The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-01
TINE REPORTED RAID IN MARYLAND.


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The rebo raider. have osesp~i fDvy IA ~ - vas
reported attempt the Potomac ba went a from
lines IN the direction u Aide
appears from Information reg.yca, thai 1enefsl
Stuart with abou, nnecn hundred yaay hsa been for
time 10 the vicinity Of s,ansd srrags, ~ s'a.rd
county. Hampton, with his forcs betsocn Warren.
ton and the Rappahsnpock Aitgr the igneon u fiamI
ton with Stuart the nsshbs rood 81 Damirss, they
were Ioined also BY flrhugh go aud While cur u0ss
at that tne BY occoquan chantily Union Mia ana
Centervie, but the souherU part Of ssnd Cgunty hal
not been rseonnoefsd by orr scouting paf,los
The effort Of Colonel wyU lham "a these marsad
Intellectual ON ID 2sth met, be prcocedsa with
four hundred from chantly, ny way q ccnreylis
and Onion Mls J, IL X osu that that night . part =
the rebel force bvouacs ed within two and asa miles ~
Union Mills on the 2, III Colonel wyndam went ~ Wy
OF Fairfax STATEN to- Fairfax Court House, where shs
rebel cavalry had seen rop1sed by the infantry stn
toned there. AZ that point Colonel wyndhhm vas
reinforced with sixty men and two pieces o.
heavy artillery From that point he returned
to chantily, aud his advance came W with md
attacked Stuartr guard about half mile between
Chsnty and ayder's ford and got In tho direction 81
Aide few snots exchanged when Smart formed
his force In lve OF battle, tho right resting upon thick
woods II WIS then ssceained that stuarts force mum
bered at least four thousand although some Of the pr
TAKEN say that he had I've thousand men, and
Colonel Wy,ldham had only four hundred ard nlly mon
he withdrew them.
The rsbsH then proc6aded aha $iSaaiia" az AiaA ard
was afterwards ascefainod by scouts that they subeo
quentiy divided, portion Of them going towards War
rentou
Iniorulaton was Wrought TO Colonel wyndnam yes,er.
day that the rebels rebuilding the bridge tn
Rsppahannock at Rappahannock station. lilo inme
dla,ely ordered Colonel Richmond tho Fret Michigan
cayelry, 70 tako picket detail from hts resi
ment, and make u reconnaissance 20 ascertain
the facts. Colonel Richmond refused TO obey
tho order, upon the ground Of informality, and
the want OF rati0hs He then directed report
person. which he did but conducted himself nsosny
ar 10 elicit from coloue wyndham the cpilhct OF
"coward.n
Doring the iistosyicw IL is said Colons wyDaham
occasion slap the OF Colonel Richmond several
tines and compelled him TO apologize the mast abiect
manner for his nsolence The facts wero reported o.
General stoughton, by whom Colonel Richmond was
placed under arrest.
From the Information received there be no doub,
that cooncl Richmond win be rumnariy Dismissed from
the service Wilton, tho preliminary Of court martial
has since been ascerlaned that hs rebels rebuilt the
bridge at Rsppahannock station, and that train has
passed and proceeded dos the road Ear Cat
let's station, aud IL charged that II Cospci Rchmond
had ohsyed tho order given him he would have been
10 prevent The reconstTuelon OF the bridge
IL Is stated here tonight That large body OF rebels
made ,boir appearance upon The occoa an, at shy
ders Ford The place where General Stuart csossd and
within about twelve miles o. Alexandria
Its evident from al the facts that have been gathered
tina, General Lee ccntempiates movement nor,nraIa