Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-09-20

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eter from young gentleman Of this CITY to his moth
sr. gives b. isr the cltarsst and complete
souu. c! the movements OF 'cksOns corps Of Lees
.rmy TO which the writer belongs, which hsys yet
seen We feel very sure that The pleasure afforded
readers BY perusal viii be noae the less when We
sAte that he writer entered the army at tie beginning
of the war as private in crack company of infantry
non this city paid bis eIpets;s for many months,
ths company ranks being full receive lin in any
o.her c,paoity sas with General Lse in the ArduouS
ssrpsgn Al Cheat Mountain followed Jackson in tie
terrible march to Hancock, and took prominent part
10 all the battles around Richmond. Ons OF the
7ousg men from Richmond Who havs stuck to their co...
ours Aroagh hOk and thin his persistence and devotion
aGye seen Justly rewarded by prom to the rank Of
i, Lieutenant sud Chief Of ARTILLERY. Ba NC de-
tanning our readsIs from the letter:
F.=D=Eicx Crr-. ELKyLISB
saturday, 5 .p:em6eT ., 1862
/ An b.. mlul u matter AZ an egg OF meat. Let me
80 to outline our progress snce nv last letter, date not
-smar,ber,d itou RseConn FOrd--Jou bearing IN mind
IN, lam ina T. HIS DIVISION in Jscgson's corps
hs, e,rrs CONSISTING of scks MS oNn DTslou, E"si.
,85 Hl'. Yol ill not thit ne egousicd for spssk
30 ~ tbis corn. aad Of the corps OF Hs Division, for
o, Heu know most and in truth their share Vas 70 ne
A. lrss, The most memorable N The almost Incredible
sAmpai,u of the ,ast ior:uigat.
OIossinr Rsccoon Ford J .ekson in front (Jemembet
.kaou 30 used includes Il, ESel aad he stoneEaL
D Vi, oa) General Les without much opposition reached
g,,r,tsBrock River 4 few miles above RsppahGuuock
atom Whero part oil L3lgs'reets rOoDi bad sharp
5ybt GA Friday evening, August ~ JIeksoa b.you
a,ksd in Culpeger, opposite "srre-ion spri' aud Zoe
~. evening thrcH over two Of Ewels bdgades. TIE
.;ssr rose Sad destroyed the bridge. Saturday tie
BRIDGE vas rebuilt and that night the NO brgades ,tr
soms sharp dgh!irg &, were withdraw
o. MONDAY morning the enemy appeared IN heavy
rr..s aud TIE batteries Of HPs Division were put IL
,p aud sheied their iuiautry. They retired the IL
arrr, aud Bringing up a large number Of batteries
tb,. .torLs Of sLot and shell at Use cot replying
~ ,,p.t We ,ouIe several ihOLsn round, AID
n all 40 vel sheltered ~ers Se cur killed and wounded
4;d no. reach twenty Tnst evening JIcls)n'a shcie
-ea moved % 10 srsouton, L Culpeper couliy Long
,r,rt close 10 h,r Tho eaemy completely deceived,
md srriuded that Ne had given lie thing up.
Noe. comes toe grea! wonder. Starting up tue bAuk
Of the ry,r Aoucay, the 70 b, We harefed through
1u--vi'ls u kNppata un9k C0unty-stil iurLor up
crossed tie Rapp4hauuocA ~i'ol ten mics oi 'le blue
q la marched across open he,i4, by strange country
~ And couforiaDl0 homes csds, by itte town IL
y roui.r called Orlsans and On, "a II We would never
,-aa-to Salem "a tire Manassas Gap RhfcR1, teaching
thars efer midnight. Up agAia 0y Day dawn, and still
a, along .Le Manassas Gap road, meeting croSds-au
-i.crni 9 cheering, staring with blank Am. IN aL--
! ali dAg Tues iay Ihrodgn White Pains, Hlymarkel
r5aos-s.re Cap in Bull RlG Mountains, Gainesville
Bristos Station on the O:aDge aud Alexandra Raroac
-p,kip, the d,s'auca from Ancsyile 70 Brslos (be
sen as add % miles, with The Is aours We burned
90 Al H. s,oe tuo or three taSay rains and moved on
"a H,u.ssas Jlucioa "Wednesday taking our prison
ava - Us EA,l's Division brought up the Ier,
ggating al he wby force Pope had sent up from War
re7to = supposing a cavalry party.
T,,B rae ing .nassas June iOu, met brigade,
4. -.
drN on the same eupposioD. They were ZOOS enough
10 and Ia d x demanding surrender once Of
eouts, ue scattered tho brigade, killing snd Noucding
mauy and am0ug them III Bis,dg G'Eer1, Taylor
no has since died Az the junction Sas a large depo.
~ sores FIVE or Y pieces o artillery trains con.
aiming psCbsbly 300 4Tge 10 .ded 5oSE Witl many
m lions OF QuHegmsslor aud OOmmis5aiy stores. Be
aide these there very large suffers depos full OF
sefythine; in Short there collected taere In the
spaco Of square mile, amount and variety OF prop
pry such A. bad never conceived OF Il speak sobsrly)
tTsas CURIOUS sight TO sec our ragged and famishsd
man helping themselves to every Jun ,gnAbl5 sr,ics Of
uxary o. necessity, -hsGEeE co,hiLg, food. or what
goL For my par, got tool, bTusb, box Ct can
dss a quantity G. obs.er salad, barrel OF coffee, and
Oh things, which forget. But l must hurry on, for
have time to Je tbs hundfedth part and the scene
utterly beggaTs description.
par. OF ne hunted that New Jersey brigade ike scat
tered plrIdges the bills jus! 10 the right Of the bat
tIs fed Of he is OF July Gl Hhle the s. we're part.
" laundering partly Chung tha forces coming on Is
f,om WNrsnton. Oar men had been living on roasted
corn since crossing tho RlPpInanncck, aud We had
brought no WAsons--so could cay little away o.
the riches before "a But the men could eat ioJ one
meal at least So they marched up and as much Of
every thing eAtablo soTygd out they could carry To
see starving moo esrg lobster salad and drinking
Rhine Wne bare footed AMI in taters was cuious tho
whole thing indiscribAble.
Our situation nov Vas very critical. We were be
tween Ae1 lndriS and Wnrenton between the hosts Of
Mcclellan aud Pope with over Is 900 faded man, Tor
the corps had not more than that Al nighAl fire was
set 10 the depot s,orehouses the loaded trains, several
long empty trains sullsrs houses restaurants every
thing As the magnihcsu tcouAIgradon began to sub
side the StoneWall Let Division Of JAcksons Oorps
moved oil oEsrds the battlefield Of Manassas the other
two Divisions to OentreVie, s;I miles distant
A. day broke, 10 came 10 sight u OsnITeulle,
rssssd lev ours, and toHArds evening tie