Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-07-11
TIE Kf CENT BATTLES.

TIE KFcENT BATTLES.
MITE HOUSE, Saturday, june 70, P. A.
DsEARY RIDE.
@, TEarsdar owning at :, ivit Fair Oaks
for the Y hie HoGsa. Tie train had left tns
ststion s: Savages's, osrly in tho evening, so
1urnod my horRe's head towards Botlom'e
Bridge, !,nti concluded 10 ride the short dis.
laucc OF tU:cnty milos. \ battle bad been fought
.'a onr riga: that .iav, bui 1t wal i'uposMhle
20 n2ccria,r, 81 DraI Iquartnrs, auy OF tee par
i;cuiaSs
The supTosit:on was that Fitzj,hn Porte,
was atte mps1g 20 ga,1 I.nasssstinn or coveted
nll 0n the SOUTH side Of the Cbiclahomlrv,
and mad crossrd ior that purpose, TIE road
70 tee " mite House, or at lesst the read called
III; shortest and bosE to travel on, ia lltta bet
t6aa n nule-psth. Sonhru clouii liGtd ths
horrZ IN, threatening rain, and covering the
foraIt Thece the road leads lnr1Ish with Il
density o. darkness 0lnost ;nposoib.s ID Sc.
my horses r.osd, the uneven ground caused
tin 10 t';uut!o III avcty step. just as [ had
emerge'l rom :hs tlickest pare ni to wo,
nesra 1D5 Sosd "hslt.' aid halt. Some cna
ciGla towards IN; il vas ono OF DIR patrol
Captains: 40 had c0DIsoy Of irf.nuY and
swo csaaoa posted to the side OF the rcstl.-
"Au ,ighi--psss :" After six hours drcary
aud lonesome travel over tho siiaa nnd woods,
;eachad too White House. II wss Loro
healG Of Jack1ons advance.
EXCITING TINES.
4 ps2ic pravailet among ths ci=sGs, toio
Jaw snd Geaflle. D.al-fu ii Yarke, notions.
and renders in preserved fruits, gathered 10
knots, discussing the state Of aff,irs. Some OF
them regarded Jackson o coming as hoax To
tring dowr tbs prics nf their goods; others
thought ii vas trick f tho Q1sl;elmaslcr' S,
tc got suffers away. Even ;ua contnbauds
discussed tho au.ioct and daaily made up
sbeir minds TO prepare their traps, aud got oD
board Of 6one boat, ready 10 60, Vi: da Unicn
f,lss was going" All the n.grcrs belonging
70 the La estate we're Iltol II, d they might gel
read; il ,firy wanted TO lsape, ani overy one
cf ,hom seemed drlishl.d to think they could
go whore they were 70 DO irac, as one old, rev.
sresd 6aIkih said. It wG5 not until Ssiu:llY
morning lnat the cehtrahsnas weto shipped.
They workati 1si;n!u,.y Thursday ard Fiiisg,
ior C5l. Ingalls,. remoqing stores, &.
redo ont to ,funsA's Station TO go to chr
right bat xns prsssotcd b. cur csvslry pick
cts from riding further, "a they stated thsy
expected the Uoaiederste forces to have reached
the road must :ake. Iwas c9nptiod, there.
i9Te, to turn back
oEsERTcEs FE0I "at CoNFsngRATGt.
TWo deserters frot1 Jackson's rrny csm, in
10 mi:aln r milo aud half OF tia White
House, and delivered themselves Il p to couple
or GentIa! S,onanla:'s viHoues, VINO wcrc
nGsleI liz tia woods 10 lie right # ths VI mite
House. Trey had !a:t Ja,k7on's srinT early
IN Saturday morning, near Gsines' Mil Ohu
was : I.ieu,erant btcngipg 10 tic 4:h North
Carolina regiment, nau!nd James Evans. He
bsg been in tho ssr-ce siacs tho Fl IS. b5esklnS
cut ct the rebellion, aaG hsf participated at
Bull Pan and ibe ials patils at Fair O4ks.-
HIS regiment, belonged 10 General W niting' =
Brigade, Pet,igew's DIVISION, who, it will be
remembered, was tak9u prisoner Dy onr fJrc.s
ut FAIR Oaks. General Whiting was formerly
IN command of Fredericksburg &, at tho time OF
General Med )vell's aivancs. i!ol. Fisher, o
Militis Captain, from Charlotte, n. O., WIS tho
first Colonel OF the regiment; liz waa killed at
Ball Run. Lieut. Uoi. AvfrN succeeded him,
aud is nos II. command. 1t 10 regarded Ut
the hest drilled regiment i'll tho Confederate
ssTTica.
