Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1862-07-23
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4tFacts ge y h PrivGte letter.
CAMf kFAR htHAoND. June 10th,
Through uittclfal Providence that
rdiiss i'll iiins glorious success %
ouF cause bss Been attained, and with
The loss d baEa single man, The most
daring exploit dyer recorded in history
has been accomplished. On Thursday.
the 18th inst. about day break, onr col
umn tStuargs Brigadai aas moving ID
the Brook sFDpiks toward the enc
my's lines, every ono Of rs Of course on
the alert to find out what The move was
for. A rpmOr that We we're going to
the Valley to jol Jackson soon became
credited, but ali rfbO entertained the
belief, ere ths day passed found they
we're much mi taken. We crossed the |
'Chickahominy river, eight miles from
Richmond, anil took the Ashland road.
Before the middle Of the day we bad
ridden near tw ntt miles and were ap'
preaching Han2ve'I Court House, where
it was expected we would "bag" num-
Der Of the enemy, as it was known by
us that the cn3my's cavalry visited the
Courthouse every day. When about
three miles fr>m Hanover, General Stu
art ordered the Alb and q squadron Of
,he 9th Virginia Cavalry, (who were in
front ofthe Flying Artillery, two pieces,
Rocket gun an ap English liAc six
pounder,) to cross The country to sur
round the enemy and take possession Of
the roads leading cut Of the town the
JEFF. Davis LegionsI covering the Artil-
lery, and the LIST Virginia bringing up
the rear, to move on to make tbe attack.
f -Four hundred Of tho enemy's cavalry
had been there two. hours BEFORE. and
their scouts brCushtthem news Il our
approach, jpa 10 time for them 20 escspe
us there. Gsn. Stuart Immediately De.
! termed 70 i've them Z chase, and as
soon as ordered. sixteen hundred men,
, our whole foice. went tearing after them
like 50 man5 bloodhounds after . feaEF;
stricken deer. The 9th as 10 The begin
! ming Of the day. was Leading the column
on and on we we went for nearly two
hours Just as fast as the lins could ira
. vel, when about two hundred Of the en-
envy were cvertaken they we're drayr
up in line Of battle, in field near lit
! tie village called Pipoin Tree they me-
!. the charge Of the front squadron as they
: dashed up discharged their pistols anC
killed one Of oar men. For five minute
! or less they stood and fought With con
:. siderable ccdtage, but when we had kill
, ed ten and wounded several, they begal
to scatter tihy:taO we're captured th
"A remainder tired once more the ehanc
a. Of fight, and we. as before. pressed o
!. after them. About two miles fdrthel
I. we came upor or Of their encamPmont'
!, and iu it, eau ght twenty-three more me
= and about one hundred horses we de-
"A troyed their their tents and cOmuisar
suppliss. sevtrui hundred arms, the
= baggage wagons, huxter wagons az
!. everything else chat our men did not q
prOpriate as individual booty. The 9
Virginia being in the advance, bad a
complished all this By the time our i
md Cions came up; we individually did n
lrI' n have hand in the fray. Many Of 4
Nv Nv enemy still continued to ily before U
rug Gen. Stuart orders were onward. Y
9th locality was rather dangerous one
~ the carry long in, We had got around :
-
'us' extreme right Of the enemY's line a
were in the rear Of their Grand Arm
or 10 Ottsr words We had caught n
-Om Clelian "a mapping" got into his stro'
pre- hold aud were robbing the old man
ass @ bis goods. 49,
@ ,ont We now began to realize that G
,out Stuart designed TO lead US entir
over around the shemy'slins-we had
hTee lin behind the leh wing, and our "itt
I'M |; Vs. Raid" was directed on course !
! eins was leading y fast isr enough 10 Y
,otas rear to avoid the whole body q 3
they army. Aaar having sacked the
!, y snesmFmsns, V went 90 and plA'
wv ..;s havoc with nbOthsr and : larger |
y IL Va shsD vent on. and about 3 O'cl
thsylia the evshing saehedsbs POpu'
nnos river, where w burned seven tFansp
g. heavily laden With variety Of CONF
huch sAEy stores fisgsa'ag 's''
lhsSa vtAsal laden With eOniecslonary' as1l
.sons ssnaia apples oranges. ags' apd 9
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