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Two of the late Judge Clopton's daughters had a servant hired at Fortress Monroe, and could not get her by sending. They made one of their servants row them to the Fort in a boat; they were armed with revolvers, and demanded admittance; the sentinel refused; they insisted, and were told that they would be fired upon; they said fire, then, and drew their revolvers and entered the Fort. They told the officers that they had heard that the Hampton people should not throw up sand-banks, but that it should be done, if the ladies had to do it; that they would head a company of ladies to do it. The officers said if they were specimens of the ladies, they did not know what the men of Hampton would do. Why, they can be told that they will fight to the death.
The Daily Dispatch: May 1, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. May 1, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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