Sharp Shooters.—Col. S. B. Hopkins of Pierpont, has been authorized by Gov. Tod, to raise a company of Sharp Shooters. All who know how to use a rifle, can report to the Colonel who is an old hunter and understands shooting.
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Funeral.—The Chaplain of the 29th Regiment, Rev. R. H. Hulbert, will preach a funeral sermon at half past ten A. M., Sunday, July 6th, at Hartsgrove Centre, for the late H. P. Turner, killed at the battle of Port Royal.
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The Twenty-Ninth has marched for Richmond, Col. Buckley in command of the Brigade, Gen. Shields having resigned, and Capt. Stevens in command of the regiment.
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A letter from the 6th Cavalry, appears in the Cleveland Herald, which we are requested to copy, and shall do so next week, gives an account of a late skirmish, in which our loss was one killed, 14 prisoners, nineteen horses and two wagons. Capt. Bingham’s company has lost the following men: Prisoners—Stephen C. Thorp, Henry Treat, Nathan Bassett, Edwin Bailey, Robert White and Edward French.
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The 84thRegiment O. V., was still at Cumberland, June 25th, but expected to leave for some unknown point.
Ashtabula Sentinel 2 July 1862
This article was published in the “Ashtabula Sentinel”
Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio 25 June 1862
Page 4 Column 1 , 2 & 4
The newspaper is on microfilm at the Ashtabula Public Library.
This is part of a series on the Civil War in Ashtabula County as was reported in the Ashtabula Sentinel.
