Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-08-04
GsNERAL MoRGAN,s RAID.

GENEkAL MOhGAN'S hAAD.
From what we said last week, our
readers will not be much surprised, tho
panied to learn the sad intelligence that
Gen. Morgan and the greater part OF
his command have been captured. Ills
command, in his late daring raid thro'
Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio, consisted
of detachments from two brigades num-
bering 202S effective men, with four
pieces OF artillery, two parrots and two
howItzers. They succeeded in passing
entirely across the State OF Ohio and had
reached the Ohio river, and had com
menced crossing to the Virginia side
when they were attacked by gunboats
in the river and an overwhelming force
Of infantry and artillery on land. 1t is
said that Gen. Morgan had nearly reach
ed the Virginia shore when, in ODE
dienee to the petition OF one of his Off
GERS on the Ohio side, he turned his
horses head and swan back to take
command of his men. Between three
and four hundred succeeded in reaching
the Virginia shore in safety-two were
drowned in crossing, Capt. McLain, and
q young man by the name of Rogers
Those who crossed travelled by the way
of Writ, Braxton and Nicholas counties
into Greenbrier county, living on beef
alone, without salt, as no bread was to
be had. The particulars of the capture
of those who failed to cross are not, as
yet, known. Morgan and his officers
will lie confined in the penitentiary as
hostages for the officers Of Negroes
whom we hold in close confinement.
Capt. S. P. Cunningham who crossed
the river in safety furnishes the follow
ing summary of the damage Morgan
did the enemy in the way OF destroying
bridges, boats and railroad tracks, &c.
He says: "On first crossing the Cum
berland, we detached two companies -
one 10 operate on the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad, the other to operate
between Crab Orchard and Somerset,
Ky. The first captured two trains and
returned to Tennessee. Ihe second cap
tured thirty live wagons and also return
/ ed. We then detached one hundred
men at Springfield, who marched to
Frankfort, and destroyed a train and the
railroad near that point. We also cap
tured a train, with a number Of officers,
on the Louisville and Nashville railroad
near Shepherdsville-sent detachment
around Louisville, who captured num-
Der of army supplies, and effected a
crossing by capturing steamer between
| Louisville and Cincinnati, at Carrolton,
and rejoined US in Indiana. We parol-
led, up to tae 10Th, near 5000 Federals,
they officiating themselves not to take
Iup arms during the war. We destroyed
thirty-four important bridges, destroying
the track in sixty places. Our loss was
by no means slight; % commissioned
officers killed, 50 wounded, and $50 men
killed, wounded and captured. By the
! Federal accounts we killed more than
1900, wounded at least $50, and captured,
as before stated, near 5000. The dam.
age to railroads, steamboats, and bridges
ladded to the destruction ofpublic stores
and depots, cannot fall far short Of $10,-
100000. We captured three pieces OF
artillery and one 24-pounder at Leba-
non, which we destroyed one parrot
3-inch guns at Brandenburg, and IL
FOUNDER at Portland"
THE paroles of the prisoners he cap
tured will not be observed, and they
will be compelled to take up arms i'm
|mediately.