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Defeat Of Gen. Milroy

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Day
19
Month
June
Year
1863
Copyright
Public Domain
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Washington, June 16. The following official telegram from Gen. Milroy has been received ; " I am in with the greater part of my command. The fortificatious at Winchester were invested by about 15,000 rebels and and twenty piecea of artillery. Thay carried my outer work? by storm at six o'oloc-k Sunday eveniug. I spiked all my guns on Sunday evening, and left with my whole command one o'elook Monday morning, bringing all the horses of my artillery aud wagons, but was interrupted by an overwhehmng rebel forcé with artillery, four miles this sido of Winchester, on the Martinsburg raad, and atter a desperate fight of two hours got througli. We were pursued by a large cavalry foroo, which picked up ú nutubcr of my weary boys. I think my loss will not exoeed two thousand killed, wounded and missing."

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Michigan Argus