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The Daily Dispatch: April 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.enthusiasm in the Southwest. Abingdon, Va., April 20, 1861. All hail to old Washington county! She is all right. The news of the passage of an Ordinance of Secession was hailed with "exceeding great joy" by men, women and children, of all parties and of all ages. There are no Whigs nor Democrats, no Union men nor Secessionists here now; but all are united as one man for Virginia and Southern rights. The night after the reception of the news of the secession of Virginia many houses in town were illuminated. Great excitement prevails throughout the whole community. Flags of the Southern Confederacy, with eight stars, are now floating in different parts of the town. From the residence of Gov. Floyd, a large one may be seen spreading itself majestically through the breeze. As I write, the "Washington Mounted Rifles" are dashing through the streets, and an Artillery Company is marching. Loud greetings are made by each compa