HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF
NORTHERN VIRGINIA,
December 23, 1864.
On the 20th General
Early reported one division of enemy's cavalry, under General Custer, coming up
the Valley, and two divisions, under General Totbert, moving through Chester Gap,
with four pieces artillery and thirty wagons. On the 22d Rosser attacked
Custer's division, nine miles from Harrisonburg, and drove [him] back,
capturing forty prisoners. This morning Torbert attacked Lomax near
Gordonsville, and was repulsed and severely punished. He is retiring and Lomax
preparing to follow.
R. E. LEE.
Hon. J. A. SEDDON.
SOURCE: The
War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and
Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 43, Part 1 (Serial No. 90), p. 679-80
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