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700 Series I Volume XLVI-III Serial 97 - Appomattox Campaign Part III

Page 700 N. AND SE. VA. W. VA., MD., AND PA. Chapter LVIII.


HEADQUARTERS 202nd PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS,
Fairfax Station, Va., April 10, 1865.

Captain CHARLES I. WICKERSHAM,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

One hundred and seventy-five rebels were reported two miles south of this. Colonel Albright has gone in pursuit of them and has not yet returned.

W. N. STERRETT,

First Lieutenant and Acting Assistant.

ALEXANDRIA, VA., April 10, 1865.

(Received 7.35 p. m.)

Colonel J. H. TAYLOR,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

COLONEL: It is reported that about 175 of Mosby's men came down to capture the train at Burke's Station about 5 o'clock this morning. Notice was given to colonel Albright, and about 9 o'clock a body of cavalry attacked the guerrillas near Burke's Station, completely routing them, killing and capturing several.

H. H. WELLS,

Colonel, &c.

FAIRFAX COURT-HOUSE, VA., April 10, 1865.

(Received 3 p. m.)

Lieutenant Colonel J. H. TAYLOR,

Chief of Staff:

COLONEL: I am just informed by Colonel Albright that about 175 rebel cavalry were seen two miles south of his post, and that he took a detachment of the Eighth Illinois Cavalry and went after the rebels at once. Nothing as yet heard from the cavalry under Sweitzer and Clendening, who went to the Loudoun Valley as previously reported.

WM. GAMBLE,

Colonel, Commanding Brigade.


HEADQUARTERS FIRST SEPARATE BRIGADE,
Fairfax Court-House, Va., April 10, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel J. H. TAYLOR,

Chief of Staff, Department of Washington:

COLONEL: The detachment of the Eighth Illinois Cavalry, which went out this morning as previously reported from Fairfax Station, met Mosby's battalion, from the Northern Neck, under Captain Baylor, and, as usual, whipped it like the devil. The Eighth captured a number of horses and some prisoners. Had a few men wounded and half a dozen horses killed. A detailed report will be made as soon as practicable.

WM. GAMBLE,

Colonel, Commanding Brigade.


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