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The Daily Dispatch: July 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], A very old young man. (search)
Beverly Turnpike, and several small fights have come off, our party always getting the better of the scrimmages, and have captured some dozen of the enemy, several horses, and killed four or five of their men, and have not as yet lost a single man. The Northern troops are easy committing outrages which would disgrace savages. Females have been outraged, houses plundered, and women and children driven from their homes. Yesterday, without provocation, they shot Mr. Banks Corlin, of Harrison county, because he was a Secessionist, and burned the barn and farm house of Peter B. Righter, of Marion county, after having plundered it of all its effects. The "Union me" seem to vie with the Yankees in their atrocities. A heavy retribution awaits them. Last week a body of the enemy left Fairmont for Coons' Run, in Marion county, to arrest some Secessionists, when the Secessionists waylaid them, fired upon them, killed four and wounded others. The enemy fled, swearing vengeance. Wo