. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . fe^. THE rXHEEDED WARNING Here we see Catletts Station, onthe Orange & Alexandria Rail-road, which Stuarts cavalryseized in a night sortie on August22, 18C2. The damage done wasnot severe. Stuart was unableto burn the loaded wagon-trainssurrounding the station and hadto content himself with capturinghorses, which he mounted withwounded Federal soldiers; heescaped at four the morning,driven off by the approach of asuperior force. Pope, at thetime, was in possession of tliefords of the Rappahannock, try-ing to check the Confede
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . fe^. THE rXHEEDED WARNING Here we see Catletts Station, onthe Orange & Alexandria Rail-road, which Stuarts cavalryseized in a night sortie on August22, 18C2. The damage done wasnot severe. Stuart was unableto burn the loaded wagon-trainssurrounding the station and hadto content himself with capturinghorses, which he mounted withwounded Federal soldiers; heescaped at four the morning,driven off by the approach of asuperior force. Pope, at thetime, was in possession of tliefords of the Rappahannock, try-ing to check the Confederate ad-vance toward the Shenandoah. Stuarts raid, however, so alarmed General Halleck that heimmediately telegraphed Pope from Washington: Bj no meansexpose your railroad communication wdth Alexandria. It is ofthe utmost importance in sending your supplies and reinforce-ments. Pope did not fall back upon his railroad communica-tion, however, until after Jackson had seized Manassas Junction.
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