Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-12-31
LETTER PROM SUFFOLK.
sairmi.hing wjth the Rebels On the Black

ICcrTespondepce OF the Baiti.nors Arnarisau
SrfFoLk. NL- Irc. 29.-As l anticip 7ted, the
Tel els, ith ncrras,d u force the Other xida OF
Fla kwatr, havr orcomr quite audscious since
n, lat uufor'unsta r. yers- At frederick.b,yrs
Net content with sroiling rircnon dar "a Nan
semcnd and Isle OF Wight copnti~s, they have
Kept CUTE force OF cavalry foSagins ON thsir
o. srly teloyed Confederate friends on thi. side
OF Il river ever eince. On Friday night onr q
ORR scouts lrarnrc thar tiey had pAnned a
qusnti'y OF live pork and gathered sorne bee
catilr hi place called Churkotusk, some ten
or twelve miles from here. ToprpvPrs any in
t@rrup'ion from us ih the r-rnoN al of the stock
thFy far:isiiy ourned one bridge an tore up
nuiir r.. Hut long hefors dawn on saturday
NJ ming, MAJOR Nh.~lan. OF the New York
McGntt q ifit =, left, in command of flye COM
I an;s of thar ia hing regiment with NJ wsSons.
.housb. under charge Of Unsrt-rmsster Lieut..
John Lee, 10 bring all the fat stock which the
It bel foe he'd selected tor their New Year q din
ner, repair ing the bridges ss he went -,
~ , ,ne ssTe ,,%e Ssrsssnt with ten picked
NJ per road via " IBdsoT and Isie Of wisht %
ccirc' the EsoNcm' nts OF any party which
mig hi move Gown 70 attack and Try 10 cut him
On. ne liiet haTnec party soon came in contact
with TIC eDTSIk's TiCkets Ssar Windsor. and
learned shat FIVE hundred cavalry had passed
th' II, and were yet in the vicinity OF that plsce
, ia sergeant dispatched a courier 10 Major
Wheelan, who, l-s,isg Major Patten, his
junicr, in ccmmane Of the forayiny party, came
ON rapidly with n couple OF squadrons Of ,cpra
snd driving IN the eneiny's pieksts, chased
tlnm back on the main body. Learning that
Infantry ana artillery supports were not far
cistant, he telf back G5mo.ested TO Suffolk
during the afternoon and evening, and pre-
rsrtd 10 give the Rebels another turn The
latter event took place yesterday afternoon
anc. CnCeT tie UEfavorahlr condition of The
roads. WAS quite success.
Thr Commanding General here learning THAI
cavalry, infantry and iiiier, had boldly ven
tured over The river, and were assuredly In
. considerable force, not more than tea or tU I've
mi:es ont, selected Acting Brigadicr Geaeral
fafe erf -nff tad Sfu-
anu Colonel Of the l3tth New York state Vol
unfeeTs) ana has brl2 adr or infantry, with two
sections OF The slh Massachusetts Artillery,
GrcFr C3p'. Davis, with a battalion OF Col
j odges Mounted Rifles. undsr Major Wheelan
10 make forciil- reconnaissance toward tlla
supposrd position OF the rebels. The tSSen
Ntw York and three Pennsylvania Regiments
composed the infantry. fair start was made
from Suffolk at about three 'eloc In the after =
noon, ahd tie cavalry reached our outside
pioh' Is just as they Were being fired upon BY a
sceedr.n OF The enemy's cavalry
Major Wheelan at cnce ordered Troop A
Csp:ain Henry Ferwiiliger, 20 chsrge the gfey.
backs, which they did with n will, soon wound
ing aEd unhoSing two OF tire Rebels, recpiy lnx
their 81. anu IA a. lug one man seriously wound
id md three horses hit. The Rrb Is turned snd
LED al the highest speed ;heir horses could at
IL, heiter ske!:er, bafora an ad vance guard of
not one-fourth their numb-r, and Maior whee-
Ian ndihE ln al vance with the single sQuaS .oa
6h3Src tns - six or eight nliirs from 10 au a uo
10. within ss Than a laile of the spot whrre
tte prisoi ere stated that txo regiments of cav
airy, Ciaiborne's, y! tit-orgia, and Grlffn,s @.
North Carolina, we're posted, and 20 within He's
I ah hy' ntii''s of Carsville, where a. was
kn;.w iiiai q ir'-' fo-c- Of Rebel Infantry -r5
tilicIy wcrr pcsttd
lie took IN this noi6 dash six Rebel cavalry
AID 1--we oI ti.eir hOrsUs; also, a foe aaai.
With ran we'll tii at bSl ed aud dumpnd It's
r'ctr' also, hite'n IA or more guns which the
tlettered sk,daddi.-rs threw AWAY a. over
weight fGr their "race horses" The bra ye
MAJOR held his ground with his cavalry fs-ce
r. ma ,ffg n "A
reconG oiSean'e was Ur,i-rcd. until Gen taihh<.
with his infHntry and artillery came up o. the
douie-quIck io ;,ssist him il necessary Tue
enrmss pickFtS were now found ahead and on
cvr isEks- indicating strong force elos.a at
hand. Gen. Gibbs waited until near daylight
10 give thr .l:rny chance to tske advantage
ihe LONELY moonlight TO 'spirch IN. :, b,rt they
did nut try IL On. As understand, in oSeai-
cree 10 o:CPrS, he then hrou- mt Lis brigade
bach 20 Snfos. All hands Of us were sorry
thar we w.'e ro' allowed to give the Rebels a
daylight chance thiS morning. We ar. hack
Jusi la Tine frr ne To get this letter OF by rAis
mornings nail, aud have written it in u
Irry. chilled through, too, with u frosty
Tie c,nd1ct OF Troop A, officers and men.
can; OF bc too highly praised. Had their horses
nCt b en- completely tagged ont by the pre- vious
haiG scout and exposure IN the heavy raia or
FRIDAY @nd Friday night, they would have
tak-n or killed all OF the Rebel party who az
tack"C our picNgts.
The iniTntry though marching through mud
e
FADE spi' 'ncid time in advance, and like the
officers and men OF the Massachusetts battery
SEEMED mes! te:.r to have pitched battle with
the Refels. The nnsvlvania regiments W. re
tie drgTftd men, out no one would think 40 to
ste Ih' IN GO in. They marched like veterans
o'dicnf care :: pinch Of snuff for the sacred
soil Of Virginia, though II had, like its owners,
beads. many soft places.
ZONE S'ry important movements are going on
In tiiis srciion, which do not think it prudent
yet 20 sprsk Of. When the veil can he proDerIv
withdraw, will fully communiest ale them 10
you and yoUr mrny loyal reader.
Yours, in great haste. EZCJ