, 1864-05-25
FROM DUTLEE'S ARMY.
More Particulars Of tho ravalry
Operations.
Four Railroads Cut by Gene
raj Kautz.

Four Railroads Cut by cenes
raj kautz.
The Philadelphia 1nqsstra's correspondent
with Buffers army, writing from Bermuda
Hundred, Aay 19, gives tho following gene
raj summary Of the recent cavalry operations
Of Gen. Kautz:
It Was noon Of Hay the 18th that Gen.
Kartx, with his noble division Of cavalry,
commenced . movement which had for lis
object the destruction Of the four main rail
roads leading to Richmond. The men who
were to perform this arduoua duty hid Just
returned from raid OF similar character,
and were thoroughly fatigued from the e.
fects OF long marches, loss OF sleep, and
short allowance Of food. But their patriot,
ism. fustil1ed into them an energy that dem:
onstrated that the work to be done would
be faithfully and successfully performed, as.
the subjoined sequel will show.
sHARP WORE
The fame day they started, began their ds1-
Ing exploits: But few hours ont and they
had turned the rebels right h<nk. Here was
point gained tor our min army to work
npon, and which was not lost BY It. After:
this mauouyre they pushed on and reached
Chesterfield Court House,. where they
t listed The jail md I'd f found confined IL It
refusing to take up arms against Tie United
States Government Releasing these, the
command pushed rapidly on to Coalfie1d
pits, within twelve miles OF Richmond, on
the Danviile road. Here the work Of destroy.
ing the track was commenced, the depot
burned, and the mails captured.
The next point visited was the bridge ut
Matoa1. Being. bnilt Of iron and solid ma
sonry, no attempt was made to destroy it, IS
it was defended by four pieces of artillery,
which would have causel sacrifice of life
that would not have warranted Its deatruc-
t!on. After accommodating for while in the
vicinity, the command struck off on the road
to Goodies Bridge, on the Appomattox. On
their arrival they found that the bridge had
been removed by the rebela. In the aston
tshiDEly short time Of four hours, the men
had thrown structure across the stream.
marched over it and burned 1t again, SO that
tile rebels could not use IT.
THE DANy11LE RAILROAD CUT,
Forward to Chorea Station the line now
moved. Here it was ascestained that three
trains heavily loaded With troops had arrived.
ran down Immediately to the junction Of the
southside and Danyille Railroad. Here CON
siderable railroad property was DESTROYED,
much to the discomfort Of the enemy, who
sent q locomotive down to recounoitre.
Abont a 1: Daylight Of next morning, Saturday,
L
left, with the ID New York cavalry on the
right. A demonstration was made upon Flat
Greek Bridge While Lieut.. SchfiYer was
leading ch1rge across this bridge, he fell,
MORALLY wounded. The enemy were In
strong force, and the contest wa1ed dereo for
time.
While 1t was going on, another portion Of
the command, the 5th PennsylvanIa and LIST
District Of Columbia cavalry, were doing
Important Tork-the demolition OF the tele-
graph. locomotives, cars, track and ties Of
the railroad. From this point it pushed for
Creek; At the 1oad leading from the latter
place to Petersburg 1t was learned that five
thousand rebels wcrc in position about
three miles beyond Their scouts were
driven In, and General Kautx ordered the 5th
Pennsylvania to proceed on TINT road few
miles, to create the impression that we were
marching towards Petersburg
REBEL STORES DESTROYED,
While this was going on, the main body
was moving on to Wellville, Colonel Spears
brigade then marched to Wilson's Depot, six
miles beyond. After destroying much at
both pointe, the command continued on to
Blnck's and Whites. Here large amount
Of supplies vas destroyed, together with the
On Sunday the command had reached
BrunsW3ck Court House, where all the COM
mtesory stores were rendered useless Mon
day morning brought them to within four
miles OF Hiek sford, where preparations had
been made to entrap the command. A large
1ofcs o. cavalry, infantry and artillery were
1a"auIs .ne app1oaCu u tute ooeY OF Union
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stTikins, H;rE pford 4ha asra5E +,.a tnstad W y.
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