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the only man hurt daring the raid. The re' port of the murder of the Sheriff of Crawforde ^county was a piece of fancy work, as was the L miaville Journal's account of the sacking of Leavenworth and Corydon, and the desperate resistance made by the home-guards of Mitch-e\l at Paoli. The rebels did not go near Leavenworth or Corydon, they were too sharp for that, and there was no fight anywhere. After the shooting of Mr. Sisk the guerrillas went on to within three miles of Fredericks* burg. There they got a new guide, who in the end proved a terribly bad bargain for them. Finding themselves on this side of Blae Biver which would land them too close to Leavenworth, they crossed again, and kept on toward the Ohio, intent on getting away, as they began to feel that the country was getting dangerously hot. They reached the Ohio several miles above Leavenworth, and for some hours traversed the bank hunting for a ford which the guide could not find. At last, between three and'four o'clock of the afternoon of Friday, the guide, professed to have found a ford, and led the guerrillas across a shallow division of the stream to an island whence he said they could easily reach the Kentucky shore. The guide, wo regret to say, “sucked” the rebels badly. The stream beyond the island was deep and un-iordable, and we have every reason to believe
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Indianapolis Daily Journal
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Tue, Jun 23, 1863
Page 2
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Sullivan C.
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