, 1864-06-28
GENERAL DERAPER'3 RAID
INTO VIRGINIA..

Borses, Mules and Cattle CEptuFed-
Kuruinx OF the E1senslVc Ff0uF1uT
willis OF the Won- II. n. T. HuzEtoF ID
EaseI-Over Three Haadsea Th0as-
and DolIArs- Worth of Rebel Pro-
peKty Captured aud DcstFoIcd, &C.
[Frrm tbs Baltimore Anerican, June q.
Pozr Looxou7. Nd, james 1854,
Ths expedition that left here on Saturday
night, June 1th, has returned, and proved
to be = complete success, having tsad tHo
engagements with tho rebels, and destroying
snd Capturing over three hundred Thousand
dollars worth Of property, = 1aG3e portion OF
The expedition consisted Of both 1ani and
Earn forces, the former under tho command
Of Acting Ericndfer General Draper, COLI
ynanding this roet, The naval forces werc
under the command Of Commander Hooker,
United States SZvj, whose igsufp T,-5 tbs
Commodore Reed The land forces coneist-
ed Of sn hundred infantry and tiftv regular
cavalry. The naval forces consisted Of one
hundred marines and sailors. The combined
forces landed at the mouth Of Pope creek,
in Westmore1and county, Va, rome aity
miles above the mouth Of the Potom,c. Oh
Sunday morning the forces took tue direct
route to Montr0se, the county seat OF Vest
moreland, rtacbing that place safely, bat Ia
the town the cavalry discovered some rebels
q
ravine. On Sunday night we euc2nped one
mile south Of Montrose, near the mansion OF
Dir. HungeTford, a furmer clerk IN the uuitcd
EtRtes Treasury Department
There the force wAs divided, one party un-
der the command OF Captain Hart who pro-
ceeded to the Rappahanuock direct. while
the main party. under the command Of the
Warsaw, the county town Of Richmond
county. When within some TWO miles Of the
town we met two or three rebel horsemeu,
who attempted to escape, buftailed. as NC
succeeded in capturing one Sergeant Hont-
gomeTy, the enrolling officer OF Richmond
county: The command nsw marched direct
to Warsaw, and In the immediate vicinity
made for the rebel soldiers, together with
tobacco, whisky, and other blockade Sood4.
At this plscc.Wo encamped on Monday
night On Tuesday morning heforces start-
60 on tbe road to De5rittsE]l1e, which placo
they arrived at On Tuesday night, and Gu
dleton. At this tlace ne were Joined ~ the
command under Captain HarL who. brought
IN q large quantity of stock, fine horses, cat
tie, d. Captain Hart also burned some
hrge mills. filed with graiu and flour.
On this night the Colonel communicated
with the gunboats, and they started aponce
around to meet Us at Union wharf, on the
Wednesday morning there was constant
firing on our plckete, and as We advanced to
the Rappahannock they seemed to get bold.
CT. We, however, reached the Union wharf
By evening, and ut once proceeded to build
or repair the wharf, which was destroyed by
Gen. Fitzpatrick In his raid through this Sec
tion Of the country about one year ago. This
wasnot accomplished until Friday night.
On Thursday the encmy appeared IN nur rear
and the cavalry were at once madein readl-
Dese to advance, the Colonel taking COM
manu In person; lieut nenuy- being eerl-
ously lndisposed, These soon came up with
him in the vicinity Of Parsons farm, ssme
three miles from the wharf As eoon as In
sight OF the rebels (some thirty strongly the
Colonel immediately ordered charge.
On Friday. the 18th, the TWO companies Of
the command were called to take the direct
road in search Of the rebel force, and either
whip them or compel them to fill bLck, the
Colonel, during the night, having received
word that they hal strong .1eiut0Ecemeats
I'D were ready to dispute his va, to aesta-
Held. The troops advanced on tho rebels,
wto were found posted Ut Lhe spot, bcalud
bArricakes and fences. :: Their t0rtns could
plainly be seen, and from appearance they
appeared to be at least tlYc hundred stroug;
over two hundred horses could be distinctly
counted. The forces commanded by the
Colonel consisted Of one hundred and forty
serve, and forty as support to the clvalrJ.
The colored infantry wera now deploJed to
the right through grove, aud as they began
to advance tht rebels fired several volleYs.
The infantry again advanced and opened on
them by IRE, This had its effect aud on the
s. cohd yolley several horsemeu were seen
to fall and soon the rebels began to run. :.
: Ne learned the command consisted of
over six hundred men. portion being the
advance of large force sent by Gen. Wade
Iam pfou, consisting Of portion Of tue Tth
Virginia cavalry and the 49rh Virginia fnfan-
try:
tht boats, and oil EN- barked safely, tho reb :
els, however, appearing on tho beach before
re LIFT. The Commodore Reed opened h4r
broadsida on them, and sent them some
Rrape and shell, which b d the effect to
make them decamp instantly, and the wharf
ne had built vas destroYed again, and all
the boats steamed up the river to Lloyd's
Landing, On the south s{de Of the Rap1anAn-
mock r1ve1, some thirty miles above the Tap
pnhnnnock, in Essex couuts, Va. The horses
were again landed safely, and We took the
direct Ioad to 1loyd's. The country Was
highly cultivated, and acres nnd ncfes
eye. On t. Soaa W. bsrns she As issge and N @ *.
tcnsire tionring mills OF tho late Col. r. II.
T. Hunter, late United States Senator, now
a strong retel- The mills wers filled with
Confederate IOur. Before they were con-
sumed liberal portion was delivered to the
poor families connected With these exten-
sive estates. The forces then proceeded m
to Lloyd's. Here NC received information
that Gen. Wade Hampton was in the rear Of
Sheridan, whose 1orre had just passed, on
Saturday, through Nemtown and Hampton,
close alter him; also that the Niuth aud
Forty-ninth ,Firginia, of his command, had
crossed oTer into Richmond county to Inter-
cept us, but were too late. .Soon after, our
cavalry pfckets, who were ont on the road
TO EeWtoWn, came back aud reported the
rebels advancing. Vie made short turn
latter securing Ill the stock) and made di-
rect Tor the cover Of the gun buats. the cav
airy, in the meantime, burning all the mills
cont4ining rebel flour, and visiting the e1-
tensiye lands And mansion Of Mr. Hnuter. A
large number Of negroes left his plantation
aud followed us to the boats. We got our
stock Ill on the transports, and started them
again to Point Lookout. At Tappahannock
We landed aid aga'n had 4 sklrsnisa with the
rebels, We ho1ujDg possession Of the town
with the infantry, while the cavalry made
scnlo large bat1s on the rich planters In the
immediate vicinity. In the evening, the
rebels having driven In our ptckets, the col
ored infantrJ were again called up In battle