, 1864-11-14
FROM THE VALLEY OF THE
SHENANDOAH.
More of the Guerilla Work--Cnpturc
OF Captain N. d. Badger of Aver1tl's
CAva1ry---E4e Plays Trick for Trick,
and EachpeAx
In TIE FIELD. NzAn czpAn cnzzK, Va,

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The guerillas still continue thelr darfn
raids along the pike, scarcely train passin
without seeing or hearing from them IN va
much more practical than romantic.
The records Of lighwaymen can presen
nothing more daring and wicked than som
Of Mosby's late exploits. =
Is It not time that his career WAS run Tha
he escapes unhung Is only due to the fact tina
important service at tho front, that regi
ment cannot be spared to follow him to fi
mountain retreats; and nny pursuit short o
that he can laugh at and defy, as he has don't
for two years past.
If we could follow him In force and persis
tently, distributing our men two or three 70,
one, az he distributed Ills when pressed, and
maintain = guard even at the mouths Of his
mountain caves, arresting every male citizen
in the country, If necessary, his career would
be ended In a single month. ~.
Who Of our young cavalry officers ehallhave
the honor Of squelching him? Thousands o1
them are impatient Of the opportunity, and
It is the standing disgrace and the daily taunt
ofour cavalry that Mosby still lives to bid them
defiance.
He occasionally, however, meets his match,
. satisfactory Instance Of which is, happily,
just at hand.
Captain n. D'Evereux Badger, Acting As.
sistant Adjutant General Of Powells Cavalry
near Cedar Greek, on the morning Of the I'd
instant to go to Winchester, accompanied by
only two ordcrlies. i large train, heavily
guarded, had left but an hour before, and the
Captain being well mounted thought 1t prtl-
pent enough to attempt to orerta6e 1t, He
came in sight Of it half a mile ahead Of him,
near Eewtown, and saw dozen cavalry men
r{S{nrt 1aferro1te 1f{41c 3f9fon~A hnh{rA kn
train, and apparently acting as rear guard.
He hntled them as be approached Sand was
answered In q friendly way. When seeing
them dressed in our uniform, md wearing the
9th Corps badge, Greek Cross, he rode un-
suspiciously up among them, and found him
self and his men In the hands Of the gueril1as-
With rcyolvers at his head, he was prevent
atcly run of into the woods and robbed Of
his dispatches md everything valuable which
lie had about him, and hurried away into the
Blue Ridge Mountains, in company with nine
more Of our men, who had been taken at diff
"All right" said the Captain, after they
had robbed htm, II suppose you viz ! now o
Little Mac. have long wanted farlough
from this horrid and unnatural war!h
:" Not much,'' replied Johnnies .lwe
arc ordered to hang every officer VIC can catch
in retaliation for our men who
have been shot as guerillas. You will swing
from limb Of that tree tomorrow morning
a. To,, "ayaght fyaG and Cd snltpeter shant save
" We would do It tonight, but for the fact
that our officers are not here"
But" replied the cool Captain, ''you can
do much better with me than to hang me.
aaoald be elected, there viii he an Immediate
Of hostilities,' and we may be able
to FIX up things. It will ut least be equal to
new army to you to get three months
This remark led to much discussion, and
with the aid Of little ripple brandy from q.
nelghhoring farmer and . pipe OF Two, the
While one Of the rebels WIS speaking, the
Captain quietly whispered to one Of his men
to pass the word around among the prisoners
to watch d signal from him, aud make dash
upon the guard for their escape. The men
needed but wink to be kecnly alive to the
enterprise.
The prospect Of winter at the Libby was
not inviting. They had been robbed Of their
clothing, were hungry, and had had but one
drink, while the rebels were already tipsy. As
the evening advanced the reyel rose. Dark
ness set in, and story followed story, and joke
9tef 3oke many q them attnated oy ths ne
-APkAAA ~ VII k4BCs Liz OAQ1QA3 AlP4 &AC
party In roar, until the guard drew near to
listen; and one Of them staggering lup, to the
Captain with his musket in one hand, slapped
him on the shoulder with the other, and
suffered ont, "Captain, you're d he'll Of
YOU'RE another" said tho Captain, as he
seized the musket, and planting bis big foot
n the rebels paunch at the same Instant,
loubled 1hg him W, and sent hin wheeling INTO INTO
confusion Of the rest Of the guard. who In
stantly rushed to his relief, without thinking
Of what was intended.
"Upon them,'' shouted the Captain, and
shifting the action to the word, he instantly
sent the ball from his captured nusket
through oneof them, and the bayonct through
mother, and with one bound into the DARK
ness escaped.
Els men we're no less abroit, and taking ad-
vantage fthe confusion, they sprung npon the
surprised rebels, Enatched their muskets from
them, and killing three Of them on the spot;
wounded several others, md every man OF
them escaped unhurt.
Captain Badger has not yet arrived within
onr lines, but most Of his men nre in, ana re-
port that he is safe In tho mountains, and
carefully Working his way through by niEh!: nGa.
was reorganized from the 44th Ohio Infantry,
stter two years service, during which Capt.
Badger wns promoted from the ranks.
He Is relative Of the late Senator Badger
Of North Carolina, and was 8 student al An
tioch College, Ohio, at the commencement OF
the war, which position he left. together with
bis brother Joseph, now frat Lieutenant, to
eneSr the anks as nts3 so'dfes atfesiea on his
late trial at Dayton, Ohio, for an alleged riot,
IN which seeesh press at that place was de-
stfoyed