Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-03-08


Col. Bradley Y. Johnston, commanding the
maryland Line, has performed most valuable
service during the late raid re frat eneoua-
tered the enemy near Hanover Junction, dri,
wing them back. The encmy b,:ng rein,
forced, made another efart a; the bridges,
which be worry handsomely re7ulscd. The
enemy then passed lis Position I'D n,ovcd to.
wards Ashlen9. lie followed them closely,
under orders from General E.zsy, and haya.scd
their rear, willis ho has continucl capturing
many prisoners, horses and arms On Wed,
nesday he encountarrd The cuemy in the
neigh 6oraood IF Old Church, in Uano-cr, and
attacked ,hem with lis usual p!nc& and deter
rhInstion A bTigaae Of the enemy, under
fden. Dahlgrcn, coming up on Ca! Jyhnsiun's
rca-, attacked him. and, hy weight Of num-
.bers, forced thcir way through, but net until
he had left fifty odd prisoners in the Colonels
hands, one timber ard several Wagons. On
Thursday, having Elected i JUNCTION sgi.h o
portion of'the 9th Virginia Caralry, he.e:==:=:''
atsaeked the enemy, aad, d,wi:hous iioss, brought
j,off eighty odd prisoners.
! The reports that reached tac headquarters
of Gen. E!zey lats last light are that tho enc.
| my ara continuing their retrcas towards Will
liamsburg
Tie command CT Maj,F Gen. E,2sy has
been heavily reinforced, ard al apprchaosons
; may be aliayed.
! TEE FIGHT ON THE BROOK ROAC.
On Tuesday morning, about clcTan o'clock,
a largo force Of Yankees, probably 2,0G0
strong crosssd toe bridge on the Broc; road,
about Ave miles from Rishmonl, al which no
pichets, strange to sag, had been Stationed
They proceeded abou. o1e mi!c, and captured
the only picket o. thas point. Thoy then
moved on, ard got within hne milo Of cuc
main entrenchments, where We had absut go
men few picccs Of snail artillery. ALI
this was done without sirele scou; having
reported aay Yankaos Within twenty mics.
They soon gos their artillery - position,
under shelter tf C. skirt Of woods, ard cor;i-
msnced fhe!l;nc, many of tle shells falling
upwards of one milo and half hi: side Cf
our entrencbmcnts, and few in tha yard cf
.be residence Of the Hon. lanes Lyo2s, which
IS about quarter Ct mile inside. Fu.tu-
nately ~ injury was done by the sdoIls -
While the shciiipg wes going On. and the at
tenti0n OF Our forces was directed 20 their
right, cur left, they doployed about fifty sharp
shooters to their left, cur right, wha, under
tho protection Of wcods, bitches and hedgcs,
aided by q thick mist falling the tune gained
petition within two hundred and fifty yards
hind the dwelling and cu!-hIu$cs Of john
A Parker, ESQ. They succeeded IN get
ting under shelter before our artillery could
be brought to bear on them. After tiiiS, Il
could not be done without Tie certain loss Of
the lives Of all Mr., Parksr's famiIy, itirc la
dies alone,) known hy C3l. Sewers to be in
tac hcusc, as thoy kal 20 Knowledge i:Ia: any
Yankees were within twentY n.:ios, uai:! ti.c
house was. surrounded. The Yankee shari-
shooters, thus under cover, soon commenced
firing at cur officers and men, as they would
look over tho eusrerchmeGts. Maj. Harden
vns struck, but not much injured. S1on vol
unteers werc called uron to di>icjge ;he YAM
kees aud, although i, WIZ most hazardous
undertaking to charse across N oraj iiell Of
$50 yarjs. without a Lush c:an - shelter
IL cuI, ard 10 drive from :acir siia.t,r fifty or
sixty picked men, YET tac cssi Sas promptly
responded u hy;l numb:r ti0 iarsa t' be o%-
posed, Li4nc. Cra; a;,i;.in. f No-;oi!i, beaded
onty nreniy men on wb&t sccrei to he G. ioy-
lorI Dnpe: thcy, hvwcTer, mosr sailan!iS press
ci uu Oaa Il their &C iara3e5--a gentleman
bv ths. uene Of Williams--,gas killed nrd
several wounded before they reached !l.e
,usc; 4; yet, this gallant little band, uu;;!s
mayed. pressed on. They had come to sarn
elves Ct five heip!esa ladies' an2 10 drive
the rcrdlls OIL ;:r.i wsll Ill tuey perform IT,,
work As soon as Lieut.. Chaplain gained :he
hue, he suggested 70 the ii lies u 50 IN The
blscm.n. ami lay o1 tho iioor. Thy bad
barely tim, 20 dn So, tGors several mimic
halls pssci throus!i The chamber, and one
bail struck w;ndo8; aJJu: ona [o1E Fem the
Yankees, as they ran, whesled a'.d fre1, AZ
soon as the frc from :hs rettei.;:ag party
siackcaed, Lieut.. Chaplain kindly has.cnri
the ladies across the basegIcs-one aiI cid
lady upwards of70 years OF ess. .wao iai 5eaa
confined to her room for weeks. In the mean-
time, the artillery Of the esOmy vas engaged
in shc!ling the field through which they pass
cd to reach aneigbbor's hous,. Great p-aise
ia due to Lieut.. Chaplain and tae brave little
band who were engaged in this really most
gullant affair. The Yaukasr, so)n aese- i;H-
ing tnus rcpulsel, rctrcascl across tho Mca-
dow Bridge.
The young officers at iae batteries, (therc
was no senior ofhcer,) oil perfort:ed hcir
du:y. Bat some one ia surcly to blame fov
suffering the Yankees, (thc se.onl time,l 70
come Within two miles OF Rohmoad, without
notice. and to pass gausr near the Book,
where ono hundred mon could have resisted
one thousand cavairT.
THE OFFICERS BATTALION.
Under the inspiration of the patriotic icr1of
pt-vadin@ cur community, an organization OF
an interesting and anomalous nature w.s inl.
psoviso1, on Tuesday evening, in front "f the
Spotswood Houee, under the direction Of the
gallant General Law, Of Georgia, and tho
heroic General Robertson, Of Texas. ltwi!!
be seen by the subj ined list that ofieers of
almost every grade we're represented. Afew
chivalr; us privatcs we're ulsc in the ranks
representing the noble bone aud sinew Of the
array" Tie membors of ;Ais organization
were cu !uilough
After dgeary nightin the field, :lic officers
battalion" marched back to the o;:y next
morning. between eleven aud twelve O'clock,
nrrsantirc a most sUlGilrlY anncarance.-