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The Daily Dispatch: June 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
The next destroyed is that over Sleep Creek, 17 miles west of Martinsburg. There will be no trouble in re-building the first two bridges, but there will be some difficulty with the last one, which is one hundred feet wide and ninety feet above the water. General Johnson had ordered the Opequcan bridge to be rebuilt, but the Confederates have not been able to accomplish it. The telegraph instruments have been taken from the office at Martinsburg to prevent their being used. Col. Edmondson commands the secession forces at Martinsburg. He has three companies of the Winchester Rifles, the Winchester Mounted Guerillas and another company. Col. Stewart commands the camp at Hainesville, five miles North of Martinsburg. He has charge of all the forces stationed at the fords and ferries on the Potomac between Falling Springs and Hancock. A large majority of the people of Martinsburg are anxious for the arrival of Federal troops there, and offer to give their beds, rooms,