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The Daily Dispatch: November 7, 1862., [Electronic resource], Interesting Narrative of the Escape of Hurlbut from Richmond. (search)
thern side. We learn from reliable authority that there is no foundation for this statement. Our informant, a distinguished Western officer, who has long known Quantrell says that he has always been on the Southern side, is a Southern man by birth, and thoroughly devoted to the Southern cause. From all accounts, Quantrell is jusQuantrell is just the man for a guerrilla chief, combining the courage of the lion and the cunning of the fox, inexhaustible in activity and in resources, neither to be caught when he is the pursued, nor to be avoided when he is the pursuer. Our informant states that he has under his command about a hundred and twenty men, a number sufficient forshed consideration." The reason is that, at an early period of his career, the Yankees hung one or two of his guerrillas whom they had taken prisoners, whereupon Quantrell, who is a gentleman of sense as well as true humanity, hung five Yankees for one guerrilla, a proceeding which had the instant effect of civilizing the Federal a