Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-06-18
Iackson,s sAehievements-..wha,he he did

IN bis official report Of his disaster and
flight, General Banks states that he los! fifty |
wamUEa. z;
\ gentleman Of our acyusintElce, who hes
llelI a responsible post in ,j.ckSon's army irr
twelve months, nssl!r-s Us t:,at AT least lc0
cap,nle,l wagons We're driven out fruln Nv
ION that he himself counted farty at Cedar
Greek that they were stretched along the
lance of live miles, there Icing one in every
!liv or a hundred Yards; Tint Banks burnt
lhir:y wagons with conlnis>ary stores hclnw
Newton; that he left many between Wnches.
ter aud his cr"ssins place On the Potomac, and
hat his Whole loss in waS''lis Was not less than
3uu or loo,
Tie ycnll-inan z.orc referred to fully CON
firms what ilas b:rn Lcrriai3rc ir!!uretl III olir
pap-r rr.I,ec;;ng ths achievement. OF Jack
sul, 5 arny wit!;iu I'll: lasl month.
There Is III truth in tha Report that t'ie
pr;s cr> ar F.unt Royal had hc"n pt'.lrl
| by The enemy. al Tic prisoners srre brought
oil except t;r;S Of the Snumlsd. y company
oi the 18th Gtnrsil ti int" tin encrny;$
hnrd>, by some hi,iLlcr ON tn. part Of III
officer. .lL :'.0Gn prisoners were securr'i
4. the fruits oi thu ~ "Gitiun down The Val
! ley Our informant. ii physic:an, e>tla!:'i-:i
; the Yuluc o' luetica! strrss akea at Winchester
1T from $4,000 tr $slUG.uOA Tic stot'.'
embrace almost everything Snd v;.!ua-
bic in Tho medical dep.rlmee 1clntllns a
vrry large qn nifty of"puH'. ~ value Of all
the articles secured to ti,r CunIrderacy il es-
tn:,te,I at several millions. The loss to tie
eueluy i, admitted. hy ue of Banks chief
co,nrllSsaricS, wEu is no:;,- rI:s"ner. 10 lie
almost inralculah!r.
! The @eni!ernan ainTc alluded ln, states on
authority wiiclI he tilou sht -utii!e' la credit.
tha, Gen E.l:as rI; s:o:rn nsgr'cs ;nn lis
WAGONS aud made his lirtl ,oldlcrs w.lk--
Tor which, AMI for other alleged bad art. he
H. severely ticaor'i,cel t:y seine o! i,e prsoI-
crs. lie <ccp,s to hc dis&rl ~ his sah!icr*.
Jackson lid MT go '.to Msr:!au'!, y r,.
ported Some OF his cavalry may l:&Yc cross.
ed ,e river, and p.,bahlY did r,ty Dnrnt
on. or lw.o bri.isr, on the Bailmn nna u'iin
railroad, nid to:e ii, lie track i"r snlne dis
lance.
In the period oi twerty-twn days jackson
m.rcEcd from Stsunton TO Mcdowell. where.
in conjunction with johnson, lie whipped
Mllroy thence. to franklin, 80 mil&s iistsn'
thence 10 lIarrisonbur%, G5 miles, over Shen-
s,,dnah mountain, II real .Iertlan read, As q
soldier described ii; thence To Front RoyaI
vim Lu:uy, u miles; thencc 10 Winchester
- miles thence beyond Charleston aGmilrs
Ia bis ex pedition be fought to-r battles and i
uuml.er Of skirnsl:es, killed and wounded i
considerable number Of the enemy, took
5000 prisoners, srrurcd millions Of dollars o
stores, destroyed many millions cf dollars
worth for the enemy, chased Banks out Of the
Valley Of Virginia, and acru>s The Potomac
All this he did in twenty-five days, and will
loss Of but little upwards Of lou in killed ant
woundcd.
In this sketch wc ou.i: all mention @! wl.a,
the telegraph is telling us that Jackson is no%
doing That, we hope, will make up anothe'
chspler Of fame for the uu:irlng hero.-fich
lnond Enquirer