The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-01-04

/ furnished them.in time at the depot to have
carried off everything, and then given time
for horses. &c, to have been run across the
river into the mountains and escaped.
+ have conversed with NJ jor Green, the
Quartermaster, and others, and from the In
formation gained, find the loss to the Go
vernmept will be much less, after all, than
hans been rumored 1t will hardly exceed
| 100000. This, however, is far too b. d.,
As it is, the raiders were as badly worsted
as we were by the expedition, but it might
easily have been rendered disaster almost,
or fruitless visit. z5 6. .ls.rl s.s-.
Major Green remained with employees,
laboriously engaged at the depot till the
enemy were within gunshot range, and then
escaped under fire viii difficulty. He sus,
tanned severe private losses, his personal ef
fects being left at the mercy of the enemy
No considerable damage was done to the
railroad. A few rails were torn up, two
bridges burnt, which will be restored IN
few days, the depot burned one unimpor
tant mill and one private stable in the use
of the Government. About 5000 pounds
Ecf pork, 5000 bushels Of corn, 2O9O BUSH
els of oats, over 100 barrels -four, 4 900 lbs.
leather, some wagons broken, some burned
and about 80 or 40 Government horses cap
tured. Thus are We taught by another hu
initiating lesson, the need of greater vigi-
lance at exposed points, and it has had a
wholesome effect on the'community at least,
and hope it may have on others concerned
Scarcely any damage was done to private
property or citizens. except those who were
trying TO escape with their goods Most OF
these were captured and their goods de
Stroyed, but the parties were afterwards
released. -..-.h
Some few families wer robbed Of every
thiOgssin the neighborAood of the Yankee
camps the first night after their departure.
A great many horses were taken from pri'
vate citizens.
Correspondence of the Richmond Sentinel
On Sunday evening the 18th instant, the
scouts advised Gen. w. l.. Jackson that the
enemy, supposed to be Averil was coming
| by the Back Creek road, in force OF four
regiments and one battalion of mounted
infantry and cavalry, and two batteries of
artil ery-the entire estimated at about
|
despatch that another strong body of tho
enemy had moved upon Lewisburg, at once
correctly concluded that Averill would en-
deavor tostrike near Salem He, therefore,
| broke up his -'r..D near Warm Springs, and
moved forward op SuuIay night, hoping to
strike the enemy o. his return, pursuit be-
ing ont Of the question with dismounted
men. Moving in the direction Of Coving
ton through Magraw's Gap, Jackson river
being much swollen, presented an apparent
ly impossible barrier,
The bridges were ali destroyed, except
the railroad BRIDGE and while infantry could
pass on that, it seemed almost madness to
attempt it with artillery and wagons. But
jackson, with that indomitable energy
which is his striking characteristic, faltered
not moment, but ordered the horses to be
taken from the guns, caissOns and wagons,
and the men to lay hold. lt was done, and
in an incredibly short time everything was
safely over. Moving up TO Calahan's, infor
nation brought by the scouts Induced the
opinion that the enemy would return by
the Rich Patch road, and a retrograde move
ment was made 10 Jackson's River depot
and strong position selected. Orders were
also issued TO a party intruSted with the
work to burn Island Ford bridge so soon as
it should be ascertaincd that the enemy
was advancing, and thus force him back up
on Jacksons strong position
All these dispositions were telegraphed
to Gen. Early who was at Mlllsboro'. The
mounted force of the command, numbering
not more than one hundr d and twenty-five,
was thrown forward on the Rich Patch
road, with orders to Capt. Sprigg, who was
ffn command, to attack the enemy desper-
ateIy when approached, and to cot bis col
umn in two wherever it was practicable
At 4 o'clock p. NJ Saturday, the 10Th inst,
courier from Capt. Sprigg announced that
the enemy were advancing IN force, and
that skirmishing had commenced. a tele-
gram was forthwith dispatched to General
Early advising him of the fact, and sug
gesting that force be sent to GatewOod's
to intercept the enemy. Anticipating the
burning OF Island Ford bridge, the enemy
moved so rapidly that bis advance reached
il before its destruction could be secured.
Jackson immediately ordered his tile,
directing the Twentieth Regiment t. strike
the enemy obliquely from blind road, and
the Nineteenth in supporting dis ance to
fall upon him directly. And Gen. jackson
conceived the bold maneuvre of utting the
enemy's column directly in two with a small
force of less than fifty meu. This was 0ril
Iiantly executed under his Immediate per
sonal direction Major Lady, who command
ed the party, behaving very CALAMITY With
this small force Gen. Jackson kept the sep
arated columns asunder during the whots
of Saturday night, and the party that had
passed on left heavy force at the bridge
to prevent its being burned until the sever
ed portion, with the wagon train, should
cross. A little after sunriSe-oB Sunday
morning, the party at the bridge set it on
fire, and in short time 1t fell in with
crash, and blazing umoeTs went hoafing
down the swollen stream, striking with
evident CONSERVATION the Yankee regiment,
-,,Li,L with tSenty odd wagons. was cut