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The Daily Dispatch: November 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], A negro shot in Chesterfield. (search)
e was considerable excitement in the city throughout yesterday afternoon, and nearly every one met in the streets seemed to have an idea that something of great moment had or was about to occur. A gentleman residing on the Washington road stated that he distinctly heard from eleven to one o'clock the rapid discharge of heavy ordnance, and that, with an unusual movement of the military in line about the city, begat the idea that something of importance was on hand.--Later in the afternoon General Dix with his staff, made a visit to the office of the Provost Marshal, but that is of common occurrence. At another time, a soldier wearing the uniform of a Lieutenant, appeared on the street, hatless, and his head tied up in a handkerchief. He stopped at the hat store of Vansant & Son, when it was soon learned that he was a Lieutenant in the command of the late Col. Baker, and participated in the battle of Ball's Bluff on Monday last. In reply to a question how so many officers were k