WHEELING, April 29. – A special to the Times says a trustworthy scout sent out by Gen. Milroy went within seven miles of Staunton, and found there a rebel cavalry company, and learned that Johnson shortly after leaving the Shenandoah mountains was ordered back, but replied that its occupation by 10,000 Yankees made it impossible. He was then ordered to join Jackson east of the Blue Ridge which was being rapidly done.
The same scout reports the loss of a foraging party twelve miles from McDowell while water bound; it was attacked by guerrillas and the wagon train destroyed, some men badly wounded and some killed. This is a bad loss in view of the limited transportation facilities.
Harper and Bennett, two notorious guerrillas, have been sent to Wheeling.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 3, 1862, p. 4
The same scout reports the loss of a foraging party twelve miles from McDowell while water bound; it was attacked by guerrillas and the wagon train destroyed, some men badly wounded and some killed. This is a bad loss in view of the limited transportation facilities.
Harper and Bennett, two notorious guerrillas, have been sent to Wheeling.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 3, 1862, p. 4
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