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The Daily Dispatch: October 24, 1864., [Electronic resource], Five hundred dollars reward. (search)
n the ground — the alleged Captures from General Early. The Herald of the 21st is full of accounts of the fight near Strasburg on Wednesday last, illustrated with maps, &c. It appears that the Confederates had the enemy completely routed, but madunt of the engagement: At daylight this morning Longstreet made a furious attack on the left of our position near Strasburg, which was held by Crook. His attack was successful. We were driven from the ground with the loss of a number of piecth the attack on the left, a furious charge was made on our centre and right, and we were compelled to fall back beyond Strasburg.--At Cedar creek our army halted, and was there joined by Sheridan, who was on his return from Washington. Our broken aster has been converted into a splendid victory. Darkness again intervened to shut off greater results. I now occupy Strasburg. As soon as obtained I will send you further particulars. P. H. Sheridan, Major-General. A telegram f
The Daily Dispatch: October 25, 1864., [Electronic resource], Negroes for sale. (search)
ad we resisted with half the usual determination the result would have been different. General Early fell slowly back, recrossed Cedar creek and marched through Strasburg in the direction of Fisher's Hill. By some unaccountable mistake or oversight, the artillery, both our own and that captured from the enemy, was in the rear of the army. Hence the loss. When just outside of Strasburg, about 9 o'clock at night, it being very dark, a very small party of Yankee cavalry, supposed to be reconnoitering, (not over a hundred men,) taking a by- road and coming out on the turnpike at a mill situated on a creek running into Cedar creek about a mile from StrasbStrasburg, dashed upon the train, and rode along the line of ambulances, firing their pistols and ordering the ambulances to turn out. Dr. McGuire, who had charge of them, seeing what had taken place, turned off some twenty into the woods, and thus saved them. The troops who guarded the train, knowing the efficiency of the Federal caval
The Daily Dispatch: October 25, 1864., [Electronic resource], Negroes for sale. (search)
begun to throw up breastworks, and was preparing to go into camp when this charge was made. He was driven back at a double-quick through Middletown, across Cedar run, where he came from, and was thence pursued by our cavalry through and beyond Strasburg. Forty- three pieces of his artillery, some guns take; from us during the day, were captured at Strasburg; also, over a hundred wagons and ambulances, and caissons innumerable. The rebel General Ramseur was captured in an ambulance, seriouslyStrasburg; also, over a hundred wagons and ambulances, and caissons innumerable. The rebel General Ramseur was captured in an ambulance, seriously, if not mortally, wounded. Probably one thousand prisoners were picked up along the road. Two hours of daylight would have given us the rebel army almost entire. Any just estimate of our own losses or those of the enemy is at present impossible. The army is ordered to move against the enemy at 5 A. M. tomorrow. The expedition into Luray Valley. The Herald has a long letter from its correspondent who accompanied the expedition of destruction sent by Sheridan into the Luray Valley.
The Daily Dispatch: October 25, 1864., [Electronic resource], Negroes for sale. (search)
hundred more are expected to-day. That his troops either dispersed to plunder the camp of the enemy, and were attacked while in this condition, or came suddenly, and while they were exhausted from the battle and the pursuit, upon a heavy force of the enemy, strongly entrenched, with formidable batteries of artillery (for both these stories are told).--That they were compelled to fall back in great disorder, and lost all the captured cannon and twelve pieces of their own in the streets of Strasburg. That the whole loss in men was but eleven hundred, killed, wounded and missing; for, from all we can learn, the statement of Sheridan that he had sixteen hundred prisoners is utterly false. In the meantime, Early has so far recovered that he has secured his prisoners and sent them safely here; and Sheridan has so little recovered, that after losing, according to Yankee accounts, five thousand men, killed, wounded and missing, he did not dare to pursue. Early has given no intimation tha
The Daily Dispatch: October 27, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
eir wagon train in his hands, which he secured. We did not follow up the chase beyond Fisher's Hill. The infantry commands moved up to Cedar creek and went into their old camps, while the cavalry bivouacked for the night a little beyond Strasburg, at Buckland, and along the pike between Fisher's Hill and the former place. At an early hour this morning--Thursday, the 20th,--the cavalry corps was again in motion. Colonel Powell captured fourteen pieces of cannon which the enemy had driven into the mountains on the left of the Valley. At Woodstock, the column was halted and rested for a short time, and then we returned towards Strasburg again. Strong flanking parties were thrown out on either side of the pike to pick up the stragglers that were skulking along the sides of the mountains. A considerable number were picked up; but, night coming on, we could not see them in the darkness. Had it been day when we returned, we must have captured them by hundreds, as the c
