Skirmish near Zuni, VA....

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OCTOBER 25, 1862.- Skirmish near Zuni, Va.

Report of Major General John A. Dix, U. S. Army, commanding the Department of Virginia.

FORT MONROE, VA., October 27, 1862.

An expedition was sent from Suffolk on Saturday night to the Blackwater. It took a wrong road and did not arrive till noon, instead of daybreak, on Sunday. The cavalry swam the river, and some howitzers were sent over in canoes. The enemy were cleared from the bank of the river by our infantry. Much valuable information was obtained. Lieutenant William Wheelan, of the Mounted Rifles, a very meritorious officer, was killed; our only casualty. We captured a sergeant and 4 men of a Georgia cavalry regiment. I have directed Major-General Peck to keep a part of his force in motion constantly, so as to accustom them to marching instead of rusting in camp.

JOHN A. DIX,

Major-General.

Major-General HALLECK, General-in-Chief.
 

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Here is Historical marker in Zuni, Va.... about Zuni and the civil war...

 

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Zuni, Virginia, October 4, 1862. 1st New York Mounted Rifles. Major-General John J. Peck, commanding at Suffolk, reported as follows on the 9th: "On the 3d inst. several hundred of the enemy crossed the river in the vicinity of Zuni and occupied Windsor, having among other designs that of tearing up the Petersburg railroad. At dawn of the 4th Colonel Dodge was advanced with a portion of the New York 1st mounted rifles, who occupied the place and during the day forced the enemy across the Blackwater."


Zuni, Virginia, October 26, 1862. (See Blackwater, same date.) Zuni, Virginia, November 14, 1862. (See Blackwater Bridge.) Zuni, Virginia, December 12, 1862. Terry's Brigade. A despatch from Major-General John J. Peck, commanding at Suffolk, dated 11 a. m., says: "Firing is heard from ^he vicinity of Zuni, where the Petersburg railroad crosses the Blackwater." Confederate accounts state the Union loss in this action as "about too killed and wounded." Their own loss was given as 1 killed, 1 wounded and 11 missing.
 
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