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The Daily Dispatch: June 5, 1862., [Electronic resource], The recent skirmish near Pocotaligo, S. C. (search)
The recent skirmish near Pocotaligo, S. C.
We copy from the Charleston Mercury, of the 2d inst., the subjoined account of a skirmish which has been briefly mentioned heretofore:
On Wednesday night last (28th and 29th) the Yankees succeeded in landing at and near Port Royal Ferry, the 50th regiment of Pennsylvania infantry, composed of German and Irish principally, two companies of the 8th regiment Michigan infantry, two field pieces from a battery of Connecticut artillery and a company of cavalry, armed with breech loading carbines.
This force, numbering about 1,100 men, and composed, as it was, of mixed commands, it would seem, spent most of the night in effecting a landing, and began a march of twelve miles on Thursday morning, at which time our pickets reported the advance of the enemy's column.
However, about nine o'clock orders were extended to Major Morgan's battalion of cavalry (four companies), the Rutledge Mounted riflemen, and Capt, D. Blax.
Heyward's "Marion Tr