The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-05-20

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Gen. Sickles would have cut la twain IA, mi
army dividing S-onewan Jackson's soioS.
completely from Lees body The loss -
Sickles' corps during The four DAYS of iatla
VIZ Friday. Saturday SUNDAY and No,sav
average fully ttirtl three tcr cr,ts o. the tor.s
be brought iato the deld Tbs ofic.ai rsturns
Of casualties ia h. corps foot up m the 49,.
gate. ASA killed. wounded aud ms>.ng. Tba .
heaviest los thai occurred 10 any one ~ he
br gades eompos ny the corps was In the first
br'g ade, first division. Commando hv Brir
Gen. Charles X. Graham. OF New York. on,
al $500 men. be lost close upon SC0-noi pors
than One-cg hth Of whom are class Ted Is mis-
sing. Gen Graham handled hs men Win
great skill and behaved personally with ner-
feet gallaniry. losing TWO horses under HIM
After General Whipple was wounded ts.ne.
dead Gen. Graham was assigned 20 the com.
maud Of Whpple's old Third division.
Col. stevens commanding the Third raci
ment Excelsior brigade feil MORALLY wound.
cd while leading his men 10 a charge upon he
enemy lines on Sunday morning he vas
one Of the most gallant sold ers aud perfect
gentlemen that ever lived. sud. I d. lie,e. was
rom DunkirS. n New lork state When orr
Army fell back 90 lis offensive line near the
/ Birk House on sunday. BIS body was leit on
the field among thc wounded snd the dead whom.
we Were compelled Co abandon Mai az
4 Ircmaine OF Gen. : cAi.,' STAT was dispatch
/ ed with a flag OF truce 10 the cnrmv'S llnes Tor
the purpose OF recov ring Cot stevens body.
as vel a. those of verai other officers. bat
the rebel Commander refused bin the privilege
of entering their lines Tor that purpose.
sroNENASs' oRrAr RAID.
On Sunday morning, MAJ =. a hat was made
AZ Greenwood. one mie ucss of Louisa Court
House. Here VAS reached 'he Genital Virginia
Railroad. Deiachments were seut up aud down
the road tor miles 10 DESTROY the track cuivcrts
aud bridges. aud also 10 act a. pieAets to pre-
vent = surprise. The Noik VAS seil done Just
al dawn. Col Fitzpatrick charged INTO Louisa
Court House. The visit of Yankees VAS entirely
unexpectei ard tls people we're caught nap
ping, just as they hsd rolled over ior a morning
saoozs
The possibility Of the invading iroops being
Yankees AIS nor dreamed of untl several sfrar.
Cling rebel soldiers had been arrested They
supposed them Co be- Stuart'- ca,airs When
the scales had fallen from their ewes eifh the
rising Of the SUI the Whole town vas panic
stricken. Fully believing the vi'lanous fllse-
hoods 80 indusliouslg ami perunaeiou-ls circu-
lated by the Sef Davis despoii-m Al Richmond,
As 10 The treatment the people had every ~ here
received al the hsnds at our snld.efs thew we're
much relieved uhen assured iiat fheir lives
would be spared, and that private property
~ould not be- iutefiered With. excepi IN such ca
ses ~ all civilized nations consider legitimate
supplying the actual necessities Of the troops
After this ASSURANCE. the people talked freely
aud unreserveoig with officers aud men.
Al o'clock z N SATURDAY. MAY 2 the
railroad having been destroyed for miles. and
number OF cars aud bridges over Green's GOOD
and Hickory Rivers burned. horses ard troop.
ers well supplied With raious. The command was
moved nnou a hail n ma ..st ~ ffa f.u.r "A
there for an hour awaited the threatened attack
} by troops known 10 be appr aching from Cor
louisville Bat the to regiments 30 the wet
OF the town we're quite sufficient To induce a ret
rograde moyemeut OF boih Infantry and cavalry.
