Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-09-12
ETtCEiTyOE or rRFDERicHSsC!:1


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| ETIcEiTIOS or FRFDERiCnSSCnG.
DESTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGES. ETC.
A correspondent of the New York "riml>,'
gives some interesting particulars Of the cvac-
uation Of fredericksburg Va, by Burnside $
command on Sunday last. We make the fcl-
lowing extracts:
All the regnental baggage, material Of war
and army stores have been carefully sent
away, and are saved. 1t is The first Apparent
retrograde movement of General Burnside,
bnt 90 not believe he regards "a: III auy
sense retreat.
Suilire il 20 say Fredericksburg has been
abandoned; TIE three bridges which W, r:
! constructed for cnnneCtiug The NO banks ui
tlIr river Tor our own use haYr been DESTROY
e'; the railroad buildings "n the r..Iu!nu;t.
Side, Including the offices Of post-oprr.rI$s;.ry
and QuartermastGr, with a small amount uf
stores only, have been consumed bv fire; the
machine shop and Inundcry i'll Tie town oi
Fredericksburg formerly used 10 so good a.
vantage by the rebels, but more recently oc-
cupled as n repairing shop for orr rn,iu".,
tnd railroad, has hern blown up, and the
! large bakery establishment at Falmouth h:.>
also been burned.
Of the evacuation uf Tie town. the writer
says:
\ mounted orderly was sent to order ;he
Eighth Connecticut. on picket dhly, To re-
trr. tolonc! Harlan accordingly ordy,,,
! lis men 10 fall in. aud they i!nmrh!at.'y !;.!i
back OF The TOWN.. When they reached lh.
river TIA" railroad aud wire bridges we're al
ready on tire and they Well. down and cTn'se,:
OH The only remaining brdg,--tiiat CON
structcd of canal bua.s-at the lower part 81
the town. The Provost guard had aireaiy
beell nIicicd II v4calc Ill: town. Sharl!r
after ) O'Clock, +. w.. the torch WAS ar-
! piel TO the railroad station, which was al.
ready we'll CONSUMED before the brri,as
were fired. Shortly before this was dnr"
the Sixth New York Cavalry came III from
( the direction Ut blrnett's Ford. ALI! rrr"rI"d
that all ambulance and wagon tram whic:l
! overlook them on The road was hurryin" i.i-
| ward with great speed, and reported that
the rebels in considerable force were hri.ini
them, having crossed just above, nnd wr.r
passing on their rear. Gen. burnside anil
|
seeing everything safely Gti' and ir"acc,in.;
along the road. The railroad train w:,s
liiIrd with people, white and hIa.k K. wiEh
their housrhould goods, ready to move OIL
| Ia this connection it ought 10 hr mentioned,
70 the great credit Of the engineers, cu;ni!c-
tors and employers On The .iGTIa Creek ralI
roa1,l That they have been Incr:,,aniIy engaged,
night and cay for wrck past iii lransp"i!
ing gnods and passengers; ~ and fr3 on t!.i.;
| TuIi.
The march fr0al the river 10 A,ni;, crcrh
was very iiiliciIt ar"l occupied thc wI.rlr
ngh,. The roads, Hooded by The n0rning
rains, and cut Mp 10y inces,ant tlav-i oi AM
D!uls, vehicles sni cannon, we're almost I'M
/ passble in some places. General Burnside
kept along with the train, and seemed al
ways in the place where there was the most
difficulty. On several occasions he disnount-
ed, and standing !eg deep in the mud, put
| his slnni,ler To the wheels and called on the
men to initiate his example. in order TO cX-
J lrlcatc the aCibrlanccs and wagun@ from
deep holes Ill which they lad hcc"in" stalled.
Dnc ambulance waS upset near Station N".
>. and three OF four persons who wrlc III ii
narrowly escaped brIng hiicl. tine or tw"
other teams were disabled hy the hT.an,.:s
CT aAels or wh!illctreeS but nothing Of 4 .c-
rinus character occurred on the road.
BY daylight nearly the whole OF the ia-
mense train was safely through the hills %nl
cncampcd within sight Of the landing. With
ont waiting for sleep, FIJI hour Of which lac
! has scarcely cXpcI fenced for inrty-cisht honr-,
Con. Burnside rode up In the hlllsidrs OYER
looking the pIacc, and selected positions
where batteries were planted /" "nllIahc tie
approach to the lunl'ng.
| As an additional protection. four sIn-
boats lie at anchor within easy SHOT of
| the ROADS, which must ne passed III approach
ing the position. General burnSIdr'S di-
vision is all right. Further this deruncnt
saith not.
The Washington Star" in aIiitien,
says
We learn that Gen. burnside, on Monday
night. was OH the east side Of Potomac run.
about sixty miles from fredericksburg, III Il,
position to punish the enemy, if they should
attempt to press him. Solnc Of tile enemy :
cavalry had attempted Hank movement
upon him, crussinga ferry fifteen miles be-
low Fredericksburg, but had not elected
their purpose. but were lowering 0t the ~rst
hank Of Potomac run, along to lts In"rIth.--
The run cnpticS into IN inlet Of the PotU-
mac.
The iron foundcry (Srott'Sj was not de-
stroyed, as stated. on the evacuation Of Fred
crcksburg. and private property was strictly
respected.
STILL LATER FRON TIE NDH1".