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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 195 (search)
Doc. 185.-fight at Warrenton Junction, Va. Fairfax Court-House, May 4, 1863. The telegraph last evening conveyed the intelligence of a fight at Warrenton Junction between a portion of Stahel's cavalry, under command of Colonel De Forrest, and Moseby's guerrillas. The rebels, numbering about three hundred, succeeded in passing the outposts between eight and nine o'clock yesterday morning. They then made a dash upon some eighty men of the First Virginia, who were dismounted, feeding their horses. These men finding that they could not mount in time to resist the attack, prepared to defend themselves on foot. As the rebels came up, they gave them a volley which emptied a number of saddles and checked the onset. A desperate fight now occurred, and for a short time the First Virginia succeeded in keeping them at bay. But numbers told, and the rebels captured about half the force, the others fighting gallantly. One of our men was shot after he had given up his arms, and this
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