. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . on that very day August i6th, a party of Confederate cav-alry was captured, with orders from General Lee, which disclosedthe plan that he was moving northward, by forced marches, withthe main Army of Richmond, to attack Popes little army withoverwhelming force before he could be reinforced by the troopsfrom the Peninsula. In consequence of this information. GeneralPope hastily broke up his camps on the Rapidan and on the i8thand 19th, retired to a n
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . on that very day August i6th, a party of Confederate cav-alry was captured, with orders from General Lee, which disclosedthe plan that he was moving northward, by forced marches, withthe main Army of Richmond, to attack Popes little army withoverwhelming force before he could be reinforced by the troopsfrom the Peninsula. In consequence of this information. GeneralPope hastily broke up his camps on the Rapidan and on the i8thand 19th, retired to a new position behind the north branch of theRappahannock, in the hope that by holding the fords, sufficienttime would be gained for the Army of the Potomac to come tohis relief. But Lee and Jackson had pressed forward with suchvigor, that General Halleck soon found, when it was too late, thatthe line of the Rappahannock was too far forward for the unionof Popes and McClellans armies. The troops which had notbeen landed were conveyed to Alexandria, and assembled in timeto assure the safety of the capital. \02 THE TENTH REGIMENT. Catletts Station in 1862. On August 22d,when GeneralPope was watch-ing the line ofthe Rappahan-nock, Gen. J. Stuart, thenoted Confed-erate cavalry-leader, made adaring raid inhis rear, with fifteen hundred horsemen, to interrupt his railroad communica-tions with Washington. Stuart crossed the Rappahannock atWaterloo Bridge, and marching rapidly vnr Warrenton, arrivedat Catletts Station, General Popes camp, after dark. My com-rade, Wildman, of the Tenth, says : The rain poured in torrents,and the sudden attack at midnight was a complete at headquarters was startled from sleep by the firing ofvolley after volley in their midst, and all started up in the dark-ness, in the endeavor to find a place of safety, I escaped, hesaid, but had a hard tramp through the mud, rain, and darkness,—but I am thankful to get off alive. Fortunately for
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