. The history of the Civil War in the United States: its cause, origin, progress and conclusion . ginia. On his march thither Captain Dahlgren was joined by adetachment of the sixth Ohio cavalry, under Major Stedman. The entireforce crossed the Potomac at seven on the morning of the 9thof November, bravely entered the town, and soon encountered the desperate hand-to-hand combat ensued, which continued for some result was that the Rebels eventually gave way and retreated. TheFederals captured thirty-nine prisoners, their horses, accoutrements, aRebel banner, and sev
. The history of the Civil War in the United States: its cause, origin, progress and conclusion . ginia. On his march thither Captain Dahlgren was joined by adetachment of the sixth Ohio cavalry, under Major Stedman. The entireforce crossed the Potomac at seven on the morning of the 9thof November, bravely entered the town, and soon encountered the desperate hand-to-hand combat ensued, which continued for some result was that the Rebels eventually gave way and retreated. TheFederals captured thirty-nine prisoners, their horses, accoutrements, aRebel banner, and several wagons filled with army cloth. The forcesthen returned to camp with these trophies of their gallantry, having lostbut one man killed, three missing. On the same day General Stahel drovein the Rebel pickets which had been stationed near Snickers and Ashbysgaps, and succeeded in gaining important information respecting the po-sition and movements of the enemy. On the same day, the second brigade of General division,commanded by Colonel Hoffman, together with General Pleasontons. EXPEDITIONS IN NOVEMBER, 1862. 311 cavalry, charged upon the detachment of the Rebels posted at Philomel,on the Winchester turnpike, and compelled them to retire beyond Upper-ville. The enemy consisted of three thousand cavalry, commanded byGeneral Stuart. The Federal loss was four killed, eighteen wounded. On the 9th of November, an expedition under General Kelley, com-prising eight hundred men, left their camp at New Creek, Virginia, for thepurpose of attacking the Rebels under General Imboden, who was sta-tioned four miles from Moorefield. When they reached the camp theyfound that its occupants had deserted it. The} were rapidly pursued, andwere overtaken fifteen miles beyond it. A skirmish ensued, which re-sulted in the total rout of the foe, who scattered in every direction throughthe adjacent mountains. The Federals captured thirty-eight prisoners,among whom were two captains and tw
Size: 1253px × 1993px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorsmuckers, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860, bookyear1865
