K. E. H. Stoughton to R. N. Scort, December 29, 1862

_Captain: f{ have the honor to report that the enemy’s cavalry, consisting of Generals Lee’s and Stuart’s brigades and one battery, and a cavalry command under General Hampton, after being repulsed in an attempt to pass my troops up the pike, passed near Annandale, through Vienna, taking the road from there to Dranesville, tearing up the road slightly at Burke’s Station, and capturing the operator and cutting the wires between here and Falls Church. I will send in my report to-day. They succeeded in capturing nothing. All the wagons from Burke’s coming here. I am,

very respectfully, your obedient servant,