, 1862-09-27
Gbe Gtibutre.
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER q, 1862.
THE REBEL ADVANCE HHrn ma.
RELANM

TIE REBEL AnvAKcE 1nro ma
HXAAND.
Narrative By = L1eutenant In Jack
SONS ArnTs
FREDERICK C1TY, Nd, Sept. 6, 1862.
Mr. DEAR MOTHER: lam brimfu1 Of matte
% an egg Of meat, Let me try to outline ON
progress tipce my last 1etter-1ate not re
memoeted-from Rsccoon Ford-you besripr
r. mind that lam il A. T. Hills division, il
Jackton's own division, Ewelrs and Hi1,,s
iou will not thit me egotistical for sneakina
q Ills corps md Of the corps OF Hilrs Division
1ol tnem Know mos!, aud In trotn their sh AZ
vas, 10 me 1t least, the most memorabIc n
| fortnight 81 VI Lie l1ss
Crossing Kaccoon Ford, jackson In front
| Mene1nnef. jackson. so used, includes hin.
EWeil ana the Stonewall d1yision) Gen. Lea
noeE 1oPi P;rar much opposition reached R,ppahaa.
sta111p, where q part OF Loogs.rsgl;s trooos
"a aao sharp fight. On Friday evening, AUG.
Jackson bfvouacked Ia CulpeppcT. o3n5.
sue Narrenton springs. and the S ,nle ey3ninr
IlreW ovtr two OF Esell's bfiyadcs. TIE
5ive1 rose and destroyed the bridge. Satnr. ~
day the bridge vas rebuilt, and thai nteht n, a
tEo 6rieades. after some sharp 1shtiuE we're
| withdrawn. "s'e
On Monday morning, the enemy app ,ared
IN neasy iolce, and the batteries Of HiiIs d.
tteir infantry, they retired the iufanf-
II and bringing up large uuuaber Of
batteries. threw storm of ahot and she'll At
ns-we not replying. They must have ex.
lsodea several thousand rounds. and In ali.
reach twenty. That evening" Jackson,s Whn1e s
force moved up to Jefferson, in Culn.anpT
county, Longstreet close to him The eneTnv
| was completely deceived, and concluded fhaf
nc rad gwen the thing up,
Now comes the great wonder: st,rt;,r ~,
the bank OF the river on Monday. the :si.h
| We reached through Amosyjllr ia r ,nnahan'
noe ccuuty-stll further up, crossed The r ~,
paharnock within ten miles Of the Blue R:dEe.
marched across open iield hy strange country
town in Fauqu;cr, called Orleans, on and on,
as il re Should ntTer cease-to Salem. On the
The Manaesa Gap railroad reached there atter
m9,on'Gnt a9n M Up nsain BY day dawn, and sin on,
f Ire aianasSss Gap rold meeting crowds
amszement- % all day Tuesday. throurh
Write Plains, Hayna.ket. Taorouchfare Gan
N N ball kuu monntaics, GainesviIle to Rdst51
e1:tinn, on tue Orange and Alexandr1s TaiIroaa
brewster (oet~cen forty five to flfty mi1es1
wi,hli. ~ The 1,l'5-e hours We burnei NJ
Al brls4or, two Or three railway trains ana
moved IN to Manassas Junction o. W.dnas-
gay, iakict5 sur prisoners with us. ExtlT,
ey 4arna pro9ea np ihe rear lighting all the
tor, snppeslng us 9 cavalry party.
uPol, reaching Manassas Junction, we met
h1lgade-the Ist New Jersey-wtIIch 1,od
otcn cent frt'su Alexandria On the same sl,.
Rssl':ea. IheS were foals enough to send
n'E demanding our surrender ut orra ~
couIte We scattered the brigade, kiliiag and
Moabolns many, and among ti,e,a lii. 5sir.
d1tT gepcla1, (Taylnr,) rho l1as since dit,1 e.
me junction vas q lArge depot Of stores, five |
ol TX pleseS OF artillery, two trains Continuing.
pfooaoly Suu large cars loaded doTa witt !
many millions OF 1uartermaster and commit.
EaFg stores. BESIDES these there we're yerr |
large 6uflers' drpotE, full of eyer1thiar: in |
tioft, there was collected there, ia the soact. |
OF square mile, an amount and variety of !
property such as I had never conceiY- ID oi # |
speak eobezly.} Twas curious sIrht. to sse ~
our ragged and furnished men helpinr them
stlFes 70 every imaginable article OF luxury or
necessity, whether Of clothing, food, or What
npt. For my part, I got toothbrush, a box
" " eangies quan!ity of lobster salad, barrel
o. coffee, and other things, whica I forget
buI lnust hurry on, for have not tiu,s to
tel The tundredth part, aud the scene utter1v
hcgga1t description ''S~'11
AI:rt Of ne bunted that New JERSEY hrIr.
us ;nst 4he IN seate1ed partsdgcs over the hills
II July 1851, while the rest we're partir ninn.
ocfihE, larsly fighting the forces coninr On
us from Tar1cnton. Our men had hrs.n ~
ny; ~ on 1nasfta corn since crossing the Ran.
pauannocs, and VIC had brought no waeoas.
to Wt could carTs little axay Of thu rfche.
