The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-05
GREEN MOUNTAIN FaBEMAN sEPT5, '"62.

bringing supplies Jackson, according to this
authority. marched with six day ratlons, ana
no baggage lie shouid have been supported
sooner by Gen. Longstreet and the mai" feoel
army. Delay had. however, beeu caused ny
the necessity nt clearing d passage mr"uS"
Thoroughfare Gap, which Was ODstruc'ed duH"g
Jackson's last Shenandoah campaign 70 preFen'
our pressing tuo closely upon his rear. Immense
rocks had been tOrown down and trees iel'ed
for this puruose jackson himself had marched
10 Manassas through Snlckers and Alder s
Corps. Washington, all these prisoners said,
was their goal.
Our field officer WAS able JU be in command Of
mis- regiment when it was, with the rest OF Rick
ett's division sent out To hold LOngstreet In
check and prevent him from reinforcing jackson
by way of Thorougfare Gap. Three regiments
were pushed forward to seize the Gap, but they
were too late The rebels held it In force, and
poured from above, from each SIDE, and the
front d destructive fire, the marksmen being
entirely invisible The Gap was discovered to
be very narrow, affording barely passage for the
railroad, and carriage road by It's side, and a
small stream, and d turnpike, and II carriage
road beyond 1.-THE mountains rising precipi-
lately on each side. 10 the righi, ut the en-
| trance o! the Gap, was gully, and on this
side OF it d steep nil. Col. Fletcher Webster
of the 9th Massachusetts s5nt several compa-
MES to feel the enemy, vino were posted on this
| hill in force, and firing from above at our men,
but they found the hill on this side too steep to
climb. The division soon found that is was I'm
possible 10 hold Its ground, and 1t was Obliged
to retire
Another iact wol tn Noticing is communicated
by the same witness. lie says that when his
regiment was IN advance on the other side OF the
Rappu hammock, holding lIe redou BITS on the two
or three nils which formed our outposls, he
saw for three days constant stream ut infantry
aud cavalry, aruIery and Wagons, moving up
stream in the direction which they would nat
uraly take in orocr TO flank Gen Pope as they
did Why this movement Vas allowed to 60
on, why our counteracting movements Were
taken IL, 80 late an hour u t'r the enemy had
passed, he does not .ay
Portions Of the gunDUut aud mortar fleet are
he.e OF at Alexandria. ma Co nmahdcr Wilkes
is III town. Tue only regret expressed IS that
Bull run is not navigablc 10: these river mon
sters. They lave proved So sorvIceable 10 the
army heretofore THAT then absent at unr late
battles wa seriously e.t.
-Four 0 'clotk p. M.--Ine following isa diary
of Gen. Banks march, derived from ronverst-
tiont with him and hS stall.
The corps under Gen. Banks lett the Kappa
hammock west Of Watrenton ON Tuesday night
passed 10 Brentsvile, and hence north o Ma
nassas junction, crossing thu southern eXtrenll,
ty of the old battlefield, AID Bull run, anC
mitchell 8 Ford, jonnI the Union forces east d
Bull run on Sunday Night. On Monday they
were engaged in holding ford against the enc
N.Y. No portion Of his corps was in any en-
glgement excepting being sheiled on Tuesday
near the RappAlannock.
The corps left Mnchells Ford on MonIa,
noon. passeh 10 C,nrrevllie, some Union citizens
of Washington IN the Fear destroying quaint
~ 0. guns spades, axes, tents, and basSag
wagons, near Blackburn Ford. to prevent then
from falling into the hands Of the rebel cavalry
who were Apr aching. On Monday morning
an ambulance train was SEM ACROSS the Guil
under flag Of truce, for permission to barry th
Union dead, and brius oft the remaining woun
ded The attempt was partially successful
many of our still uncovered dead being decent
buried, aud some 200 or 800 wounded bein
brought away The ii 5ht on last evening, lou
miles beyond Fairlax Coirt House, and aoou
mile from the Fairfax and Centreville Turf
pike was, on the whole, Union success III
rebels being beaten back with large sacriie
of life, and the road, crowded with our train
defended at ali points