From the Richmond Dispatch, 7/14/1862, p. 2, c. 6

CATCH THE DESERTER. – JOHN J. PETERSON deserted from my company (attached to DeGournay’s Battalion) on or about the 8^th inst. – He is supposed to be lurking around Richmond, or at his home at Weldon, N. C. The usual Government reward will be paid for his apprehension to me at Redoubt No. 4, near this city.

CAPT. J. HATLEY NORTON,
Commanding Post.

jy 14 – 1t*

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