CAVALRY SKIRMISH AT WOLFTOWN
Madison Court House, August 8, 1862A skirmish between our pickets and a body of rebel cavalry occurred yesterday, at a place called Wolftown, some eight or ten miles from here, on the Stanardsville Road.
A battalion of the Second Pennsylvania cavalry was sent forward, who charged upon and drove the rebels beyond the Rapidan, killing two and wounding several.
Our loss is as follows:--James Dobbins, killed; John C. Evans, shot in the foot; George Barley and John Ballentine, slightly wounded--all of Company B, Second Pennsylvania cavalry, and belonging to the picket guard.
This morning everything is reported quiet along our lines.
This command is very short of horses, the country having been cleaned of them by rebels.
The New York Herald, Sunday, August 10, 1862
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