King Features Syndicate B/W Photo, Raids, Orange & Alexandria Railroad

King Features Syndicate Inc, International Illustrative News Photo, Black and White, The Confederate Raids On Orange and Alexandria Railroad, Dec 28, 1862. 

THE CONFEDERATE RAIDS, ON THE ORANGE, ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD. Trestle bridge and the railroad station in Burke. About a dozen Confederate cavalry troops led by Gen. Fitz. Lee set fire to the bridge on Dec. 28, 1862. The old wooden bridge, located close to the current railroad bridge, suffered slight damage and was quickly repaired by Union forces. There were no major Civil War battles in Fairfax County, but there were lots of skirmishes, the county was a crossroads and was controlled by both sides at various times during the war. On May 23, 1861, Virginia voted to secede, and federal forces took over Alexandria and the Orange and Alexandria Railroad office the following day. The Southern forces were able to get most of the rolling stock out of harm’s way before that happened.

“Railroads were a new technology in this war,” and whoever controlled them had a strategic advantage. The first, time railroads were used for moving troops and supplies was at the Battle of Manassas. Troops carried out the raids at Accotink and Burke in the Army of the Potomac under the command of Gen. JEB Stuart. On the evening of Dec. 28, the troops overtook the Burke railroad station, which wasn’t defended, and captured about 100 to 200 soldiers and about 15 to 20 supply wagons.

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