Letter

H. H. Wells to Taylor, March 17, 1865

ALEXANDRIA

Colonel TAYLOR: COLONEL: We have information that about 170 rebel cavalry intend making a raid into Fairfax County to-night. They will come from Prince William County. I have telegraphed this to Colonel Gamble, and have sent what men I have out.

H. H. WELLS,

Col. and Pro, Mar. Gen., Defenses South of the Potomac.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: ALEXANDRIA. Summary: H. H. Wells warns Colonel Taylor of an imminent rebel cavalry raid into Fairfax County and reports dispatching troops and notifying Colonel Gamble for defense.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 1 View original source ↗