Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-23
AmAcNaFsoHNr AcuanrEmaNr.
a Circai; Of The Entire ines CT Inc Fed.
raI ARMY.

From the Richmond E u rer,- June 10
o. Thursday last. Gen. J L 3 S uert, viii
the inst and n nah regiments ct Virginia cavalry.
under Col Lee, one regiment f ON the J II Davis
legion. under Col. Martin, the cIvalfy from
Cobb's / gi5n, and two pieces of artillery. s.,
oct from Ashland upon one Of the most daring
and haz udous adventures Of the war. Pu-su.
iPg 4 circ Etous route, they Lassej the right Of
Ike enen'y's lines, IN on Friday morning. El
upon a cavalry enc4npnent at Oh ChuYch. in
Hanover county, about twelve mics from the
city, and four or i've from the rear Of the main
forces Of the Enemy. AfeT a birt contest Ia.
Federal cavalry, coass iHg OF Two so iadrons,
hueiy mounted aud eq1'p ped, was r,uted. and
I75 taken prisoners. l. ayiag their dead and
wounded on the field, the romrndar f 4. AID
their encampmelts, with an imns5 50 amount
OF stores, fell intO cur hands aad we've burned.
An effort was made - send tie prisoners back
10 Ashland, bur the 2 Iari en- ;ountered the
pickeis Of the enemy, and their man-uver being
discovered, their Ouly resort was 10 carry them
aloog on their tour Of brilliant da ing. That
evening the little army, consisting ia al OF not
more than twenty-five hund.ed men. r.achad
Hanovertown, on the Pamuukey liver, where
they took fouf transports By surprise, and de
stroyed three, CHE tou. th tScapiug,) with their
contents, each one bei"g heavily Hjea with
army supplies.
They t1en continued in a sou AeasteTn direc-
ton. and reached the York river railroad. above
the VIA te House. IN time to meet the train com
ing from the rear u the EcdsTal d my Of the
CmckahJminy, and as it approached iu-y tired
iatO it, killing, it il supposed, the engineer and
fireman Both were seen TO fail, aud the furner.
as he fell, gr4sped The KY Of ne valve and
iJrc4d on a tall head Of steam. The train immr-
lately dasded On 1T an iuc-ed be speed, and by
this time is prO5sb y submerged ia the waters VI
tia Pimuukey, at or about ne place al which
the White House bridge used 70 Is. After tear
ing up a portion Of tie Tgilfuai track, they d-
rected their line Of march down mo Charles
City county, aad begun their hJmeIyard ciIcui5,
with the enemy IN pursuit. Arriving at the iO.d
over the Ca ckaIOminy, formerly Bo8lers
bridge,) hey swan the river, Ia5sed over tEeir
artillery on ratrs, aud we're no so Iner safely over
than the advance qua d CT the enemy appeared
dashing after them. Feeling hem selves now
perfectly safe, hey hssteued onward tn. Ough
the swamp, and finally striking into The Charles
CIY road, from which they h41 deyiate during
the march, passed the LETT OF the enemy lines,
and IeacEeI the city safely on yrSje day morn
ing at i've O'Clock, bringing with IA N their
prisoners, about two hundred an lifts horses and
mules, and a quantity Of firearms snl sabers,
C p.u-ed ia The fight at the Cd Church ana
along the TO tie.
III AibL1 AuGASA lALIRtb4 nom L4t III { s OF
their unparalleled ms-cn, appeared as spirited
aud Lively as # they had couciuced but an hours
pleasant jouTn- y. They gave amusing accounts
OF their adventures, through bog, swamp and
river, aud TeCOunted TO hundreds who clustered
aruuad them the incidents If their encounter
wiki the enemy, and their work Of destruction
along the march. The only occurrence which
sAvOr,d Of In;shsp, during the tour. was the
death Of Capt Lataae, OF the Esstx cavslry,
WHO va killed the 81 gtgemsnt az Old CLu-ch
where, also, twJ Of our mn wee wounded.
The Federal hospitals, along he route, were
duly visited by the I'll geops OF our sdYenjurers,
aud relieved Of a sutti lent q~utnti'y of moI-
phine, opium and qtilIne to supply them for six
mopths.
A incid nj worth relatir o is t,II OF one of
the negroes cspfUTed at on church. When he
was " brought TO- with his fl ow prisoners, he
claimed the resi-. c. and constellation due to him
as an officer OF the Federal army, producing at
the same time, bis commission as a suffer In one
Of tie NV jersey regiments. The cfi ;sr to
whom he addressed h.usslf, as.onished At fhs
fellows impulence, drew back and gave him q
blow, " straight from the shoulder" lhst snt
him t~umbling heels over head in the mud. Tie
oti:er Yves ABOUT to # .ish him with a bullet from
his pistol, when he was prevented by the inter
vention Of sup Tiors.
T. ere are ma y incidents connect d with the
march which we have not time to recite. As an
event, this achieYem nt Of Gen Stuart stands
alone in the history of the wa, a i sc.ipees The
most bIi liant achievements Of tie llneuted and
g'oi. us Ashby, of the invirci5le Mergan, AID,
we will venture to say, Of the gallant a ID dash
ing Jackson.
L is estimated that at least ore mi lion Of dol
worth Of Federal stores, wagons, tents. and
property, We're destroyed.
We omitted to state ab we that a portion Of
the All VI gHia cavalry was engaged 10 the
enterprise.