oe'o1e US But the men could eat for one
n meal a; least. So they were marched up. and
" m1ca o. everything eatable Served out AZ
lney could carry. To scca starving 1uaa cat
i'; l4os,er snisd and drinking RHINE wlns,
"pale thlrg ~as indescribahle.
our fNua1lon no p vas Very critical TT.
y EcIe oe'Wcen Alexandria aud Warrenton-
new M ger Is a nc hosts ct Mcclellan and Pop- With
tseI s' !s,V'p 1Adtd men, Or the curps had moi
lnore tt;an ttlat. At nfghtEal, tir: VA srt ~
the ceIot, etorehouses, tie I9ad.d II, r,1ns ~
seseiai loEs empty trains, Eutler's houses rn..
t::ufahts. every thtrg. AS the marn,Hcrnf con.
y usgsa1on began to sub5ide, tie S:oneE.iI Or
',s. 'ns,rs d.stsaon ~ ct Jsehson corps mcvcd OF
lwo Divisions to Ccutre,ille, six miles If st,.t
As Gay hrnke, We cauie iu sight of C.nfrs |
s1itc, reeted lew hours, and 10 7aris rvc.
1aps !ns 1c&r g11ard Ct the carp, crossed Eui1
n s.ons o. sdeetee seeqs Ct tsr e
'a'cmy. part ef the force c3ns nn ts y Wsr ~
epton turnpike, ard in q furious action nj j
c NO Aeurs-the last two da1li5ht hours Of .
= lton.feay, august 2s-dis2nted the Possession
y q ridge running from 5ud1ey Church Ford | ]
q The Walrsn,on turnpike We drove them I
u. aEo on Friday mornln. we held The rid.e. (
q lront OF which runs IN Incomplete raiIroad {
:ut ard enbankm.nt- Nov, VIC had made | !
,rsu'1 'n IRON 'hc Gap in Dull Run mountains !
rg NJ the raaroad and destroying their storcs. /
nd returned to within six miles Of the q n !
hfonsh Which Lorgstrcet must come. III. I
merry disputed bis passage, and DELAYED him
h.a1a ~ Ia'e IN Tue dag, mud, mean while, they
ag311nt our eores an day long vast
"n dIFielon. We rot out OF ammunition q
'e ct t!lected more from cartridge boxes II 81
allen 1i1etd aud Toe; that gave our, and We y
na!Eet: WITH Ee'er failing yeti and steel. All L
~ they fell back. shattered and slriekioS. ~ /
htn inc sun went down, t1l-ir dead we're y
eaped in front Of that Incomplete RAILWAY !,
I'd we tighed with relief, for Lonvstrsef i
onld o. n, secr coming into position Ga our n
KY; 81 Inc e1l:is vas over; Lony..rees never E
~, ~ q yct: bnt the sun went down so slowly. +,
fIloa5, iiGfs division took, perhaps. t6e Il
l6st prominent part III tile tiel,t: IN Tanrk- i
oeeaet In Friday. "~'' i
Saturday mcrning-day ever memorable! for ft
broke The back sf ths great IYiog nstion- +.
1r corps Still held TINT ridge. and Lourstrees Il,
rmed on our right, obtuse. snelcd ton 81 !,
at Il they attacked, upon forcing us back. c,
efr 1lank would be exposed to Longstreet; e
a. Il 1hcy forced him back, their 1leE wouIi III
exposed to us. This arrangement was CON n
aled frcm them so fir that they suspec.ed Z
II strsnssth to be tQ our left. Skiruishinr e.
u distant cannonadIpg lasted iii D. NJ n
1tn the aclion commenced, uud soou rrew Ia
fln1telS furious. Butthey were outueneal-l n
"a beaten from the start, aud ut TX ur5p nm: y
vas 1lain that they we're terribly xhipued. NJ
ne hSGt WAS by far the most horrible and o.
:adiy hat have secn- just at suasrt. our IN
lrEs swept round In pursui.-.Jackson swing h,
z his left IN the right as PIVOT, and Long | CT
res:f 10 tic nysTze met he'd. Their dead On I"
& held weTs: in such numbers rs to sicgcn v
cl The veterans OF ri .htuond aud tac >Sh-n- E,
coah valley +; they left 2G00 dead, rot,inr d,
y, ana almost inrpmsrab1e wounded. Tueir &C
eclplne and Fight sav.d them from rOut- | o,
~ y ret5eatt d lin toltrahle order to Centre Ct
lle- Twas decisive; their whole aroay en- eu
Eed-on]y two corps Of ours, aud their losS- cp
khtnE. ten to one on Our side 70
osarkr's Lpnisiana brisGde and the eecond cu
1eSsde OF J"ckscn's division Ihci- ammn- Lis
tltn being cn') fought with the stones fro
e ground This kuos to be q fact. Lew;s
ando'ph, it Is said, was seen to 1zill onc
IN with stone. We lest many ysluahl,. J.,
en-. v ~as shot early, in the trsasr e
md him At the hospital, very dirty in dust
q olcod. but in good hands 1 took OF nv III
lrt ana gave it to him, and sent hin, on III tel
y rejoicing, toward Atiddlebarg: han. Of
NO rtd to hare on a clean SHIRT, having bathtd Il
Bull Run on Frdas morning. sud chan uzed th'
: c'o1airg. Ou Saturday | lad TIRE narr3w. 1t