. History of the American Civil War . 22d,Wilson, with his own division of cavalry of the Army of the Potomac, and Kautzs clivi-tion of wSonPand sion of that of the James, moved against the enemys railroads south of Richmond. Hestruck the Weldon Railroad at Reams Station (see Map,vol. iii, p. 396), destroyed the depot and several miles ofthe road, and the Southside Road to near Nottaway Sta-tion, where he defeated a force of the enemys cavalry. Hereached Burkesville Station on the 23d, and from thatpoint destroyed the Danville Railroad for 25 miles to Ro-anoke Bridge, where he found the enemy
. History of the American Civil War . 22d,Wilson, with his own division of cavalry of the Army of the Potomac, and Kautzs clivi-tion of wSonPand sion of that of the James, moved against the enemys railroads south of Richmond. Hestruck the Weldon Railroad at Reams Station (see Map,vol. iii, p. 396), destroyed the depot and several miles ofthe road, and the Southside Road to near Nottaway Sta-tion, where he defeated a force of the enemys cavalry. Hereached Burkesville Station on the 23d, and from thatpoint destroyed the Danville Railroad for 25 miles to Ro-anoke Bridge, where he found the enemy in force, and in£ position from which he could not dislodge him. He then commenced his return march, and on therailroads, tat are 28th met the enemys cavalry in force at the defeated Weldon Railroad crossing of Stony Creek,where he had a severe engagement. Thence he made adetour from his left, with a view of reaching Reams Sta-tion, which he supposed was in Grants possession. Atthat place he was met by the enemys cavalry, supported. 404 CAVALRY EXPEDITIONS. [Sect. XIX. by infantry which had been sent from Petersburg, andwas forced to retire, with the loss of his artillery andtrains. In this encounter, Kautz, with a part of his com-mand, became separated, but found his way back to thenational lines. Wilson, with the remainder of the force,succeeded in crossing the Nottaway River and reachingGrants left. The loss of the two divisions was nearly1000 men. But so completely had they destroyed therailroads that it required more than three weeks to repairthem. In Richmond the market price of wheat rose fromtwenty to forty dollars per bushel. Two weeks had now passed. The result had not an-swered Grants expectations. Although the Fourth period of . -, i -i ^ , i • >-ii the Petersburg enemy s loss had been very great, his was still campaign. ^ ^ ° . greater. It could hardly be estimated at lessthan 15,000 men. An attempt was now made to breakLees lines by the aid of a mine. With
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