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The Daily Dispatch: July 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ranaway (search)
yet I suspected nothing of the truth, supposing that a Government boat was boarding her for the purpose of inquiry, and I went below to see the proceedings. Judge of my astonishment, then, when I saw about fifteen men, armed with carbines, revolvers and bowie knives, standing in battle array, and in full possession of the boat.--The lights were then extinguished, guards placed over the different parts of the boat, and her course directed to the Virginia shore. We reached the wharf in Cone river about 3½ o'clock in the morning. Here we were boarded by several Virginia officers, and shortly the 2d Tennessee regiment made its appearance.--They were well armed with rifles and bowie-knives, and were anxious to meet the Federal troops to test the accuracy of their rifles and the virtue of their steel. They had marched twenty miles the night before through the mud and rain, and were "spiling" for a fight. Throughout the whole night not a single act of rudeness was perpetrated, all th