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Timeline of West Virginia: Civil War and Statehood
Undated
November 1861


Richmond Daily Dispatch
November 25, 1861

Skirmish in Jackson county, Va.

In a skirmish near Murraysville, Jackson county, Va., last week, forty Yankees were taken prisoners by one hundred rebels called the "Moccasins," and after being disarmed, were released on taking the oath not to bear arms against the South. This news we get from the Cincinnati papers.


Timeline of West Virginia: Civil War and Statehood: Undated: November 1861

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