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The Daily Dispatch: May 5, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Yankee cavalry raid. (search)
n a reconnoitering expedition. The Yankees had the locomotive nearly surrounded before they were discovered, but the conductor and engineer succeeded in effecting their escape through the swamp. Two negroes remained with the locomotive, but afterwards escaped and got back to the city. The Yankees sat fire to the bridge, which is an inconsiderable structure, and as it burnt the engine was precipitated into the water. The "Augusta" is an old engine, of small size. Lieut. Brown, of Gen. Winder's staff, while riding in the county yesterday morning, was captured by the Yankees and immediately paroled. Gen. Kilpatrick was in command of the party who performed this exploit. We hear that Col. Wyndham was also one of the officers of the expedition. The foregoing embraces all that we could gather of their operations in that neighborhood. They are reported to have passed Old Church, Hanover county, about 9 o'clock yesterday morning, and it is presumed that the whole expedition r