From the Richmond Examiner, 8/27/1864, p. 2, c. 3

Runaway Negroes Captured. – The following negroes, slaves of the parties named, were committed to the Castle yesterday, having been captured near Chaffin’s Bluff, making their way to the enemy’s pickets: Ben, slave of Dandridge Hall; Edward Harris, slave of Julia Childrey; Jacob Johnson and G. Grandison, slaves of William Gunn, all of Henrico county.

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