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Mosby in Maryland.
Mosby seems determined not to confine his field of operations to his native State.
On Thursday morning last he crossed the Potomac near the mouth of Seneca Creek, nearly opposite Drainesville, where a company of Yankee cavalry was camped, guarding the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
These Mosby pitched into, anMosby seems determined not to confine his field of operations to his native State.
On Thursday morning last he crossed the Potomac near the mouth of Seneca Creek, nearly opposite Drainesville, where a company of Yankee cavalry was camped, guarding the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
These Mosby pitched into, and after a severe skirmish, in which he killed some six or eight, he succeeded in capturing and bringing off seventeen, with their horses and equipments, besides two Virginia negroes they had with them.
The only account of the fight we have is that furnished by the prisoners, who state that they were attacked by three companies of Mosby pitched into, and after a severe skirmish, in which he killed some six or eight, he succeeded in capturing and bringing off seventeen, with their horses and equipments, besides two Virginia negroes they had with them.
The only account of the fight we have is that furnished by the prisoners, who state that they were attacked by three companies of cavalry, numbering nearly two hundred men, shortly after daylight, on Thursday morning, and that they fought the force opposed to them for about half an hour, during which time they killed one Captain, one Lieutenant, and mortally wounded another Lieutenant, and suffered a loss of six killed and several wounded.
They also state th
Prison Record.
--The arrivals at the Libby prison yesterday morning numbered forty-five.
Of these 17 were captured by Mosby in Maryland, 20 were captured at Fredericksburg, and 8 at Brandy Station and other points.--They are representatives of a number of different Yankee regiments.
At Castle Thunder there were 16 persons received during the day; among them two negroes, captured by Mosby in Maryland.
Prison Record.
--The arrivals at the Libby prison yesterday morning numbered forty-five.
Of these 17 were captured by Mosby in Maryland, 20 were captured at Fredericksburg, and 8 at Brandy Station and other points.--They are representatives of a number of different Yankee regiments.
At Castle Thunder there were 16 persons received during the day; among them two negroes, captured by Mosby in Maryland.