| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| March 3, 1864 |
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| The raid around Richmond |
| Incidents |
| Mr. Wm. G. Richardson, road master on the {Virginia}
Central Railroad, was taken prisoner by the enemy near Frederick's Hall, on Mondayafternoon. After robbing him of a splendid gold
watch and chain, about $100 in gold, and $1,000 in Confederate notes,
he was released. |
| Col. Edmund
Fontaine, President of the Central Road, had barely time to escape from his residence, near Beaver Dam depot.
In his hasty retreat he was fired at five or six times by the pursuing
enemy. |
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