The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-05-12

were Z the time 4frayed IN an Irc, both wings
ting on the river, the right Ut b nk-'s Ford.
The enemy attaching, the I'd division IF the
"a corps and Howe . at first appros ching them
diagora'lv from Fredaricksbrrg and ,hs couu
try oi'ectiy bey nd Gso Miles brig de, CON
stating of The 33', n b, Goth and 40 b New
rk T. ge her ~l'h trs Vermont brig 4de aud
7'h Main.. Dor. the b unit of the cn.rge, re.
pul-lpg 'hs enemy hands msly. The Vermont
br. a 10 were on he leftof G .n'l NJ lie. Mills.
brigade and other troops ua0s count charge,
bur Ic nf'rceuei:'s coming up to the en- nv, ,
We were not able to drive them. The " b
sc,td nobly, bus the 20 u New York be- ~ ed
very diagrac-fnlly, as it did at White Oak
amp, and fa Ing back brought q eros. fire
on The 3si Their Colon. however, Conducted
himself most b avely. The other lines Of hat
tls were now tackled by overwh+ lining mum.
bers and oblik led to fall back to the river.
ST ~ M 3 RAID
A correspondent Of It Q Washington Chroni.
Gle, who accompanied General Ssoneman's .
cavalry raid, writing to that p per from Kel.
'ey's Ford, under dae of NJ y 8 sives y oe-
tailed account Of the operations Of the expsdi.
ton.
He speaks Of it as ore cf the most successful
military enterprises Of the kixd ever under.
taken in this or any other country. But We
let the extravagant correspondent tell bis own
story. from which il will be seen that his own
mans raid. II. says:
General StOnem n moved tho main body of
his com nand across Fisshm An + var, and On
camped for the nigh in an open field darine a
heavy rain storm. At this p int the enemy
m ,de \ dash upon our pick eta, bu' did not alarm
9 camp. Thursday morning, earl,, G neral
Blu ord cross the r pidan two mil . below
the Raec on F1rd, NJ rton's F,rdJ and ad
vancing up tfe OPP, site bank Caused force Of
sixteen hundred rebel infantry, with ono piece
of aril cry, to leave 10 greas na~ts from Rae
coon Ford, where soon aft r General Gregg
crossed with his Division. Here Lentenant
and thirteen priva.es Of q rebel artillery CON-
pany we're captured. Near this point an aro,y
beef con ract r was overhauleh and $2S, 900 in
Confed rate bondstaken from him.
A rebel engineer wite wagon load Of ma.
teriaI was also captured ON the road. Friday
morning heard cannouadin8 on the right,
which proved to be Gen. Averilrs command
havMg a little fight with the enems at K pid-
an s a ion. on the Orange and Alexandra
i'ro.d Next day got coss npon tho heels OF
large rebtl force a. D a. &c Spri e, who to
eecape, ab,Bd ed wagons. rrovi ions, etc /;
captured lieu ebant "f Jacks ne aft return.
i"K from cave of 40 enc-. A. ni.ht camp.
at G een~ood, just outside of LJn'ss Cnurt-
House The town w~s SURE 10, and Col
Fitzpatrick took po-t e'Eion II tho place a. 6
o'cl 'ck NJ II y ID. with. u usopposlt,on, cop.
turirg few rsUel soidis g.
ct sc& OF the Vir. .inia G .u'ra' r ,ilro ID,
con nec inx Gordontv tie and Re mond was
der,ro> ed at fferelt points for T. n miles tSo
trans Of cars bnrnt, telegraph wres Gu. and
destroyed, and some ccmDissary stores were
a o spprop lated. During the night d, tach.
m ut t y Ma No cav"lry, doing picket
duty Eve mi 90 up tns Cord, nsviile 10 d, was
att. c, 9 Il, aud had two meu XII ed. The enemy
| disapp' arel the moment q brigade advanced,
| after fieiug fsw shctr. On tue at rnoon OF
tn. 2l the command moved on throug Yam.
| csy.ilie 10 ThOmpson's -Four Coners. + ON
| this point detaci ments were Ut out in differ.
| t directions One party ces'rUy ed \ portion
of the rail- Dad bit Se, n CIR, on vile aud
Cnariotteevie. u o er, CONSISTING of four
nundre u meu, ond Co. W ndhap, proc e-ued
| to Columbia, on tie j mes r,ver, wnere the
LyLcnbury snd R,chmo..u ..u cana cr,sses g. e
| river. An Lnsuc e-siui attempt Was made TO
destroy the aq leduct.
Five locks were destroyed, the banks Of the
canal dug away at diffsrsst points, three canal
boats, loaded with materials for the rebel
army, and tive bridges were burned. A large
quanuty OF cOmW ssary stores, incidence, &C.,
were also destroyer, and several hundred
hor; es We're captured. A party under Capt
d. ummOnd, of the 5sh cavalry, reached the
river B.. tween Colun oia and Richmond and
destroyed locks, levels, and SET e . to bridge
across James river G n. Gregg proc ed
I" ,he FEEDER cksbs rg and K cnmOI'd railr I'd,
aud de=tr"yed o. Asal.nd the dept buIld.
ing, rAiirOz d track, train Of cars, provisiens
| AID teleg rapn He sent do acn N nr 20 oaru
the raiiroai bridge ovsr tae S,ut Anna, but
l. was strongy larded by infantry, and e. .
party ssBt out Ir,l back 9en. CIR Rg retarned
| !, Th mpson . Foar Z rns 9, TINT po, sion o1
eastward to tho Con Iai rvad, des roys, the
bridge on that road over the Sou b A ,.a. Cap
tured and destroyed train Of care, culver o
| and tho railroad rack for mics, and theu
passed down to 'hs r ninsGli.
Another portion Of General Gregg's com
| mand, under Colonel Dav's, T~ eif.h III nois
G ossed both roads nearer Richmond, d . roy
ing railroads. Telegraph, brldgs over Bro /
river ,and ailSay trains. A detachment Of G IN
| Gregx's command also ournei all the urn
p he bridges over the South Anna, t, pre- een,
the euemy making flank NOV. ment d
catching Gen. Ssvn.maa in trap. M md y
mo nx, rho 4tn, Haa pton snt d II. Hill
| wi b two brigaSes. attacked sbvu slxty 0f b
Fifth caval.y, on picket duty nsae 6hanpo1
counter chasge; the rebel advance was tenn
porsriiy repGlsed, but r@li, lug c4p'ured tsv
entsen Of the Fifth cavalry. Oar force cap
tursd thirteen of the enemy. Gen. Bu ord "a
vsnc.d upon the enemy with his command, bul
they fed
| The night Of the 4th Gen Gregg moved II
! near Ysnosyvills, snd was followed 70 thai
point next day by G.nl Ssonsuan with Cen
Baford's commssd. Here man . naive ol
North Carofns, cane INTO camp, who had b. e.
concealed for year 70 avoid ssrvinx Jsf
Davis. Near Yslcey sills ssvsn.ssn G. . A
+ wagons, with mules, wsis overtaken and cap
tursd. On ths 5sh the rs'rograde moveeea
| whole command arrived q Kelly toad Friday
/ morning, the BIB
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