Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-20
GaN. BUnYsEDEs AMY.


Correspondence Of the New York Tribunsl
CAMP MAR FREDRIcKBURs. Va,
August g, 1902
The movement Of Gen. Burnside's whole force
from Newport News to Fredricksburg is alTeAdy
known 20 The public. The transfer was accom-
pished with a secrecy and colsrity characteris-
tic Ofthe famous commander, and made without
accident or misfortune. At an early hour on Sat-
urday morning last the e~m6srkatiOn commenced,
and by shutdown tie whole of Rsno's division
was on board transports anchored IN Hampton
Roads. The voyage up Chesapeake bay and
the Potomac river as tar as Aqua creek was
without any important incident beyond the &C
eidental browsing Of a private Of the 5lst New
York, who fell overheard from the came Far0n
on Friday night while in q State Of intoxieation.
Although every effort was made to save the man,
he was carried away by the swift-rUnning tide
and drowned. The body was not recovered.
On Monday morning a portion of the army
/ was landed and taken By rail to Falmouth Sta
ton, and in the evening the remainder Of Rs1o's
division bivOuacked on the hills near this place.
They were followed o. Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday, by PsTke's and Stevens divisions,
whose camps were distributed on both sides Of
the railroad. so IS to be near the track, and at
the same time within easy supporting distance
Of the other division, and the garrisons Of Fal-
mouth and Fredericksburg. Tho baggage was
brought up as rapidly as possible, and the Tegi-
ments are now comfortably settled in i.her
camps.
Trains laden with troops, provisions, forage,
and baggage are coming one after another, and
the scream Of the engine whistle can BE- heard
almost from morning till night. Burnside's chief
business officers are SO accustomed TO their du-
ties that they get through the heavy labOrs i'm
posed upon them with little trouble and less dis
play. The general himself is looking very well,
and is full of hope and confidence. Those who
have followed him through the North Carolina
campaign know he must have som bold and
dashing work ahead, for be is riding from camp
to camp, hurTying his aids in every direction,
and giving h5 personal superinteDdence to most
Of the details of preparation. BE was out st the
dress paTsdss of Hawkins brigade last evening,
wearing his biue-checksd shirt, bis Rhode Island
blouse, and tina. cid steeple.crowned felt hat
whose color was faded out by the storms Of Hat
terss and the hot sans OF Roanoke and NeWbern.
That costume is familiar to every man In the
army.
The enemy has been concentrating a large
force at aud near G~ordonsville, it IS said, under
StoneWall jackson and Lee. Their strength is
varOusly estimated, but so far as we have learn
ed, it is yet only a nucleus for the marauding
army which is devoted to the desperate work al
a march over the lines into the free States. Cor
louisville has direct railroad communication
with Richmond by the Virginia Central, over
which their troops and supplies have been pour
ing for some time past. The Importance of
breaking this line IS too apparent to need dem
~onstTsGOn, and Ger. Kings division have made
the two attempts which have so lately been
communicated 10 the public. The brilliant re-
connoiss&nce Of the Harris light cavalry under
Lieutenant Colonel fitzpatrick, to Beaver Dam
and that neighborhood, had this object in view.
Another was determined upon, and the force left
hove ~ Nha Sch "a -----~- q a. TEIL-
and Hatch, and Col. Cutler, for Hanover june
ton.
The force was divided into two columns, the
FIRST under Gen. GibbOn, and the other under
Acting Brgadiar-G General Butler. Gibbons
force consisted Of the % and 9Th Wisconsin,
18Th Indiana, Captain Munroe's battery, and the
81 Indiana cavalry, 400 strong. Taking the
telegraph and road they marched without 0ppo-
sltIOn as Tar as Mat river, a distance OF fourteen
miles from camp, but here they encountered
S.uarts Virginia cavalry and two pieces Of
light artillery, which opened upon Us at long
range. The column halted, and the Indiana
cavalry, which was in the advance, retiring be-
yond range We're charged upon by the rebel cav
airy. They Tepulsed them, however, without
any casually except the wounding of one man,
and the rebels not choosing to follow US up,
Gen. Gibbon concluded TO eacamp for the night,
which be did, advaucinE bis skiTmishers and es-
tablshing a ine Of pickeis.
