The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-06-21

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On Saturday, Nay 81, the 6rst collision occur
red between the forces Of Jackson and Free
soon % Jackson heard Of the advance Of Fre-
mont from Franklin TO Strasburg BY forced
marches to Intercept him, he at once fell back
from the Potomac in the direction OF Winches
ter and Strasburg. ~ - s.sr5s..e
fHR RAPID AovKNEnSs OF yACKSON's A8lgLS. j
So rapidly did jackson move his iworn-out
forces, that many Of them, during . march Of
thirty miles, which brought them - far - VIM
| chester, fell from the ranks exhausted, and all
were more or less foot sore and broken down
4 Their cavalry, under its desperate and undaunt-
ed leader, Ashby, always occupying the post of
danger on the march, secured the country TO
ascertain the progress and whereabouts Of the
interceptiag column. jackson was the sfrst to
occupy Strasburx, though he was only two
hours march (6ve miles) In advance Of fremont
on the evening Of Nay 81. aaeFas'eei..s &
i fas FIRST EaaAarxHHr, NAY 81. .so' So
i About two O'Clock that afternoon sharp en-
| gagement occurred between the rebel cavalry
Jersey cavslry and battery Of artillery on our
side. Both sides claimed the victory: Ashby
fell back with his principal force, and left few
cavalry to act as extreme pickets and report tho
progress Of Fremonts army.
| rHE RoADs-sfRxnorH OF srRAaBURa.
jackson, Il should be remarked, had the ad.
vantage Of better road than that taken oy
Fremont and at Strasburg, which 10 . natural
fortress, he Was comparatively safe against any
attack from any force Fremont could possibly
have brought to bear against him. He there
| fore posted bis army and bivouacked for the
night. Slight skirmishing among the pickets
continued all that night, bu. Fremontdid not ad
Vance. 81 M .7f4!ssfssa 8aBes 5sassaa q
| 5s Gs NEXT MORNING, JUNE &! asa y ss
at six o'clock, Jacksonss army, drenched with
rain and enervated by hunger, resumed Its line
Of march, taking the road from Strasburg to
Staunton. Fremont's column was likewise early
in motion, continuing the pursuit with energy.
About half way between Strasburg and Wood.
stock the booming Of cannon announced anoth.
er collision Of the hostile columns.
TRAP 70 THROW our cAvALRY-uHIoN RrfALIA.
The rebels the night previous had stretched
ropes across the road to trip our cavalry, and BY
this ruse succeeded in killing and wounding
thirteen of them. This infuriated our troops 30
much that they, the next day, coming up with
Ashby's force between Strasburg and Wood
stock, charged upon them with great fury, and
caused the 9th Virginia regiment-which is
much distinguished in the service of the rebels
Ito be totally routed in quick time and with
serious losss- Ashby rallied forty Of the rebel
infantry, stragglers, however, and, posting them
in the woods on each side Of the road, where
they we're secure from cavalry, succeeded in
checking for time the advance of our cavalry,
and probably saved many Of our command from
destruction.
~ THE ARrnLERY At WORK. 20
Our artillery soon came up, however, and the
rebel battery Of six guns known as the Richmond
battery, was halted to support the enemy's rear
guard. Their guns were silenced by ours in .
few minutes, however, and our cavalry dashiDg
forward captured q small party of rebel infantry
and encouraged by their success, charged upon
the rebel battery with so much spirit that the
rebel dragons once more fed and left the guns
of tie Richmond battery exposed. Three of
these were taken a. trophies. The enemy's cav
airy attempted to recapture them, but failed
most mserably. jackson had his prisoners now
near the rear, often in full view Of Fremont, and
probably placed there purposely to protect him
from the FIRE of the Union artillery. The losses
on either side in these encounters were not heavy
10 men, and there is no means at present of as
certaining the names Of any of the killed and
wounded. The rebels took some prisoners; but
our forces took at least twice as many; for they
had the advantage of coming up with the strsg.
A. -
ed to surrender as prisoners of war.
At WOODSTOCK
Jackson took up an impregnable position, and
halted his force, after march of eleven miles
that day. Fremont did not attempt to dislodge
him, but lowered close upon his rear.
CAPTURE OF THE REBEL PROVOST MARsHAL.
It should be mentioned here that our cavalry,
under Brigadier General Bayard, entered Stras-
burg SO suddenly that the rebel provost marshal
and his command Of about two hundred men
were captured on the afternoon Of this day.
fHE RETRIAr coN1MuED--NoNDAY, JUNE 2-BAD
About 8 o'clock A. n. on Monday, June Q,
Jacksons force, now consisting OF about 2O, 1000
men and fifty guns, continued their retreat Ere.
mont was again upon their heels. Several artil.
lery skirmishes occurred during the march from
Woodstock to Edenburg. but nothing in the
fighting line Of much interess happened Some
Of the rebel wagons got stuck in the road, which
Was rendered soft by the vast amount Of travel
on it and the recent heavy rains, and these were
burned by the rebels to prevent their capture.
When their batteries got stuck, however, they
were dragged ont, and by extraordinary exer.
tion hurried forward out Of danger. q aa
AT rnr VILLAGE OF EDENBuRa.
five or six miles from Woodstock, the rebel Gen.
eral Ashby, by Jackson's orders, after seeing the
| rear guard safely across the bridge over Stony
| creek, fred the wooden structure, and it was
| soon committed to the flames. The cavalry nm.
der General Bayard, coming up, found the creek
not fordable. It was foaming food, produced
BY the unprecedented rains Of the season.
TIE REBEL RETREAT sLAcKENHD.
jackson was nov more composed Slowly
and carefully did be march his haggard forces.
One hour Afterwards rain began to fall in tor.
| rents, during which Fremont halted to build
bridge, while Jackson pursued his retrograde
movement to Mount Jackson, eight miles beyond
Edenburg. There be halted till noon the next
! day, when the sound of the cannon again an
| nounced the proximity of his untiring pursuer
THEY MOVE ON AaAIs-rHE BRIDGE ovHa THE
sHHHAAD0AH REACHBD.
| Tho rebel army was now in motion once more
| and one mile beyond Mount Jackson they at
length reached what they had long pined fa.,
the Shenandoah. The river was'so high thss It
had overdowed it's banks in many places, and 90
rapid that branches Of trees and everything
movable were swept down the stream. To pass
such river under such circumstances was Ger
tainly no easy matter without bridge. -
! TEE BRIDGE yrRED.
As soon % Jackson's army had crossed, there
fore, the fine bridge over this river was, like the
rest, committed TO the flames. II burned we'll,
Notwithstanding the dsmpness Of the timber, on
account Of the rain, the quantity Of combustible
matter prepared 70 insure its destruction being
20 large. An the efforts Of the Union cavalry
/ to save it availed nothing, and after advancing
bis army eight miles beyond the bridge, jackson
halted in fancied security. The succeeding
night It rained heavily The rebels knew that
this would keep the Shenandoah up and give
them time TO rest They were not aware either
! of the energy Of their pursuer or the fact that
he was provided with pontoons to counteract