Head Quarters, Army of the Potomac, May 29 [1862]

A bridge 500 feet long over the South Anna Creek, a tributary of Pamunky River, on the line of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac R. R. was burned to-day by the 6^th Cavalry.  This cuts off all communication by railroad between Richmond and Jackson’s command.

The 5^th cavalry went to Ashland, 18 miles from Richmond on the same road and burned all the enemy’s Commissary and Quartermasters supplies stored there.  This is a serious loss to the Rebels.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 31, 1862, p. 3