, 1863-05-20

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nasneq mo me vl1lage anu took II wnnou'
and they escaped Us. W. Wc etsspsa5ed, tsp ,3e tne'r
Pms, ho"cFEf, ana oestroyea tnem. words
{aanoL uesef!oe tne astonlsanTnt " tne n
uao1tates At our appearance. assured tnem
property, and we soon became better acqua'nt-
ca; we cnt lie Telegraph wire, anu tore mp
q halt dozen rails, and pil1ng a quantity
ol ooards IN some trcs9le "ork
soutn q inc 1o"n, maae an lmmense
aie, "n1c4 ,,,I soon I:3a n consumed sne sntlle
aaprroaching me Town: Was captaafed and
ulIuEnl IN tos !nspecti9Mn. ~ PIoseu 20 70 an
anoulncs 81 tia!n 15oM ~ fIgStsllGhsnule O ses
em crs ~ tu ea,a;on mll r;t ~ sich a u
@ ce's anu ~ s4iute[s, Win f'1al". n9hs tnen
offceIs m 1 ot coneJeT,1Se m n.nE Ne 1n reeeivrd
the1 .nd iat 3b. M ~ le 1Iu ha poe
~ So+aGt ~ +hn ,11 t,,i,1,s 1saso ~
ars,,.1x ,;nrnde tIha n,,11;.,a a'5 toa.as -
tha tresg +o~nther ;tb snnthnr fnmnd - ~
tossn xere renderet cnnnIcte1v 1sc1csa Nv -
mec1,,n;c t,om t,,e ran.1s w fonnJ ber'. y
stshIc flllcd viii rebel hnrses and mnles
some ~ ~ them ne toot WHIT E;tb ~ ~ fut Ecre
nf,Ifre6 to leave the mn.t ot them We dc.
s+rnEEoJ tTentr ranons viii 1a-nass ~
Ne 1eft tsh1anX at e o'c5ncl - M tcv
,n5les frnm The town word pos < hrourht in
that a train of eiohtecn Ta,rons was ca,1t,ed IL,
n ] RnHRr with
romnou;es r and r to drstrar t},em whic,,
he i]id. We strnck ,hc Central RAILROAD At
H,nnror stat;nn aho,,f - ~ aithonrh
wearicd and exhausted by our days Labor,
thouelt j; Ssst 10 $ complete n the duty assigned
G fesas
us. Ne captured and parolcd aboui thirty
officers and men at the station They made
no resistance. Capt. Shears was ordered to
destroy the tyessle work, which reached about
ten rods to tue south Of the depot. Tie
work was etcctualy done BY the SAME process
as at Ashland, and br its blaze VIC could
clearly discern the Confederate guards pass
iycly standing at tie other end. We also
buried a culrcrt, and cut tie telegraph wires
and burned tile depot buildings, store-houses,
the Confederate Government, and tiilcd with
property.
il would be impossible to give q precise
statement of the damage here inflicted upon
the cncmy. II must have been great. There
were more than 100 wagons. 900 sacks of
ing and horse equipments. The buildings and
cars were full of property collected for the
use of tic Southern army, Iii private prop.
crty VIC resnectcd. and / believe that none
whatever WINS damaged, Br the light of the
burning buildings we 1efI the station, and
previously occunied by Cart Fisher. with
| Companies 4 and G., who had placed pickets
| thert. and taken captain and four men pris-
| oners. We passed through tAe court house
| and marched down to within seven miles of
Richmond, where We biyouackcd till 8a, N.
| The next morning we marched for
| Williamsburrl. Al Tunstall Station
| fncar The White House on the
/ Richmoud and Yorktown Railroad. ] a train Of
cars filled with infantry. and battcrc Of three
gmns ,yos RIM o11t to onnosr ms. + ti,ounbt #
Ihr-t, r., make an eff,rt ta brcak through be.
fnre :hr men rnuld hr cot, ant of The cars, Or
| The battery IN posi,inn= I therefore hrnu,,ht
| ~ NV t<ro Eo+ennSt enr,arnns ,nd ori,rGI n
! 49, ,.t;+1' .rn o,,.1.,.tad -. +l'n,n r.a,,t
| 60. ~;t.. C..~>r~n;ae n o1a ta,.s,~ t,,o
ns.l' d s w HHai, M ~. a $780, Stt, ~
isau, aIu 4 E.rs. sue..so 1911 "'51.
Sun,laSH ai,i. ~" - T,,a ;nf1S d., +se
.pss L1.t..n.!e ~ ra;I4n.' | A.a ea,..,. snl
u,,nn 1s seycrn ~ ire Int u nv on'e me,, eu
ap",aa W., ~, -. ~ 1870 =, sn1onh;.;
aasnca uP Iu sns enloanhi inen.s lu splenald
st.t, au ~ "i.H ,! .la1 ~ s.au
70 tas ne a.. Inai Sn1 hot. ~,
"a ~ p'eah ~ H. aes
h;..,' ~ rnv ~. In, t,,aI u
rott1 .p e;t 7oss oe E;,1ea md sa.,,r,
,vae "a.n toss ~ tate ~ ;e,,+
Wounceo, among tne at'sf, ttcut, MuEsn ~
WIZ aiaous lue IolenlosL al L1e :uafS ~ ~
cereu 60 sesele "uua9 III tuc ilsA
arm 1hat W were opilseu 10 !Eave hlln u ON
o. lne hcighooling HOUSES: Ha!lns 70 pane ptae
t1ate !ne enemy Hne VI nus Poin!, = aeLer
mlneo 10 cross Tue tamInkey aud n2ttapo4!
I1vets' anu nl:,oe lor uataeestea iu.n.. ~
lnte nloseAent n1a ~. hoinins s. ~ ~: Nv ~
common NAP OF tne sta1e OF Virginia: aft 1l
was Ill cn!l!e 'gnoIat.t.s, " tAe I,osliloe u tn