Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-06-10
will receiVn.
JacSsON's AUHlEvEaENTs-WHAT HF

JAcHSON'B ACHIEVEMENTS HE
DID-FALSEHOODS OF THE NORTH
ERN PRESS.
IL his ctficiaf report Of his disaster and
flight, General Banks states that he lost fifty
wsgo1s
A gontl.Insn OF OUT acquaintance, who has
hsiG Responsible post in Jacksou's army for
twelve months, assures us That at least 100 cap
iu,ei wagons were driven out from Newtown;
that he hnself counted forty q. Cedar Greek;
That they were stretched along the road be-
tween Middletown and Newtown, distance
of Ave miles, there, being one 10 every
aiy or hundred yards; that Banks burnt
thirty wagons with commissary stores below
Nsvtowr: That he left many between Win
ches:e, and his crossing place on the PotoRae,
aud that his whole loss in wagons was not lees
than 500 or 400.
The gentleman shove referred to fully con~
Arms rha, has been heretofore reported in our
paps- respecting the achievements ofJacksoh's
army within The last month.
There s no truth in the report lhat the
prisoners vt Front Royal had been recap,urtd
By tho enemy. All the prisoners wore brought
OF except few Of the wounded company
Of tho i2st Georgia Rsgt foil into the enemy 8
hands, b. Some blunder en- the part OF an
Off .er. About 5000 prisoners were secured
Is tie fruits of the expedition down the Val.
l=r Oar informant. physician, estimates
the 7alno of the inndicaE stores taken at
Winchester at from $75 600 to Sl00,Q00.-
TIC stores embrace almost everything
useful snG>yauable in the medical department,
Including very large quantity Of opium
The vsus Of FL! the articles secured to The
Coniederacy is estimated st several millions.
TIE Kiss to mo sn1tny is admitted, by ono Of
Banks Chief Oonmlssaries who is noT E pr
soner, u be almost iGcAlculable.
The gentleman above alluded to, states on
authority which lie thought entitled to credit,
that General Banks put stolen negroes into his
wagor4 and made his tired soldiers walk--for
winch, and Tor other alleged bad acts be is
st.r.siy denounced by some tfthe prisoners.
Liz eechfs W DO oielbeo ny IliH eoiultlt
jackson dia nut 90 into Maryland, rs re
ported. Som Of his cavalry may have crossed
tie rissr, snd probably did. Thay burnt one
OF :wo bridges on the Baltimore and OHIO rail-
rotd, ord tors up the track for some distance.
h snc period q % days Jackson marched
from sssunion TO Mcdowell where, n con-
jahc,ion with Johnson, he whipped M,liroy !;
theme. To Franklin, 80 uil.s distant; ,hsccs to
Harriscabusg, 65 miles, over Shenandoah
nneuutsn 70 zeal Jordan road" as soldier
described 1t; thence to From, Royal via Luray,
IS miles; thence to Winchester, 90 miles !;
tthepcs,osyond charleston, 26 miles. In his
expedition ns fought four battles and number
Of skIrmishes. killed aad wounded a consde-
r.ble hum Der ti The enemy, took 5000 prisoners,
secured miioas ofdollars of stores, destroyed
miay millions of dollars worth for the enemy,
and chased B,rks out OF the Valley of Viz
giais, and across the Potomac All this he
did in % days, and with q less Of but little
upwards of 100 10 killed and wounded
IL this skr.ch we omit ali mention ci what
tho ;riesrs phi Is lellirg us that Jackson is now
doing. That, we hope, will make up another
chapter If iaue ior the untiring hero.