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The Daily Dispatch: January 2, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
release of the prisoners, the total destruction of the town, and the murder of the President and his Cabinet. This part of the undertaking was entrusted to Colonel Dahlgren, who seems to have been formed by nature for the execution of the most atrocious schemes. Kilpatrick's forces divided in the upper country. One portion of nd made their appearance on the outskirts of the city, where they had an artillery duel with our batteries, without much damage to either side. The other, under Dahlgren, passed through Goochland, robbing and burning as they went. They approached the city in a dark night, on the Westham road, and within a few miles of town, werevalry, shelled a large body of them, commanded by Kilpatrick himself, and frightened them so badly that they took to their heels and escaped down the Peninsula. Dahlgren was not so fortunate. He crossed the river into King and Queen, and falling into a body of home guards and militia, was surrounded, in a dark night, and furious