Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-10-25
FROM MOSBY'S COMMAND.
or RICHMOND ENQUIRE

T"OE2TSrn"nENcE or RICHMOND ENQUIRER ]
EpG: l:iLL NEAR UpPEgvILLs,
Tavquie-, Va, Oct. ll;h, 1864.
Sic. my lass, the Yankees having ga!lGuuy
marched n ard disputed Moshy's right to rule
ne Contrderaey, your correspondent has been
s. aart;uuousiy and closely engaged az to bare
b.,t little time for indtipg eriaiolary cemrau'
niS6 at tho time c. tia i.rGs;On, Col
eennewhere in your Ccric1eraoy.
ii l&ouad attended 10. ard though
han 20 yak Or r::c, he buried to Lis
9 rH,.s sid, AM ~ oTcc informed M7. Gai!op,
Che Ea!ke ;.eaG-Gi il command, that LIZ nad
f5U3,a cnd bied ior that portion CT Virginia.
AID c9uli Lot think Of dihpCsing Of it on such
reasonable ternf, waich assurance, you will
hereafter learn, he has fully supported. Dur
~ Gia short absence the haitllOn has been
under the command Of Captain W. Ii. Chap
man, who, with q portion of his fo70r, attack
81 @ cavalry camp Of tho enemy near FroEt
RcTai, end succeeded in routing thsm Cam
r'atsly, capturing their entire camp, when the
Yankees being suddenly and heavily REIN
i-.ogced. ho YVES compelled to Withdraw, uct
h'~cTe., without ielVIng Inc ground GREEN
with IGe.r dead and woundy1 urli, M to thin
time without the loss Of man, but, unicrtu.
ra,elT, several of his mon having had their
horses killed, fell into the hands OF the enemy
who cOwardly beat them with snbres and Tor
turet theli in every possible why for hours,
aud fnaliy hung them in the strests OF Front
Royal, with orders to tho citizens that t they
should be taken down within throe days the
whole community should he hung and the vii
lapa burnt. Very fortunately, che battalion
were ablo 10 chalk the command who treated
their comrades with such brutal irhumanity,
and will take occasion to return the same with
Interest ut the earliest opportunity, having
long since ceased to look to their Government
for protection.
On the night Of tho 9Th Of October, Mostly
attacked Gen. Gallon. in camp near Rector
town, and after desperate fight, succeeded in
routing him completely, capturing his eptiro
camp, together with r train Of ca7s, heavily
laden with commissary stores, aiso. all Of tho
utensils with which he was rebuilding the rail
rcgd, tore up the railroad for six miles and
brought eli seventy prisoners A party &C
eighteen men Of the 81 Ohio cavalry, while
eearjSg despatch from Gen. Qaiop 10 Gen.
Sheridan, on the 9th Of October, were attacked
by four Of Mosby's men, without cliosrs or
or4v.sl. Alter firing few rounds, twelve Of
the rar.y surrendered, including the officer in
command, with despatch. OF gseut importance
The balance Of the party dispourtsd end took
- the mountains; the horses were ell taken,
ard no doubt the remainder OF tho party we're
captured, 81 the untiriDg Capt Montioy ar.
rlred aeon after with O email party and pur-
suad them.
Allow me hero to mention an instance O,
personal bravery. j. II. Campbell, of AM
hert county, Va, formerly Captain OF Battery
No 3, frat discovered tho party, and nl,ns,
charged them and brought off prisoner.
From tho lSt OF January to the LIST Of Octo-
Der, hy minute calculation, Mosby had killed
AND esp:ured sizty-nine Yankees for every
MAJ be had lost ALPHA.