Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-12
movements OF stoneman,. Cavalry.

movements OF stoneman's Cavalry.
Prom the Richmont Examiner. Msyfl
At un early hour yesterday morning several
persons reached The city who we're on the ar,bu
lance ;rain AZ the time OF rs capture by the Yam
zee. on SUNDAY evening From ore az them re
obtained ~oue particulars Of the affair A. the
train Resred the hotel at Ashland. a couple OF
shots we're fred At The engine. which vas A. once
stopped. The Yankees were the l2th Illinois
regiment. five hundred strung. and commsniei
by Colonel Davis eho said ne was orie;n,ll i,
from KIM 6eorse county. FHgiuia and cIaimesl
kin with President DAVIS. By order Of the Col
one the zine uncounle,l and burned All
the sick and wonderland passengers we're then
parolei w interference vas made with private
moperty. Just "a the train vas hailed hv the
Yankee cavalry several persons who were IN the
back car, among them a bearer II dispatches
from General Lee. jumped of and succeeded in
escaping. and are supposed ~ have made their
way Ia our forces AZ the South Anna. or T. Han
over junction The Yankee Colonel was dis
posed 70 be very chafty he said he knew the
country round about Ashland ike y hook-that
ne bad fox hunted over IL many a time The
privates were not 50 comnlacent; they seemed
rather uneasy, fearing surprise One OF them was
heard 10 ask another how he liked the country.
The fellow said he didn't like it altogether; he
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North The Yankee horses we're first rate and
all IA good order The sick aud wounded on the
train we're Immediately taken into the houses of
the residents OF Ashana and the vicinity aud 1t
tended by the ia'lIes. The ouly property de
strOyed 10y the -td makers was the engine Of the
ambulance train. an old engine living at Ash
land, and some two hundred wards OF the railroad
track
A negro who was with the Yankees took an AK
and began to knock Car to pieces. but his com
rades made him desist. They took several horses
md negroes from the neghborhood We should
have mentioned that when the ears were first
stopped gentleman aboard fired pistol at the
Yankees. but several ladies ON the train becom-
ng very much alarmed and beginning To scream,
he Wa> prevailed upon 10 put up his weapon.
EuMoRED APPROACH OF THE ENEMY on THE CITY
RENEgED
At o'clock VI :, courier reported at head
quarters thit the Yankee cavalry. To the number
OF FIVE thousand, were at Warwick farm. five
M e. from the city About the same time. m
other courier brought information that the enemy
had appeared nj Hungary Station, station ten
miles up the fredericksburg railroad. These an
nouncements of course. produced some excite
ment, though persons who had any experience in
couriers stories received the accounts with manv
grains Of allowance. All, however. believed
that the Yankees, part or the whole OF the same
who had been At A hland on the dav bef,ire were
in the vicinity of the city, with the design. not OF
attacking the Capital, but of inticting still fur
ther damage upon our railway communication
with the Armv of Northern Virginia.
At o'clock A NJ telecraphist had been
sent, with engine aud tender. up the Central
road to repair the wires. Upon the receipt OF the
above news. much uneasiness was fet for the
safety OF the telegraph party. Abou' / o'clock
youth, who had ridden in from Atlees, brought
information that the engine had been aptured by
the Yankees vt the railroad bridge over the Chick
ahominv. five mile. north OF this CITY. a locality
made memorable by the fact that here. on
the Doth OF June, 1862. Gen. A. p. Hill begun
the great battles OF Richmond
Between u and ~ O'Clock yesterday morning.
Mijor John + Wrenn with about eighty men of
hi -,valry battalion who on Monday started 10
Hanover Junction. returned To this citv by the
Mechancsvle turnpike From one OF the men
we learned the adventures of the company dur
ing their brief absence from the city. On their
way io the Junction when three miles on this
side of Ashland. they met on the mountain road
a considerable body OF Yankee cavalry NJ Nor
Wrenn at once drew his men M in line of battle
but the enemy showing no disposition una Ike an
attack, he advanced upon him. 4 skirmish at
long range ensued, IN which forty or fifty shots
were fred on each side One Yankee seen
TO fall from the saddle No one was struck on
our side Major Wrenn finding the enemy :
forces much superior to his own, fell back slowly
toward Richmond During the night Gen. Pry
or rode out from the city and joined NJ ajor Wrenn.
The men remained in the saddle all night, falling
back slowly. and watching the enemy at Ave
O'Clock this morning the parry came in siehtof the
Brooke bridge, on the Brooke turnpike, three
miles from the city, when. to their surprise they
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hundred Yankees. Seeing hs,rereat in that di-
rcton cut off, and the Yankees pressing his rear.
Major Wrenn wheeled his column to the lett and
made acros, the country for the Meadow Bridges,
which on nearing, he discovered to be also in
possession OF the enemy. Without loss OF time
he bore still further east. aud lay dint OF urging
his laded horses 20 their utmost, enabled TO
reach and cross in safety the Mechanicsville
bridge. froin which point access o the CITY was
unohstructed Genera. Pryor and Major Wrenn
at once repaired to the camp OF the battalion ut
the old fair grounds. and set about collecting
fresh horses with which to resume the field. The
horses that had made the expedition and retreat
were in u sad plight indeed They had not tasted
food since the previous morning, and were ex-
haustel by hunger and fatigue as scarcely to be
able to drag one foot after another On the con
trary. the men we're fresh AS larks. and not al
all disprited by their mastery retreat.
THE YANKEES Ar cHiokAHOMlNY BRIDGE.
Between one and ;wo O'Clock F. NJ .roha L.
Phillips and james CrOne. fhe telegraph operator
and engineer who had started out ~ the morning
TO repair the wires on the Central Railroad. re
turned to this city on foot They give the fol.
lowing account OF their expedition
They left the city at seven O'Clock A VI. With
an engine and tender, having with them two he
gro hremen They proceeded as tar ~ Peakes,
eighteen miles from Richmond, without seeing
ans sigiis of the enemy. AT this place they were
met nv section master at the road. who inform
ed them that the Yankees we've at HanJ, er Court
House. where they had staiG MI night. UDon
the receipt oi this inlorInaton thew Immediately
reversed the engine and started u return On
nearing the hridge over the Chick ahemiBv the
engineer discovered tue ankees employed in
burning that structure Leaving The free negroes
10 shift for themselves, CrOBe and Phillips leaped
from toe engine and plunged into the dense uii-
dergrowth of the Chikahomny Swamp. The
YANKEES pursued them short distance and gave
I'D the chase They then made the negroes 2ur
on full head OF steam on the engine. aud run it
into the stream over the broken span Of the
/ bridge. Having done all the damage they cou-
venieutly could u the bridge and railroad, they
robbed one OF the negroes OF his hat and silver
watch. aud, leavn. behind them couple OF
horse, TINT were 700 much jaJea ~ keer - siih
their hastv movements took their departure in
an eastery direction. The negroes jumped upon
the horses and rode into town.
THE xEsREsr APPROACH OF THE ENEMY TO THE
The neares, approach 10 this city made by