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The Daily Dispatch: August 24, 1863., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
few minutes, then an interchange of tobacco for coffee, or a Dispatch for a Herald or Washington Star. It is conjectured here, and with apparent truth, that the enemy are withdrawing their forces from this side of the river. Their force is supposed to be composed of two brigades of infantry and a much larger force of cavalry. Absentees from the army are returning rapidly since the proclamation of President Davis. The ranks will soon be filled again. The many friends of Capt. R. A. Caskie will be gratified to learn that he has recently been promoted to the office of Major of the 10th Va. cavalry. He is an efficient officer, and the regiment is pleased with the appointment. The rumored appointment of Major-Gen. Hood as Lieut.-General of cavalry has caused quite a sensation in our cavalry division. Many of us have been surprised at reading letters in the Richmond papers' favorable to Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, and purporting to speak the sentiments of the entire cavalry