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The Daily Dispatch: April 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
ting in Orange county. Gordonsville, April 19, 1861. At a meeting of the citizens of Gordonsville and its vicinity, held in Gordonsville, Orange county, Va., on the 18th of April, for the purpose of forming a Home Guard, on motion, Mr. William Cowherd was called to the Chair, and Robert Taylor appointed temporary Secretary. The object of the meeting being explained by the Chairman, Col. Strange then, in a soul-stirring and patriotic address, urged the necessity for this organization, which was unanimously responded to. The meeting then determined to organize by electing permanent officers; whereupon, William Cowherd, Esq., was unanimously chosen President, who, in acknowledging the confidence thus reposed, responded in a most feeling and impressive address, alluding in terms that brought tears to the eyes of the grey-headed fathers present, to the contribution he had made in his two sons, who had just buckled on their armor and gone forth to battle for the rights and honor o