The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-11
What Was News
Fifty Years Ago


Portions OF Eartons ana Grncy'H
brtSadcs attacked the Yankees near
/ Chester NJ O'Clock yesterday morn =
ing and drive them back TO their In
trcnchmonts. Here the enemy was re
lnforccd. and. having discovered what
\ small force had been driving them.
they came out ana nankcd our men
both on IN" right and LETT, forcing them
to fail back. which they Gid In good
order The C0nfcdcrntos set fire to
piece Of woods. which prevented
pursuit by the enemy. our Lose in
KILLED mad WOUNDED was about 100.
Among The Killed we're Colonel :, K.
Cabell, OF Danvillc. ana Captain Tay-
lor. OF Montgomery County.
The reconnaissance Mt Chcatcr yes
tcrdny revealed The fact that tho en-
envy has heavy force near thnt place.
as til" lett or their line rests IN tho
village and tho right about q half a
mile of. on tho turnpikc They arc
well intrcnchcd.
The Federal cavalry caught. two
trains 81 Beaver Dam. on the Central
railroad. which trains were loaded
with army supplies conslstini: OF abou.
100000 pounds OF bacon and large
Quantities OF meal aud -four ana other
stores. The supplies and tho cars
were burned. after which the enemy
retired.
q .
frnphch tho War Department that a
large force of tic "rcmv.s cnvalrv vas
moving towards Richmond IN two col :
tmns. ono of which was then feed
Ing their horses at Negro Foot, IN
Hanover COUNTY. thirty miles from
Richmond. ana the other was coming
down the Central Rdilrcnd route \
second dispatch from General Ice re-
cci"cd about . o'clock saws the on
cny's force conrists Of two divisions
OF cavalry. ana they arc cutting down
trees in the roadg 10 interrupt pursuit
by cur cavalry. which ~ O'Clock
last night was ut Hanover Junction
General Averlll. with a large force
OF mounted infantry. made n raid on
Dublin. in PULASKI County. ard at
tackled Tho Coufcdcratcs under Cen
crai Jenkins at tho Dublin depot. AZ
ter severe cngngcment tho Con-
fcdcrntrs were forced bacl, 10 this side
of The New River. In the fight Gen
eral jenkins was SLIGHTLY wounded
Tyler was also wounded. Lieutenant
Colonel Thomas Smith. son OF Gov
crnor Smith. was shot through the
thi"h while calamity leading the
Thirty-sixth Virginia Regiment. He
,vas left At the house OF country
man near Dublin and there fell into
tho hands OF the enemy.
rushed upon stony Creek depot. burnt
the depot building and tho Petersburg
and Weldon Railroad bridge at that
place and retreated before the Con
foteratcs. who were after them, could
reach the scene OF action. Tho Con-
federates reached there In time. how
ever. 80 prevent them from tearing UP
the railroad track.
Lieutenant Hunter Davidson reports
that n Federal gunboat coming up
James River looking for torpcdoes un-
cxpcctedly found one at Deep Water.
near Athens Landing. The Sunboa I
bumped against the torpedo. which ex-
plodcd ana blew tho boat TO atoms.
Hardly piece left was as large rs 4
row boat. All OF the men on the boa.
except three were killed, and these
were captured.
y force OF 5000 rcdcrals left West
Point Saturday, marching IN the d.
rcction of Old Church. IN Hanover
County.
An OF tho officers In Libby and other
prisons in this city have been trans
ferTcd to Danviilc.
II Is reported on good authority that
the Federals have evacuated Knox
Vile. ana have gone In the direction
OF Cleveland, Tenn. presumably TO re-
inforce Sherman's army.