Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-17
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aTrGrAy MORNING, MAY "A, 1864
THE NEWS.
r.C!gE OF THE RAIDERS.
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ia I.?k.r raiders succeeded in compile
=. :2er retro cade movement cret the
t.yss4ym;ny during Thursday night and G
.:r VI, cf yesterday morning. Our forces
-.5al rl,i-ely inadequate to the task OF
;eal:r. them 10, our entire force at the
%nt :ens TOT moro than one third the
IN, { tie enemy, ard cur line, con-
,lgsa.:s. eapcJlc cf being easily faused
!: ,-,:,si 100 hard Tho Yankees did
,,;w l;,rpeatsdly and suffered dearly for it
=. > iier could arrange affairs to suit them
.l!;.. Having .cst i=auy mcr, and as their
-! tad tesn lard one, and the prospect
T.. :::il uniu1i,ing, they left what use!ess
-s,s..i ;Acv Lad behind them, in useless
- ;aa, k;!lei large number Of their bro-
.4a.!wa horses, aud, under cover Of dark
.vs. sGi!ici their retreat over the Cbicka'
sm;ny. Be,wce nire and ten c'elcck, yes
:.,i3y morning, they PASSED Gaines Farm
-! Goa Ga,loT. Sttt:oyi"s considerable
i;:,:o property ard ding wt';e'er general
:aes:c they thought would contribute to
Il. cory Of their rad. I. WIS thcught
"a, ;hsY would pass N down through Now
5asar aad - 10 :he James, opposite their 10
/ L. or he Charles City shore; bus ipfolma-
Ia vrs racoi7ed i1s: night that they had re
:ia.,tl tic Ch;ckahominy at Bottoms Bridge,
v!:h tie intention Of jrining Butler by way
j: n" White Oak Swamp road. They werc
r.rcrg very slowly and were apparently il
.ajr.n 'cr ichtin-. Our cavalry being un-
.;sza:s!y similarly tagged out. could pot
grs , 70 any purpose. Thus ends tho raid
= tho CaickahCmiry. The lamsge may be
;r5G..i W in a few words. The severest
=: as that uh;,h cur gallant men sustaiE-
+. -. his was t. somo degree repaid in
sa1 4 lev days rations Of meat were de-
81; ID an amount Of injury done to the
;:j.ai:s wh:ch may be repaired in two &,
-, anys.
lie :oHoNjng despatch was received al
::ig g:.r:s-s in this city, yesterday evening
MEcHAEIcsvIlL LIE, May l3.
Il caemy's rear guard was at Gaines
u. Thursday night, extending from the
,l.:n L The right. The main body encamp'd
"a :als night on the road leading from
aei..Ga Church to Cold uarbor,. about two
u. ;ro;u Gaines farm. They commence.
.&7-c camr at one o'clock, this morning
2a:g re C5lt Ha,bor road. Tho rear guarC
:, .l~ir camp at eight O'clock and ar,
~ g,a ketirg az above stated. They toic
:. c., 4+as that Butler had failed to make
i: c5unection, and they were going t<
ja ni.u. They were carrviDg grea
2,'7 ,ggurded with them. Prisoners just
Il a.: IN report chem to be Merritt's brigade
/ r,gu,ats, not over nino hundred strong
II tie whole force under Sheridan. not t
:i,s~. e ,tt thousand, and to have lcst heevl
H&ia ,ey loft GRANTS army. They started
3" E2nday morning from Grants armyeEltE
!; Gs,'s rations. There are same of Gen
IL Lees men reported wounded to the let
" "A.caanicsvillc. Send ambulGuces for them
tsieoet) A. Oracle,
Brigadier General.
STILL LATER.
7:s foIiowirg despatch was received ct 49,
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CHAFfN's FARM.
May l3, $50 P. NJ.
s;ac,al Ransom:
l.ors! Robbins reports that the enemy
;;3y7.ly creased Bottoms Bridge, are movirl
A=a,fs White Ok swamp. It is though
&:r 40 making for Malvern Hill.
ResnnctfuiIy,
tS.c.ei) J. VI. MURRAY,
Lieut.. Col. commanding.
j carrier who came in last night state
:. 20 saw, on the field occupied BY the emo
y, Ia Thursday, twenty FIVE or thirty I'm
s:;.,, l;iry dead, shot through the head
s;ia'.t TO have becu jaded, and killed I
":':H, ;hcm laIing into our hsnds.
INCIDENT OF THURSDAYS rIGHT.
4haf:i.y morning the enemy eonceaie
.,:2T:ises on II. read between the fortitlca
o. a tho Mechanicsville road and tn
,s',Ala mny. At an early hour q squad
i :a'i.as.d to lass our pickets without bt
>sg1"o'ercd. When they came in front Of
:. Lear 10 the battery, they were seen BY tn
j. S'''''..ai in charge Of the gun commandln
= "at' who challenged them. and receive
.'''Fig ;ast they were friends" But tn
.,"2sn: seeing the party preparing to Srt
:''''as word to his men, and his gun, bcir
;a'sel ,.l "ilh can;ster, did fearful e1ecusios
~-'aI :.sa AID wouading many others
Wa had concealed themselves emerge
'u 'as'F hiding places. and made an asssu
:, ..' 'as battery, and were repu!sed In 60
: &s;y,c.
PRISONERS.
.','fa! N"tches Of prisoners, numberin
>. .'''.f aSont on6 hundred, taken on tt
;. fn'Ii, were brought in on yesterda..
:, ~ - up with their comrades preViousl
49, ID the several prisons.
LIZ RAIDERS on THE SOUTH SIDE.
'''a7a already ststed that rsiding pa