Hertford County, NC - Weekly Standard Newspaper, 1862 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Weekly Standard Newspaper Raleigh, North Carolina February 26, 1862 Latest ---- by telegraph for the Standard; Petersburg, February 20, 1862 9 o’clock P.M. Capt. Smith, of Gates County, who reached Suffolk this forenoon, says three gunboats went up Chowan river yesterday towards Winton. He soon afterwards heard heavy firing at long intervals in that direction, and concluded that the enemy had been probably repulsed by our forces at or near Winton. Before the cars left Suffolk today heavy firing commenced in the direction of Winton, which was plainly heard at Suffolk. __________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Marianne Nichols Ordway ___________________________________________________________________