The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-05-26
Gen. Kantz,s Sernnd Great RaId.

CRY PoIxr. Va, May 20.-Rautz's di-
vision Of cavalry had twenty hours Of
rest at City Point from It's six days Of
hard labor on its raid upon the Peters
burg and Weldon railroad, when en- Or
der came to boot and saddle for a
foray IN another direction The com
Iaand proceeded at once by boats, and
crossing to Bermuda Hundred bivou-
acked on Wednesday night, May 18th,
and on the morning Of the 18th struck
out for the Danville Railroad Passing
Gen. Buffers advance lines at Chester
Station, on the Richmond and Peters
burg railroad (already destroyed Gen
Kautz proceeded to Coalfeld, on the
Danville railroad, and cut the connec-
ton, destroying the depot, water tanks,
etc, at that point From thence he fol
lowed the Danville road downward
through Powhattan and Amelia coun-
ties TO Chula Station, where sharp
fight took place. The rebels were here
in strong force, as was discovered early
on the morning of the 18th, to protect
the railroad bridge across the Apo
mattox.
1t was found impossible to dislodge
them, but the station buildings and
track were destroyed by our troops,
and a locomotive under steam was
burned and blown up. Cen Kautz
| then struck southwark, and destroyed
the stations and track at Wilson's De
pot, at Blacks and Whites, and at
W6llsville, on the Petersburg and
| Lynchburg Railroad. This was on the
/ l4th, about evening Passing through
/ NottoWay county TO the center Of
/ Brunswick county, on the 18th, the
command reached LaWrenceYille at 10
] .. m, where it biyouacked for the night.
| Leaving LawrenceVille at daylight on
the morning Of the 10th, a movement
was made on Bellfeld, on the Peters
burg and Weldon Railroad, in Green's
vile county, where the enemy being
found very strong, the column was
moved up the Petersburg and Weldon
Railroad to Jarretts Station, in Sussex
county, the scene Of the operations of
the FIRST raid by Gen. Kautz.
Water tanks, &c., were in process of
| construction and the road was repair
ing at this point. The tanks were again
! destroyed, and the road dislocated and
torn up. A fine pontoon train was also
destroyed
The column then struck for Free
mans Bridge, a country structure
| across the Nottoway River On reach
! ing it, a rebel force was found engaged
in the destruction of the bridge The
bridge was only partially demolished.
/ however, when the command reached
/ it, which was about midnight Of the
10th. The pontooniers of the COM
mand were Immediately put to work;
the bridge was rebuilt in a few hours,
and at daylight Of the 18th the COM
mand proceeded for City Point, within
our lines, which was reached late in
the evening.
The command Of Gen. Kautz was
harrassed at all available points by the
enemy. Yet the work which this gal
LIANT cavalry officer set out to perform
was fully accomplished. Large amounts
OF rebel commissary stores, in depots
and mills, were captured and brought
in, and the resources Of the rebel army
seriously crippled.
On nearing City Point, a culvert on
the Petersburg Railroad, previously de-
stroyed by Gen. Kautz, was found TO be
in process of reconstruction This was
once more thoroughly destroyed, togeth-
er with all the material provided for
its completion.-N i. Tribune.