From the Richmond Dispatch, 1/2/1863, p. 1, c. 4

Prisoners of War. – Seventy-one prisoners of war, nineteen Yankee sutlers, and one negro, were brought from Gordonsville on yesterday, via Central railroad, and lodged in the Libby prison. They were captured at Dumfries, on the 27th December, by Gen. Stuart’s cavalry. Among the prisoners were Paul Barks, 2d Lieut. co. G, 1st Md. Cavalry, and John H. Claybourne, 1st Lieut. 12th Illinois cavalry. Two hundred are expected to day from Gordonsville.

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