Named Entity Results, Strasburg, Va. (Virginia, United States)

February 26. Yesterday, a rebel cavalry scout, eighty strong, came inside the National pickets on the Strasburgh road, Va. After a skirmish with infantry pickets, in which two were wounded on each side, they retired, capturing a cavalry picket of twelve men. This morning, five hundred of the Thirteenth Pennsylvania and First New York cavalry sent in pursuit, recaptured, beyond Strasburgh, most of the prisoners and horses, and also took a number of prisoners. The commander of the Union deStrasburgh, most of the prisoners and horses, and also took a number of prisoners. The commander of the Union detachment, exceeding his orders, pursued them beyond Woodstock. After driving in the rebel pickets, he stood parleying in the road, without guarding against surprise. The enemy returned in force, charged upon and threw them into confusion, killing and capturing two hundred.--See Supplement. The National Council of the Cherokee Indians adjourned this day, having repealed the ordinance of secession passed in 1861. They also passed an act depriving of office in the nation, and disqualifying

Obadiah Smith, a Baptist minister in Cedar County, and on his attempting to escape they shot him.--St. Louis Democrat. The cargo of the steamer Wave (destroyed by the rebels to prevent her from falling into the hands of the Unionists) was this day captured in the vicinity of Bayou Cocodue, La., by an expeditionary force under the command of General Dwight.--(Doc. 171.) A portion of General Reynolds's national forces entered and occupied McMinnville, Tenn.--Major McGee, of the Third Virginia cavalry with sections of Rowan's, Utt's, and White's cavalry, encountered a force of three hundred rebels at a point near Strasburgh, Va., and after a brief and brilliant fight drove them from their position. One man of Rowan's company was killed, and another wounded. The rebel loss was five killed, and nine wounded, beside twenty-five prisoners and forty horses. Six gunboats and twelve barges succeeded in passing the rebel batteries at Vicksburgh to-night.--National Intelligencer.

e valley of the Shenandoah, from Staunton to Strasburgh, was occupied by the rebel General Jones, wi Royal, and on the Strasburgh road as far as Strasburgh. My cavalry frequently drove the enemy's pifrom all apprehensions of an attack from the Strasburgh road. It is now known that no portion of Leediately sent forward on the Front Royal and Strasburgh roads forces to observe and report the force and act as skirmishers. The force on the Strasburgh road consisted of the One Hundred and Tenth dge the creek and a millrace wind across the Strasburgh road, and from thence in a northern directio the ridge above described, proceeded up the Strasburgh road to within a short distance of Kearnstowliott, with a portion of his brigade, on the Strasburgh road. The remainder of my forces were in thuth, east, and west, and which commanded the Strasburgh road, from which they were dislodged by two ot cavalry he can rely upon, to scout beyond Strasburgh. What are your facilities for transportatio[8 more...]

sing the Potomac at Berlin, and moving down Loudon Valley. Cavalry were immediately pushed into several passes of the Blue Ridge, and having learned from scouts of the withdrawal of the confederate army from the lower valley of the Shenandoah, the Third corps, Major-General French in advance, was moved into Manassas Gap, in the hope of being able to intercept a portion of the enemy. The possession of the gap was disputed so successfully as to enable the rear-guard to withdraw by way of Strasburgh, the confederate army retiring to the Rapid-Ann. Position was taken with this army on the line of the Rappahannock, and the campaign terminated about the close of July. The result of the campaign may be briefly stated in the defeat of the enemy at Gettysburgh, their compulsory evacuation of Pennsylvania and Maryland, and withdrawal from the upper valley of the Shenandoah, and the capture of three guns, forty-one standards, and thirteen thousand six hundred and twenty-one prisoners. Twe

information in reference to the movements and whereabouts of Major Gillmore's predatory rebel band, to villainy and to vandalism consecrate. It appears this eminent and worthy bushwhacker had conceived a plan to destroy, on a moonless night, October fifteenth, the Baltimore and Ohio railroad bridge across Back Creek, and also to tear up generally the bridges and culverts above that point. With this intention Gillmore left his temporary encampments near a distillery, in the vicinity of Strasburgh, with his adventurous knights of the order of rum-punch, consisting of about forty men, including two Captains and one Lieutenant. He followed in his line of march the narrow valley west of the North Mountain range, through which peacefully meanders the clear waters of Back Creek. Now, Harry Gillmore is a thorough lady's man. That potent influence said to rule court and camp and grove controlled his movements in the present instance. En route to the point at which he intended to rende

