From the Richmond Dispatch, 8/9/1862

Yankee Prisoners. – Sixteen Yankees, captured on Wednesday at Malvern Hill, were brought to town yesterday, and after an examination before the Provost Marshal were sent to the C. S. Prison, corner 20th and Cary streets. On the day the above men were captured, our men took possession of Malvern Hill, and hold it now. There were twenty-five prisoners in all received from Malvern Hill yesterday, three from Prince George county, and two from Merchants Hope. On Thursday, as appears by the record of the C. S. Prison, 103 Yankees were listed as arriving.

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