The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-05-11
!. asen's Raid from CliekaSqw, Ala, to "a |

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4 ,S{xen, WILSON'S famous. raiding aNpeGi-
! ton. arrived here yesterday trqin Macon
! he following is a condensed history OF tbs
trip. l;,al. iison left ChickaSaW Ala, %
tne 44I Of March. 1t is not proper to give
any statement Of his force, au0i..g.3a aui
! i.beuezer Cnurct, near Plantersyllie, Ala,I
WAS taken after a short engagement With
| FORESTS cavalry Three hundred prisoners
1 were captured, aud three guns Forests
| forces were driven to The west Of the GataI-
I ba river, aad separated, 4 column was
sent to tuscaloosa which eaptured and qe7
stroy, j much Government property. hs2omi
! Selma, 24I miles from The base, was cap
tured Oh tie End Of Apal. with q zoo pris-
oners, 81 guns in position. and Is IN aIseTi
nal We destroyed thrce rolling nils with
! iXturcs d naval founding aud arsenal, |
the second in Importance in the l2nfodaf80yi
1 powder works, magazines, and urge nun-I
! bers Of cars. We remained at SELMA eight |
days.
! The Alabama river was bridgeel $50 feet, |
the operation occupying tendays, from the |
! 9TH to the 10th, The next piace attacked
was Montgomery, fifty miles dlstahGs1 de-
stroyiug all the bridges on the Alabama ;liid
! .iauupssue rivers iue railroad 10 llpiuruii,s |
was destroyed, Iheene,ny destroyed sue
bales Of cotton. sef-tr. s1a ysHI Il |
Montgomery surrendered without assault, !
We destroyed two rolling mills aud fnrna-
ces, two magazines, one iocom0tiYe, sixty
cars, five steamboats,, captured on the river
near Wetunpka, and water-works. The !
rebels burned So 900 bales of cotton before
evacuating. Columbus, Ga, IS miles dis |
tant, was taken by assault, by Gen. Upton, |
after dark on the 18th. 1900 prisoners
were captured, 53 guns, large cotton fac
tories, 100 GOO bales of cotton, and immense
quantities OF ordnance, Quarterlnaster andf
commssary stores, large arsenal, large
pistol factory, an acc0utrement factory u |
naval foundry, a rolling mill and foundry, |
an arsenal foundry, IL locomotives, over
100 cars, depots, machine shops, &c, were
captured and destroyed. \ gup5oat mormt /
ing six seven inch guns, now called tire
jackson, but tie name OF which has been
recently changed, was captured. here. .5...
/ + dei0ur to West Point was made by la
Oranges brigade, v no attacked the works
and carried them by storm, capturing the
garrison $50 fnnulnber, aud four guns ana
killing the rebel General gaylor in com
maut. Fifteen locomotives. were d, str0yed
200 cars, two bridges and two large facto
rIes in. the vicinity We destroyed large -.
.qnaaFities Of t!aartermastef snaonmmjssapyi
stores a5 G iitfio aid she railroad bridges
ou toe Selma y Montgomery railToaga ZtNiet
eapturao alag taa Eoad ave gans. Al@ogt,
1sia t4sq's @af4oat opgQa'tiou. IL rs apgi
aet' ilacuas.-fy aa yea to=ueslr0Y &ly Esasai
afty. ga4Nt oapEufaG gems h9%aj Doavs6
1sagAvs.a as-laist', foraetf y saael ia.ssract
iarorhesw oraacsty, bQoeitslf1t ,isstea'el
aua aC III. Eae eaptur"s are iL2 2s's's 't'i4
position. IL Chs jleld an6 2ge gui,s ia -Aree /
pals and ln store wgnim,uense au4lute
Ordinance, elanern@8ter and eoanl,ssar, /
9.orae, oatJon a;d 'gataio95 7.1,roE
4loos 81. .,..s SIX !.