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The Daily Dispatch: June 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], Twenty dollars reward. (search)
the Leesburg Washingtonian, of the 24th inst. On the opposite side of the Potomac, from Seneca to Conrad's Ferry, Federal troops have been gathering for the past week, evidently intending to cross if possible. To frustrate their purpose, Col. Hunton, on Sunday night ordered Captain Rogers, to place two pieces of his cannon at Conrad's Ferry, so as to prevent their landing on this side, which order was promptly executed and Lieutenant Henry Heaton placed in command with some twenty-five meergeant Wm. Ball, and the other by Wm. D. Drish, Jr.; after firing some forty rounds, and the enemy running off from their post, our men stopped for the day. None of our boys were hurt; several of the enemy are reported to have been shot. Col. Hunton was at the Ferry during the entire day. Capt. Rogers was on hand dividing his time between the battery at the Ferry and the battery at Goose Creek. On Tuesday the enemy again appeared at both Conrad's and Edward's Ferry. At the latter pl