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The Daily Dispatch: July 31, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Yankee raid on the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad. (search)
The Yankee raid on the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad. The Yankees have been checked in their attempt to destroy the railroad between Weldon and Petersburg. On Tuesday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, our advanced pickets reported the enemy advancing, in numbers variously estimated at from 1,000 to 1,500. Our skirmishers encountered the advance of the enemy at Roone's Mill, in Northampton county, eight miles from Garysburg, and poured such a destructive fire into the ranks of the invaders as caused them to check their speed considerably. The skirmishing was kept up at intervals, with considerable vigor, until 11 P. M., when the enemy retired entirely out of sight. Finding all efforts to reach the road by this route unavailing, Gen. Ransom suspected they would endeavor to reach the Meherrin Bridge, at Hicksford, by the Murfreesboro' road, and immediately caused a regiment and battery to move to that point. On Wednesday, at twelve o'clock, when the train from Weldon reached Jarratt'