HEADQUATERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
NEAR YORKTOWN, April 26, 1862.
It is still raining, and the roads nearly impassable.
The rebels in Yorktown opened fire on three canal boats passing into Wormly’s Creek. No damage was done.
FORT MONROE., April 26.
About ten o’clock to-day the enemy opened a brisk fire on our men near Yorktown, without doing any damage. Our gunboats shelled the enemy’s works in the rear of Yorktown. The enemy responded without harm.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, April 29, 1862, p. 2
NEAR YORKTOWN, April 26, 1862.
It is still raining, and the roads nearly impassable.
The rebels in Yorktown opened fire on three canal boats passing into Wormly’s Creek. No damage was done.
FORT MONROE., April 26.
About ten o’clock to-day the enemy opened a brisk fire on our men near Yorktown, without doing any damage. Our gunboats shelled the enemy’s works in the rear of Yorktown. The enemy responded without harm.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, April 29, 1862, p. 2
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