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My telegram to the Staunton Artillery produced wild excitement, that spreadrapidly through the county, and brought thousands of people to Stauntonduring the day. Augusta had been a strong Union county, and a doubt wasraised by some whether I was acting under the orders of Glovernor Letcher.
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