The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-09

On the 10th he resumed his march on Godsboro He m.
fight defeated and compelled il TO retreat Orr loss
the engagement was about six hundred; the enemy
loss was much greater. On the 18th the combine
tackled his advance at BentonviIIc, capturin
three guns and driving 1t back upon the ma,
ascertaining thai the whole Of Johnstons army was
the 'front.' arranged his troops the defensive
ca himself and awaited renforcements which wer
pusneu forward On the might Of tn 2lst the enem
Ietreated 70 Smhhed, leaving his dead wounded Ii
our hands From there sh arInan continued TO Colds
1o winch place had ben occupied BY General Soho
leu on the zlst Crossing the Neuse river ten mile
above there, at Coxs bridge where General Terry ha,
got possession and thrown pontoon BRIDGE the 22d)
and Wilmington.
CAPTURE OF CHARLESTON
among the important fruits of this campaign was thu
h o charleston, South Carolina II was evacuated by
the enemy on the night OF the 18th Of February and oc
cupied by our forces the 18th.
GENERAL sfoNEMASs RAID.
On the morning Of the 3lst Of January Gen. Thomas
was directed to send cavalry expedition under General
SLOVENIAN from East Tennessee, TO penetrate South
carolina well down towards Columbia, to destroy the
railroads and military Of the country and
turn he was able to East Tennessee by way Of Sails
The feasibility Of this latter however General Soheman
Was TO Judge Shermans movements had no doubt
would attract the attention OF all the force the enemy
Gould collect and facilitate the execution Of this Gen.
Stoneman was late In making his start this expe
ton land Sherman having passed out Of the State Of
South Carolnal the 9th Of February directed
General Thomas to change his course and ordered him
to repeat his raid OF last fall destroying the railroad
towards Lynchbug as far as he could This would keep
him between our garrsons In East Tennessee and the
enemy regarded II not impossible that in the event
Of the enemy being driven from Richmond he might fall
East Tennessee On the 14th Of February the following
communication was sent to General Thomas:-
Crrr PoIN. Va, Feb. H. 1856,
s OF aSsa IRON His ores saH
consist Of about twenty thousand men besides smiths
barked at ycksburg It. with the available cavalry already
sss s% nss the
Sn PORTION
Reahn HSs sS o. he
few days since IN speech that half OF II had been
or mot 70 cany viii
% the Of the and s
You prepare much of cavalry force as you can spare
threshold first to attract as much the eneys
s OF % Sn0 a
third to destroy capture their forces the hed
the expedition against This however, would not be
the Ss Of pen .s asp e
don 70 60 Where h according 70 the ne may re-
Now that your has depleted do not
know what number Of men you can put n the field III, not
will be sufficient y is not desirable that you should start
three OF days out or esen @eeR DO know when
will start but win inform by telegraph as soon as
hearing from you act the information received
a as possible o the FOR supplies
would also reduce the number Of guns TO battery Or the
taken No guns or caissons should be taken than
send
TONS
Major General G II. THOMAS
On the 18th he directed to start the expedition
soon after the Goth as he could get II off
GENERAL sHERDAss RAID AROUND RICHMOND.
deemed II of the utmost importance, before general
that all communications with the city north Of James
river should be cut of. The enemy having Withdrawn
the bulk Of his force from the Shenandoah valley and
and desiring to reinforce sherman If practicable, whose
cavalry greatly inferior in numbers 10 that OF the
enemy, determined to make move from the Shenan
doah which, If successful would accomplish the first at
least and possibly the latter Of these objects there
fore telegraphed General Sheridan as follows
gEsrnAL-A. soon Is s possible 70 travel think you
AIRY srs se
and canal every direction as 70 be Of further use TO
look after Mosbys gang From Lynchburs & nformaon
e. % & 4 sS ' 81 ssT
and push aud join General sherman This additional raid
one"n Numbering four Or Ve thousand cavalry
from or ,c eight
Candy from Mobile bay with about Ell
ing yais Carolina thai WIN be wanted
advise you great obstacles accomplish ihs
Charleston was z" Hsssissf,
Major General p. II. SHERIDAN
On the 25th received despatch from General Sher
dan, inquirng where Sherman WAS aiming for, and IL
could give him definite information az to the points ne
might be expected TO move on this side OF Charlotte
North Carolina. In answer the following telegram was
CIrY PorSr. Va. Feb. %, 1885.
Of opposition he meets with from the II
strongly he may possibly NEW nsss to m sasc
ever all danger for the necessity o. going 70 that point has
burg you viii have guided in your after By
sherman, think you would ind him moving from Colds
tone or the other q these psses with railroad
cations opened from his army 70 Wilmington or Eewoer1
Major General P. H. sassIpaS ''e''''"''
General Sheridan moved from Winchester on the 27th
OF February with two divisions Of cavalry numbering
about 900 each On the LIST Of March he secured the
bridge, which the enemy attempted TO destroy across
the middle fork Of the Shenandoah, at Mount Crawford
and entered staunton on the I'd, the enemy having
retreated on Waynesbor0 Thence he pushed on TO
waynesboro, where he found the enemy In force IN an
intrenched position, under General Early. Without
stopping to make reconnaissance immediate attack
was made the position carried and 1900 prisoners,
III pieces Of artillery, with horses and cassons complete
2 wagons and teams loaded with subsistence and II
battle flags captured The prisoners under an es-
OF 500 men, were sent back TO winchester Thence
he marched Charlottesville destroying efccually the
railroad and bridges he went which place he reached
the Sd Here he remained days destroying the railroad
toward Richmond and Lynchburg, including the large
the Rvanna river and awaiting the arrival OF his trims
This necessary delay caused him TO abandon the idea OF
capturing Lynchburg On the morning Of the 9th, d.
vdng hts force into two columns he sent one TO SCOTS
vle whence II marched mp the James River Canal to
Newmarket destroying every lock and In many places
tho bank Of the canal From here force was pushed
ont from this column 70 Duiguidsve 10 obtain posses
sion OF the bridge the James river at that place
but failed The enemy burned II on our approach The
enemy also burned the bridge the river at Hard
wicksyile The other column moved down the railrond
toward Lynchburg destroying a. far q Amherst Court
House. sixteen miles from Lynchburg thence across the
country uniting with the column At New Market The
river being very high hts pontoons would nos reach
across H. and the enemy having destroyed the bridges
by which he had hoped 70 cross the river
and get the Southside RAILROAD about Farmvle and
destroy ID 70 Appomattox Cost Houfe, the only thing
len FOR him was 10 return Winchester strike base
the White House Fortunately he chose the l.iter
From New Market he took up his line OF march, FOLLOW
Ing the canal towards Richmond destroying every loct
upon and cutting the banks wherever practicable
point eight miles east Of GoochIand concentrating the
whole force Columbia the 10Th. Here he rested
one day and sent through BY scouts Information q hii
Whereabouts and purposes and request Tor uppiea u
meet him n white House. which reached me on tbs