ALEXANDRIA, March 23, 1864 - 9 p. m.
Major General N. P. BANKS,
Commanding Department of the Gulf, New Orleans:

. . . . Our men came in this morning from the expedition of Monday. They marched in proudly enough, bringing in Edgar's complete battery of 4 guns, captured 250 prisoners and the battle-flag of the Second Louisiana (rebel) Cavalry, under that of Lucas' brigade. No one would have thought by their light step that our men had marched 61 miles, fought, won, and rested, all in forty-eight hours, and that half that time they had been exposed to a pitiless cold rain and hail storm. But so it was.. . .

CHAS. P. STONE,
Brigadier-General, Chief of Staff.
OR V34, Pt.1, P. 179

The Federal advance toward Alexandria in March, 1864, slowly pushed the regiment back past that town. On the night of March 21, at Henderson’s Hill, the regiment and a Texas artillery battery were surprised and overrun, losing 200 prisoners [100 from the 2nd Cavalry].