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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 97 (search)
Doc. 89.-fight at Dumfries, Va. Philadelphia Inquirer account. Washington, January 1. otomac, at two o'clock the same afternoon. Dumfries was garrisoned by a portion of Gen. Geary's d to the Neobsco River, about four miles above Dumfries, where they encamped for the night. Our loe it crosses the road from Wolf Run Shoals to Dumfries. General Geary threw out a company of cavabject now was to communicate with our band at Dumfries. The enemy was driven northward, and their r, our troops bivouacked within a few miles of Dumfries, and troops were sent by the General to strenthe exception. of the reenforcements left at Dumfries, returned to Wolf Run Shoals, and at Tuesday noon reached camp, noar Fairfax. Dumfries was almost battered down by the immense number of shell taken. None of our men were hurt, except at Dumfries. Urbana citizen account. Dumfries, PDumfries, Prince William Co., Va., December 29, 1862. friend Saxton: In the absence of your regular corresp[2 more...]
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 136 (search)
he river, without loss. 3. On the eleventh December, Gen. Hampton crossed the Rappahannock with a detachment of his brigade, cut the enemy's communications at Dumfries, entered the town a few hours before Sigel's corps, then advancing on Fredericksburgh, captured twenty wagons with a guard of about ninety men, and returned safely to his camp. On the sixteenth December he again crossed the river with a small force, proceeded to Occoquan, surprised the pickets between that place and Dumfries, captured fifty wagons, bringing many of then across the Occoquan in a ferry-boat, and beating back a brigade of cavalry sent to their rescue. He reached the Rappah Lee's, and W. F. Lee's brigades, under the command of their officers, respectively, made a force reconnoisance in the rear of the enemy's lines, attacked him at Dumfries, capturing men and wagons at that place, advanced toward Alexandria, drove his cavalry with considerable loss toward Occoquan, captured his camp on that stream,