, AT clock the command started Tor rhonp.
sons cross roads Tor iour cotuefs.l which point
, Sas reached about n ] - O'Clock p. NJ Fsom
here the fiefent expeditions started O. Gus the
enemv's lines. A. - o'cloct midnight. Gen.
} Storemaa called al The principal officers togeh-
er and explained bis plan of operations The
} commander OF each department WAS directed 10
specific points 10 be destroyed the special OBJ
J Jeci Of his mission accomplished he vas allowed
The widest latitude for any further operations
BY o'clock Sunday morning Nav Sd
the several expeditions had started The m0on
was shining brightly, the roads were compare.
lively good. and for once IN the history of the
war every hing was H. harmony. Col WIND.
ham, OF the lst New Jersey cavalry, with bis
: own and the let Maine regiment. in al 500 men,
} took utheriy direction, aud crossing O~cns
Greek, Licking Hole Creek, Little Licking Hole
Cresk, Little Byrd 'reek, aud seyerI Other
creeks, reached Columbia on the Jsaies River. at
about O'Clock A NJ. The approach Of the
force had been heFaded. but no one believed IT,
J The man who went 10 the trouble Of riding ten
miles 70 give the inhabitants notice was almost
! mObbed by the DeOple-thev doubling his san
ity. - hat Yankees near Columbia - said
one citizen. 1T IS impossible: Jrh Davis
b would not permit such invasion" of tue ga
cred soil. The iurnisher Of the unwelcome news
: had dirt throRn al him, was hooted al aud FOL
: lowed by a crowd OF excited people. Who were
threatening him with all sorts Of vengeance Just
as the advance guard Of Col Wyndham's force
under Major Beaumont dashed into town There
P we're no soldiers there. A dozen or more CHI
zens succeeded In escaping across the river, and
: spreading the astounding INTEL gence soon after
squad Of troopers appeared iu the distance on
Z the opposite back. The people south o the nv
! o. did not b,iiev. the story told bv fhe flei-
lives. One MAJ rode with he servant dosn 20
} the river bank % for himself Toe servant
80 zed upon the opportunity 10 ride Into our
lines lie was not pussged. A planter sent a
: sol mounted on a valuable horse to ascertain
the Overwhelming the force % be Stuart- cav
, airy The hoy ask officer q The Yankees
had been whipped. snd va 'oll thar they had
lie expressed be- satisfaction ard 49, about leav-
ing, when the off Ger told BIN BE- wanfea horse
: his Own was Jaded An eEchange Wa speed
liy made. Tie boy was cvideltig somewiat
puzzled at this summary proceeding. bur th0t'
u al hight 10 c0ubt, it was Stusr''s cavalry,
? aud be rode "a 20 te biz f8'her the meas A
negro who manifested some joyful emotion upon
J hearing hat the Yankees were coming was Sc
verey shipped bE his master, jgst below CO.um-
nia lev hours before We reached the spot.
Z The negro upon being rsies-sd reiterated bis
p former Expression, ard attempt was made 20
whip him again. But be escaped jumped into
3 the river and vas Drowned TIE old negro
: preacher on the plantation where tie above oc-
: cured told me that bis master cursed DE- J an
q KEGS Cause dry made him ioss fifteen hundred
dollar niger"
2 In the counties visited there were bot lev
% rebels found e home, except fac very cd aid
: the very young H. nibe DAYS trsvei oid not
b see fits able bodied men Who we're NOT 10 some
e way connected ~ith The arnv Neus every
5 branch ~ business was a. a stand sal. Toe
shelves ~ sf0res are almost ever Wnefc empty
the shop ofthe artizsr is abandoned a1c N ruins.
Tie people Who are d bs seen, pa--yrlg s4b.
nit % al that eu4anafes from Richmond ~ithont
? muruur. They sfe for the mo-i par simple
minded and iguorsnt o. al Tat is irsnsp.rAg n
the great theatre about them.