Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-09-11

'oa"" our FORCES had evacuated and Il,
rebels were in possession. OWN, %
neglect OF DIR, McFarln and Dr. c W TIE
Maj Gen. Lees Medical Directors NV '"'-
not been furnished with list If o,.. ~"
prisoners nor with any evidence h ',''CO
citizens had come into their lines unJ.S we
flag OF truce--some too who went and
held VIA Bull Rnn bridge on SUNDAY
the flag of truce was granted, beins ,,I '0,'
prisoners-the Provost Marshal ,of,..s
allo" us to pass, but sent us under an s,a..'
OF AShby's Cavalry to Gen, jackson, uo.1
quarters, some six or seven miles =. ~
Winchester turnpike. A mlserablv ir.o.
petent Dutch Surgeon being sent in char,
of the train, we civilians held council >.
war while on the march, and your cor,.
pendent was chosen to do the diplomo,,
We reached StonewalPs heaiquarter, ...,.
in the evening, and his troops suppO,Do -.
a Captured train, received us mucb ..
would suppose Choctaws would receive tb..
captures, "How are you, Yanks 2D 40.
ward TO Richmond, Yanks." Gwen b, .
Washington long before you" &C., &c. r.,
Lieut., in charge Of our train thereupoD ba,,,
TO put on airs, and shouted out, "Prisono,-
fall in by fours in front oil the Ambulance
and as we fell in grumbinglv, he procea5,,
to curse us and assure us we should h. ,l,
If we struggled, and if five of us baona,o1
to get in row he would d-n us for irwin,
TO cheat him. At length told him W, miab,
be prisoners of war, though we couldn,, 90,
1t, but we were not thieves and pickpooka,.
nor accustomed to that style of language.
young gray coat standing near, who nrayos
to be Gen. Jackson's Assistant Altman,
Gen, promptly put Mr.. Lieut. under arrs.,
and apologized to us by saving that he had
been drinking too much Yankee wbiskev
which he had captured at Centreville. Oh
StonewalI had gone to Lees headouarter.
where We arrived so his Asst. Gen. & Can,
Randolph of the famous Black Horse Cav
airy, also of Jackson's staff entertained u,vo
courteonSly till the Gen. came back. wba,
was Immediately ushered into his presence
ought to say that a fast young Colonel. one
of the chief of his staff had previously
received my statement thus "An old story.
sir, you came out te see big victory. and
find yourselves prisoners of war, gentlemen"
Decidedly cool thought for dog days.
found the redoubtable Stonewal very
ordinary appearing parsonage, so ordinary
that should certainly have taken him for
his orderly had not Capt. Randolph
pointed him out TO me. Officers and men
all wear the same gray colored uniform, the
officers without shoulder straps +; their only
insignia of rank being worn on their coat
collar and sleeve. Capt. r. had assured me
l could identify the General from the fact
OF his wearing the dirtiest cap in the
army; and thought him not far out of the
way. Instead of being in the house where bis
headquarters were, he was round a camp
hre with promiscuous crowd, quietly seated
on board writing with lead pedcil what
i presume were orders. He tipped his cap
to me and heard me state my case, and very
quietly told me that we could 90 TO Wash
in9ton via Centreville at once, or wait till
three o'clock in the morning. We counter-
marched at once, armed with Maj. General
Jacksons pass, reached Ccntrevie at 2 A.
NJ, borrowed 175 blankets Of tse secesh,
which they had stolen from our Ho8Di
tal the previous morning, to cover our poor
wounded fellows, halted a couple hours and
then resumed our weary march. Arrived at
Fairfax Court Mouse we found Fltz Hugh
Lee with his Cavalry Brigade. He is a
dashing Young America sort of fellow
apparently not more than 90 years of age
He told me that he understood we had
some niger divers aboard and enquired if
they were some we had stolen now or on
some former occasion, nor would he let them
pass till / had assured HIM that they came out
from Washington with us. give you bis pass
verbatim, which is written in a bold, dashing
hand on an old envelope which he pulled
from bis pocket.
Headquarters Second Cavalry
Brigade, Sept. 8, 1862
Pass these paroled prisoners, and citizens
who accompany them, on their way rejoicing
to Washington. FlTz HUGH LEE,
Brig. Gen. comd'g.
He sent us via Falls Church and guide
through their lines. The Chaplain who bore
our flag of truce not being careful to keep
ahead, when we arrived in sight of our picks
cts, a friendly bullet whstlng in the air
admonished US t. halt, and after little delay
We found ourselves once more in sight of the
dear old flag, and familiar blue coats, not
unpleasant sights after forced march of 30
miles, which left lasting impression upon
those feet and limbs all unused to such
exercise.