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flod, except one captain and forty-three privates, who surrendered without r«t-istance. The captors speedily started for Gen. Martin’s camp, twelve miles distant, which tboy succeeded in reach* ing with all their prisoners,, and nine hundred and eighty of the cattle. Not *athifiid with thiit they procured aid from Gen. Martin, and returning on the road, picked up over two hundred more of the cattle that had escaped from them on the route.W e rogret our inability to give the narnos of the daring actors in this affair. They deserved, as they received a public acknowledgment of their services, which was made by Gen. Long-street, in a general order, and they also granted a furlough of sixty days. Seven of the numbor were members of Terry's Texas rangers, and four of the 3d Arkansas cavalry. We should liko to record their names, if possible.— Avrtcal.
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Rome Tri Weekly Courier
Rome, Georgia, US
Sat, Mar 12, 1864
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