Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-05-06
+ E. LEE
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ISguedl T. E. LEE
General
We reooiveope,hing further fsom the seat Of warup
to the time CT 81. dln2the IOrn to press.
GIN. JAcEsoy's voGsDZANFr7ATOS Q, RI, LEFT Am.
Private sdvioss hive 6stn received lrou'Ae brother
Of Mrs. General Jfckson, and subsequently lsom OIL
Ger Of General JaelsCns stat, stating the. General
Jackson Lad been wounded in the leltsz, above the
elbow, in such manner as 70 reqvsc eeataiiCn just
above the 81 ouder. The operation had Zen success
flly perform by his medical director, Dr. NeGaire-
Tue General had been br0agh Go is presumed on the
way to Rct aoni) as far Gp'lneys Station, en- the
F,cdsrick,orrs railroad whsysAe dOiys vel, and
ia coed SPIRITS Tue wound Hss Hf.o,soon SatU dly.
lie had previously received, on TIE sare day, bah
through tie pain OF tie right hard, which, however
il Is hop ID viii not prevent its future use Tae above
i, agt.estc, having beea convey,d N Dispatches 70
Ms General jackson, who nov ia tais ely. Il was
rspored las. everin; that Gen. Jackson was wounded
whist making a reconnaissance, BY one Of cur own
Oeks,s Who fired upon the General ard bis party, BE-
fore assertainrg whether they were friends or foes.
-sz Y4sxEEJ u GOocHLAYD
It appears ps. abe ..gm1n tie accounts which have
reached U.s. as zen as frcp reasonable inference that
,be foros Of eavahy which crossed tie IappALanuOck
on burning ass .syiag expedition, in rear Of Gen.
Les arm, wa Ql tJ-ri-a5ls in point Of numbers
and composed Of picked men, sell up7ed and mount
el TIE PARTY which visited Ashland on Sunday, and
afterwards bad the audaciiy to come within four niles
Of ile city, was only small detachment from the main
boy. Another detachment, stated yesterday, was
sent 10 tbe canal bu. repLlscd by a squadron of
Confederate cavalry commanded by Gss. Fiizlugh Lee
Tbs d.,lclmeaL alice leaving Fiuvanna county, rode
il.o Goce aud cyuaiy, ULelc they we're dePFeiilpg
upon the people, on Noaday. Yesterday numerous ru-
ors reached the city as 20 he number Of this detach-
msut and the extent Of th.ir outrages upon the de-
feue,sss people q Gooe laId. From the best nloF-
nation We could gather yesterday, the raiders had not
peue.r.ed .te cUu1 = further ca. than Beaver Aln-
Their t.m6,r as ths point was estimated by scltie-
m1u Who counted them from the opposite shore of
james river At fifteen hundred.
scouting party sent out to TeconnOire their move
nen,s sent back a report by courier Yesterday fore
h squadron was from four to FIVE thousand
panic by Eight artillery, and vas moving
sd, which wou1u bring them, urs
-. .c-Haugary station or the
the former party eamped
have net exaggerated
y >stachment seen at
w. y reinfOrccments
= " OPPOSITION, at pre-.
= rAiders is 20 make
y eariy the same
81 rs or Colonel
> st,Nd to continued
= 8 5ing to press
~ movements.
EigKSBUEG RAILROAD.
se and tender, with several aats attached
we .as Fredericksburg railroad Monday night, car
ryrg party Of aborers to repair the road and three
eonplaies Of infantry, under Capt Byrd, to act as
guard I; was discovered that the track had been slight
y injured by the Ysakees, and the train after two or
three short delays at ouverts, vert to pOia about
four miles from Ashland, where they we're net by ne
gro Who informed them that the Yankees were at the
gilace IN force, and had planted battery Of artillery
eou 1nlng the road etc Accepting this information
ne true the train brough, back the city arriving
here about lli o'clock P. r. Y,s.e-day morning, the
aAmbullnce Committee composed Of citizens who
had vol inferred their services 70 attend TO The removal
Of the wounded ard provide for their immediate vaa.s
assembled at lie Fredericksburg depot Pursuau; to no
tiee, expecting TO proceed on special train to the Vi,
entity Of the battle fields but in consequence Of the
rsports received from Hanover and Gooohand the de-
psruro OF tue train delayed until the afternoon,
vheu u started for It's destination with military escort
commanded BY Gen Roger A. Pryor.
sKlRrisH AT TUxsrALL's STATION.
gentleman Who witnessed the brush" at Tunstars
Station Monday morning gives US the following account
Of IL: The 46th Virginia Regiment, under command
of ColoHel Duke, uere at the White House, es route
for Redmond, when a messenger arrived from a young
lady informing Colonel D. that the Yankees we're
moving in the direction OF Tuns,ars Station for the
purpose Of destroying the road there. lie immediate
" pat four companies (Abbo,t's, HoiInans Whites
ami Ystes on a train Of cars and set out for Tun-
sails Just as he arrived there, about Il O'Clock in
the morning, a squadron OF Yankee cavalry made
their appearance about one hundred and Fifty or two
hundred yards Of and forming rapidly in line de
Gyered their FIRE upon the train before men haC
got Of the cars The latter leapng to the grounC
at once formed along the embankment Of the road anC
returned the FIRE, 6ispersing the eavahy and putnl
them to fight, Six Of the number lay dead on TIL
ggeopd and some fourteen or fifteen prisoners fell int
our hands. One Of the latter was a lieutenant whit
stated that the squadron was commanded by Colone
Davis, and that he had received mortal wound. Nom
Of cur men received any injury. Colonel Dukes fore
berg infantry he could rot pursue Later in the d,
he aserrtaned from scouts that the force was pekete
some Eve miles distant on the Pamoukey, but order
from Richmond compelled hin to come to this city,
DEATH OF CAPT. oREENLEE DAvIDsoS.
Adespateh was received yesterday by Gov Letchel
conveying the distressing announcement Of the deaf