Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-09-02
a|itbmono Gnqnru.
7urRsDAY MORNING, SEPT. 1, 1864
FROM MOsBY's COMMAND.
,:S TSi.ER ~ ALLEGRE.

FROM MOSBY'S COMMAND.
rily's C9mm1nd-Ns Oaslalgh. on ths
!-,ahses az gerry0ills. Clarke County. VT.
s,7ia-ccp.nss Of Prisoners, Horses and
.VA.'.-N destruction Of Wagons, &C., dc.
,SGcGsYoTpLScso Of TuE RIcHHoND ENQUIRER.
E:GE urLL. MEAS UYPERviLLE.
F,u4uiFer Co., Va, Aug. p. 1884
YGr correspondent ia located for the Pre-.
zen. aga oae Of The spurs Of the Bluo Ridge
IL. - tiliain troos are covered with rich
nIa,1 70 yellow leaves s.rew the ground,
'a.,l sasa ,.e t, sc. rnsipped BY frost. ore
rs,...,.. ,,,s,s I, SlMmer emile. Tho day is
4,u,;nr .5m ,he u,nntsin's misty height,
a. i'd ;;c,. blush, staniing upon its elevs-
~ .;lss Ito vita ap.eads ont bc!9rc the eyes
IL isa.::.cnias ires. While S!aIaing down
IL ,.ieaaa; ra!ey q food Of liquid light
h..4 cvSr lhs hills, ehowing US in tho dis
uG?. ,say places malo famous h the Prov
.s,r: ;Aysa Hh3 have aud now stand walls Of
:,..} r;:.:e:a ~ crd the worse than Fandat
5,gaa,,- Jur liberty. A few hours ride,
r.a =. i.,.h?'G men some:imes take. will
.,,-u. l,"..!.2r rar!', Middleburg, Aldis,
/ ,. !..!cm. Ashby's Gap, Sniekc-s-
T.. "s,,': ts3sy, &C.. while just ovo, the
d .r..;., r.:c; or-ssinc tho Shenandoah, you
.c.:- IL, Valley. c0ntaining Winchester and
c.... E..a4 s,a.s classic BY many defeats To-
!.:.i o., crs aas;a;ss. Oae cannot pass, as l
At;.i no. ia:oagh Orange, Culpsper, Fauquer
IL! o,ij; cvuatics hsreabo1t. and witness
H.. cas-. ceilings to evidences everywhere
=; ... t...dAlic outrage and wansou de-
4n...,. hy the Yankees. The mildsw of
7.a .,s4, - ee:t!e 10 their pathway and
n, ~. .saska through the country car sed
-. r urha'y presence. Ia it no. shame
afyt...:.:a. our Virginia, containing within
ig;...; 'is t.eu.elsts If an empire, ahoald
:. rr5.t y ;aesc lno:al ieporS: Lst us hope
d..r. Ing ti:ey may ts driven forth 10 dis.
3. ri! sce:ion Ct country is known to
:. -},.i.ns, Cd Mcsb5's Confederaey; oil
&! .esi;:l7 anl peace it enjoys is owing
'i.s 10 ir=ssno- cf that gallant officer
Li,'. !jaga nen rni..el under his banner.
ir... "ri'inS you something os their re-
". i.r, au. fad have wandered away
/. , - ;..,s:rit,l track. Let me eomm:Gce:
o. IL, -: IL .auguj. tho battalion lsft REQ
- ." IA ;n,Yci in tho direction cf Win
c.e..-. '::,7in. .ha Shenandoah at Smokers
f.,.. T,,.1.. r.pidi; tho Whole night. Just
.,i..a .t..' great :taiora bust forth from be.
Iat II. E,-,rin .lrr.a II, VIXEN nature shone
to7,!. ~ ~; =. greatness aai magn!ti.
