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The Daily Dispatch: August 6, 1863., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
learned, was commanded and admirably handled by Col. Baker, of the 1st North Carolina regiment. Our loss is, at this writing, unknown, but will probably be covered by 75 or 100 killed and wounded. The purpose of this movement was a reconnaissance, doubtless, to feel the position of our army. Excepting this spirited affair the period elapsed since the two armies entered the section they now occupy has been unprolific of important news that could be communicated with propriety. In Fauquier and Culpeper the Yankees have freely indulged their devilish proclivities. Their depredations extended to the destruction of growing and harvested crops of grain, and the shooting of cattle, mules, horses, and everything of the kind — Such has been their course, it is reported, since they reinvade the State, which, it is hoped, will be the last time. They have rebuilt the bridge at Rappahannock Station, where the Orange and Alexandria railroad crossed the river, and are said to be run