Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-11-15
An Important Reconnaissance
PURoELLsv1LLg, Va, OctoSer 80, ]

fourteen mlIe> from he Potomac {
Aaj"r keeuan, OF The ST. PenDsylv la
cavalry, ha~ jns' returned from u bod
march # thirty five Iulies with results o.
upusual interest and Importance We as
csrtained the p sltl OF the rebel force al
ready announced before US. IN very
satisfactory manner; came in c,ntsc' on
the march with the pickets of Gen S gel
sent ous from Centerville; visited the Old
mansion Of Elk president Monroe ruthless
~ bearing away from some secession ladies
Coz fed rate Tag, which was deiantlq
displayed from house upon the estate.
found Confederate surgeon al werk
pressing wagons, under orders Of Gen.
K Lee, dated at Winchester. Oct, Der u.
for The purpose, as he said, OF removing
the Confederate sick which had been lett
behind al certan houses, ard il tie villa
ge> OF Aide aud Middlebprg and returned
cainp the same dag. Tie details of so
fruitful reconnaissance cannot be unin,
teres ing.
Major Keenan, at seven o'clock in the
10 3rnlng started ont from F ?rcellsville.
W ich is directly upon the Lee-burg and
Winchester turnpike and took his course
| upon an uufrequeuted way leading across
to Washington, passing thr ugh Barry
vile, Suckers Gap, Snickersville, Phila
mount and Aldie He struck the Win
chester and Washington turnpike at the
little village OF Phiiamount, upon the first
range of hills west of Bull Run mountains.
They were now not far from the position
OF the enemy. and their orders Were to as
certain the truth III regard TO the force re
ported to be at Upperville and Paris
These two places are upon another Win
chester and Washington turnpike which
rms farther to the southwark than the
one to which they had now arrived at
Phlamount. They accordingly took the
small country road which Connects these
two main roads, and passes through
Union The enemy's pickets were soon
discovered and driven before them, and
the party pursued is course in that drec
ton of the named Union, in reality thor
oughly secesh. -.
GEN. WALKER NEAR MlDDLEBURG.
The town was occupied by a battalion
ct Georgia cavalry, who were driven out,
and it was a ceI taiued at this point thar
Gen Walker, In command Of force Of
South Carolina troops, was in position
five miles from Middlebnrg on the Little
River turnpike toward Upperville. The
enemy yielded as We moved on, aud we
reached Middleburg without skrmish.
AT MiGd!eburg were found one hundred
wounded soldiers whom the rebels had left
III the town. They had all been aroled.
1t will be remembered that several weeks
ago his town was visited by the 1st Yer
mont cavalry and other regiments to the
expedition to UpperVile, sent our to cap
ture the large rebel baggage train then in
pack at that plsce. The prisoners are the
one who had been at that time paroled.
GEN. LONG TREET NEAR UPPERvILLE
Thai Gen. L ngstreet was III command
OF tie rebel forces Jyi G about Uppe' vile
and Paris, at tie base OF the Blue Ridge.
near A~hby'~ Gap, is now well nigh es>
tablshed. He had reached that point
point from Winchester. his route being
by Berry's F~rry aud Ashby's Gap.
ENTRANCE TO AIDE
Having complete d what needed to be
done at Mlddleburg, the party followed
eastward upon fine turnpike road o AL
die, the point from which the two turn
pixies dIverge, which run to Winchester.
Ii Is thirty i've miles distance thereon
Here were uneXg ecfedly found a detach-
ment of the Is Mi higan cavalry, sent
ont by Gen. Sigel from his command ia
the vicinity of Centerville. From this
own they comm ced to turn their steps
homeward, but by another route, and
passed through Gllead.
OLD MANSION OF JAMES MUNRoE.
Two miles from Aide, on tile Leesburg
road, We passed the old residence of Ex
President Monroe. At farm house upon
the estate some Indies with defeciive
sense of propriety as well as loyalty, pa
raded, with the most unbecDmi, z impu
dence, a secession flag OF course three
men were ordered to seize and confiscate
thaC 8 Bonnie blue flag" whereat the la
dies Were shocked and a-tnunded, indlg-
nant and l. qQacious. 1t would not do
Not only had the ladies showed the Con
tederate flag, but the little children mad
thrown stones at the cavalry, probably 10
sugated by the ladies, and the flag was
conf Gated. The dlsloyal emblem was
taken, and Maj keenan, brought it back
to camp.
Thence they proceeded over the Ki,toc
tan Mountains, through the delightful val
ley OF the Crosse Crock. homeward
FORCE AT Smokers GAP STRENGTHENED.
That the rebel force left to guard this
gap has been very recently strengthened
was ascertained by Col Griffith They
are not known, however. to be in force
except with artillery and cavalry 1t is
thougi that a struggle tor the possession
OF the gap may very soon take place. We
are momeDtarlIy in expectation OF al ad-
vance movement.
Arriva al of the 29th Wisconsin Regiment.
The gallant 29th Wisconsin regiment
arrived in this city yesterday afternoon
b tween and o'clock, via the North
western Railroad, from Madison en- route
for Cairo.
THIS regiment is by no means inferior
to any OF its predecessors in physique,
bearing, and true soldIerly quail.
ties. Wisconsin Can well be proud OF her
regiments, when each succeeding one
her reputation for sending out
TO the wars strong, able bodied nen-the
very bone end snew of the State.
The regiment made a rapid march
through the city to the depot, paus ng in
the march and giving the Tribune three
rousiDg cheers, which we reclprocated by
wishing them q most glorious record in
tie future. Their embarkation WAS
speedily effected aud they LETT at an early
hour amid ne plaudits and huzz4s OF az
. Chicago Tribune Nog. 3
GLoRYING IN THEIR SHAMg.-Six to one