Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-04-22

b rain) have he etofore, on many OCCASIONS DIS 10
guished themse yes by gallan.ry and good COZ dpc
In battles:
HEADQUARTERS East TEsNEssEK, !
IN THE FE.D D, Camp at Statesville, n c.,
April 1S-yis Jonesboro', A n April IS
To MAJOR General Thomas, Commanding Department
of tie Cumberland;
Ibave the honor to report the following ss the
result of our operations since my last despatch om
Boone, N. G.:
From Boore II became necessary to cross the Blue
P dge into the Yadkin river In Older 10 obtain SUP
piles To-. men and horses. There we We detained
the, days by f,eshst. From thence we struck for
Chrstansburg Ga tie route detached Ci. Mil
e, With portion of HE brigade, to WVthevile,
a d Maj Wagner, with portion of the 18th P nm
sylvania (PAlner's brigade, 70 B g Lick. These
ID es points were struck almost simultaneously
Col. Palmer attacked, and after some fighting, cap
tured Wythevlle destroyed the depot Of supplies at
that point, ais at Mars 81 .adow
Mai Wsgaer, after striking the railroad at Big
Lick, pushed OIL toward Lynchburg destroyirg on
his way the In portsnt bridges over Big and Little
o ter. and got to within four miles Of Lynchburg
With ths main body efsctuslly stroyed the
road between New river and Big LEX, and then
struck Tor Greent thorough, On the North Carolina
railroad. Arrived near Salem, N G., detailed
Pa mere brigade b destroy the bridges between
D ndlle and Gre 'usbocough aud between Greens
borough and the Ysckin rvsr, and the large ce2ots
of supplies along the road. This duty was per-
frued with considerable 6goting, the capture o.
400 prisoners and 70 nv entire satisfaction
With the other two b-igsGss Browns and Ml-
ler's. and the artillery, under the Command OF Ii
Reagan. re pushed for Salisbury, where we foutd
40 )Gt 8 600 tr5ops, unde. Command of Mi Gea
VIM. II. Gard'usr, snd L peces Of artillery unoer
Command Of Colonel Gate Lieutenant GeneralD
Psr1bertJn. The whole formed behind Grant s
creek. a5out two mls5 and a half from Sali,blry.
Assn as . proper dep sition could bs made, |
order d general charge along the entire | ne, and
the result vas the capture OF the whole fourteen
pieces OF sralery, 1854 prisoners, Including ffty-
three cficsrs.
Ali the. artillery sid LEA prisoners arc ncw
with Us. the remainder of the force was chased
through and several miles beyond town, but scat-
tered aud escaI i lnto tie woods.
We remained at Salisbury two days, dur ng
which tine we DIES royed ffeen miles Of railroad
tack, and the bridges toward Charlotte, and then
uoyai to this point, From here we shall mc " t.
t1e south side Of tie Catawba river and bs IN 20
si.lcn to operate toward Charlotte and Columbia,
or upen the flank Of 81 army moving s nth.
F1llo#ingl partial Ii! of the public prope ty
cap ured north of Salisbury, and de't-oysd by Us
Fur lsrgs cotton factories, aud 600 bales of COT
TOD -four large mag zines containing 10 600 stand
OF small arms aad sccoutr ments; 1000 900 rou d
am Il arm ammunition 10 900 rounc FIX d ar | cry
anmuu ton and 10 900 pounds e powder, So 600
b1s els of corn, so 600 bushels OF wheat, 160 600
p)u- d, of curei bacon 100 900 suits graY u1ifo NJ
clothing, 100000 army blankets, 10000 p,ucd
hare.s leather 10000 pouhdi Of satpetre; ,isn. a
very large amount of sugar, salt, lice, and otn r
cres and medical supplies. valued ~ the rsbe
medical directors at 800 900 in gold.
Tradition, to the arsens at Salisbury the mi
tsrv ur'sJa was being ted up, and WIS filed with
machinery sent from + ,legh ard R chuond, al O.
" ica was destroyed The depots along the rout
trayerssd by our various ps'sles have lnrnishe1 U
with abundance The nuube Cf borses and rnu e,
capsnrtd and taken along the road, have no me- Is
Of estimating I can sly, however that we are
much bstter moaa;ei than when We L. I'm XIV e.
have surplus Of led animals, and suf -ert side.
RI haul ff all our capturts, mount portion OF ne
prisoners, and about thousands contrabsnds and
h sfoer crossing Stone mountains once, ard The
Blue Ridge tn ee times, and march male by head
matters, since the ooh Of last month, Of Eve nun
dred miles, and much more by a portion Of tie
co--msnd. --s'- s
The rapidfty OF our movements In almost every
instance caused our advanced guard to herald our
approach aud make the surpris, complies. Ger
q lem, the immediate command II Of the avii IN
VINO 4, entitled to full Share Of whatever "a due
w,lrmake the detailed report Of the expedition.
Toe only casualty In my staff was Captain Ro'
bert NJ ROW, "A A. g., who, while aslstir Nsio'
K xgn, my A. d. O., leading the Eleventh Ken 'un
~ cavalry In the fight a. Salisbury, was, on ht
TWEEN isth birthday. severely but not dangerous J
wousaed In the left kp,e These tweyouDg Ulcers
as ais Maj Bsscoro, A. A, G., my CHEZ 9' stsh
, Mn On mterlain, uny chief qusrts master, an
Crit Aalp5as,A. A c wish 10 bring 70 yor
81, ttis - "ct,cu and through you to-tas cite g
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