The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-03-10
THE WAR I'm VIRGINIA.
Fnrfher concerning KiIpatricI5's grea
Raid.

New YORK, March 6.-The Times special
gives the following additional statement as
to the results of Kilpatrick's raid:
Miles of railroad track on two principal
roads over which Lee transports supplies for
the northern army of Virginia have been so
thoroughly destroyed that some time must
elapse before the roads can be put in running
order again. The depots of commissary ord
nance and quartermasters' stores were burn
ed or destroy ed. No less than six grist mills
and one saw mill, principally at work for
tine rebel army, were burned. Six canal
boats loaded with grain, with several locks
on the James River Canal, and the almost
invaluable coal pits at Milliken's Bend, were
destroyed. Nearly 800 prisoners were cap
tured, several hundred horses were pressed
into the service, and hundreds of negroes
awaited themselves of the opportunity to
come within our lines.
The following account from the expedition
after leaving Richmond is of interest:
At night the command went into camp at
a place six miles from Richmond and two
miles from the Chickahominy, at half past
eleven, just as the Confederates were fairly
asleep except those on duty The rebels
opened with two gun battery upon the
camp of Gen. Dodges brigade, and the enc
my then charged the camp Of the 7th Mich
igan. The men, though taken entirely by
surprise, seized their carbines and under Col.
Iitchfeld, supported by the LIST Vermont,
Col. Preston handsomely repuIsed the enc
my. Several men were wounded and Col.
Litch6eld is missing, and it is feared is also
wounded.
General Fitzpatrick decided to move across
the White House Railroad and down the Pc
ninsula during the day. Captain Mitchell,
OF the I'd New York, with the bulk of Dahl
green's command engaged the main column
of the enemy on Tuesday night and all day
Wednesday, on Wednesday night lowered
all about the command. Skirmishing was
almost constantly going on in different di-
rections.
On Wednesday morning about o'clock,
a large force of cavalry came from the rear
of the column. Gen. Fitzpatrick was not I'M
prepared for this, and decided to give them
battle. The LIST Vermont under Lieutenant
Colonel Preston, ably assisted by Captains
Grant and Cummings, and the LIST Maine
bore the brunt of this fight, which LASTED
something over an hour, while the sixth
Mich, and other regiments of Gen. Davis
brigade, were IN position to render whatever
assistance might be necessary. Only one
charge was made, and that was by Co. A.
LIST Me-, led by Capt. Estes, A. A. G., and
Capt. Cole, when five of the enemy were
captured. The enemy suddenly retired, but
when the command moved forward pressed
the rear TANKS.
Several times, an offer of battle was made
but they refused it. To-day "wednesday,
several refugees from Richmond came into
our camp and reported the presence of Cap,
tain Wilson, of the End Ohio, who had escap
ed from the Richmond bastile near at hand.
For some reason he did not join the com
mand. On wednesday Lieutenant Whitaker
was semitic Nunstalls Station on the White
House Railroad, but upon arriving there much
to his establishment, he found that place in
flames. From negroes in that vicinity he as
certained thata column Of Union cavalry, from
Buffers department, had just left there. This
was the first intimation of assistance be-
ing so near at hand. On Thursday morning
| Fitzpatrick moved toward New Kent Court
House, and on his way he met Col. Spear, in
command of a cavalry force, looking after
| Kilpatrick's command.