The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-03

II.
wore engaged with stuarrs cavalry near Occolunn
(by stuart, Yesterday, with three wounded Union sol
diers Chantly. lie brings hher further very
interesting Information OF thu affair.
lie was captured, with thirty five or the Second and
Seventeenth Pennsylvania cavalry, near occoluan. IL
seems that detachment Of about three hundred men
from those and Illinois cavary rcgiment--the
Twelfth We believe had crossed the Occcquan to hunt
up some suspicious characters lurking there.
AT Bacon race about six miles above the village OF &C.
ccquan they large body Of rebel cavalry
apparently Thousand strong. with sx pieces
Leach. who with the advance, at glance
that tight necessary, Ii but 70 afford thor
body All opportunity to get back the stream
accordingly charged upon the cnomys pickots. driving
them from the crest Of the bill there 70 which they adj
vanced
they retired main body benz pressed by the
my The whole four times formed ia line 81 battle
They lost Eeutenants Snyder and Leach and sergeant
killed, and -four men wounded aud thryhve prisoners,
including but the single officer who has reached here.
The balance creased the stream Ia safety
In the Of this engagement the rebels lot
major ana captain killed and lieutenant cooncl wound
ed besides killed and wounded, who imme
dlately cared Tor by the rebelspaccd IN wagons or
From the officer ho brings this account We learn tina.
there four generals with this body rebclsGene
rails Stuart Wade Hampton, Fitzhngh Lee, and another
whose name he did not learn II was said among them
that they had the day before had considerable light
Dumiries where they had been repuscd by infantry
in thor OF RI to get Of our stores ia MI around
that village.
They brought away no prisoners their retreat or
retirement that and the belief among
Ia their hands that they were worscd In the
fr. After crossing the ford, carbinecr- rallied
gave them another charge before retreang 70 their
camp The rebes probably did no, follow them there,
as they carried on nothing from IT, They stripped our
dead, however, Of their clothes, gloves, Sc.
The next firing the immediate vicinity 81 Fair
fax Court House on Sunday night portiun u the rebel
force of in that direction but being recsived ATTN
four rounds Of shell and some muskcry speedily rereae
To their main body. They marched NIL ngnt >ndav a. III
anu halted on Monday morning NJ Chantiiy church Tor
FIVE hours. While there their pickcts Frying rant
mile and half on-were attacked and driven by Mtr
Tagaft Of the Second Pennsylvania cavalry On finding
tho force nc had 70 deal with however, he retired.
They left Chantiily church at Monday, gong
the Little river turnpike in the direction q Aide. Thi-
Is the last that OF them. They had about eighty
prisoners IN all including citizens, strggers teamsters
and the squad of thrty-nve mentioned above.
wounded prva,es and Lieut. snyder who being In oneu
10 mortuis from wound In hk thigh, died there few
hours afterwards General stuart took occasion 10 comp
meD Lieut. Leach highly for the great gaantry Of bis ia
distinct charges, made with not more than twenty Ave
men upon whole rebel regiment in order TO afford our
main body opportunity " get back the ford
In the last he fell dead hs body being pierced by three
balls.
The rebels carried nothing on with them except ths
eighty prisoners and the clothing they had undered on
dsadnot visbly. the stores from the few
ers wagons they fell in with.
The officer In charge Of the prisonersa Major white
behaved with the greatest kindness To them throughout
the whole iortynve miles march TO Chansil!y.
from the Washington Chronicle, Jan. H.
body Of cavalry under Stuart said ~ be thou
sand strong, with pieces Of artillery, crossed the
Rappahannock and started Of their foolish
scquenta raids OF which they expected to have their
Northern friends Manufacture sounding despatch Tor the
European steamers Their object also 10 destroy any
Of our stores they might ind undefended They made
sdash' Dumrics, where they beaten OF and pur
sued they made another dash" OccoSuan where they
were aiso beaten on and pursued they made another
dash" Tairfsx Court House where they again
beaten back and pursued and the Last that heard o
them they putting their best leg foremost from all
these points, 10 get home 10 safety They had long
march, three unsuccessful lights, and three highly
ridiculous I" skedaddlesu 10 carry home blown and
broken down horses the result q their RAID into
Maryland.