–Sergeant Butterworth, of the N. Y. Fire Zouaves, was shot by a sentry at Alexandria,.Va., through his failure to give the word when challenged.–N. Y. News, May 27. –An attempt to poison the Union forces in Missouri, by means of arsenic in the bread, was betrayed by a negress. The Missouri troops, organized under the [...]
Events Diary, May 24, 1861
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