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Revolvers and Knives Were Finally Drawn [18 June 1861]













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Revolvers and Knives Were Finally Drawn

[18 June 1861]

 

New-Jersey

 

Disturbances Amongst Soldiers. — On Sunday forenoon, a difficulty arose between the members of Company A and Company C, Anderson's Zouaves, quartered at the Newark Bay House, which terminated it a general fight Revolvers and knives were finally drawn, and a serious termination seemed Inevitable; but by the prompt and energetic interference of the officers, the disturbance was quelled without any person having been seriously injured.

 

New York Times, Wednesday, June 18, 1861, Page 8.

 

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