Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-05-15
80 From the Richmond Enquirer.
= The Yankee Raid. AH Ns

large body of troops upon such an expedition
while battle hike that just fnu.h ut in s Spotsy.i-
wanna was IN actual delivery, wi II remain one
OF the lneapcable nanoeuvres of Yankee STRAIT
| legy. Fifteen thousand cavalry is most form
! idabie force. and judiciously used on a battle
he!o, might have caused Us ire parable loss
But Hooker has seen fit To expent this forn,a
able force, not upnn The battlefield bat upon
tie updefsnded railroads, and what damage has
he deue?
From all we can gather three engines have
been partially destroyed the rails torn up at
several points the 81 des, creating a DELAY of
transportation of possibly two or three days.
Lie exact amount OF the injury done to the rail
roads has 10: been asceTtalned and The rumors
and reports SO conflicting and ont,adctory
that 1t iS folly to rereat them. We learn from
q gentleman who was captured Dy them at
Ashland, ard whose hotse was taken, that no
damage was done to the cars, and that they ex-
pected to be captured that Col. Davis, com.
mandiag the forceso expressed hlmsef; that
hungry, dispirited and sded, many of The men
expressed open Va desire to he captnred.-
Their main object was asuwed to be the de.
struction Of the Central Raroao bridge
over the Chckahominv, which they ac-
cempsehed. Net beng sratiti.d by
heiug captured, they said to have crossed
the Chick ahomRy at Meadow BrIdges, aud
gone over the Pamankey at Old Churcn, and
are said to be mahiog their way either To
Gloucester or tn Rappahanuock.
Another party under Col. Nindham passed
through Louisa county towards Columbia, on
the canal, and being followed by Gen. W II.
T. Lee, were overtaken dispersed with the loss
Of thirty pr soners and six killed. TIE destf nc
sion or iriurv of the canal prevented by
Gen. Lee. who urahle to follow them upon
their retreat from the blown and iaded condi-
ton Of his horses.
! Towards yesterday afternoon public excite
ment abated as the true intelligence came IN.
as the extent and dspss da;ions committed
by the enterpris'og raid. makers from the other
side Of tho RappabannucK. The particulars of
the raid at TrevlIiian's. Louisa and Frederick's
Hall, on the Central road, were gwen esteriay
as nearly as could be ascertansd. We have
further Intelligence Of the attack Ashland,
and Yesterdays news Of the raid on other points
which NAV be summed up follows.
The enemy, about Ave hundred strong, (cava
Try ,)en,ered Ashland about half past 4 O'Clock.
on Sunday afternoon, and piled up a number
of logs on the railroad track. to obstrnct the
passage Of the down train, which soon after ap
peared. AS it came up, they took possession
of it, set fire 70 the engine and several OF the
cars, after robbing mail cars of about peck of
misce Ianeous letters, (none Of any i,nportance)
;
about two hundred sick and wounded Ccnfeder
ates, part OF whom escaped, the rest were pa
roleo
They tore up some twenty-five feet of the
track at Ashland Station, ard performed a SIM
liar feat some half a mile below, besides break
ing into small wooden culvert, which latter
was the principal damage done on the road
The engine of the material train, which they al
$50 captured, they ran off the track, but did not
njure it, Their last achievement was the burr
my of Mrs. Crenshaw's barn, in the vicinity.
The whois amount of damage will be repaired
by to day. afs
From Ashland they proceeded to At'ee's,
on the Central railroad, which they reached
yesterday morning, where they tore up a
poItion Of the track, and came down to the
Chickahominy and destroyed the bridge. AD
old loeomotiwe, the Augusta" which was
recaptured from the enemy last year, Was
sent up with several persons OF board to as
certain damages, and reached At!ee's just in
time to be taken, the passengers escaping 3!
taking to the woods. The engine was set
agoing by the Yankees, aud ran lnto the Chick
ahominy at the bridge, which they had caved
in. The damage done here was very slight, the
bridge being small concern, and the rest OF
the damage hal diy worth mentioning
Another party, acting in concert with these,
visited Hanover Court House and burned the
depots, dung no other injury worthy OF note.
They, then proceeded down the North bank