The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-03-25
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WHirEHoUsE, Va, March II.
Mai Gen SAere1sa yNitlIs his cavalry,
for nineteen days hiss travelled almost
at wiz throughout the AcoIsties- Of
Frederick, Shenandoah, Rockingham,
Augusta, Albermarle, Nelson, Amherst,
FlaFaniag .stSoshiaaa, 2 EsaDveE iAssxof
line andaKiag ~ liiaz9, destroying a
large amount Of public property, do
ing me- d&tlA e. % 81 snt srtste
cause and creating q greater alarm IN
Richmond. IN the great rebel centre
and last ditch, than was eTen'tsscolsf
plished yany.sihel xpedEien SasFe-
tofcre, the monster expediAOu S8.sieps
Sherman not excepted -,
Leaving Winchester on the. 9th, TIE
comm sfd .n15F9d a1{i ;sfe 'She6kndoah
Valley through e tfas tffeii Il O syis5ods
stock, Nberei fhssErss aofstis tnsnss5
two companies, wersmets nd ssfzfessse'
by the Advaneessesnts, saad.sg command
of Mai YoRng, without dos an cur
side, the enemy losing one man k1pfd
and four prisoness. Hating - Se1E
Market over, night, the follqwipg day
the commsnd moved forward by The
way OF Mount Jackson ands EssFs ,atafs
keith Issasy IS nFii1gss7 Whiis crossing
the north fork Of the Shenandoah,
Que man named pougheTty. Of the
ET'hiFd New Jersey fesv5iiv vas dT6tTis-
Ell. From EaGSys ''spfinss "a Middle
River Constituted II et9lirsf ds Ss1naT'ch- 1
Rosser harassed tie advanesa sipti-
thsbndee. aerosa the, sSoEth kEeFrat
Mount Crawford, was sreaeaeds when
he made 8 stand, with four hundreq
men, and attempted to destroy The
bridge Cspt5 Hsfss 7bfigatiesvfh sltss
tllafI dirty asnfntitesg -hastled thesenei'
nv Oh thsiFl works X iiiss,lstEo -Ea5eissa
one aaa officer, azafls saHeastke bridge
Our loss WAS three sigh " gou1aear--yl
none killed Rosser's horse returnedl
10 his command that night without
rider. and for several days II vas sup 1
nosed he md been yiIiets; 5stitliis aFhs
mistake A race then took plaoeato'
save the bridge across Naked Cgee >
Walker s. lcgesk, .sgesPsy tiigsrs ana
oyer seveE@l o{slsF = ~ y, IL.
Rosters hien did pot. have Time 20 ma
terially damage these, oFfng 20 the
rapid pursuit OF Capt harshi Rat1ag'
the day p Febeb IA g0RltEain TBsse1P
tured filed with provisions ofs all.
kinds, lust what the men wanted, and
they helped themselves literally to
4anrs rnof5tsks. butler, etc Some Forty
horses and mules wGfs assosc4pBufed.
The next dss ! sniareiI WIS though
Stantau and FmheTsFrils rtOs Way nsss
boro. Asa ssls'5ts .sEsasns d "A isce1 and
yicinitv-Custer, with only. a -E39Rti9H
of the Third Division, whipped ,Earrly 4
command, capturing all his Supplies,
i.s,7,rfffs2s ~ rstofes Qdartern1aster'
sr,u4llies of6fhsnce department, battles
flags. indeed everything but Old 'Iubal
himself, t8O.sf Ais sststi saiheeEsi and a
few scared Tpen, not. exceeding q DO
zen, who followed The General INTO the
mountain. fastnesses-
Among the figs captured we're sey-
eral beloDeing &c Gen Crooks head
quarters. recently captured at Cumber-
fand.. The number Of prisoners caps
tufed fully equals the number actually
engaged in the attack. Nc set OF pris-
onsrs were ever so happy before. They
expressed their entire satisfaction at
the result, and gave vent to their feel.
ings in repeated cheers Tor General
Curtis.
The property captured and destroy
ed this day is valued at round numbers
At not less than two millions in United
States currency.
The next day through mud and wa
ter the troops moved on toward Char
lotteville without opposition. When
within one mile Of that place the May
or and prominent citizens approached
Gen. Custer, waving Write handker-
chiefs aad formally surrendered the
| city. at the same time asking protec-
ton for private property, and passing
| over the Keys Of sil public bindings
including The negro Joil, IN which was
confined q number of Union men
These uaen were subsequently liberated
by Gen. Merritt, who took command OF
the Mace. When the column approach
ed ,he Virginia University, the faculty
came out with white flags and asked
protection for the institution. Senti
nels were placed throughout the town
and not soldier left the ranks. 10
pripate property .ohafegsr ,o5s naqiesied er-
cepf provisions and forage 70 supply the COM
Maad
a halt was made from Saturday un>
I'll Monday, the time being occupied in
the distraction of railroads leading
from this point
This work done, one column, under
Gen. Devin, moved through Carers
Gan TO Scottsville, on the james River,
throwing out delachments and feelers
"a far down the river as the mouth Of
Hardware River. aud northward 10 Pal
mvra. on the Rivans, destroying mills,
sforebouses. snd their oantents, the
canal. tobacco, -four, and every species
of property that could in the most re
mote way be used TO sustain the enc
my.
The other column, under Gen. Custar
at the same time moved slowly toward
Gord0nsvilie, threatening that place
and completely destroying the railroad
as il moved along, as far as Buffalo
River, a little beyond Amherst Court
house In this vicinity large mum
her of mills aud an immense qnsntity
of eomnlissafy supplies were eitherde
stroved or issued 10 the soldiers. or 10
the moor. down trOdden citizens, some
of whom, it was ascertainod, had not
nartaken OF food for two days Many
others had not tasted Of aour or meats
for weeks Hundreds Of thousands OF
Deople in the State to-day are PRAYING
for The restoration Of the Dnio0, who
before. if not open enemies Of the Gov
ernment we're passive tools IN the
hands OF JEFF Davis
While Custer Threatened Lynchburg
bv tborailroad, Devin approached along
the canal aud from Newmarket at
TEMPTED 70 secure the bridge across the /
lanes, at Dueuldsville but Fitz Lee.
who was watching from TIE other side
of the river. had the bridge PINNED !
with turnenhre, and no sooner had the |
bridge been reached by Capt Moore |
Of Gen. SheFidan's staff. With detsch> !
ment Of three hundred men, than it |
was in flames. This movement sent |
two brieades OF Pieketts division TO
Lvnehburg, and also called in some 4
troops from Salwille for its defence
At this point, Sheridan suddenly /
turned the main column into one chan
mel at Scottsville, and together the
whole command moved on % Columbia
Another days rest was here taken, du-
ring which almost the lsstvestige ofthe
canal and all its appurienanccs was de-
stroyed. a large number OF horses and !
mules were sent across theriver 70 look
after Fitz Lee
The next move was rapid one in s
northerly direction, 70 the Central Rail-
rOsd, striking il st the same time at
several points between Louisa Court.
house and Beaver Dam Station.
As the head Of Clusters column
moved through Thompsons Cross
roads, Early was reported to have s,sss-
ed there on the old bridge road toward
Richmond four hours before, acoomps-
MED by only two hundred men. mis-
was the first heard Of Early since his
Hight at Waynesboro. JET Davis is 1
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