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The Daily Dispatch: November 3, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
The War News. The quiet of the lines below Richmond was yesterday only broken by the thunder of our guns at Dutch gap and the occasional roar of heavy guns far away towards Petersburg. These sounds were, owing to a heavy atmosphere, also distiured the Howlett House battery, which is on the south side of James river, some two and a half or three miles south of Dutch gap. The report was utterly unfounded. From a gentleman who left there late last evening, we learn that not a gun was fir in progress, and all concerning it, cannot fail to be of interest. From persons well acquainted with the geography of Dutch gap, through which the canal is being cut, we have learned some facts which will enable the reader to understand the character and magnitude of the work Butler has undertaken. The isthmus known as Dutch gap, which connects "Farrar's island" with the main land or north bank of the river, is exactly two hundred yards across, being eighty feet high on the western side, an