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The Daily Dispatch: September 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Uprising in the West--Salt manufacture — the Conscript law. (search)
The Daily Dispatch: September 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Offensive resumed in North Carolina . (search)
The Offensive resumed in North Carolina.
--The Fight at Washington.--Gen. Martin, who has been transferred to the command of the force in North Carolina, attacked the Federal at Washington, N. C., on Saturday last, with cavalry and infantry and two pieces of artillery.
The Raleigh Journal gives the following account of the fight:
At dawn of day, Saturday morning, they advanced upon the town, where a brisk skirmish, rising perhaps to the dignity of a fight, ensued.
Our men encountereNorth Carolina, attacked the Federal at Washington, N. C., on Saturday last, with cavalry and infantry and two pieces of artillery.
The Raleigh Journal gives the following account of the fight:
At dawn of day, Saturday morning, they advanced upon the town, where a brisk skirmish, rising perhaps to the dignity of a fight, ensued.
Our men encountered one or more batteries of the enemy as they entered the town, which opened on them with deadly effect, and which they had been led to believe had been dismantled or stripped of their guns.
Nothing daunted, however, they rushed impetuously on and past these batteries and gained the interior of the town, where the fight continued, almost hand to hand for upwards of three hours. At the expiration of this time the Yanks, as usual, sought the shelter of their gunboats, which immediately commenced s