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  • FROM THE ARMY IN VIRGINIA: A Successful Raid of the Rebels on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad (8/29/1862)

    08/29/2022 3:46:23 AM PDT · by Homer_J_Simpson · 7 replies
    WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 1862. The unsuccessful raid of the rebel cavalry, under Gen. STUART, upon the line of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, last Friday night, was followed upon Tuesday night with a more successful result. A force of about one thousand men, under STUART, succeeded to reaching the railroad, Tuesday night last, at a point one mile north of Catlett's Station, where the road crosses Cedar Creek, and after a very brief skirmish with the infantry guard, and dispersing a small force of our cavalry, who were on scouting duty, deliberately proceeded to burn the new bridge across...