Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-05-03

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have the haaoF 20 report Che following as lh
rcslt Of oGr operations saee my last despatch soH
| Baons. North Carolina From Boone u became he
esseaFy 10 Crpss the Blac Ridge into inc lsatn
river hettosa In order 20 obtain supplies tpr res
and horsea there but we were detained thfee day
by frushet Frcn thence we struck tcr chfiss,an
hprw On the eaate detached Col. Miller, vita
| pefsion az his brigade. 10 wytheville and Ms1ol
wsgfer with portion Of the 18th Pennsylvania ans
| PAimeris brigade 20 Big Lsck. These three pD'nu
were struck almess simultaneously.
! Col Palmer attacked, and after some hghting caP
tared Wysheviie. deatrpying the depot oi suppue'
| n that ,sairt eIso Al Aslrs Meadow. Asios N9E.
nes After striking the rsfoad st Big Lies peHneo
on towards IynehbsFR, destroying On be wsy I'm,
portsnt bridge over the Big and Little Otter ana
eol % within aaur snllss u Lynchhufg with The
main body etectnAlly destroying The road between
New River and Big Lick and then struck fof
Greensboro, on the Nbrsh Careiina railroad: Wheu
We arrived near Salem, N. q, detailed faimer
brigade % destroy the bridges eetw panyilsa sna
Greensboro and between Greenabcro aud Xhdkin
River snd all the large dspOt Of supplies along the
read
Thk duty was performed with considerable light
ing resulting ia the capture Of 4oe prisoners and
b my entire satisfaction.
With the ether two brigades, Browns and Nil
-
Reagan, we pashed for Salisbury, whsre We foaad
about s,eee troops, under NA, Gen. Vim, Gardner,
and fourteen pieces Of artillery under Col. Tite and
Lieut. Gen. PembeFton- whole formed behind
Grants creek about two miles and half from Sab
isbary. AZ soon IS proper disposition could be
made ordered a general charge along the entire
line and the result the eaptare Of foarsse picFs
Of artillery and ise4 prisoners including any three
ofiicers
The following IL partial list Of The public prop
srty captured north Of Salhhhrf aud destroyed BY
n -Four large Gotten factories and 1000 bales of
cotton; four large magazines, containing lo,eeo
stand ef arms, COOS 600 rounds smallarms amune-
milton, Ieeo rosnds aeld artillery ammunition,
and 5,eeo pounds powder; s5,0eo bushels corn.
so,eoo bushels wheAL 100000 pounds cured
bacon, 100000 suits gray uniform clothing, 25o,0eo
army blankets, 10000 pounds harness leather and
I0oao poandS ssltpetre; also very large amount
of sugar, salt rice and other stores and medical sup
plies valued By the rebel Medical Director \. $780,
ooo in gold "a addition to the arsenal at Salisbury
The military works were being Atted up, and were
hIled with machinery cent from Raleigh and Rich
rnund all Of which vas destroyed.
All the artillery and ,I6s prisoners are now with
rs. The remSinder Of the force wSs chased through
and several miles beyond the town bat scattered and
escaped into the woods. We remained at Salisbury
two days, during which time we destroyed Aftssn
miles Of FAilroad track and bridges towsfd Chariot
te and then moved 10 this point
Frcm here We shall move 70 the soastb side Of the
Cstswha and be in position 70 operate against Char
lotts ana Columbis, or upon the fsnk Of an army
moving South.
The dspots along the route trnversed by our par
bos havc farnished ns with nhnstaa.a Tho riirs.
keF Of horses aad uaaios captured end takea hbOne
the reAd have no means ef estiunating. I can say
We are much better moRntcd than when we IeA
Khexvilie- We have very large surplus Of AMI
Rais snd safheicnt number besides TO haul OF ali
Of esPtivss. mount q portion Of The prisoners,
and about thousand euntrabAndE, and this after
crussing Stone mountains once and the Blue Ridge
three times asd march made BY hsadqaArteFs since
the 3ath Of last month Of eve hundred miles, and
many mere by pes5icna of the command. The
rspiaty Of cur povemehts In almost every instance
caused our advEnce guard 10 herald our approach,
and make the surprise complete Gen. 9itleu, the
immediate commander OF the division, who is en-
titled to q fun share Of whsteveE is due viii make
the detailed nspeFt Of the expedition.
The only casualties in my stAf was Captain Nor.
row. A. A. O., who, while gallantly assisting Major
Keogh, my aid-de-camp, while leading the i1th
Kentucky cavalry in tAe hght At Salisbury, was on
bis twentieth birthday severely but not dangerously
wounded IN the left knee These two young ofbcers,
As wss also Major Bascom, A A. O., my chief OF
stat1, Captain ChAmberlsin, my chief Quar1ertnss-
ter, and Captain Allen, a. A. g., wish 70 bring
70 your especial sttention and through ycu 10 the
lsigRsd1 GEo. SToSENAs, Maj Gen.
Gro. Il. THOMAS, MsjOr General