The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-09-04
The BATTLES il, Virginia.

room for. The accounts in the various
newspapers are so confused, and made Up
So much Of rumors, that we find it abso-
Iutcly impossible to give anything ike a
| detailed narrative Of the several days
! fighting.
! WAsmHGToy, Aug 30-The battle OF
! yesterday was condue,ea by the army
/ corps Of Heiutzleman, M'DoweII and S.gel
on our side, against rebel force believed
to number from iity to sixty thousand
strong, that is, the army corps of Jackson,
and We presume portion OF Lees army,
which had succeeded III making its way
down from White Plains through Thor
oua'.fsre Gap
he location of the battle was in the
! vicinity Of Itarnarket. and from IIaymar-
ket of in the direction Of Sudlcy Church,
or IN ether words, but few miles to the
/ northwest Of the neycr-to-be- forgotten
battle Of Bull Run. Heintzluman's corps
! came up with the cnemy's rear d. about
. ten O'clock, a IA, eleven miles from Cen
treviile, which poiut he left at Gaybrcak
lie found Jackson's command fighting
II M'Dowell or Sigel, or both, on the right
in the direction Of Haynrarilct This po-
sioon they took by going north from
Gainesville to command the entrance and
the exit from Thoroughcare Gap Up to
four p. M, nothing definite had resulted
from the days fight. Though continuous,
it had not been "a bloody battle. Persons
arriving here who were on the field OF
action until four o'clock, represent on the
other hand that the tide Of success was
decidedly with the Union army, which
pushed the rebels successfully on both
sides.
Ere the evacuation of Manassas, on the
day before yesterday. the rebels paroled
700 Union prisoners they had taken since
the commencement of the movement.
The following intelligence is gathered
from private sources:
On Tuesday night, a. report reached
Warrenton Junction that jackson was
again in our rear, and that instead Of ma
king an attack aud retiring, as his cavalry
did on Friday night last at Catletts sta
tion, he had taken up Il position on the
railroad, near Bristow, four miles south Of
Manassas, and had burned two railroad
trains, torn up the track, cut the telegraph
aud taken prisoners all the guards along
the road.
These reports prove to have 6cen true,
and the events Of Wednesday show his
determination not to be easily driven from
tie neighborhood
1t seems from what can BE learned from
the rebel wounded on our hands, that
Jackson and Swell started from the vicin-
ity OF Warrenton Springs on Sunday, with
three divisions, crossed the Rappahannock
some six miles south of the Blue Ridge,
and proceeded by way of Orleans and Sa
lem to Bristow, making the distance iD
about two and half days. On reaching
this point, their first object of attack was
the house Of Mr. Liscomb, where ten Fed
eral officers were stopping, Who were all
taken prisoners. Their next attack was
upon q company Of the 10th Pa. infantry
and some dozen Pa. cavalry, left to guard
the road, two OF three OF whom were K He'd
aud the remainder supposed to be captu
red. \ train Of empty cars came along
from Washington about this time and was
fired into by regiment OF infantry and
enc of cavalry, bat escaped without serious
injury. Orders were then issued by jack
son to tear up the track, which was done,
aud the second train coming along ran off
and was fred into 4 third train follow
ing ran into the second and was also fired
into, aud some persons on board were
taken prisoners. y fourth train made
lis appearance, but the engineer. suspect
ing something was wrong, stopped at
distance aud blew a whistle. lie was
answered by an engineer on one Of the
ill-faied trains and he Immediately reversed
his engine and returned towards Wash
ington The two trains captured were
then fred, by order Of Jackssn, and
entirely consumed excepting the iron
work. The rebels then proceeded mile
down the track, burned the bridge at
Kettle Run, tore up some thirty feet OF
the track and cut the telegraph wires
The also burned the iAidge across Broad
Run at Bristow
On "Wednesday morning, Ewell's diyis-
ion was placed on each side Of the railroad,
having their batteries stationed on the
right, Que on the left and the other near
the railroad, with infantry and cavalry
between the cutire force, being concealed
behind brush wood and the railroad bank,
with an open field in front
Our troops that were sent down from
Warrenton junction to attack them, con
sisted Of Hooker's division with u portion
Of Kearney's, but the latter, it Is said, did
not Get a chance to enter into the contest.
Gen. Hooker was in command, and, not
expecting the enemy in any large force,
ordered charge through u piece of woods
and into the cleared space, wheu a murder