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The Daily Dispatch: May 27, 1864., [Electronic resource], The War news. (search)
d despair; and the experiment cost him his camels, as well as the soubriquet of the "Young Napoleon." The train last evening brought down one hundred and forty prisoners, taken by Mahone's command in Tuesdays fight. The affair in Charles City county. We have received some further particulars of the affair in Charles City county, to which brief allusion was made yesterday. The expedition, which consisted of a portion of Gen. Fitz. Lee's cavalry division, started from Matthews CourCharles City county, to which brief allusion was made yesterday. The expedition, which consisted of a portion of Gen. Fitz. Lee's cavalry division, started from Matthews Court House and proceeded to Hennon's wharf, on James river, a point nearly opposite Fort Powhatan. At one o'clock on Tuesday our men dismounted and pushed forward through the woods which. He between the river road and the river, driving in the enemy's negro pickets, who fled incontinently to the fortifications. Our troops then moved on the works, which are situated on a high bluff, and consist of strong fortifications, protected in front by a deep ditch and long abattis. The attack was made up