Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-09-13


was lost there but quantity Of medical |
stores. which were fred on Friday nioht. |
When the Rebels came down to the station |
house they posted Il sentry at the door. and !
ordered him tie shoot any one who furnished
liquor TO the soldiers from the restaurant
there.
At late hour last night the railroad
company had received no knowledge of the
bridge at the Junction being destroyed us
has been reported. 4 man who left his
farm near Jamestown, this morning, reports
a large force of Rebels at Poolesyillc. Their
fcavary are securing the whole country for
horses, cattle and provisions. The Rebels
have no infantry this side of Poolesvlle, but
ut Point of Rocks they are drawn up and
rest upon their arms in line of battle across
the road They are excessively jubilant and
| feel sure of taking Washington, but say they
are going North first to get supplies
From private sources we learn that last
night, while a row was going on between
the ScccssiOnists and some Union men at
| Frederick, the word came in that the Rebel
cavalry were advancing. Soon IN order was
! given to retreat, and we at once evacuated
the place. This morning, about eight o'clock
the Rebel infantry were seen coming. and
soon a long column reached the town from
| the Monocacy, under Gen. A. p. Hill, as the
advance OF jackson.
| The troops did not destroy any private
| property, and stationed guards out to pre-
vent any disorder. They kept remarkably
quiet. They are nearly all barefoot and
ragged. They have no extra baggage, and
are sunburnt They are from the extreme
Southern States, and say they do not want
to iniure private property. They went out
to the Monocacy Bridge, at the junction of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the
road to Frederick
The only rolling stock lost on the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad is one engine and Il
few cars. The Rebels have since blown up
the cuvcrts this side of them, which shows
that they do not intend to use the road or
hold it any length of time.
! From private sources we learn that when
the Rebels advanced upon PoolCsvillc. they
took prisoners the cavalry which were there
upon picket, and parolcd all the privatcs
Captain Chamberlain, of the First MasSa-
Chusctts Cavalry, in command, refused to
accept anything but an unconditional release.
and was accordingly sent to Lccsburg.
Surgeon A. ]. Ward, Second Wisconsin.
arrived yesterday with three hundred parolcd
wounded soldiers who were left on the
battlefield after the Gainesville fight. DIR.
Green, of the Nineteenth Indiana. Assistant
! Surgeon. detailed to act with Dr. Ward was
captured 10y the Rebels while searching for
provisions for our wounded in the vicinity
of Gainesville.
The Rebels also took possession of our
ambulanCCs and medical stores sent to the
relief of our men, together with six men
belonging to an ambulance train. our
soldiers were treated in Il most inhuman
manner by the Rebels. No tents nor
blankets were provided Them and they were
exposed to the inclcmcncy of the weather.
Their food consisted Of hard crackers. with
coffee occasionally. The Rebel, even went
50 far rs to rob DR.. Ward of his horse.
Our men suffered greatly, but few deaths
occurred
We have adviccs from Gainesville. which
is on the road irom.Warrcnton to Ccntrcville.
where the railroad crosses, which state that
on Thursday General \. p. Hill passed there
with over thirty thousand fresh t,oojx. en-
route for Lccsburg. \ division under Gen.
Walker lett near Bulls Run the preceding
day, III the same direction jackson, Hill
and Long>trcct were mt Gainesville on
Thursday morning. Hill had forty-inur
pieces of artillery, mostly twelve Founders.
and few ritlcd guns The rcinf6rccmcnts
say they passed through Culpcppcr Court
House and Warrcnton.
The railroad bridge has been rebuilt over
the ltapidan, and the Rebels boast they will
have railroad communication with Richmond
from Warrcnton in few DAYS. The Rebels
were exceedingly iubilant. and boa,tcd of
having destroyed both armies at once They
said General Mcdowell was considered
worth 10000 men to them.
From Ccntrcyillc. today, We learn that
there remains but few cavalry. The bat
terry Of artillcy that came down and fired
upon our pickct> at Munson's Hill and Vienna
returned to that point and went down
towards Manassas Junction. As the battle
hCld covers an extent of many miles there
still remain many of our wounded in the
woods and bushes, who are diving from
hunger and putrciacton of their wounds
Major May, of the Nineteenth Indiana, who
waS said to be killed, has been found in
some bushes where he had crawled. still
alive, though he had been nearly eight days
without proper food, and his wounds were
never dressed he could not be saved. and
has since died. Proper eNcrtions would
have saved our wounded.
From private sources we learn that about
noon yesterday the railroad depot at Acqui,
creek fifty cars, Il large amount OF lumber.
and small quantity OF stores were DESTROYED.
All the arms and engines were safely reno
we'd Our forces held possession OF Frcdc-
rickshurg until yesterday morning. when
the people hearing of the evacuation of
Acquia creek, seized seven men belonging to
the Railroad company, and then some two
hundred of the Rebels some of them mount
ed and all armed, marched around the
town.
Our gunboats destroyed all the buildings
at Acquia creek, yesterday and abandoned
the place
On Friday General Pope asked to be
relieved Of his command and his request
was granted. lie at once preferred charges
against Generals Porter, franklin and Griffin.
for not obcying orders in the late engage
ments and causing our defeat.
\ cOurt-martial had orders to assemble
this morning, and met at the War Depart
mcnt. Judge Holt, Judge Advocate; Mai.
General Cadwalader General Casey and
General Mansfield ON the Board. On ac-
count of the non-attendancc of General
Monsfcld and General Porter who is to be
tried first, they adjourned till Monday
morning, at IL o'clock. General Mansfield
will arrive from Fortress Monroe to-day.
Porter's command has been given to Gen.
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