The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-06-27

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which patriots (black or white) wer,
I bound TO respect" We continued thu
march arriving at Salisbury on the
morning of the 18th, and made an at
tack upon that place at s A. M. The
enemy had prepared for us and met us
with artillery and musketry. They
had their artillerey planted in the
woods two and onehalf miles from
the city, eighteen peices in all. When
we came upon them they opened with
grape, canister and shell from all di-
rections, but our battery soon came
up "a pieces in all and silenced their
loud talking with big guns, We fought
about three-quarters of an hour when
a cavalry charge was ordered to be
made, In a few moments cavalry
could be seen in all directions charging
with drawn sabers. The Eleventh
Michigan charged their artillery and
in less than twenty minutes captured
twelve pieces well mounted. We cap
tured eleven hundred prisoners within
one hour, and the killed and wounded
of the enemy were numerous, while on
our side the killed and wounded did
not exceed six,
On the 18th we left Sallsberry and
marched day and night arriving at
Taylorsville on the 18th. Here we
first heard that Lees army had surr en-
dered to Gen. U, S. Grant-the worlds
military hero-and shouts of JOY filed
the air, and we began to think we
should soon be a victorious people
Marching from there in the direction of
Morganton and camped within three
miles of the place, The next day we
marched into the town. Here they
seemed bound to still resist, and stood
ready for us, They opened their az
tillcry upon us as soon as we came in
sight. They had but one piece, and a
shot from one of our parrot guns took
one wheel off that, but they toggled
it up and commenced firing again,
throwing canister and grape, but we
sent few shells which scattered them
in hurry, and we marched on in tri-
umph.
From Morgantown we moved in the
direction of Ashville; got as far as
Manoah Gap and found it blockaded,
AID were obliged to return about 20
miles-moving in the direction of Rug
erford. We reached Rugerford on
che 22d and left on the 23d, moving
toward Hendersonvill, 40 miles distant;
went within miles of Ashville; met
the rebel artillery, five pieces, making
its wayt to Greenville, S. c., and stopped
them, relieving them of further care of
the guns, and placing them under obli-
cations to Uncle Sam. Here n rebel
general met us under a flag of truce,
stating that an armistce had been
granted by Gen. Sherman. His object
was to have US pass through Ashville
without disturbing the place. Finally
it was granted him, and we passed
through the town without molesting
anything, in the direction of Green
vile, Tenn. We marched about Is
miles when We got orders to move
back upon the town, rs Vaughn had
broke the armistice. We charged tho
place and took number of officers
and men prisoners; we also captured 3
pieces Of artillery and many small
arms. From here we marched into
Georgia on hunt after Jeff Davis,
but the 4th Mich, Cavalry got the
start of US, capturing that illustrious
villain.
From Georgia we marched to Green
vile, S. c., where the regiments all
got together and we started back to
Tennessee, and arrived at Greenville
on the oath of May. We are now
stationed about % miles from Knox
vile, doing nothing but moving camp
about every other day,
The following are the names of the
killed, wounded, missing, ETC., during
the raid:
Company A--George Silkworth,-
wounded, shgth, thigh, accidentally; I;
George A. Annable, missing,
Company B-John Aldrich, wound
cd. leg, severe, Salisbury, N. c., April
18th, 1865; Dennis Clifford, missing
and probably bushwhacked at Ander-
son, @. H., South Carolina; John AM
stey, missing near Floyd c. H., Virgin
ia, April eth; Hamilton Meyers, mis-
sing; James p. Cross, ditto.
Company C-Henry d. Thompson,
deserted at Hartwell Ga, reported
married and settled down for life.
Company D-Capt. John Edwards,
mortally wounded while brcvely leading
a charge of his company, at Salisbury,
N. G. April 18th; Chas. ii. chatham,
missing; Eber Lewis, missing.
Company E-Walter Siegler, died