Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-05-10
agN. WILSON'S EXPEDITION,
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF
THE CAPTURE OF MACON.

We copy the following from tie Savannah
Herald Of Goth tilt.
Left Montgomery April 18th for Columbus, a
distance OF eighty-dve miles passing through
Tuskagee. some forty miles nom Montgomery
on the 10Th.
Monday 10th, left camp early this morn ng
marching thirty weight niles. reaching COlum )us
between nine and ten o'clock General WINS
lows brigade Of the fourth division forced its
way through the lines, aud about twenty-five
Union soldiers rode across the covered bridge in
company with a Rebel escort,without their know
ledge, O. course.
after crossing over the river these intrepid SOL
diers informed the Rebels who they we're, and
made an attack upon them with their sabres-
The escort soon disappeared, and, followed by
I the balance Of the brigade they entered and took
poSsessiOn of the city. About two hundred pieces
of artillery and large number OF small arms
were captured in TIE arsenal, and about two
thOusaEd prsoaeys.
Col. Won Zeuken, A. A. o. Of Gen. Won Zen
ken's staff, was killed Il the covered bridge.
The body Of q. A. l.. Lamar was found a snort
ii-s sfter the Union forces entered the city just
uuj,r ,he bridge. lie was shot by some one, the
uall entering near the !ete eye.
tap.rsi Howell COBB was in command at Co.
lrr,b~s who skeLaddicd back 10 Macon as last
he could on H. a\yedrauce Oh lie Union forces
r.,,,, Column. u Macon Is n,rety-slX miles.
Ge-,-l, NI.or lgft the former cl'y on the loth'
resurinr l', rch for the latter pace passing
by the double bridges. 49,, ..,.,,, ot,,, sey,ar.
an tis evening, d the 9th, when ABOUT seven.
ten mics from Macon. be was met by 4 nag CT
So, -a,., ont nv General Cobb, with copy oil
4 f,splt,b from General Beaureg4rd, announcing
tie arm,.tice between General sherman ana
Johnston, and asking an nlerNe" ~ soi'e PO''''
with y.cH 90 enforcing sara alu'lS. ~, -,
Pending this. and before General wilson hHu
60. y, -,r,- .f. f-ti. irliqua ut the second dl-
Vision. commuu,eJ by General Long dasled
iut, tie city about dusk, end TOOK tossess'o"
of il. A short tine after General wilson ar
rived in Tie city aid took quarters ~ the LIZ
GsrSr = cobb and stall. General MERCER and
stan and General @. ". smith, geo AIla"uihS
Tie mil.tiaI -uj -.J.- and some Two thotsdhu
other officers and soldiers. were all taken pr
Gsv,rn3r Brown is in Augusta, and making
every effort m his power 90 geo mp state Con
ycuti0n lr tie pglpOsc ,i muulling the otdr
nance oi seceysUu "a lang ia this, he VIII cal an
extrl session oil tlc B.. g.s.otme, m all probable
it's. at some point.
fused 10 rl,s 90 resolution ia accordance with the
recommendation Of Tie Governor az the recent
session iu siacUu are now willing, MOI only II
mas. ,grh a resolution, but ID !e. cal the odious
and Infamous a,t &C secession.
he -tuU SADIE D. =. .Nu. DO uf are ausi"'i
Of Union PRISONERS wen, formerly confined, was,
soon aits. the arrival of our forces totally de-
tpoIisLed. Tie IGDieG House was pulaged sup
po.ed 10 have bscl done by the servants and tie
i.wt Iry store of b. j.. jobs sJn, ia which was the
Confederate Depos taTy, managed by John
son.
The store OF IL Weed, one c0mmiSsary store
adi1iniugtle Lanier House. and w Burke
Co. methodist Book Repository were pluudered
and thea burned 80 Other buildings were IN.
iured The iiy, was the work 10 is supposed, oil
negroes.
There was NO cotton removed from the ware
houses and the c1mm-sary stores, together win
an public property OF every species were closely
guarded by Gen. b. IisJus forces.
The . orle az al hose places, Particular
Macon had shown no disrsspe-t = the I'M
soldiers.
4 close observer aid discover an Inward Joy
manifest in the c0uu,enancas OF large p Itlon
Of the PEG Ie. Bat one or two guns were hIed'
an only one man " u.d=d.
All businF s. house We're closed, and more bu.
special train, were running on amy o. tle ran
roads.
cen. Wilson's command cons f. OF about SIX
teen thousand men, {, whom much credit is due
for the rapid marches hey h-ye made, aud I'M
uortaut lptu Is o. tie cities they have yl>i ed
The campaign IRON $ Iona 10 Macon IS almost
without payelel iu the history oil this struggle
and no hoay o. soldiers mas been moved win
more raYiIity and regularity than that command
ed by Gea. Wilson ami his Ohce,s.