NEW YORK, May 17.
A letter from Cumberland, Va., 13th says: “An attempt was made
this P. M. by the rebels on our left to capture some of our wagons, hundreds of
which line the roads between here and Buckhouse Point, but I cannot learn of
they have succeeded. During the time the
rebels made the attack upon our wagon train, Gen. McClellan, accompanied by his
staff, was making a reconnoissance, and came in sight of the rebel cavalry
before he was aware of his proximity. By
dint of hard riding he escaped, and took command of what force there was at
hand and dispersed the rebels.
It is reported here to-night that two rebel regiments have
been cut off in their retreat, by the burning of Bottom bridge by our
forces. If this be true, they are in the
language of Ogre, “my meat.”
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette,
Davenport, Iowa, Monday Morning, May 19, 1862, p. 1
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