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Bellows Falls, Windham County, Vermont
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A scouting party of Vermonters near Newport News captured a gun, cartridge-box, and other items from a fleeing rebel picket. Adjutant Stevens sent the gun to St. Albans for the Ransom Guards' armory as the first trophy taken by the First Regiment Vermonters. The gun is a light fowling piece of ancient construction with a rough wooden ramrod, confirming deficiencies in Virginia armies' muskets.
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Near Newport News
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rebel picket fled; gun, cartridge-box taken as trophy placed in armory.
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Scouting party of Vermonters encountered rebel picket near Newport News; picket dropped gun, cartridge-box and fled. Gun sent to St. Albans by Adjutant Stevens for Ransom Guards' armory as first trophy. Gun is light fowling piece of ancient construction with rough wooden ramrod, confirming musket deficiencies in Virginia armies.