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must oe fought out, ana tougut out there. rProm the 3d Indiana Cavalry.NkabCity Point, Va., May 18.Deab Sib :—I will give you a brief account of the travels of the Cavalry Corps within the last eleven days. We left Ste-vensburg on the 3d, about eleven o'clock P. M, and crossed at Germania Ford, with but little resistance. From there we went to Parker’s Store, and from there marched »o the left. After marching about seven miles we cauie upon the enemy, who made a stubborn resistance. Our Regiment, with the 1st Vermont and 8fh N. Y. Cavalry,eg£Ptlt;whdismounted, and drove the enemy for about ftCwauttlt;dtl,oftwo miles, when they were reinforced, and made a strong attack upon our men and drove them back. We thought our Regiment would ‘go up,” sure, for our horses were so far in the rear that it was almost! E impossible for the men to reach them before they were cut up or captured. The 1st Vermont had returned to their horse*! before the attack was made, leaving only our Regiment and the 8th New Jfork, which was a very small force.The casualties in this fight were: George H. Porter, Co. D, wounded in foot, Bince amputated; J W Broraly, shin, slightly;A, Faut, Co. E, thigh ; J. M. Hall, Corporal D. G. Cochran, and Delmore Prentice, are missing. Co. F- -missing, Sergeant John Sterit, John Florey, George Humphries, William Cremins; U. Flure, wounded in! 01 leg.Gen. Gregg’s Division came up to our I assistance, and gave the rebels a goodthrashing. We did a great deal of hard,riding for some two or three days, and on j p, the 9th we started for Beaver Dam, where j m we arrived the same day. Hampton’s Legion annoyed us some, but one charge soon settled them; we took one piece of artillery and several prisoners.At Beaver Dam our force captured two trains, and recaptured about 380 of our men. If our force had been fifteen minutes later, they would have been on their way to Richmond. Our forces destroyed a large amount of provisions, and the rail-j ^ road track. From there we started on to Richmond, fighting the enemy in ihe front, rear and flanks nearly all the time. We* hi had some hard fighting, in front and rear, sc at Glen’s Post Office, capturing one piece j) of artillery. We destroyed the railroad track at that place. Joseph Adkinson, of Co. A, was shot through both thighs.From there w e moved on towards Rich-%mood, arriving at the first breastworksabout 3^ o’clock A. M., the 3d Iowa Cavalry in the front. We were led up almost 01 to the muzzles of their guns by a man who al lived close by, when a murderous fire of e, artillery and musketry opened upon us ^ from the fortifications, which caused a great deal of confusion among the men; ai but our men returned the fire, and as soon j si as daylight came, we were all right, dis- ai mounted and ready. Here we had two men wounded of Co. B—Sergeant G. W. Beard, thigh, severely, by grape shot; Thomas Percell, arm, slightly. The enemy were across the Chickahominy, on the a Mechanicsville road, to stop our passage. Things looked pretty squally, but our com- ) inod crossed over without a great deal of w loss. Near Mechanicsville, our men cap- Si tured some of the rebs, and wounded a p great many. All the best pusilions were taken by the rebs, and they were ordered : to hold them until the last mm was shot hi down. They fought like tigers. dlt;Our forces captured four pieces of artil- j3 lery, and brought off three; one was disabled, which was left behind. They also! captured about 250 rebels. We arrived! here yesterday, having been on the inarch i for the last eleven days. I think the rebel j j€ army is about gone up, C. N. W.tllt;A Gullunt tterffeautIntl
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Madison Weekly Courier
Madison, Indiana, US
Wed, Jun 01, 1864
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