NP, RE 11/26/1862

From the Richmond Enquirer
 
November 26, 1862
 
To the Editors of the Enquirer:
 
Gentlemen,
   Allow me to notice an error in your this morning's issue in regard to the capture of the locomotives "President" and "Red Bird," by Stuart's cavalry in August last. They were captured by the First Louisiana Brigade, commanded by Col. Forno, of the Fifth Louisiana, which Brigade had led the van of our advancing columns from the Rappahannock.
   When within three miles of Bristoe Station, General Jackson having learned that two trains were to arrive there, they were double-quicked to that station, where they were drawn up to receive them, expecting that they contained troops. The trains arriving, entirely unsuspicious of danger, they were surrounded and captured.
   The next day the Brigade successfully resisted the advance of three times their number of Yankees, until General Jackson had reached Manassas with the rest of his corps.
One Who Was There
Richmond, Nov. 17, 1862

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