The New York herald., 1862-12-05
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM SUFFOLK.
Additional Particulars OF the Becapture OF a
Section Of the Famous Rocket Battery.
6eYen Hundred Rebels Routed by Three
Hundred Unicn Troops.
PRISONERS, ARMS, ETC, CAPTURED.
The Intelligent Contrabaud on the
Wrong Side,
&C., &C., &c.
Our sunoik Correspondence.


Our Suffolk Correspondence.
SUFFOLK, Va, Dec. g. 1862
Our fishing 6ght at the Biackwaer has at length
boon crowned with unusual We have had real
square bite and what is better succeeded In landing
sh On Saturday and Sunday that ubqetous individual,
the "ntelgcpt contraband, - reached Major General
Pecks quarters with tina. the enemy throw.
ing up ntrenchments Carsvie on this sdc II the
Backwaer, ana between Carsyille and Franklin. From
certain circumstances General Peek suspected that the
rebels setting trap for small rcconnoi'eins
party, and therefore made snch would
enectually guard against surprise md the time
ASCERTAIN how much OF truth there might be the repre-
sentations made in regard to the cncmy's movements
force placed under command Of Colonel Spear, who
Instructed drive the rebels the Blackwater
he encountered them and to destroy thcr works. any
had been constructed by them.
Upon reaching carsvile Colonel Spear found that the
representations of the con,raband all false and
that the "lntelIIgentso all the wrong side.
He encanped Cnrsvie Monday night ana yesterday
morning rebel force made demonstration upon his
pickets, evidently OF the urce at his dis
posal Colonel Spears at breakfast but at tho
hrst signal OF danger three hundred in the
saddle, and lod by the gallant Colonel, dashed out Of
camp tho foe. The rebel force not prepared
for the fierce charge OF the Eleventh Pennsylvania
airy and gave way like o flock Of sheep aud soaghs
! an assaing force has not probably taken
place since thcom of the Tho sncmy'a
force estnted eight hundred strong, and
had attached to section Of the famous Rocket battery
captured from troops ut the first battle OF Bull
or ut Gainesville other place Authorities hero
differ to the locality and have not the Information 70
Set them right
This battery has b,e great source OF annoyance TO
rtcounotcring parties at the Backwater Lioutcra,
k.,l eja faPv fprpi nj pund
1t extremely troub in fact entirely unmanage,bls
by thing which uld bring against it, rho less
of the battery flying even. to tho Union army
and tho pos sson OF II has been cJrres.
pond,ng of prdo to the enemy.
am happy TO say that by the gallantry Of
Colonel Spear and hs brave portioa of that bat
terry been to and now be turned Ia
good against the In the fearful onslaught
Of forces rebels became panic STRICKEN and had
not time to savo their effective OF defence ht
Rocket pieces The section fell into our hands almost
without struggle. with horses, ammunition, a;coute.
menls aud everything necessary TO its service The
ACQUISITION will prove valuable force Al
Suffolk.
Between twenty and thirty prisoners captured
many OF them severely wounded by sabre cutG-a fact
tending to show how fierce the encounter was and
how close the combatants became engaged Strange
10. relate. Of was injured in
the reconnaissance results extremely brilliant
and cxyrrss warmest commendatinso the conduct
OF Coone Spear and his mon e regards II AS remak ka
be that many should be wounded by the sabre.
During the has been that In charges have
been wounded either by the sabre or bayohet IL has
generally been a flight side and chase the
other. IL very seldom that hand to hard combas
cur OF charge Colonel Spear mon, therefore
must have been pretty hotIy employed
Tho whole rcbel force driven the Backwator
and everything s quiet iu this quarter.
Our Fortress Monroe Correspondence.
FORTRESS MONROE, Dec. 3, 1862.
Additional Particulars, dc.
We have most cheering reports from the ackwater
where force or troops cnmmand OF lionel lmuol
r. 81 ear ~ tho Eleventh Pennsylvania ctvary tho
enemy under G. Fr nc n1 NJ on'v drove them
acrtss The water with great loss but also captured ns
entho Pntsburg Rock battery and forty prisoners.
WI hout the los Of side. IL appears thar
the rebels had spy within Iiscs who appre
hended On his Information Major General i'eck SCI
cut . sma force 70 meet the enemy. who had
crossed tn. Backw ter. mi however, that ths
n nber sent ere iuadeq Q, Gen raj pcek elcgraphcd
TO Major General Dix, who at that time at Yorktown
whistler he should recall the expedition let go
General ~ prom ty rel lied 10 90 he d. The result Is
that Colonel Spear had brilliant engagement with tho foo
routed them aud the important capture mentioned
above. General Peck In his despatch to General Dix
gives greet praise TO Colonel Spear for most da hing
cavalry charge By ue Eleventh. PeDnsy lvan' cavalry
The Seventh Massachusetts, battery, In cor mand Of Cap
tain phneas A. DAVIS also In the emcnt, and
behaved admirably The full particulars Of the force
gagged ID yet