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The Daily Dispatch: may 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], Further from St. Louis. (search)
men are all splendidly mounted and accoutred, and are of the material to render most efficient service in the arduous field of duty which lies before them — This will make eleven companies that Petersburg has contributed to the defence of the State, amounting to over 1000 men, with more of the same sort felt in case of an emergency. In the event of a conflict of arms, we have every confidence that they will bear themselves with y, and never suffer the Southern flag to in the dust. The McC burg Cavalry are daily expected to pass through this city on their way to Richmond. This company will form a part of the 1st Regiment of Cavalry, which will rendezvous at Ashland. Three companies of volunteers left here this morning for Norfolk, numbering, in the aggregate, 300 men, It is understood that they are detailed for service at one of the exposed points where foreign troops might attempt to effect a landing, the object being to guard it by breast works of sufficient strength.