The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-05-14
ARMY .oE- THE POTOMAC.
HoOKER,s FORCES AGAIN ACROSS
THE POTOMAC.
WAsnrNeroN, Nav lO

have Just srriyed here. furnishing the
following statements: 1--WE separated
eight miles-bsyoud Louisa CNH, Colonel
K lpatrick in charge. with 675 men; cap,
Ltured several msaat bocuSt Gr1ve, and [
3 Tusk tina fslfoS1 two miles nprlhl of
Hungary, and. want, to q blind, camp,
reaching there Sunday night; thence 10 r
Hanover Court House, where weburned1
lie depot aud DESTROYED the r"ilrSad tor
four or I've miles. Couch was taking up
tIHs .sTls, aud heating them SO as 10
bba6d ilhem, which made them unavai'I
lahh!yw vodis ,5s'ig7ns at ip'.ll +
From this point I'VE proceeded within
1.-TWO miles of Rich moud swhere we came
bnpan, ssbauerys of threes gunsand about
Ia 81, IN. and sdcceeded inAlukine them
TheVoIrelurhed, toward Richmond. our
squadron pursuing them to- withinsa mile
andBa ahsltpfl Richmond ! -des'riying in
their pursuit. large bridgelof 5Oaf"ot
i o frsslle " aorkJ and another 20 feet long.
THE fortifca ions commanding athese
bridges, near by. .iwefe without guns. and
wprel taken po,spssiO0 of. ioNsar thee
| :, - A.l e OK WI.
. hridges we c'p'ure1 an 'niu Oh usa W.
der. bstweeo DeiEpian house ana N'cn-
hnondl he being 'nere'pn' . visit nun
Eberoof fine horses were also captured IN
b mis- vicinity. idAmong them was asplenH
did lady's horsesi which. upon ascertain n
: 'ug i's ownsF'1 was returned. lne la!y
Acknowledged the soomp''"ens, auuL sa'u
: siIe was rUnloo'iady ifom teas momsut
Upon the third line OF 'nss h'oem1na ''a !o. ~,
= tlhdaiionsE the Nauo'et nag was PNu'sa' Z
= The loclmoIiVs Augusta, wnlcii was on =
pd direnon ioiSance''n ans v'c,nn's was zap
ursd' and, ons o. our ms n'who' napp-leo
d to- he5auI engineer 'opeEed' .'ne s'ePa
Z valvsuadsrlS heAa -oI steam aou .au ~ ~
wilhsits " hlstle tcrtamtHg'in,o tne onck
Il ahominy, q 0hiTing previously oegsCoyeo -.
8 bridges. We Iw"ih to Hanover 'towu, tSN' .,
e crossing the 'Pamun9y river, captured a
n dstram of'l9 wagons loaced WIN supplies
fdl AftH supplying Ourselves 'iipeIaliy, We We
3 ~eDt, TO .Ayieh's 'StaIIcn, a depo. 10,
hfmilts aro'ind ~hctS foraGe IS ga'her'o If'nI
III and forwarded 10 S'ehmond ana tianoNcI tNr
a Court Hrus-.. AT his place az immense
2 2Equautty Of stores were tound-an inSen
IL torg"of which wa taten ana tney %e
~ burnedt 1ltronsis 'eo OF SUo ooU ouSnel'
= Of grain, 70 sacks Of Hour, oOo oarIe's o
tents. % wagons looo 'ps PSI oA-
q con, ,F6O0 huodred' i,s sugar, one oOk o
shoes, Two boxes Uniform clooplng,e "rs
l9 boxes 'ol' cotton bays. cHse 'nousa"' aO,'",
. nswNHnd lw9 Thousand oi' ,,oie' ones r"o,ae
q 1ipot buildings we're burned ana me el' icy
"a RES which crossed the MAT a2ony @ wsf'
desfoyod. we men pr"cs'uou ~ nN,l y" y
ler's Cross Roads and dt:iroyed '"'
Ao large store hoqees one WIN provisions
be Poorn, anu nonr. anu a,So iW1n'S "'Sou
TO and h'rness. Jn>t oeyona ,his po'pt "
= learned 'hat "Cel DAVIS 0, 'iz', s"e i''l
If Ihos. d'rtroyed a tram inc same uay
e 60 wagons and burned them, paroilin
ls the IeamstSrs and guSrd In Charge "
ie then wrnt to King AMI Qneen Cocr
Q li"use where we were harras'ed oy Gaer
's' rlllas in the houses and YARDS itot
OF which theyh1d 70 the ADJ joining swamp
a and woods. Sven houses were oonse
ny quently burned. We then went 10 u,"u
t. csst'r Court House alid reported 10 usn b.,
n eral King. passing through Cent'eV'''
g. aud capturing horses all along the rou''
Mt When We lett louisa Court House "
y. had but cna days rat'ons, nara 'ac'
its and forage for ohr horses was o,ly re
Ill ceiVed at on point, where. when the r"'
r. lsnls beli'v'rg us TO DC the oth V'r
80 GINA Cavalry. furnished US 'lo'raly'-
nd The receipts we consequently gave IN u
re- name OF Colonel Ames' oth Virsin
'ge Cavalry.
'ur When wa reached Cen'ervll'e INC 10
w. habitarts g'avely INFORMED "s t"a "
ell damned Yankees were scout t"e've m,'' ,.'
nd ahead OF us, which 'u'ned on' 10 o. 20
led Davis torces which had been aeS'rnyll
We Tho bridges 90 the "rss Io'"t 'A''r'' ~
rs. from WINE House 10 h"nmpna', "nnm.L,,n,
IT. A portion 81 tne izIn ll'ln"'s I, oa'a.
W. came near beng Dashed 'I'o oy our 10
ave ces thinking tnSm reorI', ny PaN,
IN had been at Ashl-y'lear'ns tue 'antoa"
re destroying bridges rams w. ~ y
of 'h'S party, also wh'en osP'u' .nt , VA,
700 ~ SICK anI wounueu a''er n'v,"s 'a,"' %
oy two engines near Ay'e'',S o''.,on' Aoo
Of SIXTEEN eolored women came a., oSwd sS, 70
"p roau sioe rom .'lie. 'ne NO. anu u"'S .S,
on' wrre Yankees 'c"mmea "a ,,,s s,ng,ng DIE
Vi'h the Lord NO am doo'arsa uley wIuu
tn work no more ana INA, tns "ay o' oo''
Of had come, hui we had 10 i'aVe '"e'"'