Monday, July 11, 2011

From Charlestown

CHARLESTOWN, Va., March 6 – 8 P. M.

Smithfield, seven miles northeast of this place, was occupied to-day by a strong force.

Gen. Banks issued a general order forbidding depredations upon property; that no officer or soldier shall disturb, in any manner, the ordinary business of the country.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Saturday Morning, March 8, 1862, p. 1

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