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HDQRS. CAVALRY CORPS, ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA,
November 17, 1863.

Respectfully forwarded; and attention called to this act of gallantry, which is only one of many which are almost daily performed by our daring scouts, as is shown in part by the inclosed extract from newspaper.

J. E. B. STUART,

Major-General.


HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA,
November 20, 1863.

Major General J. E. B. STUART,

Commanding Cavalry Corps:

GENERAL: The report of the capture of 6 Federal soldiers, with their horses and arms, at Weaverville, near General Meade's headquarters, on October 31, by Privates William A. Bolick, of the First South Carolina Cavalry, and Isaac Curtis, of the Ninth Virginia Cavalry, has been received. They deserve great credit for the daring and skill with which the capture was effected. The report will be forwarded to the Department as an evidence of their merit.

I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

R. E. LEE,

General.

NOVEMBER 1-17, 1863.-Expeditions from Beverly and Charleston against Lewisburg, W. Va.

SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS.

Nov. 1, 1863.-Averell's command sets out from Beverly, W. Va.

3, 1863.-Duffie's command sets out from Charleston, W. Va.

4, 1863.-Skirmish near Cackleytown, W. Va.

5, 1863.-Skirmish at Mill Point, W. Va.

6, 1863.-Engagement at Droop Mountain, W. Va.

Skirmish at Little Sewell Mountain, W. Va.

7, 1863.-Skirmish near Muddy Creek, W. Va.

Capture of Lewisburg, W. Va.

8, 1863.-Skirmish at Second Creek, on the road to Union, W. Va.

9, 1863.-Skirmish near Covington, Va.

10, 1863.-Skirmish on Elk Mountain, near Hillsborough, W. Va.

13, 1863.-Duffie's command reaches Charleston, W. Va.

17, 1863.-Averell's command reaches New Creek, W. Va.

REPORTS.


No. 1.-Brigadier General Benjamin F. Kelley, U. S. Army, commanding Department of West Virginia.


No. 2.-Return of Casualties in the Union Forces engaged at Droop Mountain.


No. 3.-Brigadier General William W. Averell, U. S. Army, commanding expedition form Beverly.


No. 4.-Captain Ernst A. Denicke, Sixty-eighth New York Infantry, Acting Signal Officer.


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