The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-09-22
Wheeler'S Raid,
.enosha, Sept. 10th. 1864.
ATHENS ALA. Sept, II, 1864.

| Wheeler the Redoubtabe has been and
gone and done it. His annual raid is finish
ed, folded and put away in the closet The
details of which would fill s volume" will
give you brief description of the manner
the raid was carried on: .-
On the 31st of August, Wheeler struck the
Nashville and Chattanooga Rail Road, at
WarTrace, a small station just south of
Mufreesboro, cutting the Telegraph lines,
and tearing up and burning the track Next
day rumors reached us here, that Rousseau
had engaged the enemy, and after running
fight of two hours, causing Wheeler to fall
back. Six hundred of Roddys command
who meanwhile had crossed the Tennessee
at Florence appeared, at very high and
long bridge called white Sulphur" eight
miles north of this place. The bridge was
guarded by block house and stockade
manned by the "111th, U. s. G. L. who
kept the enemy at a respectful distance.
Between the different bridges the track
was torn up and telegraph lines destroyed.
On the I'd, Col. Patterson with body of
"rebs" 1900 strong struck this place about
noon. The 18th Mich, had arrived from
Decatur about an hour previous, making
our force about 1000 in number
The streets were barricaded, the guns of
the fort opened en- the approaching foe with
shell assisted by IL pound howitzer that
came up with the Mich, regiment Meeting
with a resistance they were totally UMPIRE
pared for, the enemy stopped, veered round
thanking the whole town, hardly attacking,
pushing on towards the mouth of Elk river,
and disappeared from our view During,
the short engagement Gen. R. S. Granger
arrived with some 5000 troops. He imme-
diately went north to repair damages to the
road. To-day we heard that Gen. Hood
had lost something,) Saturday Gen. Rous-
seau again struck the enemy at Franklin,
l Z miles from Nashville, driving him as
usual To-day we learn that Sherman had
found the missing article:) On the 4th, Gen
Granger approached from the south causing
Wheeler to leave the road after destroying
some ten miles of it. Trains run six miles
north of Pulaski at which place there was
| short engagement resulting as usual 9Th,
Rousseau came up with the enemy at Lynn
vile or near there, attacking him as lie pas
sed through the town. The engagement
lasted about two hours, our artillery Smelling
the enemies column as it passed along the
road while the cavalry attacked, the brig
AIDES formed to oppose them; we drove them
at all points. Our loss killed, II wounded,
rebel loss Is killed, 40 wounded. Their
train nearly falling into our hands, but our
force was too small to follow up our success.
Tuesday Lit COL Grummond with 300 men
made dash upon the rebels at Lawrence
burg and drove them out. Meantime Gen.
Granger moved out from Pulaski to Law
renceburg, fell in after Wheeler, following
to Rogersville near the Tennessee river, but
it is not certain that Wheeler crossed the
river. In the melee of the 9TH, brigade of
he enemy numbering two thousand under
Gen. Williams were cut off from Wheeler,
and driven toward Columbia Meantime
Roddy had joined Wheeler.
Col. Streight of Richmond notoriety with
with twenty-five hundred men and two
pieces of artillery had gone to Rogersyille to
inf cIo r.. J..
return Maj Gen. Steadman and Brig Gen.
McCook had arrived from Stevenson Ala.
Eve trains of troops; on the 9Th commune
cation was again opened to Nashville by
Telegraph council of war was held here by
Rousseau, Steadmau, Granger, McCook and
the brigade commanders, resulting in
Rousseau returning to Rogersville, Gran
ger to west side of Elk, Steadman to Law
renceburg or near there
at block-house not far from Lynnville
Wheeler appeared in person demanding i'm
mediate surrender or demolition. The house
was garrisoned by 16 privates, commanded
by Sergt. all armed with Spencer seven
shooters. The demand of the enemy was
laughedi at; Wheeler brought pieces of ar
tlllery to bear on the house. Storming it
with shot and shell. Result was, loss to the
enemy, by the deadly rife, 10 killed, 80
wounded; not one hurt in the block-house
Wheeler said he didn't care for the bridge
or block-house but to be beat by little
one-ho Sergt Pshaw ~ The block-houses
on the road are what saved it from destruc-
ton; NOT BRIDGE WAS BURNED.
For over week we had not heard from
the outer world, knew nothing of the Chic
ago Convention, or its doings. In fact We
didn't know whether Queen Victoria had
abdicated in favor of Fernandy Wood or
whether she had not. To sum up, the raid
has been more damage to the rebel cause
than help The roads were repaired before
Wheeler was out of the State, the loss of
property comparatively nothing. Wheeler
is grand fizzle, SO is Mcclellan or any
other man.
Yours for the d ID abolition emancipa-
| ton proclamation.
BROTHER TO jerks.
Eg- The Rothschilds have unouestionabIy
in the proposed election of General McCIeI-
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