he can raise 500 men in a very short time. There would be no trouble to hem his camp in by parties going from Warrenton and this place.

Your obedient servant,

G. F. MCCABE,

Major Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry.

Lieutenant SWAN,

Actg. Asst. Adjt. General, Second Div., Fifth Army Corps.

[First indorsement.]

HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION, FIFTH CORPS,
March 10, 1864.

Respectfully forwarded.

This party was sent out to re-enforce one sent from Bristoe, which was being roughly handled.

R. B. AYRES,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

[Second indorsement.]

HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY CORPS,
March 11, 1864.

Respectfully forwarded for the information of the major-general commanding Army of the Potomac.

GEO. SYKES,

Major-General, Commanding.

ADDENDA. *

March 9, a scout of 40 men, under the command of Lieutenant White, was attacked by the enemy in the vicinity of Greenwich. The party making the attack was composed of the Fourth Virginia Cavalry, Chincapin Rangers, and a detachment of Mosby's command. The casualties numbered 9, all taken prisoners; 4 wounded, now in hospital at Washington, D. C.

MARCH 9, 1864. -Skirmish near Suffolk, Va.

REPORTS.

Numbers 1. -Major General Benjamin F. Butler, U. S. Army.

Numbers 2. -Brigadier General Charles A. Heckman, U. S. Army.

Numbers 3. -Colonel George W. Cole, Second U. S. Colored Cavalry.

Numbers 4. -Brigadier General Matthew W. Ransom, C. S. Army.

Numbers 1. Report of Major General Benjamin F. Butler, U. S. Army.

FORT MONROE, March 12, 1864.

(Received 4. 10 p. m.)

Cole's cavalry (Second United States) had a skirmish the day before yesterday with the enemy near Suffolk. While making a reconnaissance they came upon Ransom's brigade, consisting of four

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*From return of Second Brigade, Second Division, Cavalry Corps, for March, 1864.

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