, 1861-10-14
GER WARRINGTON LETTER.

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WAsHrNaxoH. October 8, 1861.
Let Us dnIah our tour within the lines, md
make q call on Chicago friend At the same
lime. We find him In the tent Of the Brigade
Surgeon Of Gen. snith's Brigade, DR.. 8. R.
Hayen. Pausing here to refresh man and
beast, We set out again. the Surgeon himself
leading tho way.
We 20 the came route that the six thousand
went In night movement on Tuesday Of 1ast
week. They filed out along this narrow road,
leading southwesterIy, infantry and artillery,
In that night without a moon We came to
point where they found trees felled across the
road. At this place we are still going south
westerly from Chain Bridge, now five miles
distant. Here at this blockade in the road on |
that night march, axemen are set OF work, and |
lent1y i've hundred men in each direction, de. |
ploYed as ekrmishers, to right and left. The |
woods are thick, and in some places made |
well high iungles BY close second growth Of |
pine. The skImlshers Pusa forward 1n al |
most utter carkness. No one knows when !
he may come upon the enemy. Tha way is |
cleared st last, aud the column moves on down |
the road, and up and around the crest Of 8 |
moderate ridge Tae road here makes Q tura
to the north. The orders to the skirmieh par
tY On either eide, we're 10 sweep the woods
thoroughly and join the main column in the
road beyond this bend. They did so, and as
scout sitter 6cout came up Oh eltser side Of
the road, each began to fire at the moving
masses over the way, dimly seen In the now
struggling moonhgh!:: h:-shear n own lraSnds. Ihs
the ekismlsh ahead, preparations were made
to sustain their Iiencs. engaged. as they
supposed, with party of the rebels. The
artillery unlinbe1ed. the infantry began to
fIe at random. Shot began to tell on
the close column; portions ol the line
become confused and bloken- The wound
I'd were numerous and the dead sad list al
ready, and the work bad but Just begun, when
timely discovery made only b3 darlng gal
lant1y Of some Of the officers prevented the
What night they passed IN The field @he1s
we now stand, that column NTH its woanded
and dying and dcad, DR.. HAVEN the only Sur
-ge6n present, without ambulances, with only
q pocket case, without even lantern !! The
men aud oneers epsak in the highest terms Of
his coolnese, md Ekt.1 ,Fand tact By the light
Of Newspaper Kept burnIngshe tied atemorA
a1tt1y, With blankets and poles he impro-
vised l;ttc1e, aud morning dEWned upon brig
ade thoroughly thankful their terrible nisad-
venture Wah no worse.
OF course We read this st the time in the tel
| <graphic dispatches, but here ne are on the
| very sppt~ here LIE the fragments Of the ar
| tilisrY pole broken by Of o1e its wounded and
| plugging horses, ycEder is grave, there are
others Ut the camp, and around Us here lie the
flain horses In whose vicinity ne do mol larry.
So We 20 up the hill.
And now look round you aId see heW the
a1emen have under military necessity, made
sad layoc along these hillsleea- I: is ~ if The
forest hsd fallen before hago Teape-, its every
tooth q stout volunteer with his axe Fo1
square mi.es in extent, the woods have be1u
cut down, to t1I1ish us covert for the enemy
and this trees lie an ineXttlcable MESS OF limo!
ar.. trunks, awaiting after 4 time only tht
touch CT fire to leave tor thsir Ve1d1e tht
b!acknees Of ashee. Such is War.
We NOW pats from the range of hills into I
, more open, beautiful farming region. We arr
near the western outpoEts Stand here All
facing west 1ou see Falls Church mile eoutl
OF us, one white village splre above the tra;
Our pickets are there and the village Is on
youd it and you would have the chances j
your favor, OF otherwise, Of trip to Secess!
at The expense OF C. s. A. Did you 1ot knot
t We we're SO near? We are on the line.
+ Just at the right Of US, some boys Of
r Michigan regiment arc clearing hllloek
underbruth aad hal:.groWn trees. They te
8 Us field battery is to be brought up, theme
e to shell yonder woods two miles away On th
- hill, where the presence OF rebel battery
suspected Are they so near? Meare shoW
g inrroW cut in the earth Of an adjoining flelt
g Af,y YARDS from where We stand, A she
q fum over !, or der in those woods struck ther
= thie morning, showing good glaases and d to
~ e!able aim il the rebels, for Geu. Porter an
q his staff were riding to Falls Church, an
2 were the objects OF this mark Of attention.
e At this, come Of our party propose to d
2. ticipated that trophy hunt. 30 We go on
D. Falls Church, watching the hill yonder, whe1
T. our search for vision OF rebels Is repaid t
seeing q squad OF their cavalry gailop- aso1
= The edge cf the woods.
t, AEcIap OF paper is picked up by one Of Il
pary--e6e tag Of a bundle addressed to II
IT, ]. F.. ". Delorme. Capt. H2Frington's Cou
y paoy 9tA Rtg't So. CaTolina Volunteers, u
IL nsasaa, Va. Care Of Mt. MJers.n So, abo1
p here, AI. Myers must have exsentea his cur
Is mission, ard the private OF Capt. harrington
Company made happy in it's possession:
D. We see other tIaces Of the war, the es
4, relics Of homes destroyed, snd count as :
J: ride alorg the still standing chimney stacl
-. Of eleven burned dwellings. "Doctor," 50
We TO enc Of our companions, an old reside
1e Of Chicago, ssthis Is melanchoIy. euong
n, some CT these were the homes of Union mea
IN. "Yes," reiojned the Doctor {whon some
~ your readers may recognize iron the Iema
LII he made,"}-" Bad enough, bad enough: b
Est then, suppose the boys buried them for t
30 We waited fer the peiut, and knew be wor
- net miss it. They acz7at to see the Medicine
On crate"
Il is gratifying to know. however, that t
al |
~ Chief will put strong check on such "ope
ell items " in the future. These ruined homes
g. the first instalnent Of the ruin Virginia
he vited to her bosom when she Joined her f
A. ture with the rebellion.
81 We ride On until Munson's Hill is before
nd its smooth. bald crest wearing a mural croz
nd about whose Federal guns there is this ii
,,s | no sham Ard now as the Sun is setting ret
- behind the hills where Lie tho rebel camps,
ap turn our horses homeWaId, still among cam
still thickly surrounded By the canvas villat
M among which ne have been al day riding.
-. The camp fires glow brightly, and bring il
:. 4' view amid the 1eafy coverts, studies the
bhe Dutch masters would bave loved to paint,
freight flashing f1tfully on polished bayo
and ha1re1 as the guards face their roa1
The piekets now subject rs aud our pass
the light Of larteru, for evening shades
art | failtn fast upon these camps BY the Potion
on and how fuI Of elaquence and feeling il
far hour.
~ ~ Think Of the loving hearts Of the vast 4
'oo' titude Of mothers, sisters, wives, sweethea
ew- turning at nightan to this vast camp,
; /, these eoldier-boys By the Potomae, f
:.s homes far away, and scsttsred through all
epe wide North, IRON Maine to Michigan
uo- Minnesota
Ids So we have made our round and trave1
Mia the camp northward, and return By two
ferent roads and here is Long Bridge ag
and yonder glancing across the waters,
ght Lights Of Washington. Tie conntersign Il
aatf servo us now, and ne got it at Headqnarl
r,5 ! and again We are without the lines,
1oo shortly our horses feet are clattering d
/ o. Pennsy1Vanin avenue
,u1d ....
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