The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-05-14

AddItIOnalMbeat stOnenaa's ex-
pIOIi.. AceOunIb by nm Eyewitness.
New YoRK, May o,-The- Times cor :
tespoudent who aroornpanied Stoneman's
raid gives reliable particulars thereof. Il
appears his whole force crossed on the-
29th of Apil, at Ktlley's Ford. Gensr-
al Averill moVsd'to the oraus o and Al
sxsndria Railroad. met Two rebel regi-
mems, who afi-r sklrmishing retired TO-
,wardapG pGordonsyills. 0aly twa OF our
men were Wounded Gen, BufOrd eros.
issdiihs Rapidau at SMorton's Ford on |
Thursday causing 1900 rebel ioian,ry
10 hurrieily vacatr Racconn Ford, when
Gen. Gfegg soon Afterwards crossed and
some minor csptur-s we're made. On
Friday our feroes gat clpse on the heels
Of rebel force a. Orange Springs, who,
Ito esrape. abandoned their wagons. pro
sisions DO. A 'retel Lirut:: Of Jackson's
staff was, here captured. " .,S 'i'S' ~ =, -
9hl0n May 81. Louisa Court House was
occuPisd without opposition by Colonel
Kilipatriek. and few rebel soldiers cap
| i,ur d. The track oflhe ,ailro.d towards
GOrd"usyills was Destroyed for ten miles,
frwo trains oi cars turnrd. and the tele>
bgrapH lines DESTROYED. During the night
adeta !hmeut or Ihs lst. Maine Cavalry
on picket was attacked by the rebels aud
two men killed. The enemy DISAPPEARED
on lhs advance Of brigade, I,, %
lP7 Ia the afternoon a COMMAND moved to
Thompyoas -Four Corn4rs. One party
Destroyed portion Of thr road between
lGordonsvilIe and Charlotte; another Of
four hundred men, under Col, .WyDdham.
proceeded 10 Columbia, on the James riv-
.tr, and destro, ed Eve locks Of the canal,
toa s and Eye pridgss and large quan
tity Of commissary stores. The atlemp
to destroy The squedust was ,unsuccess'
! full. Several hun red horses were nen
taken, ' ., -'.s. q .t..~.N ,s,.a,. i.
A party under Capt. Drummond 4 Ih'
\ Fifth Cavalry, reached th- river bstwee'
D Columbia and. Richmond, destroyed lh'
locke an levels and set fire TO The bricg
across I James river. ....I
Gen. Gregg proceeded to the Frsler
icksburg railroad, destroy ing at Asblrn,
L. the depot buildings and stock and a-trai
8 OF cars Of provisions and lhr tel graph.
: He sent detachment to burn the rail
road bridge over the Soulh Anna, but
Q was strongly guarded by infantry, an
i the. party feI back. ri ..n. c.a
$ Gen. Grpgg returned TO Thomson
Corn. ~, but a portion of his command ur
: d r Col Fitzpatrick. muved easl ward
Is the Cenirrl road. destroying tho bride
on that road, over th- South Anna. de
l. slroying train of cars, culverIs. an
e railroad track. for miles and thsu passe
70 down t6 the peninsula. Another porto
d nf Grsgg's cummand, under Cnl. Dav
st of the l9th Illnois. crossed the roa
near.r Ri hmond. destroying railroad
'e relegraphs and bridges over Brook rive
81 and railway trains. slj o. & .-saic
1t Another d. tachment turned all Il
So turnpike bridges over the South Ann
to prevent the enemy from making fan
D. movement and catching Sloneman in
trap. q, %, .-;Y oy aa5os, - ns
ne On the 4th, Hampton and W. D
30 Lee, with iva brgadss, attach d 600
the 9th Cavalry onpicket duty near Sha
he non Hill. Their charge was met by
ps counter charge. aud the rebels were lei
%. porariy repu lsed but rally,ng, tn
1t captured seventeen Of our men ;,our for
a. captured thirteen Of the enemy. Gene
al Buford advanced and the enemy H.
s.: On the night Of the 4th. General Gre
y moved to near Ysnceyvllle, f'llowe ne
ks '.y by General S,onsman, with Gene
r Buford's command Seventeen rel
IN. army wagons were here captured.
he On the 6.h. the rerogradr movem'
Vi comm pnced, aud crossing Raccoon 70
u the whole party arrived at KelIy's Ford
u the morning OF the 8'h.
II Our whule Las was two killed and
} a over 6rty wounded AMI taken prisont
'se Negroes joined the column in Aocks. .
raj begg to be taken away. 'h'y sv
ate where gave us valuable Information, ac
n as guides a several bonEs furnishing W
" unslinted hand all the food tlley had
he our service.
t New YoRx, May l0.-The Heral
le- Washington dispatch says our l'ss in
Inc recent haltles is Situated at II. 900,
the rebel loss at I8' 900. '.'
Its reported General Lee sent
\ OF truce 10 General Hooker a king supI
I for wounded Fsderal soldiers, s'areing
ain army was deGei'ut therein, and his Ct
munication cut off |, is said med
an, and hospital supplies were sent. '