The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-04
Ritbnlonh 4ispatrb.
The LAST OF THE RAiDERS-THEfR Re :.
TREAT DOWN TIE PENINSULA.

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The LAST OF TIE eAiDERS-THEfR Re :
/ TREAT DOWN TIE PENINSULA.
In concluding our report yesterday we
stated that the raiders had succeeded In ef-
feeling their escape by crossing the PAmuu-
key al PioiHg Tree. Subsequent iniorIna-
tion has satisfied us that this statement was
erroneous, and that only a small portion Of
the enemy's forces crossed the Pamunkey
in their retreat The main body, after pass
Ing Old Church, IN Hanover county, moved
down into New Kent, on their way, doubt.
less, to Williamsburg.
| Yesterday afternoon Col. Bradley T. John
son, with about forty Of his Maryianden,
assisted by detachment Of ths 9th virginiA
cavalry, which had Joined him, CINE up
vita their rear guard near Tuastali's Ste.
ton, when a skifmish eAeuod, resulting ia
the capture Of seventy Of the raiders. This
Is probably the last heavy pull that viii be
| msde upon them, AZ IL Is understood that
the remainder Of the party had pushed OH
beyond New Kent Court House.
Thus ends the great raid which was de-
signed for the destruction Of Gen. Lees
Communications and the liberation OF the
Yankee prisoners ia Richmond. The Injury
to the communications with the Army of
Northern Virginia can be repaired Ia three
| days, aud, instead of releasing the prisoners
already in cur hands, they have added not
less than tsyo hundred and ifiy to their num-
bars.
TIE YANKEE LOSSES IN KILLED ANo WOUND
| ED.
It is somewhat difficult to ascertain the
| exact loss of the raiders in killed and
| wounded. 1t is thought that in the fights on
| Hicks and Green's farms they had seven.
| teen killed, and it Is known that they hal
not less than twenty wounded. In Ha:Dp-
| tons night attack upon them, near Atlee's,
| he killed four or five and wounded as many
| more. In the several engagements which
occurred they must have lest, ct a low esti
mate, twenty five in killed aud seventy
wounded.
THE LOSS IN PRISONERS.
Their loss in prisoners will reach two
hundred and fifty. Up to o'clock yesterday
evening one hundred and seventy had been
booked at the Libby, and theSa did not In
in tbe neighborhood Of Tunstslfs.
THEIR LOSS IN HORSES AND EQUIPMENTS.
What their nett loss in horses will amount
to cannot, Of course, be estimated, as the
number they stolo in their line OF march
will 90 far to make up the number captured
from them. They did not lcss less than FIVE
hundred in killed and captured. Besides the
a, - rod
dies, carbines, sabres, pistols, blankets, Dc
Altogstner the expedition YVES rather an ex
pensive one to KilpatrIck's Government,
taking into consideration the results accom-.
plished.
THE DEPARTMENTAL BATTALION.
We were In error as TO the name OF the
officer who commanded this ba.talicn in the
recent Gght with the enemy OH Green's farm
Capt Jno. McAneTney, and not Nellsdney, is
his name. He came to Virginia in the early
part of the war with the 81 Alabama regi-
mert, and was wounded in the battles around
Richmond. His wound disabling him, he
was appointed a clerk in the P>.st Ofhoe De
partment. On the day of the raid he ss
sumed command OF the battalion as senior
C.;ttliu, sAaJoi hSA'J ONtpS oH>AA'
OUR WOUNDED.
In addition to the names already published
by MS Wa have heard of the following wound
ed in the late fights Of HcniS's battalion
Pr:yat.s d. r. Carter, s. McLain, Z. Il,
Green, and Gray Doswell. OF the Armory
| battalion It. Truehagt, slightly in snonl
der; private Jones, mortally; private Ress.
badly in the neck. Among the local troops
we understand ou, total loss 10 be: Killed,
5; MORALLY wounded, 2; wounded, IL; miss
ing, 5.
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
The injury sustained by this road from The
raiders is slight, and only such as to prevent
the running of The trairs fos o few days. Ia
the ne;ghborhcod OF the Chickahomiay they
destroyed the trest.e work over the Brook,
and some fifteen feet Of what is known IS
the dry irestlirg o'l the other side OF tie
Chickshominy At Beaver Dam they tore
I'D some hundred yalds or more Of track,
and burnt one or two unimportant railroad
buildings. This is about the extent Of the
damage inflicted upon The road.
OUR ARTILLERY AT FREDERICN5 HALL.
Some uneasiBesS has been expressed Win
reference to our artillery at Freder,cks Hall,
and apprehensions entertained that 1T sustain
ed some damage from the raiders on Monday.
The fact that several Of the artillery officers
were captured by them excited these appre'
tensions. We are glad to state, however,
that not single piece was injured, as the
enemy were not at Frederick's Hall at ALL
They struck the railroad some three miles
below that point.
THE FUNERAL OF CAPT. ELLERY.
The remains Of Capt. Albert Eliery, who
fell in one of the fights on Tuesday night,
were Inferred in Hollywood Cemetery-
They were followed to their lasting resting
place by the battalion of which he was a
member, and Snith's Battalion Band
Among the pa!i-bearers we noticed Marshal
Kane and DR.. Chas. Magill