The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-09
YANKEE ENCAMPMENT AT CHICKs
mAC0MACK BROKEN UP AND
DISPERSED.
syrIrr clup EQrpAGE cIryrRED.
full. PARTICULARS

From an Extra issued from the Office of the
Norfolk Day Book on Tuesday morning, we
find the following particulars:
The steamer Juhaluska, Capt. Siacum. ar
rived here early ibis mOTuing from l. Roanoke
Island. Capt. Siacum brings Us Il fan con .
iifM"tlor o: The news we published this morn =
i2ix ia regard 10 tho thickHInHcOn OK eyi;e!i To-
ZION. aud the breaking mp Of the enemy :
eamp:t that place, together with additional
part r!ilarS.
The expedition for Til, purpose left Roa-
no.e Island on Thursday, 1t midnight, aud
consisted of the steamers Curiew, the flag
ship Of Commodore Lynch. Raleigh, Fanny
and Iuuuiu>kt, and the trans ports Empire
sud Cotton Plant, with detachInents OF the
T. Ird Georgia and North taroina E"Ei-
ments.
They arrived OF thiclanaeolnack III o eli
in he ut0rniEr. and commenced landing The
Georgia regiment, under cover OF the guns of
the feet which laid toe far from the shores.
a3d not in 2 position to prevent the Yankees
from rstrealIuF-
Tine Zath Indiana regiment was drawn up
on shore, prep 'ga tory to giving our forces bat
tie IrUbaht} 20 .cighten them of; bat seeing
the determined action of oar forces towards
landing. The coWarotiy wEelps took to their
nepis down towards H9tteTas, leaving every
thing, even their private warelrobes, papers,
Sc. This example Of @3ilantr. was set them
BY tL"ir COLONEL, who put spurs to his horse
and AS IL" SwlftcSt Of The whole pack.
pltrt, thea .noyst their position to lIatteraS
i-t.lt- Hog~c, IL order 10 iuterc. pj The retreat
OF h" Yankees; but 1t coming up / Tx before
they cuud commence laDttln-, and The w,tuI
OF sEiultut boats 10 IL tkr an UNprdit iOrs
lauaiuE, the Taur""s made their escape in
The fort ri iiatterIs.
The G-oT ia troops, from tic Cotton Plant
La wing ,rJg tcA = landing, put out down tn
i beach IN Imr nit Of the flying Yankees. bat
T.. Y 5tlur entirely too fleet Of foot for them
t~.:3is a 10 Hat1tras Ligl,t-IIuuse, where they
lyrr,. I. iI toTcrd.
II the time of thP !, treat of the Yankees
had - ben high tsoc, they would not have. ea-
ctit,i. rs the sand was Of s1ch a nature rs t.
utterly p."ciGt,c The possibility of running
save below the high water mark. Our men
h.'.. 10 drag their fcld hUnitzers through this
sand twelve miles: that is, from Chickama-
comach ID Eattcr"s Light: and during the
chase one member Of the Georgia regimen
dica from exhaustion il pursuing the Yam
kcC- I.is remains were brought TO this city
by tha .iunaluslia.
\ = rCcaut-AIaior, OF the Indiana regiment
shot the horse OF Colonel Wright, Of ths
! Georgia regiment, from under him, which
| appeared to he the only evidence of bravery
/ eNincf by hewhole party. Colonel Wrighr
| captured this man. and for his bravery treat
! ed him very courteon@iy.
| Ga Saturday morning, the Federal steame
| Monticello appeared OFF the position at which
| our forces had encampcd for the night anC
| shellei the beach.
| Oar forces captured Il large barge built foI
| the New York Xouayes she will carry on,
! hundred men, and * intended for landing
troops on The coast.-tosether with forty pri
! suntTs, all The caInp equipag", tents, and
| provisions tor ten days. They even left Their
| private baggage.
| Tie steamer Raleigh went into Keunykee
| to examine some vessels supposed TO be full
| of pruyieio hut were found 10 be empty
| On her appearance in that direction, Fed.
| raj steamer loaded down with mPn, emerged
| from Hatteras Inlet with the purpose Of Civ,
| ing the Raleigh battle but their nerve failed
! them eng the tieterm. ued disuos ton o
| HE Raleigh 20 give them battle; 50 Ihej
| turned tail and ran back under III" protec-
| ton of Hatteras Inlet.
| The Occupation Of Live Oak Camp" the
name of their camp at Chickama om3ck, was
| for the ayowed purpose of attacking Roanoke
Island Hatteras lnlet being too far from the
island for IA successful sortie.
These Yankee troops had not been long from
Coci,eysvilie, Md, as letters found in their
possession are directed 10 that point, and are
of 4 very late date.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Capt CarrsviiIe, CT the Carrsville Guards
Third Georgia Regiment, gives us the follow
ing statement:
Col Wright left Camp Georgia, Roano ke
Island, on Thursday midnight, arrived al
Chickonacoulack on Friday, in the steam
ers. Col. Wright made the attack on the
Federals at 9 o'clock in the morning by firing
sErlI from TWO AZ Fouiu hoNi'Atie ii'i'' VII
board transport Cotton Plant, when about
one mile from the shore. As socn as the Col
ouel opened fire on them, they began 10 re-
treat The hOwitIFrS were commanded by
Lieut r Il Stnrgis, with 10 men. When
tha Colonel saw they We're about 10 retreat
he embarked the guns of his three companies
on board of ii at-boat, for the purpose OF eff
fecting landing and putting chase aItel
them. Company Il, commended by Captai n
Nesbitt: Com pany l., commanded by Captain
Griffin and Company n, commanded by
Ca,tain Jones were landed immediately,
leaving the remaining portion OF the sd
Georgia Regiment, and the North CarSiina
Regiment some four or i've miles In the rear
on board the other vessels OF the il'et lHt
three companies that landed consisted Oh Zit
men, while the enemy, IRON their muster
rolls, We're about 1900 strong
When the Colonel landed he had slgnaiieu
the remaining portion of the Georgia sd 70
advance and when near shore they com
| IN en ced embarking in their HAT boats. Coi
Wright took but one OF his hoWitZers asnort
| with him, leaving the other on board tht
| Cotton Plant, under command OF Capliii
| Carrsviile, 10 cover his landing.
| After the three companies had eneetra
| safe landing, the other howitxer was thel
| brought on shore, and thew then commenced
| the pursuit OF the flying Yankees. and wera
| Joined by each company OF IGu grmaiuns
portion OF the Georgia regiment as fasf III
! they effected landing. The two howilxsfi
| and ammunition were dragged through hi
| deep sand by the men during the entire pnr
| ali of twenty five miles, having In the mean
| time eac tinped on Friday night at Kinney
| starring point. The pursuit was continued
| early next morning to within one mile o
Hatteras Light House. When about 81,
miles from the starting place, Col. VIRGIN