Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-03-23

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the other ons asax creek near Charlotte
! vile, snd % failrsa6 fss Diseases u
sfAk 4zile y iAe aisessioa 4 & aahsssn
On he Glib Of March sent tbs ilrss Of
sisioa, Gen. Devin commanding, 70
Seotsssills, Oh James river, with direa~
ssous = Send sas H ~ parsies tAfoaga'
tho eouassy and destroy all merchandise,
mills, factories and bridges on Ravenna
river. Tasse parties msFa % sela The d.
visien nj SoossssiIie.
The division then proceeded along the
canal n Gerdossssilas Is miles ffosa1
Lynehbarg destroying every lock, and
/, in many places the bank Of che canal.
1t Gorlonssilas ws ripped % scare The
bridge 10 cross The river - oar ponsooas
we're useless on account Of high water
Ia this ws we're follea, ~ hpsl tbs
TIA hfiags aud the one as HardwiekssaIis
wess burned By tie enemy upon our APP
pscasa.
Merits areompanisd this division, and
the third disisioa started at sha same
time from ChaziolseSills and proessaaa
down The Lynshbarg sailroad 90 Amhasss
Court ncase, destroying svery bridge on
the road and IN many places miles Of the
road. Bridges on this road are numsr-
oas asd ssme % them 500 feet In length.
We found great abaadanee In ibis
country for our men and animals, ia fact,
the canal has been tho great feeder Of
Richmond.
| AsRask Fisher river the bank Of the
canal was cut, and at New Canton, where
the dam Is across the James, the guard
lock was Destroyed, aad Jaaaes river let
iase tbs canal carrying away che bank.
and washing away the bottom Of the ca
nal. The dam across the Jamea al thai
point Was partially aeatfogsd.
have bad no opposition. Everybody
Is 6sEildeFed by our movements
haEs hsiu ne nsws Of ass klad sin 90
left.
The bridges on theR, B. from Sweeps
Depot on the Other side Of Staanton to
Charlottesville, wess utterly Destroyed also
the bridges for q distance Of teU miles on
the GerdonsyiIls r. 4.
Weather been very bad indsed, raining
| bard every day, with exception Of 4 days.
since We ssassed.
MY wagons hayes from tho state Of the
rosds, detained me up to safs present
/ time.
/ We have cagsured Il pieoss Of artillery
Ill al WaynesborO and 2 Ut Charlotte
| vile.
/ The party sent back from Wayues-
boro started with pieces but were
obliged 20 destroy two Of ak for want Of
I animals. &k
We have also captured twelve canal
boats laden with supplies, amanisisa.
rAsions. medical stores, &c.
/ Commodore IIallins, Of The rebel navy
was shot near Gordonsville, whila A.
tempting to make bic escape from eul
advance 10 that direction.
Signed, SHERIDAN.
The Louisville yoHf4ia! Of March 18Th
says: "An expedition of SO men Of 30tt
Via, cent from here on Saturday, sur'
rounded yesterday morning barn ID
Webster, Mead Co., capturing Sue Nun
dy, Magrades, Henry and Mstoalf, after
some resistance In which 3 Of cur mel
wsrs slightly wsuadsd, sad oaa msEtally
hAgrules IL ssssssing from . recem
wound, and il not likely to recover"
Il 10 stated that the Federal Cavalry 81
petition sent from Baton Rouge oocupis
Clinton and jackson, La, after som
heavy skirmishiag 10 utssA ve losa 10 .
Is killed and wounded, inAieting loss o.
enemy of 30 or 40 and some prisoners
including two officers.
! 1t lie also stated that the Confsderat
Gen. Ready vas recently sakeu prisons
and sent to New orlsaas. "
A telegram from Louisville, KY, da
ted the 18th inst, states that Jerom
CLARK, alias See Muady, the noted e
male guerrilla leader, was hanged o
thai day, Ia pursuance ol the sssssnO
of military commission. On the lot
iust. Gen. Grant seat the following sels
gram 10 the Secretary Of WEE:
Il To Dana, Assistant Ses'y Of war;
| am just in receipt Of letter from Shsr
man, dated the Lab fFosa Faystsesiiss. b
describes bis army Is in fine health 50
! spirits havihg met With no serious oppo
sition. Hardee keeps In Die fsont--.s
a respectful distance. At Columbia !
destroyed inmease arsenals, 43 caanon
and several railroad establishments.
Al Cheraw he found much machinery
. eapnon ana ., 900 barrels Of gan paw
der.
Ia Fayetteville be found 20 pieces {
artillery. and much usher material.
lie says nothing about KiIpasrick's d
feaa by Hasapasn, hsat an saisss wh
broughs rms lsssss, ssys before dayliga
: Of the 10th, Hampton got two brigade
! In rear ID kilpaasiek's hsadquaxtsxs, sol
prised and capsured al bns two of b
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