Richmond, Va., July 29. From a gentleman recently from Strasburgh, we learn that there occurred a panic among the Yankees at that place on last Wednesday week. A hurricane sweeping from the south raised a great line of dust in the road leading from Front Royal. The Yankees, some two thousand in number, thought the army of the ubiquitous Stonewall was certainly upon them. Setting fire to all their tents and stores, they fled in confusion, the greater number of them not halting till they arrived in Winchester. The amount of property destroyed by them in this panic is estimated at between $30,000 and $40,000.--Richmond Examiner, July 29.

hrough snows and rains to McDowell, ten miles east of Monterey, at the crossing of Bull Pasture River, where he threatened Staunton. But Banks was thought to be in too exposed a position, and was directed by the War Department to fall back to Strasburg, and on the 5th of May had gone as far as New Market. Blenker's division had not yet reached Fremont, who was waiting for it at Petersburg. Jackson saw his opportunity and determined to join General Johnson by a rapid march to Staunton, to ovson approached cautiously and did not reach there till the 12th, when, finding that Fremont had concentrated his forces, he did not attack, but returned to McDowell, whence he took the direct road to Harrisonburg, and marched to attack Banks at Strasburg, Ewell meeting and joining him in this movement. Fremont resumed preparations for his original campaign, but Banks's defeat deranged all plans, and those of the Mountain Department were abandoned. A month passed in efforts to destroy Jackso

ting distance of Milroy. Banks, who had fortified Strasburg, seventy miles north-east of Staunton by the greay and night in the vicinity of McDowell, Franklin, Strasburg, Front Royal, and Luray, and reporting to Jackson s understood to have fortified himself strongly at Strasburg and Cedar Creek, and he had fallen back there. I arger part of his force well fortified at and near Strasburg, but he kept a large detachment at Front Royal, abten Mountain, and, View from Banks's Fort, near Strasburg, across to Fisher's Hill. From a photograph takenl Watts. News of this disaster reached Banks at Strasburg, by which he learned that Jackson was rapidly gains Ferry, 32 Arrival of Fremont's Vanguard above Strasburg, in view of Jackson's trains moving toward Fisher'Fremont took the road to Moorefield, and thence to Strasburg, though he had been peremptorily ordered on May 24ear-guard marched up Fisher's Hill, two miles from Strasburg, Fremont's advance came in sight on the mountain-s

4 captured or missing = 2019. But Jackson claims ( Official Records, Vol. XII., Pt. I., p. 708) that the whole number of prisoners captured by his command was about 3050, including about 750 sick and wounded in the hospitals at Winchester and Strasburg. The effective strength of Banks's command was reported, April 30th, at 9178, and June 16th (after the battle) at 7113. Forces at Harper's Ferry, May 26th-30th, 1862. Brigadier-General Rufus Saxton. Brigade Commanders: Brig.-Gens. James d; 2d Me. Battery, Capt. James A. Hall. Brigade loss: k, 1; w, 7= 8. The total loss of Fremont's forces at Cross Keys (as above given in detail) was 114 killed, 443 wounded, and 127 captured or missing =684. In the affairs at Mount Carmel, Strasburg, Woodstock, Mount Jackson, and Harrisonburg, etc., June 1st-7th, the loss aggregated 11 killed, 52 wounded, and 39 captured or missing = 102. General Fremont reports ( Official Records, Vol. XII., Pt. I., p. 19) that 10,500 men is a liberal