Lieutenant ETsus s:.tea that oa the I'ussday
following the battle Of Fair Oaks, orders we're
received for his regiment, with six nthers, three
batie.iss of feld E:eces and three regimnn.s OF
cavairy. toj join the forces OF S'oneEall Jackson,
10 the Valley Of the Sner aodoeh. They left
Redmond on Tuesday night, IN the cars, iji
ticrdonsrIl!e 81 Incn peco ihey we're ~ re-
port. S.one~sii Jackson, after their arrival Of
Go.dcnsyillF, ordered ,ii*in 10 NOV: forTa'd
with all possible despiich tn Siauuton, where
| they n-ece 10 rensin, for Iii. purpose, ha sup
possi, Of checkiIl. the aCT,y Of Gouerat Fro
! rnon. They remained at Stoua:on TIC We, < :
whcn they were ordered back to GordorspiIle
With nii possible haste. Sem 1t tbs regiments
--;:a 1aspy 1s tis Virginia DentcaI Railroad
/ could tske-went by the Cars. snd the romain
| lug portion mlr cl,sa by thcsu different roads.
[ Among the lsster wa; Evans. For miea along
! the road lhs Confederate soldiers wera isppor
| tuned BY tho civilians alo0g is6 rnue 10 SHOW
them S:onawell Jackson. They ses,n to haze
! perf, ct reverence tnr hD, and would wiling.
| rAk their lives TO d. h;m tho slightSBt 5er.
|, vice.
Jacksnu, he says, ne1ar sllnvs his sald;er5 tc
|, il l,Tn tic ANA Of sny town o. village viici
passing though on C march rTd te Eaa beor
klosn - 5eal most summary with Hsvora
! soldiers ark ,fficsrs pho have Jisobeyco biz
| o.iaTs ia this laapec.
| J,ckson's fore, with the reinf,TceDeHts ne
received from Richmond SITTER tho battle Q
Fair q ks, exc7enAd SIS 000 HIS cavalry force
ne oaiinaes u: 600, OoIoiisl " stie Hsa'p :nn's
Legion being an0ng .nn nua,hor o. 6s!d ar
tlijerv, be sAd h;tj pieces. .rfisd, oi the IIosi
approved cs!io'n
Ja1bsca LEI: 6 ,Ilvrs7,l5 ls,o 81 night nr
lsst Tussdsy, week aGn, tskin1 psrt at hi
| src3ps 81 tie ca"a to9ard Richmond. asd ar
b.S. hy,r tfN1
t.ir p0:ats Gear A h!nEd When about twenty
miles i:oc Gordor-silt:. ths troops turned
from :ho Tsiltoad acroas swamps md thick
xood-d land, s;.kine up5o cIun,ry roads oc
cesioaai;y, in !. iir.c. iae to Ashland, wharo
they waited for their cther torces to coma Up.
Their f7er.so matching tina was twenty
miles day, 0G Wednesday they reached T.
Insi,inil ~ the ncrlh glide the ChickshG!niny.
about lwo Fniies from Mschsnicsviii". Part 4
Jackson's srmy crossed the Uh:CEs sh1miny Z, q
came up on our from at Mechanicsv!lle. He
was with the armY at Gains Mill, rnd then
plsnnsti to daAer, lhe scrvcs. While portion
ot Jackson's fare. was engaging Porter, he
escs o.d, and ~ith . private, William II HI
ron, of tie Oh Tirgnis, asnih IN ou1 camp
Raf.ly.
After ,ns SUCCESS, as hs was pleased to terra
the lste Confederate raid around our limos by
General stuar., he SAYS S'usrt and Johnston
urged JEFF. Div;s 20: or5sr Jackson to sst
in our rear or attack our right Hank. a
movement ef this kind wss c,led tor by
tbs necessities Of their position, and wss
deemed of more ippor.sncs ht this crit
cal iuucture of the Confederate cause than
dvz 40 victories id the Shenandoah Val-
lev: Unless they: hold possession OF Richmond