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The Daily Dispatch: April 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the South. (search)
om eye-witnesses, of the fight at Gillette, in the lower part of Jones county, N. C., between a detachment of cavalry under Lieut. Col. W. G. Robinson, and a pillaging party of the enemy. We copy the main portion: On Sunday, the 12th inst., Col. Robinson set out in quest of the enemy, who, he learned, was perpetrating the most wanton and heartless excesses in Jones and Onslow counties. His command consisted of the following companies and parts of companies:--Capt. Bryant, 50 men; Capt. Strange, 50 men; Capt. Turner, 50 men; a detachment of Capt. Cole's, 15 men, Lieut. King commanding; a detachment of Capt. Andrew's, 15 men, Lt. Allison commanding, a detachment of Capt. Thomas's, 52 men, Orderly Sergeant Winsted commanding, and four men of Capt. Hays's company — the entire command consisting of about two hundred and six men. The expedition started from a point which need not be mentioned, and proceeded in the direction which promised the greatest certainty of meeting with the e