NP, RSTD 6/26/1863

From the Raleigh Standard
 
June 26, 1863
 
From the North
   Hooker has crossed the Potomac and entered Maryland to defend Washington City, and if possible frustrate Lee's designs upon Pennsylvania. He left his buildings at Aquia Creek under the protection of his gunboats, but a detachment of the 15th Virginia cavalry fired them under cover of darkness, on Monday night last, and succeeded in destroying every shanty, warehouse and other building, together with a portion of the magnificent wharf recently constructed by the U. S. Government. The railroad from Aquia Creek to Fredericksburg was left intact by the Yankees, and the iron is now being appropriated to the use of the Richmond and Fredericksburg railroad {Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR}. The bridges constructed on this railroad by the Yankees, are superb structures, and have not yet been destroyed for prudential reasons.

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