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The Daily Dispatch: July 21, 1862., [Electronic resource], The lines East of the Blue Ridge — affairs in the Valley. (search)
Confederate cavalry, charged upon six squadrons of the enemy and drove them through Luray, where the latter received reinforcements, and Capt. G. retired in good order and without loss, to the Ford. Here he was reinforced and again started in pursuit of the enemy who fled before him and retreated through Thornton's Gap into Rappahannock county. By taking this route the Yankees doubtless hoped to draw our cavalry on until they reached the main body of their army, but it is presumed that Capt. Gilmor fully understood the motive. In this affair the enemy lost several in killed and wounded. A line of telegraph is in process of construction between Harrisonburg and Staunton, for military purposes, by means of which the army of the Valley will be enabled to communicate directly with the capital. By recent arrivals from Winchester we are placed in possession of reliable and interesting information of the operations of the Federal forces in the Lower Valley. The town, up to Wedn