February 9, 1862 – Reconnaissance Near Vienna

Capt. Brown, of Company K. this morning made a reconnaissance with a squadron to Vienna. He ascertained that a company of mounted rebels. numbering seventy five, had advanced within two miles of the place, and then retreated towards Fairfax Court House. He pushed on within two miles of Fairfax Court House, and discovered that the rebels had re-established their line of pickets a mile and a half in front of the town.

The New York Herald, New York, NY

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