Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-04-26

:: 81 IEsHIDNEsB9zAY ERE 4 l[7E sI,l59zsY MO.
miles throughthe most God ifSrsaken, des.
Il elate, wooded, adninhabited cbhntryS Isha4f
EeEet. sAenS "A man owning 500 saNres Of
F Hand is too puUr to have more than one
suit of clothes aid Ole dollar per acre ID
keounted good price. The houses are
Il from four to- twelve miles apart and I will
-Eyentnre to say that after the army passed
ttherelWaa scarcely. enough left to feed a
hungry caa. The fhha itants viii certainly
have to immigrate. Atthe end Of this days
march Westrnck the Plank Road at Blues
Bridge, the road running to Fayetteville,
wheFe1we arrived On the tfth, about noon.
Here commqnie9tt0n Wassopened up the
i i Cape Fear river and someR supplies and
d forage Was brought ups sGeaeraI 7Bairt's
Sd Division of ON, corp, lgarriBpned the
place and destroyed the grand arsenal,
built by the 0uitedI States s0msisyears ago.
Also all factories and niIlsss except one
water mill sufficient to grind meal for the
citiEensJ 0fcdarss abe army concentrates
here. The place was fot for q email
garrison ct some time pa and the force
reported at 80, 600 occupying the 5place aa
i've approached, fortified Little, about one
mile from toWn, ,SAndC when our foraesrs
lcPms mp they HD1ishedf assh0Ft time and
laft, theitEentird force crossing the river and
bbuEning the bridge after thsm. It may be
/ Welf satd that our, fofSgeFss took the town.
t1s cani say nothing for the beauty of the
Iplace ,ebutf tfor. the country 9b1rr91nding it,
il!it may scaled 4 good busiaesS 10 wn, and
being the head Of navigation Hlto. helps II
in nthislline. Sa-2-19a
On the 14th,Ye creased ths riyerafId en- :
campedt On thdl 6ppobitS tbanE from the
town, all being noW-over but Baird's Dt-
vision. yoR the hoFnihg Of the 18th, we
marched, leaving one Division from each
sS hthiEE SaE. Wig 90 itH q thssS ssins
'Rs RfP s fGss sS E SissE ssF on
18th, and had considerable little fieht, in
which l8e drove them .tfr6llct theiP6W0tks,
,Eeaptnrtng gIone,u gum The 10th Corps did
the most qf the aghtipg here, they having
the kdTshce, but the enemy having
stronger force than yves a. first saspectedI
the entire wing On thia road was brought
up and our lines, estabi biiahed and .yorkb
built, only whining to hold onr, oRn and let
this right wing swing '6sao1nd. S.,,,,,Tt
The following morning found nd rebels
in our immediste front, aadgWe pulled OUT
taking q right band Foadi ifrpu1, thA Raleigh
plank road, but having to bridge this
Black river or creek-Fhtch might we'll be
called Black Swamp instead 9f the former
p-4thei column was detained until late in
thu attsrn6on, consequently We made only
seven miles. s; j. AZ 80a
br4o On the morning oftheI 19th about 7sAj
Ad.tItvely .skiFmis hing by our fofsgers was
heard front, and when the head of the col
umn Of the let Division, 18th Corps, came
up a skirmish line was deployed and
charged upoa othe rebel SPickets, driving
them Thinking that II Whs only trePetfE
ton of trying 70 harraas orr moVementsb by
stationiugt of rebel cavalry in our
| front General 0arlin, commanding 1Bt Di-
vision, l4th Corps, after driving inthe reb.
el pickets threw his Division into single
line and marched about sydmile through
thick timber, and upon finding the enemy
fortified charged their works. and was re-
pulsed, thereby bringing on . general en-
gagement. The I'd Division was soon
brought on theo lin6 bn NCarlin's right
fighting, still going, opsaqd during q short
| InlI, the two Divisions commented to throw
upitsmporRFy works bht efete they could
complete them the enemy charged tthem
without even yell, driving the 1st DiVis.
ion back, exposing the 1eitaank of the I'd
X @ u It. 81 ,5its.t.S - t1sT
at,onee; ;VnEe" (, DaoAI ~ = EIgns, aue!s, tne
lbut the enemy were soon in front and rear
OF tue ieLs DEigsq9e q giYlfsiion' ~ fi9
Is1d, anuitheX nad,to'nent Hon1 ootn slaes
lot fnelE ksp enanglpe IslGeslSi4 ~ tiimesi
out tnEopg n tneir go99' Pi9lee Ple6 TEa neg
their Sr4kSss ,tS 4Ss an and slayed great many reb-'
el9:n y he9 ssmmanttlona wss e1
naasted1lstnsys I1,sl nxeq ape Ltnet
trignVepeq las JONI 1onttnnies W0Fse knan' any
thing before, so they lett. This was told by
prisoners Lieut., n, Branlp was killed
and Dol. PeafoeL SW59nded s1thfo9gh =! SG the
snoaIaer .s, neckaeeP:
ofncera IN Rete Struck. SomPapyl f6DIlost Z.
2nIT teree men, q @ y.
:. troaFhs. wtlI ggsiY9slI! 16out the time
tne lsI DIVISION tell back the lss .t'.sls.on'
4Otn corps came ana a.! dprlng Lae after
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