The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1863-06-26
Abiaasell Yugiuiarr.
Friday, Juue 90, 1868.
Anoth or paid into Tennessee.

AnOth er Raid into Tennessee.
The news has gone abroad on the wings of the
wind, Of. another damaging cavalry raid in East
Tennessee. After Peram had been driven back
from Monticello, Ky., as noticed in our last, .
column Of the enemy 3 cavalry, numbering from
$500 to 5000, came in, SEINE accounts say thro'
Big Creek and others through SunHower Gap.
The first heard from them here they wers at Lee
noirs, bnt it has been stated that they first Vi
sitsd Kingston and Loudon, though We imagine
this to be erroneous, as We hear Of no damage
until they reached Lenoir's, six miles east of
London, where, Is one report has it, they burnt
the Cotton Factory and tore up the railroad,
and another that the Factory was fred but not
destroyed, but the road Was badly torn up.
They then came on to Knoxville, arriving at
1oor II o'clock Friday night, and made sa-
wage attack They wero twice or thrice repuls-
Cd, but succeeded in burning one Of the machine
shops, and killing ten ora dozen persons, mostly
citizens, leaving number Of their comrades, va
rously estimated ct from 40 to 200, to an inhe-
ritance Of 6 feet Of earth each. Being whipped
from Knoxville, they made flank movement
upon strawberry Plains, Is miles east, burning
Flat Greek bridge by the way. At this point was
stationed Capt. Levys battery Of four pieces with
about so man, under command Of It. John W.
Barr, (Capt. Levy acting as Post Commander
and two companies Of Thomas North Carolina
Legion. As soon Is the enemy made their APP
pearance It. Barr opened upon them with his
ARTILLERY, and fought them four hours with but
eOfmsn, tie North Carolina companies not get
ting in. The company stood by their guns re-
pulsing the enemy three times. They were sur
rounded, when 1t. Barr escaped with all his men
but ten, who were captured and paroled. The
enemy then spiked the guns, threw one Of them
into the river, and burnt the bridge This was the
greatest misfortune Of all. This bridge was an
elegant and costly structure, 300 or 1000 feet
long. They then came on to Messy Creek, de-
stroying the bridge there, and turning their
horses upon the ripening wheat. They remained
there during the balance Of the day resting their
horses, saying they intended to keep the Sabbath;
bat hearing that Pegram and Scott were in pur-
suit, and Wharton ct Morristown, they struck
ont northward that night, and the last news Of
them i, they had passed Clinch Mountain at
Powder Spring Gap, making their way toward
the Cumberland. The rumor is that they were
closely pursued by both Pegrsm and Scott, but
whether they escaped or were captured, we have
yet to learn.
Some accounts say this raid was under COM
mand of the renegade Carter, who led the for
msr raid into East Tennessee, others say it was
under man by the name of Bird, formerly Of
Kingston, Tenn., and Others again say it was
led by an Ohio Dutchman.
UP to the time Of going'to press, We have no.
thing further from the raiders, except that they
quietly made their egress at Chambers Gap, in
Lee couety, q gap that We never heard Of before.
tits . little remarkable that they should thus
escape with fore es before and behind and all a.
round item, but so it is.