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The Daily Dispatch: May 4, 1863., [Electronic resource], The "Situation"--a Yankee raid. (search)
Fredericksburg railroad, anxiously awaiting the news expected to arrive by the train. The train, however, was destined not to arrive. The rumors which circulated yesterday might be extended in the sensation style to several columns, but, reduced to the absolute facts of the case, may be stated as follows: Yesterday the Yankees entered Columbia, Fluvanna county, Va., and destroyed the canal banks there. At 7 o'clock yesterday evening a force of Federals was within eight miles of Farmville, with the intention of destroying the High Bridge, on the Southside railroad. In the morning the Federals entered Ashland with a large force of cavalry and artillery, and, it is stated, burnt the town, which consists of a hotel and some twenty or thirty cottages. In the evening they were reported to be at a station on the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad, eight miles distant from the city. This report is supposed to be correct, though nothing was heard of them after