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The Daily Dispatch: July 22, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
erday all was quiet, there being no shelling. A rumor was current, which was not believed, that the enemy had abandoned his entrenchments on the left of his line — that is to say, on Baxter's road, on which is Avery's farm, just north of the Jerusalem plankroad. The enemy at Suffolk. The Yankee cavalry again occupy Suffolk, and the cars run daily from Norfolk to that place. Their pickets are at Cohoon's Mill, four miles this side of Suffolk. Mr. Samuel Ely, a prominent citizen of Nansemond, was arrested some days ago and carried off to prison. His wife had her clothes torn from her body, and a sum of money concealed about her person stolen from her. Sheridan's forces passed through Suffolk four or five days ago, supposed to be on their way to Maryland, but their destination was not positively known. From Charleston. The enemy on Morris Island show considerable activity in shelling Fort Sumter. On Saturday last they fired 170 shots at it. During the shelling Wednes