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− | No 5 | + | This transcription has not been verified by Special Collections Research Staff. Please also consult images of the document.<br /><br />No 5 Hd Qr Centreville<br /> October 22d 1861<br /><br />General Cooper<br /> Richmond Va<br /><br /> Colonel Evans reports<br />that he was engaged most of<br />the day yesterday with twelve<br />regiments & five batteries of the<br />enemy, near the Potomac. They<br />had crossed under cover of artil-<br />lery fire. He drove them back<br />with a heavy loss in killed, two<br />hundred prisoners & six field<br />pieces.<br /><br /> He has four regiments &<br />five guns.<br /><br /> J. E. Johnston |
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This transcription has not been verified by Special Collections Research Staff. Please also consult images of the document.
No 5 Hd Qr Centreville
October 22d 1861
General Cooper
Richmond Va
Colonel Evans reports
that he was engaged most of
the day yesterday with twelve
regiments & five batteries of the
enemy, near the Potomac. They
had crossed under cover of artil-
lery fire. He drove them back
with a heavy loss in killed, two
hundred prisoners & six field
pieces.
He has four regiments &
five guns.
J. E. Johnston