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The Daily Dispatch: September 20, 1864., [Electronic resource], General Hampton's raid around Grant. (search)
General Hampton's raid around Grant. General Hampton's raid in Grant's rear, and capture of a large number of prisoners and cattle, seems to have been a very handsome affair. He left Petersburg on Wednesday morning with Barringer's, Chambliss's, Rosser's and Dearing's brigades of cavalry, and Graham's and McGregor's batteries of artillery. Camping at Duval's mills, eighteen miles from the city, in Sussex county, that night, he resumed the march on Thursday morning, passing within three miles of Stony creek, and thence across the Jerusalem plankroad to the Norfolk and Petersburg road. The raid was undertaken to secure a drove of cattle grazing at Coggin's Point, in Prince George county, and the nearest force of the enemy to it was at Sycamore church. It was determined to attack that force at daylight on Friday morning. The Petersburg Express says: All necessary disposition of the troops having been made, General Lee's division guarding every channel of approach to preve