Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-13
Det lis Of Gen. wsrrsns Expedition upon
the Weldon Railroad.

Det lis Of Gen. wsrren's Expedition upon
the Weldon Railroad.
Correspondence Of the Assooistdd Pressl
Hr.pouIprrrs AMY or rur PoroxIo
Dec. Il,-The moyem ents In this depsrtmeut'
which have heen In course of erecntIon the
mat few days- have flnaIlv been deyeIoned
and now the objects Intended 10 bo accom-,
niiabed NAV bo c,vsn 10 the nrbIIo a. ,voiI =.
tbe resnIta attained
twas known that the epemy were procurin0
Ia rae suppliea for theIr troopa by wav Of the
weldon raIlroad to Stony Creek' xbenee lhev
we're wagoped 10 Petersburg. The cavalry
force sent tbither tvo dsys son moi he,ne shis
to eff.ctually stop their oper stlons tse 5tb
corns. with Greeg,s cavalry and tbe'si divisisn
OF The I'd corps' were detailed 10 effectu,liv put
a atom IN II Nv destrovino the rsIlro.d a. n,
snutb AZ Hicksford. and. IN nossible thst sta.
tion also.
Al daylight ON Wednesd.v mornino the col
umn startsd south on tbe Jern.siem posd the
cavalry taxing the advance. on arriving At a
point nineteen miiea from Petersburg tbev
dIyerOcd from the road nbont a mia -
the right. where thew reached The Nottavsy
river and The command Al once commsncsd
crossin0, and tbev bIvonacked on The sonth sjds
for the NIGHT. ''N'
AM O'Clock Tbprsdav mornIpv tho nortoon.
were taken nm. and Inc eoIumn stsrtedi IesySn1
a cavalry dstschment 10 nIcE mn a. aaier. ~
nit
a. r..ohins q ro,,, too ro,,.. .oo,s O..
saS Conr,hnnsS soms c"v.Irn 1.o.o oUoo,n'a. Gus
cd and were drivsn hscE ~ -bsre ,ha waIsan
rs,irosd cro.sas ,hs No,,.s .,uao kL",
noon a anal, T,rca ., ,he ansrcv ,n.d: ASou So.n
he, u1.an onr c.xsi,v .nd rI ,pa .dy. @ a., assh n.y.
S.n,rr hU, U 80. .non ro,.a ,,S III. =. .ne in-
on boIb siSes ''n ''1'o'' WIN 'isu' i'''
ou rsHl 1o'n siuee'
sd,si aea'sHymsn was iouna Nno nAo ey-
sNSeNJ bSSA oaAppCo VI bNcil-
'nsTs, Ts.,, so.n.. ssUa " N,S ,soe 0oos. a..
,,on of ,ha hrIdas .o,o.s ,ha No,t uesnac' ,,,as
~ .ts ~ ~ oiso aeoo ,no Nv.seWsy HNer,
sn - ,Vb.ueu nv, uo on 70 e'suon'oi'ouack-
Sfsitsn pna nsl
.rd IN ,ha .narnsoon ~ assa ss was ,naae, !,
noir, nssr H,cSs SsSord .S.se ,hn o .eaenea :
pss ~ Ia M "no'e 'ue enemy were
The M.hsr,,n rinar ,,e. ,ho ,so.,,t s.ues y, !.
Sssn. ess~inad sn :,,.cn -. .ue SsS pO,iHn , naa
,Ioahta or aoo.nn, ~ ~ ,,' uoeso ,m anas
oai,u y, n a.uSt. ,s so "oas ,uw su% tae sin-
,Iii,y, Thproso.a ~ WIN aI
,ha H. -, ,rorts ~ ,nis ~ aoa s W carIy
Seno, which va srccs.ssn,I, anna 'tUy n .ne
,hi. ~ 49, o., ~. ,,s.So.S 60 aoue Deng
Msssachssstts IA aid 40 h.va hssn l,iiaa i''
srroons 80, go ,ao.inU " ge.u I ,. AlI.
tbis Ooint ss tSonsh ,hsv b.d IN, 'o s pSe.on =,
the Are from the hsttsrIas soon snar ss,i ani
thst they had been reInforcsd ''' 'No"'u
n vas now SsSk and hasan r.,,,,
ip9 aod freezing The troens sncamnsd SnVm ~ Nv.
niee,nita To- ,he riah, O55 IN .ne
started on their retuIn rssch,ns sn.. nVrn,ns Tans
Uouse and baItnv there on ss,nrSan ~ n,,s, Joa''
The enemy's cavalry and a ANAL Sosce q,
infantry followed and endeavored to annov ~. ~
rear guard. but each Time wrre driven ~. sue
with loss. '''A 's'A
This morning the Nottawav river vas ra.ohoa
and the entire command cro.sad T. sssa..
where thew found a mart NJ the on cnrns aSy, 'eS
had started IN their aid in cssa ~ an aU,".O
neut. N's"e'-
To 'rnorrov, than ,vYu ha Ill ...,, A..
positions in front of Petersbure ready A. % for tSs I
peYt move aUaInst the anams n ho.a wy
dIrectIon the ecommsndar.in1cS 1cS,.F - 800 y,
most efrective. "' 1'eu'
The move NAV be cons,dersa oro y, ,,,
most successfnI ~ the csmnsIan 80 "a .a,e ..e
honor moi onIv on the orIaip -. h", - ,nss
to whom ia eIecntion was ertenSsd raos,
effectiye blow has been deaIt tha snsmv hn sS ,hs
destruction of some tftesn mijes os r.,,sosa she
which thew wars ns,ra aStans,ra,s %
hundred cars passing over n d.iiv io.Sad ,,,s Jr
supplIes The tract was torn mn tha ,Io. MI MI
in heaps. with drv wood from aSisnsn, rspna. pns'
ana sei on Are ,yi,h ,ha Ill. -. -
bending and twIsting them IN averg .hsno n'a'
All Ire denots siops ,be ron,s ,va,s saapo,
os ,.a,I ss MI sIT souso usomoieuos'oye1'
inps from which tbs nnc,n.a,. .aa IA aau sns awen.
from The cc,ver ~ whjcb rnarrIIIs.h "a ase ", y,
ouf nna noUpo' @ .., u,,.
shot had inst 6ssr arad "a 4. ThoiT ~
troons hr5s rim na.r ~ Nn,,. 'ne
Onr ioss On The an,,ra al III, sS. 'aoi. @ an
or 5o EIj,eJ ana wornded " has,de. e'oou ~, so
straggIers who 1sro oon,nro5 o'o'u'' 10"
ma SEVERITY of ths Sa.,bsr ,... a.. ,,-,,.,,.,
dI0c,I,u ~ "as w PiiheiPal