Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-10-21
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The following is the copy Of a letter fr"n
m officer ..s lien. a. q. Jenkm'a clvllry 1"
4 n,r,uhrr nt Cnurrcs:, fatnh
tn.s'tsrpS, h:pt q, @i"2.
Dear Sir In n"rnIianr" with nv pro
mise IL give You history ~ our expedition
| to the NnIlhw. st. have St"pprd hack here
to day 10 write to ynu. We lrIt Uut"u, in
Monrn county, on The 9th hC Anens'. with
six hundred cavalry, for Beverly, Randolph
county. Oa arriving at HuttcnsvlIlr. OF rath-
er what was liuttonsville. we met 'Irn. kc-
ley's pirkets, some: ni whom We killed and
took prisoners. From the prisonerS. and also
| the inhabitants, we learned that kcilcy h,d
three thousand uen anu eight pieces nf artil-
lery. W.. concluded thai it Souli not he
safe Z; attack him I',eru, and touk coT path
across Put Noralsln, distance "f tilut?
| mics, g. E;.>hu, c"6atc aT' tae head
water. 81 r,.,...h Creek. he Hume
| Guards .i.err uhI just rn''-ivet their
arms snd We shnn.ished with them
shout ten nllrs. We Ati-i i". n'
them, and had "rt il,.n wounar't Captain
Fargusun-wnr,u We lett ia Bu1hnn4n.--
| When we arrived in apoul mile of the town
of Buchanan, we ascertancd that they had
news Of our approach, md We're preparing
TO receive US. We disnn!.n'cd tie IN ;atry,
and began the attack. Tile fight lasted about
| ten minutes, W hen the Yankees cried oat fur
quarter. We then took possession "t TIL: ;"wr,
| and found nulnenSa cnnlniaIsry and quar-
! > h. IL I..II
five thousan1 stand at arms. al OF which We
| DESTROYED. We found oTnrc rats and Gam blu
ke.. e,,cu.i, f.. Eli ~ civ n-n, frs,'les other
! things too nu,,irruu" ~ nivuti"n. itHinH that
81 the least .a.nlslir:. wr d.s,r"yu.l NJ ic1St
halt mliii,,i vi atl1r.. and hetw-r" t"'ir VI
five Thousand st.ud Of arms. We i,!t That
same night fir Weston, " nlch sc t"0h st
daylight tho nest nl3iIi;Dg, ia" CARLSON hh"'
lug run at cur sprt''n''r We slare! There
that day and IrIi IN tie uig ht for GIen'l.i",
| where we arrived OH HE day i"ilfwIhg. Iae
! Yankees gave us one Yniicy AID broke to the
| woods. Here We rested our iolri men nntu
the next day, when Tn mAfrhc'' on Spencer,
| Ro4ne county. TN At!iE1rp "I'iln t%o mi'ss
! nt th. town, tSen jenkins srui nia i'll with
d4e Vt :ruu-. Isr,ald,ns An unconditional sur
! render. Al [ Went info the town the
| first man | Saw was Msj'r l1mhie,
who Immediately recognized me, and VrnfeSsed
to be very glad TO see me. asked 10 l's sh"wn
to the Commander nf the Post wh0 wa- Col.
| Rashhurn, of Park"rSburg. | Stated Iry tr-
rand; and, utt.r celebrating ahCii' ftteen
miautc., h.. i4i,i duwn hi; arus nni aurren-
dered the garrison amounting " two hundred
and twenty n,n all "f EhoE sc pa o!sd and
sent hulur. ia TIL. day after we camped at
Ripley, Jackson cudnty: on the day folio" :
ing we took possession Of RRvenSwOod, the
garrison harlng crossed the river aG our ap-
! proach. we sr,i1 in Ravenswood about
| five hours. w:iuu VIC crossed the b'lo
| river into the dominions ot he. lie
General sent me AHEAD with two com-
panies, to take rue town Of Racine, which
! did in douhi: quick tims. The Home
Guards turned out to oppose our entrance
+; intu lows, and irrd ~ W., when ar'!ere:
rharGs aud scattered them t. tue w,lt'iS.-~
| rnu4 | had the honor OF e,king tho first
town in Old Abcn dninininne. We recrohscc
| ths river and arrived II En1llu, on the haiia-
VITA river We stud thrre The next dsT, ani
on the dav following W.: ,'I">srt the Nam
wha into Cahell county, where we remained
for several days, wn.'i:-. ftr ten. i.nIlng to
come down the Vsll:y. b'li ;IG!d hear nothing
Of him. We then t"rk up our fine Of marfn
for Union. On nrrlvnr Al Wpuining county
we learned that Llring lad g3ue down the
Valley.
Our cavalry sre, at present: about twelve
miles from here-nu, advance post is AT Rufia-
10, thirty-two miles irum CiIar!eSton. We
captured here snd at Gsnl"T, and the rnGtnY
! had destroyed, nh"Gt ti.c n'.a"n 'i"itars
worth nf sturu-. Oar iuIcCs haN" i.u>S"sSra
of the enp,rs Valley IL Point tlees.Gi, %hi:h
is occupied by the enemy.