, 1863-01-12
tFsom Our Own correspondcnt.j

January 3 1Sss
We hayc Just returned from Il successful
raid north Of tic railroad to So,nmeryille and
seven miles beyond. I have already men.
toned tho presence in that vicinity Of Col,
Richardson's band Of Partisan Rangers. To
break up this organization, was the prinlarv
object Of the expedition. sccondarily, NC
were ordered to clear tic country of mules
and horses. T1mt VIC failed in the former
was owing to the unpropftious weather. Tho
latter was successfully ACCOMPLISHED ns rou
will sce..
Abo,,t noon Yesterday The 7th Knnsas md
.,,a d,,, 1,,,,,.,, ,a,..s.,a. L.. ~ 1870 49, 40
tue 4tn 4a'uols, oelo"glne 10 col. Lees Brig
adc, were drawn MP i'll line on the Sommer-
yf1lo road, and llnltcd for u half llolr. wli,o
~, 1oo a.,1xoaso,, f,,,r It,, .,...,s-,.-.
tho officers relative to their duties on the
coming expedition.
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10TH OIL ho1 hiEeF, 1nc same over which san
Dorm crossed his cayalry force n fortnight
no,1c1 n 1.ecn ~ IL. hotto,r ,na 49, oro.s sI ~,
p."eu ~ NV ~ Nv uo.'Vm L..t uuo ..oSs % 'nc
river two miles aoose' where, with the he'r
Of few oil plank md d lot Of rails, VIC
managed to inproyisc a tolcrab1c urIt1ve.
which cnrrica the command snf.ly ovcr m.
...'', " 80 .<.,..'.... ..',.... aIs.:.,,, ~ ~
my through county infested with g,.crIllos,
tl,rrr was nothing If 1teculh,r lutorryt cfarnc.
.n,,.,,r ~, y ,,,n,,1 a. i,,o n... a.. ,.,,a.
'o'ie"'A o"' '''s'eA AVA NV '''' o4A "!''oo'
Ancs iso miles. i''nsca W. ln!scd for tile
night, n,iA lung before daylight, In TIC midst
of q violent shower vf ruin, VIC mounted
nBn'n. reaching our dcsslliall0l' Just beiVru tho
dug bugbn 10 Inwn.
"a, il,rrtel IF t,,c 7th Y,nsn. ,uoa ,,.
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W'HtM tto'oA' H'a'h""1' a''" 1aon oego'' tho
tho fuw l!o,,rs wo romuinel III town, W. caIs.
turcd l75 horses md mu,cs, alxty guns md
pistols, md eight prisoners, two of ttlcm
members of Richardson's band, which NJ wero
seeking.
elduons In our search for l.orBcs, was fiat We
wcro Informed that 1t was tho intention Of
Gen. Grnnt to mount several infantry rcgi-
rne,rts to assist I'll clearing tho country. It
was also Judged that Il tli1 stock was removed
It would be difficult for the cnomy TO obtain
bc compelled to disband for want Of suitable
cntale. lc1iecc that every horse and mulc
between Moscow mud Sommcrvlllc, good, bad
and Indifferent, with two exceptions, Is iii our
possession. Loyal men will receive rcniune.
Tntion. Rebels will not. The two executions
above notcd, were raIr Of mules carrying
tl,c dcnG body Of ono Of Van Dorn's Hollfcrs,
wounded at the fight at Davis Mills ft,rt.
night sInce, to lis Last resting placc: also.
that Of woman and child driving mule In !,
buggy. IN the former instance tlierc was tho
precedent Of Stuart, IN bis raid into Pennsyl-
vnnfn, taking l,nir Of horses from hearsc
bearing citizen to Ills burial. Tho tempt..
tion was strong to capture tho animals, but
the l'umanities Of civilization prevailed. In
tho latter tho plcadings Of woman and the
Wailings Of helpless childhood reminded the
soldiers too strongly Of dependent ones at
home, and she was respectfully allowed to
pass tho column.
It was at first the intention to visit another
town in that vicinity, but the unpropitious
weather and the large number Of animals we
had gathered, suggested the prudence Of our
immediate return to Moscow,
regret to add TINT the citizens, In their
anxiety to propitiate our soldiers, freely dis
penscd whisky and wine to them, and, as
consequence portion Of the command be-
came intoxicated. While In this condition,
difficulty arose between company B Of the eth
Kansas and their captain, in which firearms
we're pretty freely 9sed, and resulting in the