The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-31
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The late Cavalry Reconnaissance
Towards GordouSville,
ENTs OF THE MARCH.
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RETURN OF THE CAVALRY.
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LIST OF CASUALTIES.
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LIST OF CASUALTIES.
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WNcIwsrER, Va, Thursday, December o.
| As The laot Is generally knUwO, particularly by
| the enemy, that our cavalry has recently made a
! Tc,ouuUNsbuCe to the vicinity OF Girlunsvtllc,
! orange county, there can be- no harm in giving
| some ui the details ot that movement
AS | wrote Yesterday upon tho return OF the . /
| DIVISION, General Powell, the lst Division, now
! under the command OF BrGdier- General ID vim
! returned during the day. Tue Two divisions,
| uudtr General Iurpert, left camp on MblIlv,
! tht lJlh INST thA' night the comm md matted in
] Ghest,r's Gap; Tuesday night at Fnck's, ne ar
SncrN vile; Wednesday night on Hughes road
! near Madison COurt-lIOu,e; THURSDAY night ia 4
across the Rapcan, near Blocks ford aud Jacks
| shopi friday night rcerOs,ed the Ripidan and
| BObimun's rivers; Saturday night on Hazel
! nveri Sunday night at White Sulpher Springs;
| Monday night near Paris; and on tuesday night
The 81 Division at Milwood, the 81 Division
reaching their old camp that day and the lst
ye,tcruay, as stated above.
With the exception of few scattering shots
exchanged with Rueriiias, there WITS no firing
onlil the command had arrived on the Rapil4n,
some eight miles from GJrduusyille Here
was found strongly posted on the opposite
bank LOmaN's division Of cavalry, witu Sc
N,Tal pee Of artillery in position Towards
night while the Second Division, Gen, Powell,
iCuloDel CapchdrtS Brig de on the lett) wts put
iorwud TO entertain the enemy on the pike and
south ft, the lst Division, Gen Devn vent u th,
iighI, neat Williams snOp, at Kay's Ford, about
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I'd Brigade, commanded by Colonel Kellogg
crossed, and by "a sudden dash hlnkcd the enemy
out Of their position.
With such promptness was the movement exc
cuttd, and the enemy so completely taken by sur
prise, that they left precipltRtrly Abandoning yo
pieces OF artillery. IL Is believed that then the
command could have marched into GJrlDns-
viIe with but little opposition, but night coming
on, 10 advance was made further than 20 s.rura
the position attained.
The bridge across the river at I.iber;y Millshad
be II burned by the enemy, and tue roil bai
otheIglse been obstruCted. In crossing the river
the 2Oth Pennsy ylvania Cavalry, ,M1iOr rhOrpe had
the advance, lei by Leutenan Blunt, OF Genesal
Deylus slofii in this flank movement tbey came
upon the enemy &c the Junction of he Madison
tnd Gurdonsville roads, near Somerset Church
In the charge Rebll captain, surgeon and
seven non commissioned Off ers and prlvates
were captured, most OF whom were left bsbind
when The command returned. There was some
hghuLg up to nine O'Clock this night, when the
firing ceased on both sides.
Tie following morning (Friday) the lst Ri
gaze, Colonel Stagg commanding, which htd
meh guarding the crossroads was moved for
ward to where the Charlottesville aud Orange
road crosses the Gordonsye pike, and tue 2t
brigade was theoupon ordered to advance to-
wards Gordonsyle as far as possible.
lheTe was but little oppOs ion until the brigade
had arrived within two miles OF Gordonsyille
where the pike passes through South vest Noun
tain. Here the road WIS blrricaded and the hill
sides were found 20 be we'll arranged naturally
as well as artihaially, for defensive operaglouS
More than all, the works, such as they were were
occupied by infantry.
Besides the cavalry before mentioned. Ker-
shaw's Division OF infantry was developed here
After feeling the works for several hours the
comm and was ordered 10 retire. Leuten mt
COOnCl Anderson, OF the l7th PannsylvAnia he
aycd with distinguished galuntry, leadiug his
men in two separate charges one on foot and the
other on horseback. Colonel Nichols of tue ON
NeW fork, TOOK a prominent part on the extreme
DEnt, IN Hank movement.
On the return, bearing that Moseby was
wounded, aud at house near by, General Gibbs
commanding Reserve Brigade sent out "A det.cb-
m'nt OF the lst Dragons undrr Captain Cop
pinger Of General rurbert5 staff to bring hin
away in an ambulance, The place visited vas
Dormans Mills, near Upperville, bat too late
Moseby had been removed, aud was dangero lsly
wounded, according 10 the statements Of tho
people residing there.
The enemy gave he LIST Division a fe " parting
shots in AshDy's Gap, firing &C least a hundred |
sIots al TIT command while passing through that |
place Several hundred horses and cattle we're |
captured and driven in, Dus here was no system |
aic attempt made to capture or destroy pr4perty,
ave III one instance, where p ain Oliver, with |
me 4th New York. went out, but, getting lost n |
the icg and surrounded by an Invisible foe the |
command did mot do much damage
Annexed will be found list of casualties:
sEyENTFE ENTH PENNsYLvANIA-uoL ANEFasoy |
shiLp !. ] hlnG, H. Killed Sgt Herring, ungi ten near
Cspl Geo MOVE r. X MO |Corp ban Srat.cr m b'n
Luke brennan, II arm ny
hCury IRWIN, q, arm Cora Jacob n IIuea- 81 ht,
JOSIAH Michael L. breast Ilteut Lee r. btck r,Sr.iiF
.Hp bthJ boozerC .aek len at Madison Court
Abraham kiesCi cr, IA finger House
70 70 v 9Ihhs loot Emanuel Auburn, B, shoul-
Ihctb CnoTen 4, Killed der
AlEod koi ers, e, bHcb Corp Frank fIauser l. bc,d !
TWENTIETH PENNSYLVANIA. NJ ,JOR THORPE
= hh Bfady, A. Killed Sh ey, r., hand aud arm
luhu Gross, h. Killed WIN Burus "a FI "a
4 1raple "a, hand Corn ,Jonn RnId II .opptsd
Spt " ack q, fuot and missing ' N'
) FuSmirge d, high A EItor, ID aht ,p,en Ier, |
,int ~ huu he, u. Chest near 3OulUlsyllH, mortal
NurJ u bruised IN chest VIM .ubrrs, u, nip Anl arm
.uIp q no 'kel Ow, B aukle II SpOt X, abdomen
lhlllps,F,leg ID bird, ID, missing