Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-09-09
Tie Recent Fighting.
(conc.poaagncc Of The New Yors Tribune.
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" ARLINGTON, ldesuHY, o3pt' 30 l., VI.
Yesterday as 10 Was understood, Gen. Ne
Clcllan was put III command OF the lortifca.
tl1ns anu defense. Of Washington rms morn.
g lng his body guard aud heaoqu4rter wagons
callc over the river, ani be has resumed tba
efhce5 which he formerly occupied On the cor
ner vi Fifteen. and-a-half street and pennsyl-
vani4 avenue lie went over no Virginia b.
J day
had long conversation to-day with a field
ohcfr belonging 70 Gen Ricketts, Division. who
described - me- ~ detail the battle 9i Saturday.
as De saw u IRON an ambulance ~ which hs
illness obliged him 20 lie, and ot various lmpJr.
taot events not hitherto noted winch he wiz.
messed preylons 10 that ha.da lie Is cool
aQd Intelligent witness, nd 1ulue his test.
mOny
Aa rtslris Saturdays battle be says that We
were completely 0utinancagerrd by ths rebels
bnti - o clock little lighting ocnned Oar
skrmishers pushep lat0 tbe gOlds from the
open plan wnere our troops wele ussesd aud
graduaiiy drove their skirmishers back On The
rghf, uucVyern9 considerable l0Fce bahnd
them. Between ugclye and one. uyla Ai!. IL
.foht VI tue woods Ndlch they occupied oppo-
site our centre, rebel battery laade is appear
a0ce, .ired iew shots anu alter fifteen MINUTES
skrmiehlng with one OF our batteries retired.
Fresendy, % another crest oi the bill, further
% the !ett, another bdttery appe4fed, few
more shots were exchanged, and II also uropuet
behind the hi fans was repeiteq On auotuer
hli further aud lurtler to Tie leit several times,
hen all was quiet for a lcw moments Present.
~ The whole range ot hills was covered with
batterics, and an lomenee force appe4rcd uppo
site our LEI. and center, aud Opened & terIiDle
hFe. sun lurthur 10 The left cloud ul dust
MARKED the advance Of a heavy column, march
ips to turn that lAnk. Before the coneentr.
ted Ire from the bill, ana the charge u the
column on the illuk, our troops gave way Sew
cral batteries were captured, even our reserves
we're shaken and ~ least on this part Of the
he'd regiments retired not precisely Us they
would withdraw from parade Many resi.
Dtnts, however, wete honorable EXCEPTIONS.
kAfly IN the morning the field uticer who
narrated these iacts TO me listened 10 the conver
satiun 0i Rebel priso ers, ulseu before the 6lht
commenced ~ earnest, One OF thtm boastel
To s0me VI our men that the day would close
with Confederate yictory-that they would
whip us out and out Whenaalkeil how lac
snew u, he reyiiod that tseu. Jseksoa told him
80 that morning, aud he knew Another said
that Ten. Lposstrcet joined Jackson with ninety
regiments and six Batteries. Another computed
Loagareet's force At 40 600, and said that be-
hind hlm would come three miles oi wagons,
bringing supplies jackson, according To this
authority. marched with sIx days' rations, and
NJ baggage lie should have been supported
sooner hy Gen Lougstreet and the main rebel
army. Delay had however. beeu caused hv
the necessity et clearing a passage through |
Ihorougbidre Gap, winch was Distracted during
Jackson last oheuandoah campaign To prevent
our pressing too closely upon his rear. Immense
rocks had oecn thrown dawn lnd Trees ielled
Tor TINS purp se jackson himself lad marched |
10 VI snaSsas through Smokers and Alders /
Corps. Nashiogton, all THESE prisoners sail
was tAeir goal
Oar iiell officer was able :, be 10 command 9t |
nls regiment wien 1t was, with the rest OF Rex
ett $ DIVISION, seut uut t. hold Longstreet in
cheek aud prevent hun from rcnorcng jackson /
by Way oi Ihorougtdre Gap Three regiments
were pushed forward TO seize tie Gap, out they /
were ,00 late IAe rebes held il lH fnrce and |
poured from above, from eacn SIDE, anu the
front destructive tire, she mGFGsmen being
entlreiy invisible lhe Gap was discovered to
oe 'ery nlrrow, aiioriing barely passage lor the
faliroaa- and carriage road by lts aue, aud a
sa@i! stream, anu turupike, anu d carriage
fqaa ueyond lt--tae mountains flsmg preeipl I
i1'el} On each side. 10 t'.e riga, At the en.
ssahee q. the eal, Nas guilty. aud 0n TINS
'.ie 81 IL "a steep elh. 4. Fletcher Webster
li Inc "a Mas,a atGus9.te ssut SaSarAl comp4.
.iss % teet the enemy, VII were pssted on tins
li!i N .efee, aad hrlng from above al our men,
1ut thtf found tle hii uu this side ,oo steep To
'hmo. the digla.ou suoa found .ha,is was IN
pnsSltle - hola lta ground, AID il vas Obliged
10 retire
Aao her iact @otth noticing is communicated
~ the same witness. lie says chat when his
regiment was IA advance ON the other side OF the
holding tde redouhts on the two
lr three hhis whlea toemed our 0atposTs. he
saw Tor three days constant streamot infantry
ina cavalry, artillery and wagons, moving up
stream IA The direction which hey would nat
lraily take IN orucr 10 flank Gen Pope as they
ild Why lhs movement was allowed To 20
~, why our o0unteractlng movements were
'aken az 80 late an hour alter the enemy had
passed, ~ does not ay
fortlous ol the gunhoat and mortar fleet are
iefe OF ut Alexandria, anu COMMANDER Wilkes
. . IN town The only regret expressed is that
oulI run is NOT naYigable Tor these river mon
tiers. They aaso proved 20 seryieeable To the
'smy heretofore that their absence al our late
battles Wa, seriously iult.
-Four clock r M.-rhe following is u diary
II Ten. banks march, derived from converse
lont with him and his staff.
The corps under Gen. Banks lelt the Rappa-
annOek west OF Warrenton ON Tuesday night
'assed 10 Brentsyille, and thence north of Ma
assas junction, crossing th1 sou'nero extreu,i.
OF the old battlefield, and Bull run, and
litchelis Ford, joining the Union forces east 9i
'ull run on Sunday night, On Monday they
we're engaged IN holding ford against the enc
ny No portion oil hs corps was in any en-