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The Daily Dispatch: July 9, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
morning, punishing them severely. They are now on retreat to Vicksburg. Brigadier General Gholson was severely, though not dangerously, wounded. The enemy did no damage to Jackson, to the railroad, or the telegraph. The enemy is advancing in force from Lagrange and towards Ripley. I am prepared to meet him. S. D. Lee, Lieutenant General. An incident of the fight at Nance's Shop. A singular case of retribution took place in the fight of the 24th ult., in Charles City county. That gallant young soldier, J. Lucius Davis, Jr., (son of the veteran cavalry officer of the same name,) who was killed in the storming of Sheridan's entrenchments, came to his death in the following manner: When the detail was made for the storming party he was chosen among the number, and, with joy beaming in his eye, took his place in line. As, with his comrades, he rushed to the charge, the order was given to lie down, to avoid the first volley from the enemy. All the men obey