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The Daily Dispatch: July 22, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Yankee Cavalry foray. (search)
he fell. Lieut. Booker, Assistant Provost Marshal of the Western District, sworn, deposed — That it was customary with all military guards to hail at least three times before firing, and in the city firing is the last resort. My orders to my men are, to use the bayonet in preference to firing. No guard has a right to arrest a man without the consent of one of the Provosts, which consent is always given in writing. There are a great many imposters going about the city, claiming to be Provost's guards. I always send an officer with my guards to make an arrest. I had no guard out yesterday afternoon. Capt. Geo. T. Whittington, of the Whittington artillery, sworn, deposed — The deceased belongs to my company, and enlisted in Alexandria, about the 25th of April, 1861. Before he entered the company he bore a good character in Alexandria, and as a soldier he was the best, the most faithful and obedient I had in my company — in fact, he was as good a soldier as any in the South<