Large numbers of contrabands have reached our lines, which now extend beyond Manassas Junction, and are still coming by droves. The earthworks and Centreville were greatly misrepresented. They were not of the formidable character supposed. The enemy, before evacuating, had somewhat injured them breaking the embrasures and casements. On our troops arriving at Fairfax C. H., they found no more than a dozen families. The soldiers rushed into the Court House and brought away some of the records; the officers directed their return.
When our troops learned that Manassas had been evacuated, their spirits suddenly became depressed, as they had anticipated a spirited conflict with the enemy.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, March 13, 1862, p. 1
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