BeiO-ce the force left fredericksburg General
Hatch was ordered TO be ready to follow with bis
brigade the following morning, and did so, reach
ing a point two miles this side Of Mat river.
Early on Friday morning he Joined Gen. Gibbon,
and tie combined columns crossed Mat without
opposition, and advanced seven miles. Hetch's
force comprised three companies Of the % Uni
ted States shaTpsh0oteTs, Col Post, 8 section of
the New Hampshire battery, the 22d New York,
LieUs-Colonel Thomas, and the 30th New York.
Learning that a large rebel force was on his
right, and that there was danger of his retreat
being cut off, Sen. Gibbon decided to retraee bis
Facing about, he marched toward Fred
erick5burg wish as much celebrity as the overpow-
heat Of the weather allowed, and when near
the Bowling Green road, a company Of cavalry,
under Capt. Lemon, and two companies CT the
1th Wisconsin, were sent to %recOnuOitar toward
he town and check the supposed advance of the
enemy from that direction.
Captain Lemon found the road clear, and rode
10 rear the town as to be able to look quite
it. Although he met no hostile force !
le learned that Generals Stuart and Lee had
there the night before, and had gone to
suinney's Station, with a view to getting in our
ear. This Intelligence was hardly received by
Gibbon before word was brought that a !
of Hatch's wagon train had been intercept
d within six miles Of Fredericksburg, and cap !
ured, along with sixty-seVen teamsters and sol y
who had given out on the march and had i
picked up by the train. The wsgons, eleven
q number, also eOntained G large lot of blankets c
commissary stores belonging to Hatch's s
Figade. They had become separated from the L
alance of the train by some miles, and the rebel c
avaTY coming from Guinney's got between the Y
wo parts and gObblsd up the smaller train. I
ONE fifty OF them pursued the main train and a
upon It, but Captain Drum, A. Q. NJ, v
was in charge, formed the one company Of 5
be 2lst New York, which was acting ss guard, Il
cross the road, and gaze the enemy such a vol 3
y that they broke and fed. :
The second column, commanded by Acting I
General Cutler, was moro fortunate.
roceediDg Iowa the plankrOad, by way Of n
pOtsylvania Court Rouse, through WallerS =
'aysm read, they halted for the night at Mount 3
'ieasant. On Wednesday, afternoon they reached 4
redericks Hall station, and Colonel Mansfield 4
of tie Harris Light Cavalry, seuding n
L, Captain Walters, TO s point two &
nd q half miles above, led The main body TO the f.
-alion. Captain Wslters took up eighty lengths o.
f rail, cut the telegraph, burning the wire and h
o1es, and blew up the rnad-bed with powder. =
large lot of new L rails which were piled along
de the track, were made into a baTricade across
e road-bed, and warped and burnod By kind
large fires under and about them. Com :
anies G., Captain Gwintor, II, Captain McIrwin,
I'd T., Lieutenant Loudon commanding, went =
to the station and destroyed the water /
nks, telegraph wire, and 5000 bushels of :
and a large LOT Of whisky, and other army
which were awaiting transportation to the
lemy at Gordonsvills This force was ia com (
and Of the brave and dashing Lieut-Col Kill Al
.tick, who commanded in the recent brilliant g
ia to Beaver Dam. Adjutant Benjamin Greg
y, with a party, was sent down 10 near Bum
IS Turnout to blow up the track and
which was accomplished in the most
CROUCH and satisfactory manner. At this point
Q water tanks and depot were burned, the +
was destroyed, and a small eulvert was
own m with powder. A little fnrihar ~, tba -