Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-06-16
RICHMOND WING.
a RRmIIANT NORTHWESTERN.
MONDAY MORNING, JUNE ne, Is8s.


A BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT.
Brig. Gen. ,. 4. Il. stuart makes n cir
cuit through the enemy's lines
captures One Hundred and seventy
live Prisoners. Three Hundred males
ANA horses, and Three stand Of Col
orr, DESTROYS Three Transports and
One Hundred Wagons loaded with
Ordnance and COmmiSSary stores,
etc, etc.
We record the most brilliant reconnaissance Of the
war; conducted under the auspices Of the gallant j. l.
b. stuart, who, with cold Sgonewah, IN the Valley
of Vr-inia, and Morgan in the West, makes his marx
whenever and wherever "half chance Is presented.
On Thursday the 18th instant Brigadier General J.
E g. Stuart. with the l,t and 9;h Virginia Cavalry
III, jeff Davis Legion; the cavalry OF Cobb's Legion,
and two pieces of the Stuart Artillery including the
Blakelev gun, proceeded a reconnaissance Of the
enenv', lines On Thursday night he rested near Tay
lor,yIiie On Friday morning small body Of Yankee
cavalry were seen near Hanover Court House, which
retired upon our approach. Near HAYES shop, our
scouts reported squadrons Of United States regular
cavalry drawn up in line Of battle. Immediately
Of our s4uadrous was ordered TO charge with drawn
.a5rcs, upon which The Yankees broke and fled pell
mell-ours pursuing and capturing a number of arms,
bat taking no prisoners Further down the road, in
the direction Of Old Church, again two Squadrogs Of
the eueuys cavalry .regulars) were reported 10 be
drawn up in battle arriy-whereupon a fresh squadron
OF ours was ordered 90 charge them, which done
iu brilliant STYLE completely routing the foe, and drv
ing him four miles 10 and through his camp at Old
Church.
In this affair we killed and wounded a number, de-
sJsoyed their tents, camp eqUpase and magazine, and
captured three stands Of coor> with loss side
OF one killed-Captaiu Lstauc Of the Essex troop
and three grivates wounded Our force then proceeded
toward, New Kent. On the Pamunkey, at Pu,ney
Mills, three large Federal transports, loaded with ord
nance and comm,sary stores captured and burnt.
Forty prisoners were taken here. Thence our line
proceeded 10 Tuustals Station, on the York River
Railroad, which was reached about S P. VI Here a
large number OF officers and privates with were
captured, and all communication with Mcclellan, IN
c.udu. hrs telegraph lines t. Washington and 10 his
several division headquarters, were cut OF. While
here, train was heard approaching in the distance
The mea were d,smolu.ed and formed on the sides of
the rad They irtt into the train it passed. The
car, we're rtaed, aud many supposed TO be killed
and wounded. The Engineer was Killed and fell OF
ms engine ~ the first gun all steam put and
ia spite Of the distractions put upon the road, the train
vanished IN the distance Leaving this point between
T10s,a and TaIley,yille, hundred wagons loaded
with commissary stores captured and burned aud
three buodred horses and mules were captured. At
Tleysyue, a number Of suffers with all their storc.
were captured. Passing along through New Kent to
Charles CITY, the Ch.ckahom,ny found to be past
fo-rg and bridge had TO be built for the passage Of
tae ARTILLERY 10 four nous this TASK was accomplished
during which some five hundred Of the cavalry swam
ttc s,seau-aUd the whole being safely crossed into
Charlie, Civ, passed ,hc Cour, House TO James river
and thence O? the same towards Richmond, General
stuart rcacbinS re Commanding Generals Headquar
tiers about o'clock Sunday mornings leaving his com
n1nd within our line Of PiCkcts some ten miles below
Our uen-ohr and aJ-0ehayet in t5o hands0mss,
STYLE md will doubtless reap the approval Of the Com
nandins General for what we consider the most bril-
liant reconnaissance Of the war. HurTah for Jackson
Hurrah for Stuart