[Letter]: 1863-01-10 from Lloyd Girton to Lucy Rupert

1862/3 January 10 from Lloyd Girton (Accotink, Virginia) [Fairfax County & Fort Belvoir] to Lucy Rubert [Rupert] (Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Penna.) [with yellow envelope no stamp] re: reports Francis was taken prisoner on Sunday December 28 at Accotink side of Occoquan River, describes the action [possibly a raid fought December 27-28, 1862] as the Rebels took him and others to Culpepper, Lieutenant Leech was killed, doctor went back to the battlefield to care for wounded. [Following the Battle of Fredericksburg December 11-15, 1862, which the Confederates won, the Confederates continued with skirmishes in Northern Virginia. In December of 1862 raids in Fairfax County were led by Wade Hampton and J.E.B. Stuart which confused and disrupted Federal line of communication along the southern defense perimeter of Washington, D.C. held by the Union troops in an attempt to protect the railroad supplying the Federal troops. On December 28, 1862 the Confederate Cavalry conducted a raid on Burke Station led by Stuart. It is perhaps this raid that Girton reported. Francis Rupert died June 26, 1864 at Andersonville Prison.]