, 1862-06-24
THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY;


Especial Correspondence Of the Evening Post.l
WEoHEsTER, Va, June 13. 1862.
When jackson left Winchester, three weeks
ago, i vas with the greatest apprehensions
that Mcdowell and Frem mt had cut off bis
retreat, and that his famous scheme, which he
had so carefully planned for the invasion Of
Mary land, would reanlt ig1 omlnfnously in the
capture Of his whole force. Several of the
rebel officers 80 expressed themselves to some
Of o. the prisoners, since Pa1oled; and when
winchester was evacuated by the rebels, 1t
was in great hurry and with almost as great
confusion as when Oh May 25th, Gen. Banks
retIeated through 1t, General Fremont ,fas
then st Franklin or near there, and the gen
eral expectation was that he would cross over
and cnt of the retreat Of the rebels il that
direction, Thi1e Shields moved up to Front
Royal and prevented them from returning bv
the came road they had come.
HOW JACKSON ESCAPED.
Sh1elds did come up towards Front Roval.
so that jackson, when he had gone few
miles on the road, found that 1t would be i'm
practicable, returned to the Strasbure aud
Hauieonburg road, and pushed on IN that di-
Eection. Fremont, however, did not cons @ nd NJ
the HarF1sonburg pike, owing to the impossi-
bility Of subsisting his army on it, or some
other reason, but came up to Moore6eId. a
pike parallel to the Harrisonburg pike, crossed
over 70 stasbuIg, but got there Just as jack
sons rear guard had passed it. So Jackson
escaped; but, as one Of the prisoners ex-
pressed it, BY the skin of his teeth" Gould
. Fremont have come up the Harrisonburg pike
he would, In all probability, have intercept
JaekEon's retreat, have chosen his OWL posi-
ton and forced Jackson to attack him on 1t,
and with his force could undoubtedly have cut
him to pieces. But coming up the other road
he arrived Just too late, aud then nothing was
LEFT Tor him but d stern chase, which Is always
b long one.
FEEAosT's cHAsB OF TH8 REBH1s
Through Woodstock, Mount jackson and
Newmarket Fremont followed him, taking =
good many prisoners and some old wagons,
and having an occasional skirmish. The Mar
row Passage and Rudd's Hill, where there
were excellent positions for defense, jackson
passed by without availing himself of them ;
and at length, Thea he could no longer retreat
in safety, took up position on the Port Re
public road, end fought the battle which Is
reported as having been very disastrous tq
him.
JACKSON REINFORCED,
Several Of the cavalry, however, who escaped,
report that Gen. Fremont's force was badly
cut up, aud he has since been obliged to fall
back. The cause Of this is the arrival Of re.
ln1orcements to the number Of Il, 600 under
Gen. Hill, from Tennessee or that direction,
making force with Jackson superior to Ere.
mont's. Accordingly, Fremont will have to
taH back II pressed by Jackson, until Bana[
can get his column up to meet him, when JACK,
son IN return will have to fall back
GENERAL BANKS ARMY.
The whole of General Banks corps has now
or beyond General Banks himself came OF
more than week ago, b1t owing to the great
freshct sill the troops did not ret over Until
this week, when the last brigade Of them
marched il two days what they had done In ons
before. The excitement in regard to the be
havior of the rebel citizens Of Winchester dur
ing the rebel retreat had then died out in
crest measure With the lapse Of time, and
there Was no danger to be apprehended tha
the city would be fired by the Indignant sol
Mcrs-
UNNECESSARY PRECAUTIONS,
Such vas the fear, however, OF something O
the sort happening u hen the first brigade pass
ed through, that General sigel had several reg
iments nnder arms to put down at once any
such attempt, and when any regiment that haG
1etreatea with General Banks through tht
town was reported approaching, the troop
| were called out to protect it. There need hayt
| been no fear. am sure that no violence woult
have been attempted against the command Q
| the officers OF any OF those regiments. Tie,
are too well disciplined for that. But it wa
| generally expected that there would be SOM
severe punishment inflicted upon the town
| The evidence that citizens fired from their win
doWs, not once, but repeatedly, and threY
grenades and other deadly missiles st our men
is conclusive.
! Harper's Ferry, which are drilling industrious
1y, and from present indications they may sool
be needed. The troops which have beeR will
Banks IN bis previous excursions through til
valley md HE retreat are IN the best OF spirits
| aud want nothing more than another chance q
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