The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-02-07

humc, moYC Slankcts have been used, hut
a general order has compelled Us tn re-
linquish all but two, cutting US of Of ma
ny seeming ncecsssrics, We lad with US.
Each soldier is allowed just so much and
no more; that is what he can carry. Nu-
merous trunks and boxes were put on
board the cars yesterday. ths, the men
had filed with what they wcro not al
lowed to carry, TO be stored in Cumbcr-
land; so that cur evolu,ion', from one
point to another, may be now readily
made, and NO are promised by cur good
General, many long and intgueing mar
ches.
Our march from Romney, was a NEST
severe and hosty Que; mad, more than
imaginably deep, gulches and streams
lbridgeless, aud swollen with water; rain
pouring down in torrents, and. to the an
accustomed eye. to such scene, cur
Brigade, am sure, would have been a
novelty indeed.
At five A. NJ, we had made Spring
field, when un hour Of rcitcshmont and
rest was given us; fences were pulled
down, the rails thrown upon the ground,
and men dashed themselves down upon
them and were soon in the land ofdrcams.
At O'Clock the shrill note of the buglc
was heard, and the ort,r was to take up
our line of march; the "huvrcsacks" were
pretty thoroughly investigated, aud the
'cruckcr and junk" were greedily con.
sumcd. when the column was put upon
the line Of march.
At Springfield, our advance guard and
the cnemy's met, capturing eight prison
crs---ono Capt. aud one Lieut.. of the en-.
emy. A general hght was expected, but
the enemy seemed unwilling to show u,
fight. We had some difficulty in cross.
ing Patterson Creek with our baggage
train. Luckily none were lost. This
retarded our movement about lour hours
At eight o'clock, on the evening Of the
nth inst, we pitched our tents in this
camp, having marched the distance o
: about thirty six miles; this was trying up
on four thousand of the troops, who had
ON the 7th stormed Blues Gap. p.Gen.Joc
I son. Of the rebel army, had made Il de-
u scent upon the X. II. via. Winches,c
=, aud Bath, aud had taken possession o
tho road towards Cumberland as far u,
: Russellville and Hancock, almost in on,
rear, scrupulously avoiding our forces q
Romney.
Gen. Lander ordered US to storm Blue.
Gap, seventeen miles from Romncy an,
, thirteen from Winchester, believing tha
that would call jackson back to Winches
ter, fcpring that we would take tha
place. Dotachmcnts OF six hundred from
seven Rcg'ts, pickles men, were ordered
on the night of the 9th, to storm Blue
Gap, consisting Of the 4th, 9th, 7th an
9th, Ohio Reg'rs, the l4th Indiana an,
LIST Va. At one o'clock in the mornin
ofthc 7th inst, they took mp their line O
) march; there was u snow upon tn
ground about four inches deep, dry an
+ sandy, and the strong wind through tn
, mountain passes, drifting the snow, mad
: il very disagrcenble. We made the ga
at about in the morning, For abou
| three miles from the gap, there was
2 gradual desccnt-clearcd land on boil
sides ofthe road, giving us u fair view o
he high ridge OF mountains and the gap
> Great Cacapon runs along the ridge 0
g mountains and the enemy did not sec III
until we were within one mile of tn
bridge of the stream, A brief slirmis
between the encmy's cavalry and ou
D cavalry arose for the possession of III
5 bridge, but il was at once settled, whe
Q CSpt. Dome drew in line Of battle with h
nine pieces of artillery, We crossed til
bridge, drew our line Of battle, and the s,
cesh, scattering and deployipg their reg
ments on the mountains, guve us to III
derstand, that II we wanted to take th
gap we had to whip them. II was y
once seen that artillery was OF little us,
to us, or them; so it must be skirmisl
Two regiments were to take the LETT aad
). two the right side of the gap and scalt
5 the mountains, whilst the two stronge
$ ones were TO charge through il. Th
4 sth being the strongest Rcg't was put !
front, the 18th Ind. next, and the st Va
A in the rear; the other regiments wheele
0 in line, ard the order was given to 'lor
q ward" when the seetsh cracked ava
A with vengeance. Our force nnswcre
s the fro and kept advancing. When tb,
fire had been fally opened on both sides
a the order was given for our lachmcnt I
= charge through the gap, When We ba
I got about midway of the gap. the 6rin
D was really deafening. Secesh cavalr
a met us there, but not venturing upon ou
bayonets. wheeled aud got out of our wa
f as fast as possible, Three ofthe enemy
l cannon, posted at the opposite extremit
, Of the gap, were steadily waiting for thei
i cavalry to unniask them, when n volle
of musketry, aimed at their cavalry, too
effect upon three of their cannopiers an
/. put the rest to fight, THUS saving US froT
/, the charges they had so patiently held il
!. store for Us,
!, The cannon "were ours;" their infant
0 ry, tumbling from the erags, by the wei
( directed balls of our Yankee boys, Great
5 ed panic, and their whole forco was a
o once in motion, We followed the ras