The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-03-18

road YVES 50 ehectnal thai the column d iayet
butafw moments. The roaa upon which we novet
from Brighton 70 orangebars which select "a
account Of the diincllty encountered on tho direc
Augusta road This road at IawtcnyIlc iniorsets an
other road which runs the road we loft az
point h,gher up and beyond the main swamps setting In
from Inc savannah river. By taking this route the
General hoped to AVOID much of the swamps aud block
AIDED roads without going far out Of his way.
Inc country over which We passed to day abounded in
abandoned Plantations upon which abundance Of POI
aioes, hogs, turkeys, &C. found by the oragers
and To- night The men celebrating the occasion by a
was small town OF ten or twenty buildings; but nothing
remains the church TO mark the spot Our
are encamped upon the ashes Of the burned town 1t
was destroyed some days by forces who passed
through il to join their corps twentieth and FIJI
teenh Kpatricks cavalry also passed through It, and
are now far in the advance OF this wing hunting for
Wheeer's cavalry, who have not yet shown
GUERILLA DEpREDArToNs
have been reported yet All the male citizens with
to bushwhack the foragers who go out in small par
ties from I'VE to eight miles on either flank
lima would be parged With fire. and sword;
hence their hurried flight. In their conclusions
must say they were not far wrong for do not believe
and Sisters ferry We have marched to-day through
apourng rain fourteen miles, in thicky settled district
and only found one occupied house.
SAVANNAH AND BARSwnL ROAD THREE Mnss(
NORTHWEST OF THE RIVER, Feb. g. 1855.
Yesterday morning, when were in the act Of break
ing camp to 60 forward order came from General
Davis TO remain in camp until the coSps, the Second
division Of which at Sisters ferry could concen
trate We passed very pleasant day in camp at Law
tonville, the plantation OF rebel captain named
Peoples, whose residence said to be the best in South
Carolina, had been RACED to the ground
LARGE HAUL OF HORSES, ETC
Foragng parties were sent out in all directions, but
none paid well that Of Prescotts Illinois cavalry,
which penetrated dense swamp and came upon four
men with five horses, twenty muas, and, It is said,
Kitte who kept boodhounds for tho capture Of prison.
ers and negroes and three Of his neghbors who are
notorious rebels They fred upon the foragng party,
but nobody was hurt.
Baird encamped last night at Brighton whore General
Davis also made his headquarters. Bards train
sent up to to be placed under the charge OF
Carlins division, who moved road suitable for
the passage OF trains than that upon which he moved
Today we have marched nearly seventeen miles
Leaving Lawtonville at o'clock, Carn moved out
In northeasterly direction towards Orangeburg and
when out six miles turned to the left in obedience to in
structions from Davis, with view Of changing the
course Of the corps towards Augusta This owing to
the receipt by Socum Of despatch from Sherman that
the right wing had fanked Branchville and cut the rail-
road and ordering the left wing to demonstrate towards
Augusta At three O'Clock Carln struck the Savannah
and Augusta Railroad and found that Baird had already
passed Moving upon the Augusta road mile he struck
the road running northeast to Barnwe and fled to the
right. At dark arrived at our present encampment
Baird and Morgan are moving upon Barnwell, the
county seat where corps Wh be concentrated,
from which point i will move on Backville station
the Charleston and Augusta Railroad which the Twen-
tieth corps reached two days ago.
McDoNALD's MILL, FIVE NILES NORTHWEST orl
BARNwELI. Feb IL, 1855.
Tho advance Of the corps arrived at Barnwen Court
House late last evening" and vent into camp for the
night General Baird detailing a regiment as provost
guard oprovent the destruction Of the place
Morgans division, which brought up the rear arrived
about eleven this morning.
Carln reached town at nine A. NJ and halted until one
p NJ while Baird turned over his train to Morgan who
also took charge Of Carlins and moved towards tho
Charleston and Augusta Railroad the wHliston road
Baird encamped tonight three miles from Whites
Pond, and two miles in advance Of ts point Carlin
has made about eighteen miles to-day and Morgan
sixteen miles Baird during the afternoon masshed
about eleven milea
The first town OF any importance that We have encoun
contains about one hundred houses and other budnga
bosscd the possession Of superb Court House, which
was ~; Sun s few Gay, asS ossner with the only hotel
are Of wood substantially built, and very neatly
msnted with shade trees and eversreens Many Of the
who however deprived them Of their winters provisions
and such other things a. they were in need Of
sUrMABUNDAHCD PRevnuONA
two days was rich n pork, bacon, vegetables,
and forage Of all kinds, and tonight the mon
came into camp with provisions sufficient to last
them week The people to-day have realized what
their subsistence walking OF on the shoulders Of the
oragers without murmurng others piteously imporod
the men 70 leave them sumo ency Tor tneir immediate
and struck into the interior have found most Of
the families at home and In all such cases their houses
were saved from destruction.
FITZPATRICK sKiRxIsMxG.
Intelligence reached onight that Kipatrick's ca
valry, which had struck tho Charleston and Augusta
Railroad torn up several miles and moved fifteen
miles towards Augusta had met the enemy In force and
had been ri h asy 0 ne1d SnS6
that General Fitzpatrick has strong force confronting
him.
TIVE FORCE IN our FRONT
II has been pretty accurately ascerained that Whcc
lers cavalry Is the only force In the breastworks
fronting Fitzpatrick but part Of Hoods old army all
scouts agree, at and Augusta, under command
Of Hill and Joe Johnston and another force Of about hf
teen thousand confronting our right wing near Branch
supervision matters; and am inclined to believe
e reports the source from which they are derived
entities them to credence
WIRES PoyD DEror,
Augusta AND CHARLOTTE RAILROAD Feb H. 1896. !
THE CHARLOTTE AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD CUT.
The column moved at daylight this morning, Baird In
the advance Carn following, and Morgan road to
the right bringing up the Three miles from camp
the roads foke the left running to Windsor station and
tho right Whites Pond station Baird took the left
and Carin the right both striking the railroad at the
hour-about twelve oclock-which we found
already by Fitzpatrick Windsor and this place. where
he had burned tho depots and all the unoccupiod
buildings In their vicinity The entire afternoon was
spent In burning the railroad from this place TO John
sons station, six miles At night Baird encampcd
at Windsor Carin al this place. and Morgan at Willis
ton four miles Branchville.
REBEL Sly KILLED.
Riding 10 the front Of Baird's column this morning
noticed some men engaged In burying a dead rebel and
on inquiry OF the learned that the foraging apd
detail parties who In advance encountered at the
forks or the road dressed Union staf captain
who ordered them 70 turn 20 the left the road In front
was impossible The fact that he was on foot,
and other circumstances led the TO believe
him to be q spy, and they informed him
that they would be compelled TO arrest him. The
pretended captain instantly started 10 rum when bullet
through the head killed him almost instantly On strip
ping him they found beneath the Union Uniform q full
suit OF rebel uniform with first cutensnts bars upon
his coat collar He buried by the road side in his
rebel uniform.
EpfsTo RIVER AND COLUMBIA Roar, 4
SrrTEES MrIx from COLUMBIA, Feb. IA, 1906