, 1862-11-04

my march did rot admit Of the delay neccssa-
~ 70 catch them. Takio9 tho road towards
Ftedertck,: We intercepted dispatches from
scoa', which satisfied mo that our where's
bou+s WIS still = problem to tho enemy.
Br ore reachlnK. frederick I crossed fho
Moncracy. continued the march through the
night Va Liberty, Ne~ Market, Monro7fa on
cut the telegrsPh ~irsTand obstructed the
railroad. We reached at daylight Hayatts-
town, Oh AcClrlap's line Of wagon commu-
nieatiun With Washington, but ~e found only
Afew wagons TO capture, and pushed On to
Bafnessile, which We found iust vacated BY
= aecnrsny OF the enemy'e cavalry. We bad
1r1o co1roborated what We had heard before
9toneMan Ind between 900 And 500 tEoops
about PoolesviIe and xuardlnE the river fords.
started directly for Poolesville, but inst..ad
marching through the woods. leaving it Two
or th!Fr mics to ny left, and gettio= into the
road from P.:oier VI Il to the iuo1.h Of tue
Aonncacy. Guarding we'll my flaoks sud r'ar,
lIushed hcla,y til sast, Injecting tue head Of
the II em,'e column going towards Pooles-
vile. I ordered the clar1e. which whca w.
RESPONDED to in. hsufscrne style BY the adj
Cance squ+drua Ir9lng's) -ot Lee's er1g 4de,
which druve rack The 'eEetnY'a cavalry upon
1he celo,un Of iu'ansry advancing TO occupy
The crett from which the cavalry we're driven.
Quick as thought Lees sharpsh0ottTs <pr4ug
to tie ground, and enKa9irg the infartrf skir-
mtz hers, held them in ch. ek tilt the artillery
ln tdvance came up. which, under the galfant
Fhetham, Grove bsez the enemy's force 70 his
ba:,tries beyoId the Monocacy, between
.snlch md our so'it.ry gun quit. spiFi..d
arswercd, in connection wi.h the high crest
occu{ feu by our piece to SCREEN en.if:ly my
sal movement quickly to the lift, m7ktng .
oold AID rapid stride TOR Wnit='s Ford, to
make my ray across before the enemy at
Poo1ts ssll1e and Monoeacy could be aware Of
ny dssjgr. .Atcough delayed somewhat ny
about ECO jnfattry, strongly posted in the ellis
ever the fcEo, yet they yielded to the moral
effect OF few shells before engaging our
tbaIpshoosers, and Tie crossing Of the canal
(row or5) and river was effected si:h I'll the
ton Of artillery being sent with the advance
aud placed IN position On the London side,
arother place on the Maryland Height, while
-felham Continued to occnpr the attention Of
the enemy ~ith the other NithdrAwlag from
position TO position until his piece vas or
dezed to c5ots- TIE enemy was marching
from Poe,esVi'le in the meantime, but came
up in line OF battle On the Maryland bank only
to receive a athunde1iag salatatlon, win e7i-
Dent effect, rom cur gur6 on this side. I
lost rot rnsr killed on the expedition, and
Is not kno~n, but Pelham Is one gun compelled
the enemS's battery to change its position
three tines-. The remainder of the march was
destitute Of init rest- the conduct OF the COM
RaDd and the behavior towards the iuaabt-
tantE is worthy the highest praise; q few In
diyi6uA1 cases only we're exceptions In this
Brig. Gen. Hampton, and Gals Lee, Jones,
Nickh:El ard Butler, md the officers and
re1 n1der tbeir command, are entitled to my
| 1af1irE g1atfute For their coolness in danger
ard cheerful ebedterce to orders; unofiend.
ing rersnDs we're treated With c,vi1ity, aud the
| ittabltar:s we're generous ip prot1ars Of pro-
] :vihors on The march. Wesefz-d aud brought
/ over large Lumber OF horsrs, the property ot
| citize1s # the United States.
| The vatuab1e information 0htaiaed In this
| reconnaissance as to the distribution Of the
! tnemy's iorceH vas communicated orally to
! the commanding general, aud need not be here
repeated. a number Of public functioaaries
| snd prominent citiZens we're takeE capices
and brought oy+r as hostages for our own un
t offending clt:zens whcm the enemy his tori
from their homes and confined in dungeons
| in the North. Ore or two of my men lost
their way, and IRE probably in the hands O.
the enemy.
The results Of this expedition, in mora
and political poini Of 5ie1. can hardly be O.
timated, and The CONSERVATION among proper
ty holders in Pennsylvania beggars dvscrip
tion.
lam specially indebted to Captain B. s
White &C.. 4. cavalrJ(. and to Sir. -- anG
Mr.. whose shifal guidance was Of i'm
mense seryice to me- NJ staff are entitled tt
my thanks for u1tiring energy in the discha-k
OF their duties.
leaclese map Of the expedition, drawn b,
Capt. ". ". Blackford, to accompany this re
port Also, coy Of orders eafosccd duriu,
the march.
Believing that the hand of God was clearl
ma1,ltested in the signal deliyeranee of nj
command from danger, aud tue Gro Sping sue
cessts at:endirg it, asc1Ibe to Him tt
praise, the homer and s1,e g1aTy.
I have rht honor to be. 1nnet respectfully
your OBJ cient II rvart, J. E. B. STUART,
Na1r General COMMANDING c,vA7ry