddenly they found them selves surrounded by a force of fifty rebel cavalry sent out on purpose to make the capture. They did all in their power, but were overpowered by numbers and taken prisoners. The camp was immediately ax prised of the fact by a negro who secretly brought the sad news, and warned our men of their danger. No one was hurt but Wo. M. Gwinn, who had a leg broken while attempting to escape on foot. Our men are greatly excited.. We will give you further particulars as soon as possible. Yours truly, O. M. Powzas, Lieutenant of Company F. We understand ‘that Isao H. Julian, publisher of the “family organ’’ and poste master at Centervilly,” bag” bean, saying something shout us or our ‘paper. When he takes such liberty, he should have man liness enough to send us a copy of the “organ.” Ista recently requested us to publish his brother George’s whining ad dress:” His allusion to us is in relation to that matter,we ‘suppose. ‘By last week's Truxa, a copy of which we send him, he will use what we have: to say about the ad dress. How far, ‘Wan is “Caitarep ot'tx fuk ogra. —“‘Our’ inet,” writes a surgeon connected with. he bad Regiment. In one Volunteers, “have: killed many blood house, valued at: e100 apiece. ”. These dogs, kept to hunt runsway: negress, were pus, after some of odr- men, and hence their slaughter. * -
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Connersville Weekly Times
Connersville, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 31, 1862
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