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

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leeFtain, unless he should hear of the ap
proRch of the enemy. in .time.to, ge
lhiso troops and ttsTbs away snt
cross the Saluda river, where hC
would be safe. All proved we'll and Wf
crossed Broad river on the 10th. The So;
luda apdBPoad9orm The UQOugaree riHsi
at Columbia. learned by men, who sWert
in this city that only q few houses escaped
the torch, they standing in Ihel suburbs oi
the city. ,gasie ISa.af sIa9
On the evening Of :tHs2 2otR we encampsd
near Little riEeES famsmall stream,) and
crossed the next morning, taking the road
70, iIVidns sb6ro, where we arrived. about the
middle of the sfternoon, and the troops
strung outlG6d e6hmenced destroying the
railroad, which was done effectually for at
least twenty miles think. The 22d
brought pss TO- Rocky MopptiSRs o., one
mile from the CstaBhRa rivers 6Hhefei the
right wing of the army just flushed cross
ing when We arrived, Whfl6A we were
crossing it rained almost continually. We
were detained here fEe days in crossing,
land the iuGessant rain made the ascent loi
the hill on the opposite side very difficult,
the wagons having to be helped up BY
men and rope, s,.and no labor Rasspsred 70
make Che r9adS Passablei but All thisswould
| not render them 30 pRssable as to enable
the mules to draw the loads without assisE
tance. 1t
On the evening of the 2sth February,
Yheg all wore qve9 but az BEirmi6R fine
left to protect the raising of the pontoonb,
the enemy's cavalry came upand q beautiful
skirmish took place, which Witnessed
from thanpp6site side Of the river from
where it took plaeea-6ut of Glp danger 81
course. One, gpn from this side the river
fred few shots, and funait.Was to see the
"Johnnies" ruh.Io ri=apa
The1stot March found us drudging along
on the road travelled by the entire army ih
our advance, and mud until ia man could
not rest" From the Broad TO the CataWbA
the soil ID different from Say, other I have
seen, being less sandy and Of q deep orange
EihhS5 And the country much more hillY than
any other through which we travelled, but
the ad y no nqop m9Fs @ that the
The morning of the Sd March found ub
on the march little before day, and ID
order to have g aJmoEespleasant passage on
the road, 1 started ahead of the'3dl Division
I'D about three miles. ahead and Head! /!
,qusEters, following Sd Division. -Four or
five miles OF the road In the morning was
very bad, and l, In company with another
clerk, kept ahead, fearing no danger, as
thS '2dl Division was ahead, and when we
struck the good road We. walked along
lively aud caught up with th6 rear of the
.2dVDiVisIon, and when We came to where
the Chesterfield road, on which our column
was moving, crosses the Charlotte aad
Camden road theressWas a. house, aud, we
thopght Ne would remain there until the
head OF the Sd Division came up, and haV-
ing travelled thirteen miles about noon
took our lpnch. We were not here long
until party of four men came IN from the
left with flag Of truce and said they had
been in the rebel lines, sent by Fitzpatrick
with "a rebel Cplouer who he had found
Somewhere IN the country sick and took
him along and had made arrangements
with WheelerIto exehsnge i1imp aud they
told us it was not far to the road on our
left where the enemy's cavalry were NOV.
ing in column,I but we feared no danger,
thinking the Sd Division was nearly up,
and by this time there was about fifteen,
some AfoOtmens and uhorsemeh, armed and
unarmed-mostly the latter-and suddenly
there appeared within $50 yards of ,us, q,
gang'6f about thirty rebel cavalry, comiug
at the top of speed, yelling and 6ring,apdE
of course this demoraliZed our whole crew
and every fellow ytoUk a'tieg sbafi n those
who had horses mounting of course.
made myescape by taking tho back track
and getting into dense ,Yoods with thickly
grown Hundetbf6sh, but before reach
ling this thought my, chance was
llsmal, but had rather died than
libe taken prisoper,y1 must confess that j
thought my six months might be very long
and unpleasauti bdEtoE give up, was re-.
solved quickly to be the last resort, aud If
17should 2haveghaatS gun II certainly would
tn dec &.
of finginR it away and cutting my traps
looseaRs some did. After these devils had
chased US into the-wUods and captured
about eight, they held the road for about
Ruahoari and echRsediG party Of horse en
back about mile from where / was ahidy
| and could hear them all the time. They
also barricaded the road to check our ad
vance, but when the column came up they
! had 20 light outH q !ToomRka th emAtteF stiEe
I remained until about a hoprs,s by sun,
and then came to the road. when [ soon
learned that had been reported as cap
tured, and as was considerable distance
in rearpf theaaau9 9rtensA train, did DOT Get
into camp dhtil aASr Ehey hGd b6eh ia =
considerable length Of time and had con-
Gluded that l was "gone up sure" but 1,
/ like stray sheep, found my flock and sur.
fprised them agreeablyrand if wasn't a
l-NSoAy RA9So "a n6ouH LuGu QOut
want to experience any of what may be
tcRlled tired. but still was happy to think Of
being 90 lucky As to escapa.s aItfelt eonsld1
eFably 90 if had denas asomsthing wrong, as
4 1 don't Ii likedoYepEtbsr thought Of running
\ from aIEsbels although itJEss only prudent,
Eaqd anything else would have been per.
Efectly absurdi 90 to have kept the armed
linen together to fght them Ras Ontlof ahe
dqpeSuon' ETss HAM sIROVg
\ On March s4th, the S2d Division reached
1GFeat Peedea IiEel, headqQRFtsrs,E ERnd Sd
1 Diyisipp. aevens pjles back ,i1st Division
R0me miles further back and the cavalry
linear ns. We reached the crossing eight
tmiles above 0heraw, about 10 lassms March
Il 9Th, and the pontooners s60mmeh6sdab abfidR.
Ding. ,aTHa EaAHSIo ssaaizd
The co1nt18I IneaFIthsr1Ueft toa She south
side is bettsF thansslhsFsL NJ have been
tk9arrhiDg, zand shSr0 EzWiRssAy that the
Irigers in this country do not have . wide
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