Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-02-09
Morning and Noon Dispatches,
Interesting from the Army of tht
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Interesting from the Army Of the
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New YORK, Feb. S.-The Herald's special
from Culpepper Court House, Feb. 7th, 8 p.
NJ, says: The Army of the Potomac is
again back at winter quarters. Gen. Kill
patrick crossed at Culpepper ford and
secured the country from Jacobs ford to
near Fredericksburg, finding nothing but
cavalry pickets of Hampton's division, near
ly all of whom they captured. A detach-
ment of the Second New York cavalry went
up to Jacobs ford, where they had learned
there was sergeant and nine men. They
captured three of them. Kilpatrick's COM
mand having accomplished the purpose for
which it was sent, returned to camp to-day
at noon. ,t ..cn
Gen. Warren crossed the Third division
of the Second corps at Morton's ford yester-
day, with little or no opposition. Last
evening the Second division of the same
corps crossed and attempted to join the
Third in piece of woods at the left of the
ford. The rebels then opened upon them
with musketry from the right of the ford,
where they had been concealed in another
piece of woods. The night was dark, rain
ing and foggy, and the fire of each party
was directed by the flash of the guns of their
opponents. During the night, after firing
had ceased, our men were ordered to return
across the river, which they did without
molestation. Gen. Humphreys went down
this evening and ordered all our troops back
into their quarters, as the whole object Of
the reconnaissance had been accomplished.
CULpEPPER, C. H., Feb. FLOP. Miner
ritts first division of cavalry, which went
to Burnett's Ford toward Madison G. H.,
met some of Stuart's cavalry last evening
and skirmished with them this morning.
The whole division, excepting those left
on picket, being, on hand, our forces adj
vanced and found rebel cavalry backed by
infantry. Gen. Merritt pitched in and drove
the whole force before him across Robert
sons river to Madison CHI. The command
held the ford all day, and then in obedience
to orders came back to headquarters, hav-
ing captured eight or ten prisoners.
WASHINGTON Feb. 7.-It is reported at
Brandy Station this morning that General
Caldwell, with his own division and anOth-
| er brigade of the Second corps, captured a
rebel Captain and twenty-five priyates of
the picket force, crossing at Morton's Ford,
and that the prisoners informed him that
there were only two brigades of the rebels
within ten miles of that point. Thereupon
Gen. Caldwell determined to storm the reb-
el works, where ten ortwelve pieces of ar
tillery were in position. He drew the fire
of these batteries and discovered that the
works were swarming with the enemy, and
deemed it prudent to fall back to the pro-
lection of his rifle pits. There he remained,
but toward night the enemy opened upon
and endeavored to force him to retire from
that position. He held his ground, losing
about thirty-6ve men killed and wounded,
and rested his command in the rifle pits
Rapidan was effected by fording the river.
A Scouting party to Aldie and Middlebury
returned to Fairfax last evening and reports
all quiet and no enemy in sight.