Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-10-18
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Tin, so!iowias esI'aisi ha"gsi7:.as frosr Sseci-
s,p .rs published ID tie No-thsrr papers,
No t,rss;ocs s,nanation fr;Hc- inc per If this
argn.;1a .,ss ~ .ully developed tie abysn NJ
!esuo.,is:a whish eusulrhs his heart, Tor ;hh
rsuaau, no couat, that The int"sication OF |"
frat and unexpected SUCCESSES had been want
ios to drown the bitterness aud the fears sug-
ges.sd BY prev;ous disasters,
WcopsToaK. Va. Get. ~ /. d.
Lieut.. Gsn. Q. 5. GRANT:
have .t. honor I'll report my command at
,,,i, nc;nt tonight. olmmeaced moving
t.,';. from Port Republic, Mount Crawford,
E-;;esSa.or aud iiarr'eonhurg yesterday
i'i5ra!nE
Tie srain AMI !otr,:e in advance of theae
nai,..a had been previously doetraye4.
In u.uyius back to ti:i5 palnt. tbs w'l1
,.uu::y i.on s,,s Blue Ridge tu tho North
H,n:,;.iu has i.ssn rendered untsaab!e Tor =
rdt.sl uImy.
,,yo DESTROYED over two Thousand haris'
G:ird With wheu. aad hay and farming I'nF!t,
n,.,,is. over asycn,y mills, illet with h'nr AID
,vh.+,: have driven in front Of the ARMY over
t,,r her, Of stock, and have killed and Issued
20 Tho troops not LEGS than three tli'uSahu
sheep. 49,,
This destruction embraces tho Luruy Val
Law and Little Fort Valley, ~ we'll ab the main
Wiley.
A large number Of horses have boen OBJ
tanned y nsore, estimate Of which cannot
now suake.
Lisutepaut john r. Meils. 10y engineer
"a .sr VITA murdered beyond tarrsoh5urg'
nnnr ,;avtca. For this atrooious act all the
nodsss within an urea Of i've ThIlss were burn-
eI
Since came into the Valley from Harper
s.rrv eyory train, every small party, and
svsry stragelsr, has been bushwhscked by tho
psopis, many of whom have Protectloh p@p0fs
IRON commanders who have beah M'her'o III
the Valley.
Ths people here are getting sick Of the war
Heretofore they have had no reason to complain
beoanss thsy have been living IN great abun'
dance.
have not bssn followed by the enemy to
this point, with the exception Of small iorci
Of rebel cavalry that showed themselves some
distance behind my roar guard to-day.
A rarty Of one hundrsd Of tho Elgh'h ohi0
cavalry, which had stationed st the bridge
over The North Shenandoah, near Mount Jack
son. was attacked by MoNsil with seVsntsen
meu while they were asleep, and tho whole
nar,y dispersed or osptured. think they Will
All turn I'm. | learn that ti!ty-s six Ct ,hsin
had reschsd Winchester. Mcneil was moTtaiiy
wounded and fell into our hands. This wac
fortunate, Us he was the most daring and dan
carous OF ell the bushwhackers In thai section
r. tina ,ouc;ry. p. II. SHIniDAS,
Major General.
His second despatch:
SrRAsBURd, Va,
October 9--Miduight.
Lieutenant. General Grant, City Poi's:
In coming back to this point, vas rot fol-
lowsd up until late yesterday, when large
force of cavalry appeared in my roar. l then
halted my command to Offer battl1 by attack
ing the enemy. / became satisfied that 1t wat
only all the rebel cavalry Of the Valley, com
msnded by Rosser, and directed Torbert t
attack at daylight this morning and finish thli
Saviour of the Valley.
The attack was handsomely made. Custsr
commanding the Third cavalry division
charged Oh the back road, and Merritt, com
msndng the First cavalry division, on thu
Strss5urg pike,
Merritt captnred five pieces of artillery
Gustav captured ak pieces Of artillery, will
caissops, battery forge, 60.
The two divisions captured forty-seven VIC
CONS, anbulances, SO. Among the wagon
captured arc the hesdquarter wagons OF Kos
/ scr. Lomax, Wickhsm and Col. Pollard. Th'
| number of prisoners will be about three hun
| dred and thirty.
| Tbs enemy, after being charged by eu
gallant cavalry, were broken, and ran. The,
were followed by our msn On the juInp &
milss, through Mount jackson and across tn
| north fork Of the Shenandoah. I deemed i
beat to make this delay Of one day hero sn'
setsls this new cavalry general.
| The eleven pisces of artillery captured to-
day make thirty .si3 pieces captured y tn
Shenandoah Valley since the 10Th of Sspten
Der. Soms If the artillery was new ant
never had bssn fred The pieces were market
Tredegar Works"
P Ii. SHERIDAN,
Major General