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Raid Into North Carolina.
Published: July 16, 1864
KNOXVILLE, Friday, July 8, 1864.
Col. G.W. KIRK returned to this place last night, from the most brilliant raid of this section. Left on the 12th of June, with 130 men. Their first work was at Boswell, where they killed Capt. T.H. OSBORN, the most notorious guerrilla in East Tennessee, and thirteen men. From this point they marched 150 miles through lonely mountain paths, when they arrived at Camp Vance, North Carolina, near Morgantown. Here 325 North Carolina troops surrendered, but Maj. FLINN, their commander, escaped. Gov. VANCE and Brig.-Gen. GOFFORD had left only the day previous. The property destroyed here was: Engine and train, 2,000 bushels corn, 300 bales cotton, 2,000 pairs English made shoes, large lot bacon, &c. At McFarland Station, on the Salisbury and Morgantown Railroad, they destroyed station and bridge, and captured twenty-five men. From here they returned, skirmishing with bushwhackers all the way, but only losing one man in the whole trip. They dispersed various bands of militia on the road, and captured much stock. They arrived with 150 prisoners, (seven officers) sixty negroes and seventy-five horses, being compelled to parole many prisoners who could not be brought through. The negroes all enlisted, on their arrival here, in the First United States Artillery. The Colonel had twenty-five North Carolina Indians, formerly in the rebel service, who make excellent soldiers for the Union. The Colonel and his brother, Lieut. W.H. KIRK, were both wounded slightly. They are heroes who deserve the name.
Raid Into North Carolina.
Published: July 16, 1864
KNOXVILLE, Friday, July 8, 1864.
Col. G.W. KIRK returned to this place last night, from the most brilliant raid of this section. Left on the 12th of June, with 130 men. Their first work was at Boswell, where they killed Capt. T.H. OSBORN, the most notorious guerrilla in East Tennessee, and thirteen men. From this point they marched 150 miles through lonely mountain paths, when they arrived at Camp Vance, North Carolina, near Morgantown. Here 325 North Carolina troops surrendered, but Maj. FLINN, their commander, escaped. Gov. VANCE and Brig.-Gen. GOFFORD had left only the day previous. The property destroyed here was: Engine and train, 2,000 bushels corn, 300 bales cotton, 2,000 pairs English made shoes, large lot bacon, &c. At McFarland Station, on the Salisbury and Morgantown Railroad, they destroyed station and bridge, and captured twenty-five men. From here they returned, skirmishing with bushwhackers all the way, but only losing one man in the whole trip. They dispersed various bands of militia on the road, and captured much stock. They arrived with 150 prisoners, (seven officers) sixty negroes and seventy-five horses, being compelled to parole many prisoners who could not be brought through. The negroes all enlisted, on their arrival here, in the First United States Artillery. The Colonel had twenty-five North Carolina Indians, formerly in the rebel service, who make excellent soldiers for the Union. The Colonel and his brother, Lieut. W.H. KIRK, were both wounded slightly. They are heroes who deserve the name.
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