Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-03-27


Here the Colonel displayed his usual quick
tness OF perception, and ordered the Is
/ New York and LIST West Virginia Cavalr,
TO cross the river about q mile RboVe I'd,
Il IbpdgeAna ehsEge the rebels on their lef
and 5reaE. Phls was accomplished IN
verT shcft umer notWithstanding the fac
that the fstdihg was so deep that three
ltoprthS OF the horses had to SWIM
The charge Waa made in splendid style
i and the rebels driven peIl-melI for ter
miles Thirty seven prisoners were cap
tpFed iuQludiug hVe commissioned officers
and seEen. Wagons all loaded with com
mtssary stores OF ammunition. While thC
lst West Yirginia and 1st New York reai.
ments v ere PuFsuinR the enemy, the Sd
West Vlfeiuta Gavslry dismountedsaud put
ont the fire on the bridge and sRVediit. The
flooring was soon replaced and the com.
ImRtdl CiWAsnot detained two hours, where
| il would have been detained at least q
whole day had Tie bridge not been saved.
The bridge across Middle river was the
ne<t thlnglof imPoFtanef on the route, aud
to esVe tGIs,s the Ist West Virginia lOaVEI
II, sRoder command of Capt. S. B. Howe,
was pushed forward, and soou'met a email
party of7rebet cavalry and charged aud
drove them at a run for several miles, not
giving them time f to, stop at 1all at the
bridge The command then moved to
within four miIes of Stauntou and encamp-
ed for the night, having marched and
fought q distance Of thirty miles. The
command again moved at 5 Q. m. on the
Id Of March, passed through Staunton at
an early hour, and pushed on through mud
ab9uttwo feet deep, for WsynAsboro, little
town twelve miles east ofStauntuu; on the
Virginia Central railroad, at the west end
of Rockish Gap, In the Blue Ridge. Lieut..
Gen. Jubal Early was found at this place
strongly entrenehed with two brigades of
infantry, one brigade of cavalry and thir-
teen pieces of artillery. The Sd Division,
Gen Custar commanding, had the ad.
vance, and as is the gallant Generals rule,
he drove the enemy's skirmishers into their
works without halting, and then placing
the first Brigade in reserve, he commen-
ced hlukiug the enemYts works with por.
tions of the I'd and Sd Brigades-the en-.
emy all this time keeping up heavy ar
ttllery IRE on our men. AS soon as the
fan king parties had gained the positions
desired, the bugles sounded the charge,
and splendid charge they made of it.
The two brigades came in on the "Johu-
MES" at fearful rate, pumping their Spen-
Ger rifles and yelling like Jehu. 1t WAS too
their esrthworks and 'rail-piles. and made
for the woods, every man for himself and
the Yankees for the hindmost.
The Infantry were mostly captured, and
sueh q horseracs- as ensqed after the rebel
cavalry is among the wonders of the age,
Wagons, artillecy and cavalry made gen
eral rush for Charlottesville, through the
Rockfsh Gap road. The artillery did not
get q quarter of mile till it was taken up
by the Yankees, TO fill Sheridan's reouisi-
ton on the Oonfederacy The rebel cav
airy tookrthe matt road t6WaFds Char
lottesville, and was pursued by Capeharts
Brigade at full run across the mountain
to Greenwood station, where the 2d West
Virginia CaValry overlook q train Of cars,
which started from Waynesboro Just as the
charge commenced. The train was fred
into, and one rebel Major and one private
soldier killed, and three soldiers wounded
Several of the soldiers, supposiug the train
would surelyy be captured, jumped OF aud
we're taken pisouers, The engineer put on
all the steam he had and got away. On
thia train were, two pieces of artillery
which were used in the fight at Waynes-
boro, and are the only pieces the enemy
saved. - - :.
In this affair the enemy lost eleven pieces
of artillery, one Thousand four hundred and
fifty prisoners, aud about one hundred and
thirty wagons and teams All the army
wagons were loaded with ratious or forage
There were some wagons belonging to rebel
refugees who supposed everything safe in
Early's care, and had t6eauck 70 turu over
most of their vaIuables to the "Yankee
vaudals" Of course the Yankees would
not take any gold watches or things Of thst
sort found in the trunks in these wagons
cer'alulyl not, they don't do such things!
| At Greenwood Station tmmense stores o
supplies aud munitions of war were burned
March Sd the prisoners were started un
der guard to the rear, and the command
moved towards Charlottesville, at whict
place it arrived about 4p, a., aud after q
little skirmishing took possession of the
place, capturing two pieces of artillery and
some prisoners. aEgig iH.lE
Large stores of ammunitiou and supple,
aud two pieces of artillery were captured a
this place. The command remained at thil
place destroying railroad track, bridges
&C., uutil the morning of the 9th inst. Or
the 5thTinstant, the Sd Brigade, Sd Divis
ion, made recounnissRnce TO within eigh
miles Of Gordonsyille. Had some skffm,
| ishipg, took several prisoners and captured
the battle dag of the 23d Virginia (rebel
cavalry. Returned to Charlottesville in thl
afternoon having burned two railroad de-
pots Of supplies aud all the bridges. anC
most of the ties qon the railroad on the
9Th at six O'Clock a. N. the Sd Division
took up its line of march along the railroad
towards LyhehblrE. The 1st Division
marched more to, the east aud struck thI
Flames river Rt Seottaville.5 The Sd DfVis
ion followed and destroyed the railroad 4
| T., TT.
on the 9th marched to New Market, at thu
mouth of the Tye river, where we met tht
lst Division which had been destroyine
the James River Canal from Scottsville nj
to New Market. At 5 q. m. on the 9th 'tht
command was sgaiu moving for lHoWards-
vile, oeths James riSer. ! - v "a
!. From d. the command marched aion,
the toe path of the ,canRl 70 gcottsville
where It encamped for the nights On th,
\ 10th, the command narched to Columbii
by the most direct ronts,-dstaohmentl
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