Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-06-17
RECENT CAVALRY OPERATIONS.
10 lhe Eiiines 1T tie EnQnir.r

n. G. CAVALRY BslG,pt, Jnue 10th.
Gehtlenlen-- Under this heading | rutics in
your yesterdays paper certain errors nsd
omissions. which think .instice tn al parties
ds,nsrd4 should he corrected. and which
hope were nninieh,ionnl on tho part Of y"ir
correspondent. whi:o most cordially -''n
eur in the tttirg tribute which he pays 10 Cur
i,it.etnd General Hampton. nnr snerf 7tic aud
gallant l.; ,nera! VI. II. r. l-es. anh rnr Ln-tt-
Ing Mslpra b1cSeil. G. Jwles and VI Jnrr. Gud
ot!,ara. and Ealisve them worthy Uf the cause
they es;o,,ss. ant 1f uur most implicit rrni.
dence, j must bay ha lnisplacea and oyorlnoks
certain individuals and iac:s worthy Ul no.
tiee.
THE rInn7 OF TaE aGysG HoAD.
lie rsy. "tLe 3l North Carolina was
tLr,wn i,.rwurd and skirmiahed holly with
their (the enen,y'sj advsrce. retiring slowly
upon the other part Of the command, lying IL
few miles back" 81. After tho ID North
Carolina reached their horsss, the order.iu-co-
Inrnn Of the withdrawal 70 gain :. better pos
ton from front to roar was 1tA, ID. I'd. and
Is. regiments. resI.crively. When the ensmy
charged cur rsar, sln informed that Major
Uow %, although present, doing and daring.
everything which hs gallant sririt ever
prompts, was ant in rnmuatd 81 tho detach
lnent from the tet and 81 regiments. or tho
lst he raight hayo lren, but the detachment
Of the :!d he most certainly could not have
commanded, .inrs in tho m0Inaut8ry coniu-
sion caused hys pGrt OF the command mis-
taking an order, this detachment consisting rf
tho lst and Sd squadrons, coIopanies a"
and "B," + and "I' Of the sd, charged
through the 81 mud part g! tho lat eginsn's,
and reached the sncnly in TIME to take several
nrisonors. Two E0rsea and equipments, 6..
These suuadrous inflicted the loss sustained by
tho enemy at that time. IL seems to have been
q we'll managed accident that these squadr6ns,
commanded respectively hy Captain McClan.'
my AID Perkins. gained the tr"Gt after ~r
turned upon the ehemy 30 qaiokly. and in such
good order, bat it was even sb. A part Of The
Ist WAS ,len battling bida ~ side With rs.
snd hand to hand with tho enelnJ: aud
make this statement not Il detfact anything
from Major Cowies aud his heroic command.
who with detachment from Company" b."
81 North Carolina, covered our rear after We
had routed the enemy; but to ilform those
unacuuaintcd with tho faots ho7r this detacl-'
,hent uf the 81 came 30 be with Mojnr e wles,
aud under his com nand. il you wish -
Throughout tho day fighting, Col. }. \. Baker
commanded the brigade. directing and super>
yisipg every movement. His gallsntrg is al
r,ost proverbial, at least. in his own regiment,
and hia Judgment and skill upon the Held i'd
eyer crowned with sncrsss.
Passipg member Of tie brigade tue era
ming of the fight hs said :" Col. Baker seems
Ia be very brave" Yes" ! replied, "he
will carry you as far Into tie ranks of the enc.
nv az any other living man." But" said
he, PPM afraid he will lead ns 30 far i'll that
he csnnot ret ue out again" ion have only
to Judge mis- future by his pGst," said and LEFT
him sesmingiy munh pleased and relieved
AT grC6xYs
The s.snddct OF the brigade was such that nj
distinatinu wss NOR ought to bs made. Col.
bnkcr, with his usual taste. cnamardei the
brigade. Suffice it tn say ~a checked the en-
1a, 5 infantry. artillery and aisIGrnntct cav"
airy, for several h.aIs. aud retired tf"m the
field iu g0odrorder.
AT HANOVER rnGRF h0rsr
General Young, whose hercidrn during his
short stay with us Won Cur eateem and adhll-
ration. ,mmanded our brigade. The lst. I'd,
81 and 5,h North Carolina were 'iismounted,
and took position from the Curt llouse to the
Central railroad, our right resting on the
Railroad, hut in adrance Of the railroad sta,
sion, This position we held until compelled
to fall bask-ths enemy fauking US on our
right and left. We next took position behind
blank fsnce, our right behind the houses at
tho railroad depot. Here ! first saw Major
Mcneil, who esme TO our support and met Us
there. 7 am confident he will say, that The
charge % regain the position st the station,
after 10 had fallen back to q little rsvins IN
its rear, was participated in by the lst and
part of the; 9th sqasdrons, Of the ID North
hsd strsysd from their commsnasi IN the grow.
ing darkness. "Of Major McNeips GOODNESS
| and valor on this occasion can bear ample
testimony but, am proud to say, that when
he rushed upon the railroad station, amid
shove. OF balls which greeted him and his
party" that tho Third was q part Of that
"party,h and, Though almost completely e1-
hsustsd from the days work, and their am
munition expended, some Of them actually