Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-05-21

and train Of csrs--all belonging 10 the CoDfed
crate Government and filed with property. i
would be impossible TO give precise statement
of the damage here inflicted upon the enemy
1t must have been great. There were more
than one hundred wagons and one thousand
sacks Of -four and corn, and large quantity ol
clothing and horse equipments. The buildings
and cara were full Of property collected for the
use of the Southern army All private property
we respected, and believe that none whatever
was damaged.
By the light Of the burning buidings We left
the station and marched for the Court House,
which had been previously occupied by Captain
Fisher with companies A and g, who had plac-
cd pickets there and taken a captain and four
men prisoners We passed through the Court
House and marched down TO within seven miles
of Richmond, where we bivouacked until 8 A.
M. the next morning, when VIC marched for
williamsburg.
At Tunstall Station, near the White House,
and the Richmond and Yorktown railroad, o
train OF cars, filled with infantry aud a bsttsry
Of three gum, wac run out to oppose us.
thought II beat to make an effort to break through
before the men could be got out Of the cars or
tho battery In position Therefore brought up
my tw0 foremost squadrona md ordered a
charge, which was executed by them. Captain
Reamea, with companies d and F. taking the
lead, and followed by Captain Shears, with
companies II aud ! The charge was made
most gallsntly. The infantry filled tho EN-
b'nkments OF the railway, and poured upon us
a severe fire. My men dashed up to the en-
bankments in splendid style, and with carbiDes
and pistols responded TO the fire with equal ei-
feci. II was, however, impossible to break
through. There were formidable rlhe-pits TO
the left OF the road, and the enemy soon filled
them, and we were forced to retire, with the
loss of two killed and seyeral wounded Among
the latter Ia Lieutenant Marsh, who was among
tho foremost in the charge, and who received 30
severe wound In his right arm that NO were
obliged to leave him In one Of the neighboring
horaes
Failing to penetrate the enemy's line at this
point, determined to cross the Pamunky and
Mattaponey rivers and make for Gloucester
Point. In this movement had nothing to
guide me but common map of the State Of
Virginia, and / was Ia entire Ignorance OF the
position of the enemy's force, except that the
line before me was closed. My information was
of that poor sort derived from contrsbands, and
| selected Plunkett's Ferry, over the Pamunky,
and occupied IL after driving away picket on
the other side, With whom We exchanged shots.
" y CIOtstu III Duus nuiuIuB ubSeu VI eiBbbSou
men and horses, which was p0lled over the
river Our passage was not disputed, 10 the
same manner we crossed the Matiapony at
Wolkerton, after driving way picket, two Of
whom We captured.
Between these two ferries portion of the
command under Major Bronson became detach-
ed aud did not join us until the 7th inst. They
captured fifteen rebels and destroyed quantity
Of saddles at King and Queens Court House.
From Wolkerton We marched to Gloucester
Point, having travelled distance Of over two
hundred miles, much of it through Southern
lalds never disturbed by the presence of an
enemy. Not far from Salude we captured and
destroyed 4 train of eighteen wagons loaded
with cora and provisions
Our loss in the expedition has been two COM
missioned officers and thirty three enlisted men.
We brought with ia one hundred mules and
aeventy-fve horjes captured from the enemy
We captured in the course of our march o
much larger number which we could not bring
in.
The amount oiproperty dessroyed 10 estimst-
ed Of over one million OF dollars.
Respectfully submitted,
[Signedl H. DAVIS.
Lieut Col COMMANDING