THE OCCUPATION OF CHARLESTON, VIRGINIA, BY THE ENEMY
November 12, 1862
The Charleston correspondent of the New York "herald" gives the subjoined description of the evacuation and occupation of that place:
The corps de'armee under Major General J. D. Cox reached this place to-day from Point Pleasant. Their entrance into town partook of a triumphant character. As regiment after regiment marched through the streets, the martial bands playing the favorite airs of the day and their flags waving in the breeze, the citizens of the town crowded the sidewalks and made the air reverberated with cheers for the Union, the old flag and its defenders.:
The Stars and Stripes were again raised on the town liberty pole and will not be again removed.
The rebel army, under Generals Echols, Floyd and Jenkins, retreated from here last Monday morning.
Timeline of West Virginia: Civil War and Statehood: Undated: November1862