The New York herald., 1865-05-05
w IL S O N,
Still Further Particulars Of Operations
in Georgia and Alabama.
ONE LOYAL WOMAN FOUND.
Iron Works, Rolling Mills and other
Property Destroyed.
Battles at Hbenexer Church, West
Point, Columbus, Selma, Mont
gomery and Macon.
Brutal Murder Of Lieut.. Royce
and His Men by Order Of
Gen. N. b. Forrest.
Names Of Officers Killed and
Wounded.
DEATH OF II. IL. CUYLER.
Attempt to Bring Georgia Within
the Union,
&C., &c.
Brutal Murder Of Lieut.. Royce
and His Men by Order Of
Gen. N. B. Forrest.
Names Of Officers Killed and
Wounded.
DEATH OF II. II. CUYLER.
Attempt to Bring Georgia Within
the Union,
&c, &c.

CO., &C.
:. Theo. II. scribner's Despatch.
HEADQuARTERs CAVALRY CoRps NJ D. NIL
MACON, Ga, April %, 1896.
Ihave an opportunity to communicate with you by the
way Of Savannah. send forward detailed account Of
the operations Of this corps for the past month
LEAVING cncKAsAw.
Early the morning Of the 22d Of March last thrcc
divisions Of the corps struck and started southwark
travelling by three roads running nearly parallel Every
thing not actually essential in the way Of baggage
left behind, and transportation limited to headquarters
wagons pack mules and sixty days ratons Of coffee and
sugar The command, with the exception Of about six
hundred mon, were we'll mounted and equipped and In
fne spirits and condition.
Until arrived at the Black Warrior river I found
nothing worthy Of description except perhaps the
CONDITION COUNTRY.
In the mountainous regions Of Northern Alabama Is
found the most sterile and most worthless country for
agricultural purposes which has been my misor
tune to travel The soil Is kind Of mixture Of
and clay, covered with rocks, and yielding only
scrubby pine trccs; and seemed curious to stranger
how human beings able to subsist in barren
gion. For the first twenty miles south Of Chckasaw
found occasional plantation bearing mir Of former
luxury and plenty, but they mostly deserted by
their owners and left to the OF class Of lazy negroes
and fast going to ruin Leaving these, we found
ourselves In region sparsely inhabited by people Of
only limited uformaton living cabins and sbsistng-
the Lord only knows how They could hardly tell us
whether they lived under the 'Sars and Stripes the
"stars and Bars" Among these ignorant and happy
residents however (for wherc ignorance bliss Ills
folly TO be wise " found prodigy worthy OF special
mention. II lady who by chance OF fortune,
had cast her In this bcn ghtcd ncghborhood
possessed of more than ordinary intelligence. This
lady still adhered to her love for the old flag and had
fabricated for herself dress into which she had inter
woven in several places the American flag and the sig
nilcant letters, gu. s."
Our march often impeded by swamps and quick
sand marshes which had TO be corduroyed before the
column could pass over.
CROSSING HLAcK WARRIOR RIVER.
On tho morning of the Goth instant commenced
crossing the Mulberry fork OF the Black Warrior
This exceedingly difficult task the bed of the
rocky and uneven, the water deep and the
swift. We occupied most Of the nrst day
In crossing. Some Ave soldiers and twelve fifteen
horses and mules swept down stream and drowned
The wagon train obliged to pontoon before they
could cross.
DESTROYING PROPERTY.
Between the Black Warrior river and the town OF
Monlevalo located large number OF furnaces,
foundres, machine shops, rolling mills, cotton
houses &c These all burned including the
sive Red Mountain Iron Works and the Central Rolling
MIL Just completed. We met enemy Of any strength
importance until the Fourth DIVISION under Genea Upton
In the advance fred upon by about six hundred
rebels under Rhoddy who intrenched behind rail
barricadcs sabre charge by the adva guard soon
them TO flight They kept up skirmishing along the
road however, and many OF them paid the penalty Of
their temcrity with their lives Nothing else OF import
ance occurred until the
npSEzER CHURCH
NH. tncL al, At pN ofIoA
Ebcnczer Church, about twenty-five miles from Selma
The rebels were intrenched In the woods and had
pieces Of artillery in position. They about 5000
strong, commanded by Forrest, Chalmers, Armstrong
and Adams After considerable firing both sides,
companies OF tho Seventeenth Indiana, led by Captain
Taylor, charged them with the sabre, driving their gun.
from the artillery, capturing battery Of three
guns, and scattering the enemy in all directions While
they thus dcmorazing the rebels the second brig
ade Of the fourth DIVISION which had been road
10 the % arrived, charged and completely routed the
enemy Our los ia this engagement about thirty In
killed and wounded We captured over three hundrcd
rebels and their loss In killed and wounded heavier
than ours We also captured four pieces Of artillery and
many small arms.
Captain Taylor killed, after having wounded Gen.
eral Forrest In the with his sabre
rm
Our troops arrived IN front of the Notifications of
selma AT about four O'Clock the evening OF the ID
OF April They were Immediately formed In line Of bat
to- the Second Division occupying the right Of the centre
Of the works and the Fourth division the extreme left
The fortlncations consisted OF double line Of earth
works In a ssmcirclc from bank to bank OF the Ala
bama river There also thirty-two bastions aud
two formidable forts In front Of the first line OF works
was row Of palisades six feet high, which, together
with the marshy Of the ground which tho
charge was made rendered the earthwork very dncut
OF ACCESS
The works were defended by seven thousand men,
with somc thirty pieces Of artillery. AZ previously
stated tho Second division formed In line, dis
mounted and n skrmish limo formed.
brisk nre kept up between our skrmshcrs and
the rebels until about I've o'clock when at signal from
the Chicago Board Of Trade battery forces charged
down upon the brcastworks, yelling like demons The
rebels poured murderous FIRE Of muskctry artillery
into the ranks, but nothing daunted our troops bore
steadily forward and within fifteen minutes had scaled
the works and driving the enemy towards the river
In terribly democrats zcd condition Many Of them we're
drowned In Attempting TO tho river although few
succeeded In crossing and escaping
We capiur d two thousand four hundred prisoners
and thriylwo pieces OF artillery In lncs bcsics over
seventy nieoes IN Tho oss was three hun.