The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-05
Yesterday Evenings Edition.
PROM NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, May 4.
The Herald's Savannah CORES pODdent
saws General Wilson's famous rsiding ex-
pedition arrived here yesterday from Ma
con. The following is condemned histo-
~ of the trip:
General Wilson left Chickassw, Alabs-
ma, on the 22l of March. 1t is not proper
to give any statement OF the number Of his
| force.
Ebenezsr Church, near Plsntersville
| Alabama, was taken after short engage
ment with Forests Cavalry. Three hun
dred prisoners were captured and three
| guns.
Forests forces were driven to the west
of the Cahawba river and separated.
| column was sent to Tuscaloosa, which cap
tured and destroyed much Government
property.
Selms, 24l miles from the base, was cap
tured on the I'd of April with 27OO prison.
ers, % guns IN position and 20 IN the arse
nails. We destroyed three rolling mills,
q very large naval foundry, an arsenal, the
second in importance In the COntedersey.
We also destroyed the powder works, the
magazines aud large number of cars.
We remained at Selma eight days.
The Alabama river Wss bridged $50
feet, the operation occupying i've Gays,
from the 5th to the 10th
The next place attacked wss Montogom-
ery, fifty mules distant. We destroyed
ali the bridges on the Alabama and lar
EYers.
On the railroad to Columbia the enemy
J destroyed $4,000 bales of cotton.
Montgomery surrendered without any
resistance. Five guns fell into our hands.
We destroyed two rolling mills, two foun-
dries. two magazines, one locomotive and
, sixty-three cars. Five steamboats, were
, captured on the river near Wetumpua
Nitre Works. The rebels burned 5000
bsles Of cotton before evscuAtlng.
Columbus, Georgia, eighty-fve miles
} distant, was taken by assault by General
1 Upton, after dark, on the l6th. Twelve
hundred prisoners were captured, nifty
three guns and seven large cotton factories
: 100, 900 bales of Gotten, and immense guam
} titles of Ordnance, Quartermsster, anC
+ Commissary stores, large arsenal, q pis
e tol factory accoutrement factory, nava
foundry, a rolling mill and foundry, thir
, thirteen locomotives. Over one hundred
+ cars, depots, machine shops SC, were cap
= tured and destroyed.
n In the assault on Selma Brigsdier Gen
:. eral Eli Long of the Second Division, ha
y command Of the right, and Brevet Msjo
/ General Emery Upton of the left. A pre-
}. liminary assault by the escort was unsu'
/, cessful. The I'd Division charged over th
works in splendid style carrying every
" thing before them. The enemy's force Wa
Il from 5000 to 1000, mostly militia, and OF
Of assAulting force was only l,26O. Gener
~ Long was wounded and has arrived he
- | -. for the North
" Our losses were .250 and the enemy of
1t eislly state their loss TO have been betWee
is 4O01and 500.
3. Our whole loss in all the expedition "
only $50.
A total of 4si miles was marched
twenty days averaging over twenty mil
per day during tho Time
ss A gunboat, mounting six, seven In
,st rifed guns, now called the Jackson, b
the name of which has been recent
changed, Was captured here.
me A detour. TO West Point was made
tes LsgrSnge's brigade, VINO attacked
. works and carried them by storm, capt
ing the garrison, $50 in number ana Il
guns, killing the rebel General Tyler
ees Command. Fifteen locomotives were
boo stroyed. TWO hundred ears, two bridges I
ma two large factories in the vicinity.
We destroyed large quantities OF Guar
ne- m sster and Oommissary stores at GEI
ar and the railroad bridges on the Selma
on Montgomery railroad. WeeaPsured 81
the road i've guns.