e.n,o--i ! ~; :, c!aut shrouled the blue ether
s'.ose Il slae!;2 !! fem thick piece Ct woods
alt ga Immediately thrown into line Of bat
H.. s. The lti:, atoat q hslf mile distant,
j, inrittar.asiy from its being the scene
;'s'n,.:. A iaF ioSE, as tho oye could reach, |
un.;at %.l:e7 wagons. M,sby opened twa
W 2- ct artillery IN them. VIXEN the battalion |
aiS.1i',.: @ within about seventy yards-a dss-
;et'.a Il ut then ensuod, lasting about twenty |
g!.,.21. Whca the hugls sounded the charge |
ihe. ,:r''" THAI ylli So hatsful to Yankee |
AZ s.. s'n tbs fos were seeking safety |
u hi,:.;. Ia, Onslaught! Of Mosby's boys
"a 49,, I! l., roasted. |
,..srt" w":s | 500 llessian infantry, and |
,a''- 3",F-?i5i Of cavalry scattered to the |
- = '.':i ;;ir boys did not rest from their 10
'F' JHr huarired hid twenty-five wagons, |
;r.'N'g H irneI with quartormaster, commits |
ST. ".!nArcs and medical stores, wero de- |
;'!'g,i; ai}S Yankees were bought of as
=. re7s, "a larger rumbsr than Mostly had y |
I!:,, 81 G1o nu!ea, with harness 90 horses
10! .;.il'a', and upwards Of 200 head of fat |
s:., Sach substantial results as attended |
%. ray o1 old Abe'S pets rarely occurs,
Al r.@',: Well oausT ono to ask why the gal.
tia. S;y-lIy is not promoted. This eIpedi-
n a'aac -hould ontit!s him to brigadier &C.
n'-i',7. TIE Lastal:oa had to mourn the loss
!: ~ hl.ys mon killed in the affair: prvs:es
!.E:' h'," .! l.4=sburg, of Company D, and
Hs.:! E'::o. Of Fauquier county, Com.
r='y $. They were killed while gallant,
4,-3aFyrm!; their duty. Three or four men
ssTr Wounded in the affair. One Of the most
s"...t:.s iaa;dsnts of the day was when q
5'dl . man Of Company D, (whose propensity
!'' mixing whiskey has long since become
9'a:iaGs,) wcs ordered by Colonel Mosby to
t:'; !ot Of wagons. The three first hap.
T2at! 70 !, :osdsd with eight barrels each of
:: F1aI c.3 stuff, genuine Bourbon. His grief
"o' ard ~ other comrades. but the DELAY
t;:"2v!i irclination to obey and duty was not
."s lie applied the torch, the fame as.
Gene ! an the lover Of the precious fluid was
ID! Il "y his comrades, sorrowing not aa
SEo .'lhja. hope" for several of the boys
"a! a.nsidoratelv filled their canteens. II
e.@Insr,i lhat SIS 900 10 Confederate States
n'a"7 would lot pay for the liquo. thus de-
~ .,h
>trrs she Yankac, have beep in the Valley
80 lime they have felt Mos',y's power and
.'A,ssv moro ssnsibly tha n they ever have
s.;1'" a .ecusing par. Of IA men, under |
i.c airing Lieutenant 0laseook. Of Company
). d, The 18th, captp ted 90 prisoners, inclu- |
::i..e surgeon and chaplain, near New Town.
%iswas dora without firing gun.
Eheu the ! snkee army recently rstreased
:."n the Fur.sy they burned every wheat and
tag yart piey could find, spsring none, not |
'''a !to/a who p.ofessed TO DO Of Union son
h's'F. While three companies of tho bat |
'si"o &C, i and E,) commanded by the Chi |
'a,',as Captain William Chapman, were en-
'44.l: gear the river, in Clarke county, on
;:s 'a"''l.;is Of the Goth, news came that the
llsHt5e5 were q mile distant, burning resi-
!'":ea, barns, stables, cOrn-cribs, in fact
.'!lyihirg that they could not carry of. The
a.,a iaE,od immediately to rescue tho patri-
"1 ti;.z IA from such incendiarism. They
ni''' boz Il short distance before scene met
az tTN euah az had seldom been witnessed. 1t
81 he;'r be imagined than described. The
:',at I'LL in torrents, but the boys cared no
t,'.'s '"r that 70 far az thoy were concerned,
he :a!n may fail the Wind may blow,
Hut soldier, sol.ier, you must 60;
GDhcy wil., though hard 1t be
Ai@'ss Ysaks to seek their destiny.
IT. 'oad lcad directly by Mr.. Sheppsrd's
t:.'.H, wbi2a wss wrapped in flames from the
.sfifart 70 tia garrett, as was also the barn,
1Ts'Sia, o5rS crib, hay and wheat stacks, etc.
,n' vie and daughters of Mr.. s. were stand