The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-06-27
War News.
FROM THE MOUNTAIN DE-
PARTMENT.
Fremont aftor Jaokson--Nhrre was
Shicids-A Trick OF the ENEMY
Explicit Of Ghcst brough.
tccr. NY. THbans J


Mt. JACKSON, Va, June ~, 1859.
Why Shields in force YVES not n, por,
Republic is oquostion everybody asks
and nobody apswors.
With not 10000 men under Fremont
we bad chased Jackson with at least 2O,-
600 from Strasburg 90 the Shenandoah
Tho bridge over this river, upon the pike
beyond Ilarrisonburg, was burned by some
good Unicn man, aud Jackson was forced
To turn to the right aud seek over nm al
most impossablc road the bridge ui por,
Republic.
Fremont, with indomitoblc energy Of
q devil, assisted by such men ns Mlroy,
Schcnck, Dohlen and Clusorct, followed
close upon the heels OF the enemy, and
the miserable rond him up with tie enc
my.
Jackson was in on unplca snt prcdcn
mcnt. With Fremont close upeu his
rear, he found one brigade Of Shiclds's
division In poss ssion Of tho bridge.
The ablest General of the rebels was
cquil TO the emergency.
AT Gross Keys he selected a strong
position, md on the slh fought us with
tuch vigor that, although detected and
terribly cut up, he was enabled 20 move
ON and drive Cauol's light brigade from
the bridge, pass ever aud bufu the struc-
turu behind him, before we could come
up.
Had Gen. Shi lds been in force at Port
pepublie, Jackson's army would unqucs
tionably have been cut To pieces, his inn
mcnee train captured, stores taxed from
him, and his prisoners set ut lsrgc. Why
was no, Shields thcrcl
II wos sub Ct OF no sinnll nortificn.
ton to us after our hard murch on hal
raticns, and yet harder fighting, to rush
ON the hight ab we the burning bridge
anl tho long train ratting away 1t
the distincc, aud large bodies Of Rebel,
disappearing In the woods aud mountain
gorgcs.
We hustcncd their flight BY few wei
aimed shells from DcBtck's and Riahy'i
admirable batteries.
We would have done much moro exc
cution, but for u Yankee trick played OF
us by the enemy.
To our len we saw some two thousnn,
men. They were IN blue uniform an,
without trins. Were they our soldiers
or prisoners, or Scccsh rascnls dressed Ii
our uniforms. These questions kept u
from Smelling them, us we might hav
done.
Inc doubt was somewhat solv Il h,
Li,ut. Chcscborough of the nth Rcri
meht u. 5. A., and aid TO Gen Schcnck
VINO rode his horse over the the ford an,
taking remarkably close cool view o
the iorccs, came back aud report d thcn
unduubted Scccsh. This is ouy one nc
out Of m'uy done by this gallant younl
genu man.
Well, Jackson Is of, and We are takin
arrst at this beautiful village, aud Ger
Fremont is nOkiug every effort to cstat
lisll some sort OF discipline in this (Blcr
kcr'S) division.
IL was high compliment puid Gen
Fremont, that such a body OF ulcn ahuul
bc sent hlm as an army, nud Il is TO hi
credit that with ninc thou-und men sue
MS these in his army hc marched "a b
did, ard won 81 brilliant victory n
that Of Cross Keys.
Scccsn caauut gIvr my irNGns4,,YS ,Tl
ana save themselves from starvat!on,-
jackson will be back here aud we vii
S"e INN warm reception,
WASHINGTON, June lC
Fhc Secretary Of War received di.
patch from Gen. Geo. w. Morgan, dntc
lamp near Cumberland Gan, juno lstl
. n NJ. IL states that his connan
efgun its march ut one O'Clock that morn
ing to attack tho euemy at Cumberan
uab, but on their arrival it was found h
had evacuated thutvcry important pos
uOr, his rear guard having len only ubo,
four hours before the 1rcival of our a,
vance.