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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