The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-03-15
THE WAR NEWS.


six thousauG men He lett his camp near
| Winchester early on the morning of Feb
| 9th His troops marched southwest along
The turnpike that runs through The valley
I On The 27th Sheridan passed through Kerns-
town, Middlelown and SirasburI, crossed 1
Cedar Creek, and at nigh.fal reached
! Woodstock, thirty miles from Winchester
| Here the Federal troops bivouacked On
the 2Sth they resumed their snafch passing
! through EdenbuTg aud crossing the north
! icrk OF he Shenandoah, near New Market.
Nine Federal soldiers were drowned in
crossing the stream. AT dusk the army
encamped at point just south of New
/ Market aud twenty seven miles from
! Woodstock On March the Federal cav.
/ airy marched through Harrssonourg, cross
! Ing Middle rIver and encamping four miles
northeast of SlauGton, having marched
/ twenty six miles during the day. 1t was
( here ttat the Confederate pickels were first
discovered
! General Early had but small force at
/ Slaunjon his main body being al Char
/ otesvlile, forty miles east of Staonlon.
| I he Virginia Cenral Railroad connects
| Charlottesville apd S,aunlon This is no!
/ he Richmond aud Lynchburg railroad
! General Lee, upon hearing of Sheridan's
| advance along The valley, reinforced both
| Lynchburg and Charlottesville, so as TO
meet the Federal troops whichever way
they should torn. Early, npon Sheridan'o
| approach, abandoned Stauntoa having frs.
removed all the public property. He re-
J treated east along the Central railroad 10
wards Charlottesville After Sheridan's
] troops had beeh in ca mp four miles north
1 east of Staunton, for three hours, he order
/ ed has army under arms, and al midnight
! on March /, attacked Stauuion. The ene>
/ my were gone, however and The few pick
J ~, h,.I Lo,r e
! silly driven out. Without any delay, a brig.
ade OF Federal cavalry turned east from
Stanton and marched along The railroad
! towards Charlottesville. They advanced
seven miles destroyed railroad bridge
over Christians creek, and then returned 10
| SIauuton where SEefidans main body was
blvouacked.
On March % Sheridan ordered Gust er's
Two brigades oi cavalry 10 march from
Slaunlon towards Charlottesville They
marched east along he railroad and a com
mon road and al Flsheravie, seven M lies
east OF Siaunion, met the Confederate pick
cts. The picseIs reiTesied six miles 10
Waynesooro'. where the main force of the
enemy was posted. Early ordered a re-
! treat from WayGesboro' 10 Charlotesvie
! II was not made quickly enough, however
by skliliul movement, Custer succeeded
in cutting OFT a portion of Inc Confederate
| troops, and took them prisoners. The con
I es: was short and comparatively bloodless
the Federal loss being very slight Twelve
hundred Confederate prisoners seven can
non, aud one hundred wagons, were cap
| tnreG. General Early was no' taken. but
Withdrew with The balance of his army in
/ good order towards Charlottesville. The
roads beng IN a shocking condition, the
cannon and wagons were destroyed by
their caPtois. On March Sd, Gen. Gus er,
( with the main force OF Sherdau's cavalry
I advanced along The road 10 Charlottesville
as lar as Greenwood, fifteen miles from
/ Charlottesville. y brigade of Sherdan's
/ force broUgh! the prisoners 20 Winchester
( arriving there on Tuesday last. We have
I no information of Sheridau's progress since
/ March 81. The rumors, however, are that
/ he has Withdrawn from Greenw y God and
/ gone westward towards Lynchburg Whilst
/ he Federal guard with their prisoners we're
/ returning TO Winchester, they were attack
( ei by the Confederate cavalry The Con,
( federales we're defeated. however with
/ loss Of twenty seven prisoners
brigade OF three thousand negro troops
! has been recruited IN Charleston There
! are ten thousand Federal troops in Charles
/ ton. that have laIey arrived They are a
I reinforcement TOR Sherman.
/ The steamer Amazon, a Savannah river
) boa,, recently run the gauntlet OF The Con-
! iederaie pickles on that river and came
down 10 Savannah. Her captain volunta-
! riY gave himself and his boat TO the Fed.
eral authorities
From the Age ofhte 18Th inst
For some time past a Federal expedition
has been concentrating at Newbern. North
Carolina 1t lett there feN days since aud
. advanced along lhe sou.h bank Of the
+ Npusa river totv.rTS Ei,stno
thirty miles northwest OF Newbern, and
( twenty miles south of Goldsbore'. The
expedition was led by Generals Schofisld
, and Terry, and lis object was 10 gel 10
{ Goldsbo'o', add destroy the railroad which
runs soath from Weldon. The Confsdsr-
( ales were al Kinstou under Generals Bragg
and Hoke, and had been reinforced by
p. Ht wIh troops from Richmond On
Wednesday last, the Federal advance was
inttenched within four miles OF Kinston.
The Contederates attacked the intrenched
camp, ami after an obstinate contest drove
. The Federal troops three miles towards
. Newbern. Fifteen hundred Federal pris-
oners and three cannon were captured On
/ Thursday the two armies confronted each
, other twenty three mules from Newbern II
/ was though, that the Federal groops would
retreat TO Newbern. This contest proves
concIus!Sely thar on Wednesday last, Sher-
man was not a: Godsboro' nor at Raleigh.
northwest OF Goidsboro nor at Fayeue-
vile, ives, OF Godsboro' He could not
have been near any OF these places, with
out making The retreat of The Coniederales
from Kinsiod imperative.
a: Fort Pickering, Federal work near
! Memphis, fight occurred on last Thurs
day night. The soldiers of white and
black regiment guarreled with each other
! about their raiions. Several negroes and
one white soldier were killed. The two
| regiments were part Of The garrison OF the
/ fort.
EiARRiE ID.
! On the 18th OF March 1865 al the resi-