The New York herald., 1863-05-04

thrown In the fields and one hundred and eighty
men of the Sixth New York cavalry. Lieutenant
nevtcAsr commanding, charged down the hill and
hontea number Of rebels building bridge. who I'M
nedassy opened nre The cavalry dMmomted and took
70 the weeds which lined the road sidsAsing
their earbnes with such eject the rebels who had
been firing bsky fron tSs other side e the river
raised Of truce and ssn eus an oaeer 70 say 'n's
shey would Surrender
must digress The road leading to this ford a
so0d until IL nears the river bank, when 6i>''
~sep. The ground on both sides 10 h'~' -sonss very
the south side could have be.- 10 and hills On
TOR q time our advance =, easily fortified 10 resist
Third wiscossir' :. The Twenty seventh Indiana
ssu, dow and Second Massachusetts, infantry were
. = " support the cavalry.
4Hs sxIRnlH
Firing listed for about minutes, the enemy being
concealed in and firing from large mill, dwemss ass
sathouses. Our loss VAS
airy.
woUSpxp.-Lieutenant Jno r, Ramsey, Company e,
sams regiment, Of Cherry Valley, NJ r.; MiDse ball
through the calf of leg escaping the Bone. The loss
miraculous considering tho nre and distance Of the
ny-only two hundred and twenty-five feet
TIE suRRxNpER ~
Al soon as our men the dag Of truce with Yousing
eneers few the three infantry regiments, and also
soms the cavalry stll dsmountsd), rushed into the
river They knew not the location Of the ord
nsither did they care, but In up their necks In
the water came lines with present of
sixty five buttcrnuts" Three generals present
the ground, and
TINE TROOPS IMMEDIATELY oo,nHscsD c1ossMe
The river very rapid, the water nearly five feet
Assp, and the bottom rocky It was with great difa.
Guilty the men could "keep feen Most Of the
troops went 10 in full uniform; but comcal scenes
were presented by taking OF their pants starting
sn the voyage they into the world with the excep
sion Of having baggage with them Cartridge
putOn tho top Of the knapsacks keep powder dry
Most OF this 0orps crossed quickly though
Cry land, and instead Of being hardship, rather
sasre<a Joke and laughed and Chsered while wading
through The enemy 90 inglor,ously surrendered
bsred In al about eighty The party consisted Of det
neuts from the One Hundred and Twsaty NTH
Virginia and Nineteenth, Twelfth and Fessy sirh,h A,s
ssppi regiments detailed for the purpose of building
bridge. II was about halt finished. Wh,le tn,
essps Yves fordins mon were employed constructing
. Temporary bp4ge out Of the matsria
On the ground. General Kane, who is Away,
salsd on for Bard work, dsty ali night ssperu
tsndns Arrangements, and by saslv dawn It read!
~ Ne gassase Of another corps.
QUA AmuSmoa
inpossibs convey their burdens backs with
s1t damaging them by water. A company OF the Fiji
infantry credit unpackng the
nAh and taking the boxes the Kane bridge while tn
0nl@ being led Icannot, q course, state tn
sunber Of this train but was large Lieutenant An
Gussine In charge OF the ammunition, had them
packed and all was as before. -
TEE START FOR cHAscH1oRsvuIE
This mornings April 80. At i've O'Clock, we left Germans
sIxoS al
though they had been picket duty all night. lttF
diminishing occurred in the morning, the enemy Heeiu
wherever met.
"a sKrRMfsH wnDmNssa
Nothing d importance occurred till half-past twelv,
r. NJ when Wilderness the enemy fred from the
bordering the road leading to Culpspper n wa
found TO Be party Of the Fourth Virginia cavairy, under
Roberstvn portion Of tbe Twenty Pennsylvania
infantry Immediately deployed skirmssaors, and
The remainder formed in line Of battle, supported b.
shs One Hundred and Twenty third New York usantry
TAe Twenty-eighth boys nred one volley, which wal
peompty They then charged bayoDes throug
~ woods receiving in return few shos and shels bu
sAe enemy again his heels and made fest his
trsas
cAsuAIr1H
Private -, Of the Twenty y-sighth Peoasyivania
KILLED OF the enemy-two killed and several wounded
We captured an ofhcers horse and equipments.
AnRvAL czAxcEiLoRsvulk
In the afternoon arHved At this plsce, the enem.
sam re,reating although he had thrown up long line
siss pits In front. They strongly fortified tw
niles the fredericksburg road, where we hop
sopay them respects in the morning The Firth corp
nads a junction with this road.
GENERAL sLocuM y IN COMMAND
az this column Of the Fifth Eleventh. Twelfth corps
Consequently General williams assumes command Of tn
Twelfth and his division Of the Twelfth corps win
under General Ruger. General siocum has always bee
Arss and the cavalry have work 10 keep up wit
him The presence Of the several officers where mos
expect danger inspires the troops with confidence IN
leads them hope that the Army Of the Potomac ma
sos again be Obliged fall back, but 60 to victory
We have captured many prisoners, presume sever
hundred, and desire 70 remark that their appearance
does give evidence OF half starvation The
psrSnne, however, exhibits the most abject poverty
Many Of their pants patched with many dideren
colored cloths would be difficult say which abri
composed the original garment.
We have now marched sixty-hve miles in four days
forded or crossed streams had two skrmshss car
tsrsd largo number OF prisoners, and lost but tw
osu killed and one wounded. n.
.-ts Oar Correspondence or May 4.
rAmAx CouRr HorsE, May 1, 1868.
cAvAlRY OPERATIONS
The expedition under the command Of MAJOR Geners
ssahel returned at hafpast three O'Clock yesterda
noming II was composed Of the greater portion Of th
second and Third brigades Of cavalry and battery
arslsry General stahels command left rairax cour
House early the mosoing Of Monday. April 2,
ths men provided with i've days cooked rations, an
forage sucient for the time transported. The sur
posed object Of the expedition was TO act - patrok
and watch the gaps that the enemy could not
wares On the foros under General ssoneman who
psctcd 70 move and by nankug him, place themselves
hs rear. In thb connection the forces under Gsner'
niroy 70 have acted In ccnccr and thus the obec
Il the expedition weuld have been accomplished wbs
General stoneman had moved
MOVEMENT AIpR.
Afssr leaving Fairfax the expedition moved 10