The Daily Dispatch: October 27, 1864., [Electronic resource], The battle of Strasburg. (search)
The battle of Strasburg. The Charlottesville Chronicle has a description-- from a Confederate source — of the battle of General Early made a cavalry feint on the enemy's right and struck them on the left flank with his infantry, capturing about two thousand prisoners and twenty pieces of artillery. The Chronicle says: By half-past 10 our victory was complete. The enemy were driven from their camps with great loss and in confusion. We had only engaged the Eighth and Nineteenth corps, and had scattered them.--Prisoners report that they could have been of no farther use to the enemy during the day. Just here, the sixth corps was encountered by our infantry and stood its ground. Artillery was massed so as to give it a front and enfilading fire. It was driven from its position. We then advanced on the pike just beyond Middletown, at the farther suburbs of which our line was advanced and formed. Wharton was on the right; then Wofford's brigade of Kershaw's division; then
The Daily Dispatch: October 29, 1864., [Electronic resource], Another Statement of the battle of Strasburg. (search)
Another Statement of the battle of Strasburg. Camp near New market,October 20th, 1864. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Since I wrote to you last from this camp, many and important movements have been made by this army. My last letter was written just after our little fight of last Sunday. In it I stated that parts of Wofford's and Terry's brigades were engaged. I wish to correct a mistake in so far as Wofford's brigade is concerned. It was Conner's South Carolina brigade, of Kershaw's division, that was engaged, instead of Wofford's. General Conner was severely wounded at the same time. After that affair of Sunday, we lay in the front of the enemy offering battle for three days; but as they refused to attack us, we the made an attack upon them, as I shall state directly, which proved a perfect success. I understand that General Early gives General Gordon all the credit for the movement, and his action on the field pronounces him one of our first generals, bot
The Daily Dispatch: October 31, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
the enemy on his withdrawal from Rowanty creek, driving his rear guard across and pursuing the cavalry behind the lines of their infantry. "Several hundred prisoners were captured, and the enemy burned some of their caissons and ambulances. "Our lines are re-established. "[Signed] R. E. Lee, General." From the Valley. There was a rumor prevalent yesterday that Brigadier-General Williams, with his cavalry, had met a detachment of the enemy's cavalry in the vicinity of Strasburg and defeated them, capturing a number of horses and killing and wounding a considerable part of the Yankee force. A Victory in the Valley — McCausland Repulses two Attacks of Sheridan. It will be seen from the following, and the intelligence is peculiarly gratifying, that, notwithstanding all the vaporing bulletins of Sheridan, the fight has not all been taken out of that portion of our cavalry operating in the Shenandoah Valley: Headquarters Army Northern Virginia, "Octob
The Daily Dispatch: November 4, 1864., [Electronic resource], Stop the Runaways.--one thousand dollars reward. (search)
fect. "Mollie Hayes," a noted female rebel spy, of Forrest's command, who was captured six months ago, has been sent to the Alton (Illinois) prison. A hotel is up at raffle in St. Joseph, Missouri. It is valued at one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, and the tickets are one dollar each. General Sheridan, in the course of his recent campaign in the Valley, has had five of his staff officers killed or wounded. One lady and twelve gentlemen were graduated at Oberlin College at the late commencement. A movement is proposed at Nantucket to enter upon the cod and mackerel fishery as a means of retrieving the prosperity of the town. Miss Dickinson lectured in the Boston Fraternity Course last week. Topic: "Chicago the Last Ditch." Sheridan's losses in the battle of Strasburg are now officially put down at 7,086. Secretary Stanton is quite ill from chills and fever, supposed to have been contracted in the miasmas on the banks of the James.
The Daily Dispatch: November 14, 1864., [Electronic resource], A modern Anteus. (search)
rebel chieftain now resembles the hundred-handed Briareus. Early was first routed at Winchester, and a little later is found at Fisher's Hill waiting to be routed again. He is once more routed, with tremendous loss; and three days after, his demoralized cohorts present a firm array at Harrisonburg. From this place he is routed, with fearful slaughter, so that there is scarcely enough left to carry the tale of disaster to the rebel capital. A little later, and Sheridan falls back to Strasburg, but has hardly reached there ere Early's broken legions precipitate themselves upon him with the fierceness of tigers. Again are they routed with tremendous slaughter. Sheridan falls back to Cedar creek, and has but just gone into camp when the routed Early is again upon him, drives him four miles, and captures twenty cannon. But the success is only a momentary one, for the gallant Sheridan dashes upon the field, reforms his broken regiments, and turns the tide of battle. Again does t
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