The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-07-29
\ REBEL SURGEONS STORY.

WASHINGTON, July ia captured rebel
Surgeon having been examined before the
military authorities on Wednesday last, the
following is his statement as taken down:
STATEMENT OF A. N woLFORD. ASSISTANT SUR
| GEON I'd BATTALION MD. CAVALRY.
Was a physician in Baltimore have been
| in the rebel service three years have been an
assistant surgeon two years; am in Bradley
JOhnson's brigade of cavalry; Johnson's brig
ade has been operating against Hunter aud
Sigel in the valley for the past two months
lef6 Staunton about three weeks since ar.
rived and crossed the Potomac at Shepherds
town en- Sunday, the Sd inst. went from
ShepherdstOwn to Frederick. where we ar
rived before the town on Tuesday, the 9Th
inst. went into Frederick two or three days
after; there are four brigades of cavalry, COM
manded by Gen. Ransom, JmbOden, Colonel
jackson, Gen. McCausland and Gen. Bradley
johnson respectively command brigades of
cavalry; johnson has the 45th. 9th. 36,h
and 9Th Virginia cavalry; the GID mounted
infantry is in Gen. Imbodens command, now
dsmounted and under Breckenridge sup
pose we have 10 600 cavalry in all /; think
there are 40 600 or $4,000 Infantry; there are
two corps of three divisions each; Early and
Breckinridge's division commanders are Gen
erals Horton and Vaughn, and Ewells corps
has Generals Ransom, Rhodes and Gordon
four division commanders; the I'd Maryland
battalion received about 100 recruits from
Baltimore, before which it had only $50 men
we do not take private property; Gen John.
SOC shot man yesterday in the road for going
into house nd demanding a lady's money;
strict orders against taxing private property
were read to the troops three times before
crossing into Maryland; l was left near Fort
Stevens by Gen. johnson to watch the move
ments of the Federal troops; they left the
vicinity of Fort Stevens, and went towards
Chain Bridge. Early says he shall not cross
the river until he has taken Washington; I
have acted as a courier to Gen. Breckinridge;
it was reported yesterday that Gen. Lee was
crossing at Drainsville with 100, 900 men;
nearly the whole rebel army is in Virginia
JOhnsons force is the same that was Operat-
| ing near Baltimore; we came yesterday from
Baltimore to Washington, and struck the
cars there are said to be 100, 900 men with
Lee. As 600 with Early, 10000 with Beaure.
| gard Gen. Early has thirty two pieces of ar
| tillery, in two battaliOns of fourteen and
eighteen pieces respectively; l counted the
| artillery before starting; we had two twelve
| Founders; l had no arms, but was left to
watch the movement of the enemy, because l
knew the country.
Fourth. know positively that preparations
were made to assault Washington last Sunday
night. The assault was DELAYED till Monday
| for more perfect prepa' alton. On Monday
night EARLY received intelligence which led
| him to believe that his golden opportunity had
been lost by days delay, and he countermand-
ed the orders OF preparation to assault that
evening" Gen McCausland cursed and damn
ed this change of purpose, and prOfanely la.
mented the waste of the expedition and man.
tanned the practicability OF the easy capture of
the city.
| The Infantry, particularly the veterans of
Stonewall Jackson's brigade complained most
nutnOusly that they had marched three hun
| dred miles for nothing; that Early had prOmis-
| ed them the capture of Washington and that
the job was under their hands, easy to be
| done. and was utterly thrown away.
| Fifth, the cOrrObOrative evidence of the
strength of the rebel invasion of Maryland, and
the intention to capture Washington, is this:
| /. That two able Major Generals command
| ed the expedition.
2. That bo.h of them came within mile of
Washington defences and there established
their headquarters on high and overlooking
ground.
That on July 10 Major Fry telegraphed to
headquarters here from Rockville, The ene-
my's column is a mile long" this being the
force moving on single road of many parallel
roads.
4. That on July 10. in another dispatch from
Tena'lytown, counted of the enemy 1900 to
| 1000 cavalry.
5. That on July 10 dispatch from Leesbu"g
said: Five thousand rebel cavalry entered
this town between six and seven o'clock, p. NJ"
6. On the night of July II trains moved
without cessation beyond Fort de Russy to
the northwest and were so reported here 10y
telegraph.
7. That at daylight on July IS, on the old
| Rockville city road, the rebels commenced
passing Vi,gniaward and continued passing
in an uninterrupted stream until thirty five
minutes past II p NJ.
s. That Breckinridge's and Early's divisions
of infantry passed through Rockville on the
night of the 18th.
| 8. That the rear guard, under jackson. an
entire brigade, passed through Rockville after
| 9 O'Clock on the afternoon of the 18th.
10. That on the 18th three regiments of re-
bel cavalry were seen from Fort Reno to pass
| on the road to Great Falls.
IL. That 200 wagons and 2, 600 head of cattle
passed Leesboro July II, food for the columns
coming up behind.