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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 246 (search)
fight. Centreville, December 24, 1861. Yesterday morning a heavy skirmish occurred at Dranesville, which resulted disastrously to us. A foraging party was sent out by Gen. Stuart, consisting of about two hundred wagons, escorted by the Eleventh Virginia, Col. Garland; the Sixth South Carolina, under Lieutenant-Colonel A. J. Secrest; the Tenth Alabama, Col. John H. Forney; the First Kentucky, Col. Tom Taylor; the Sumter Flying Artillery, Capt. Cutts, and detachments from Ransom's and Radford's Cavalry. Our whole force amounted to nearly twenty-five hundred men. They started off early in the morning, and before day were some distance on the journey. Soon after leaving, a rocket was seen to shoot up in the direction of Dranesville, which, as was afterward ascertained, was a signal from the enemy, and indicated that our approach was known. It is about fifteen miles from here to Dranesville. When within a short distance of the place, two or three regiments of Yankees were seen