New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-11-20

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From Our Special Correspondent.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 10, 1867
S,;u an tho JI;obts BELOW Ms and all around Us
los tho natural DIAGRAM Of the capture Of HaIpers
Ferry. Let us peruse IT.
On Wednesday and Thursday, just one week oe-
fore the battle Of Antetam, the whole oil Lees army
in MARYLAND marched from FREDERICK, accordihglo
n spirited programme as follows: Walker took The
road bv way of Jacksonville, and pushed straight
for Point of Rocks where he cEosed the Potomac,
marched around to the west and north, and occupied
london flights, which were quite bare OF defensive
works.
The force under A. P Hill parted from the main
BODY at Middietown, and struck oil by way Of Burk-
ittsville, toward Harpers Ferry.
jackson, Longstreet, and ID. II. Hill, with Lee in
command, pushed on toward Boonsboro Hills d.
vision constituting the rear guard
jackson conducted the advance, and on reaching
Boonsboro made at once for the Potomac in two d.
visions, one Of which he sent in a southwesiwardly
direction by way of Shsrpsburg and Shepherdstown
the other he led, by forced march, TO the north
west, by way Of WilismspOgt-bis object, no doubt,
being to capture Gen. Whites i,OOO at Martinsburg,
which would thus be cleverly surrounded. out
White escaped just in time, and fell bacS 70 Harper
Ferry, where he Joined forces with Col Miles.
Jackson. having crossed the river at Wihamsport
and ShcpherdsOwn, reunited lis two DIVISIONS, hui-
Iied forward, and made good has footing on Bolivar
Hights whence, on Sunday morning, ne ceuiahaed
the surrender Of Miles's garrison. .,.,,
On that same Sunday LOngstreet and ID. II. Hi
were marching from Middletown to Boons6oro'
with McCiellan's whole army at their heels ana
Hill to check the Union advance, under Burnside
and Reno NEARLY $1,000 mcp), made stand &C
Turner'S Gap. in the South Mountain, halfway De-
tween those two places. Here he was 90 erucaiiy
pressed by a superior force that Howell Cooo :
brigade Of Longstreets DIVISION naa 70 oe reo"iiS''
10 re-enforce and eXtreate him. This was the
battle Of South Mountain proper-a full account
of which appeared in THE TRIBUNE Of the following
Wednesday, il / do not mistake.
On that same Sunday A. L. Hill fought Franklin
ut Champions Gap, in South Mountain, below
Turner'S Gap, and miles from HarPer 3
Ferry; and when Capt. Russell OF the Maryland
Cavalry, who on Saturday night had slipped
through the enemy s lines with handful Of men 10
report the desperate straits OF the garrison to Cen
Mcclellan a. his headquarters al Frederick THAT
thew could not hold out more than IS hours unless
re-enforcei 4 o., came W Win Gen. Franklin at
3o'clock oil Sunday afternoon, nc found him en-
gaged AT the Gap WIN a. L. iii, III "a Lot ilu
noisy debate on the question 0! State Rights, ana all
The virtues Of Secession.
Meanwhile ION, Saturday q part Of His com
mand had made their way across Pleasant Naley,
mounted the aortl eastern s'OIe OF Maryland
Uicbts driyeu tie force IN ler Col. Ford down the
mo1ntain and across the Potomac and occupied the
extreme Nights and FOrds Plateau, from which his
heavy siece guns after being spiked had been tuul-
bed down the Gill; at CLOCK p. n.
On that came Sunday, at noon, jackson g guns
opened their fen denJer from Loudon and Maryland
flights upon Mles's position and a. : o'clock IN TIC
afternoon " the white internal powder cloud aIose
from lis batteries on the north western rldge OF
Bolivar Hights. SO vigorous the firing that
several smaller pieces gave together the solid report
of single great gun, and al the distance OF lew
miles were mistaken Tor the heavy siege ordnance Of
Col. Miles--thus conveying TO Gen. Mcclellan,
through bis messengers, the treacherons impression
that the garrison stu he!d out, ana lhaI yel 1nefe
was time TO succor II. -
While all this wild work was going on, ID. IL.
Hin and Howell Coob were getting away from
Mcclellan advance % Turner Gap, ana t1c euuie
force under Lee pressed forward over the National
Road 10 Boonsboro, and thence struck of 70 the
southwest, by way Of Sbarpsbug, Tor ibe Shep
herdstown ford Of the Potomac.
Tie Union cavalry, under Col. Davis, that made
their escape from HarpeIs Ferry on Sunday night,
and struck sraigh, for Frederick, by way Of JEFF
fersonyille the road by which Walker had marched
upon Loudon Hiyhtel, came suddenly upon Long
streets ammunition train 80 wagons ana captured
xJ. 4
ed Turner'S GAP. Tie Dake OF Wellington once
said, NAPOLEON surprised me at Waterloo, but
i astonished bim" In the present case II Is PLAN
that The cavalry agteeably surprised, while the
teamsters were disgustiugy astonished.
Ne are told that this train was without o guard.
Longstreet had no reason suppose it needed one.
1t had Walker and A. T. Hill but short distance
Ia 'front.' ard enemy following TO tie riyer. But
II must be ecollected that by this time Walker was
on Loudon flights and Franklin had engaged Till s
attention. The cavalry appsritlon VIE an episode
net down or the programme.
IN every newspaper account Of this cavalry esca-
pade IL has been stated that they cut their way
though tue enemy. What enemy! We have
Walker on Loudon Jackson on Bolivar, A. p. Hill
nj Champions Gar, exchanging sharp repartecs
with Franklin, Longtleet and ID. II. Ilill, engaged
in Ike exh;aTating exercises with McClellans adj
vance al Turner'S Gar northwest Of MidcletOwu.
Then what enemy! History and The Constitution,
first aud last
On Monday morning between and o'clock,
UarTer's Ferry was surrendered Such was Jackson 9
haste (either TO cover Lees retreat IN the event Of
his being overwhelmed at AnlIetam, or, II possible,
70 reinforce HIM. that be did not stop TO parole lis
prisoners individually, but /" Jumped" them by regi-
mental nagsteI.rolis, making commissioned officers
responsible for the men. 80 urgent indeed, was
bis haste, that the paroled troops carried oil many
articles which, by strict construction, and on a
more deliberate occasion they would not have been
permitted 10 take; and the bridge was already mined
when they marched over It,
jackson did reGaiCrce Lee on thursday afternoon
at 8 o'clock-not in time to take part in tie batue,
which was over by Wednesday nght--but in tine
TO cover the crossing Of artillery and ammunition
trains which elected with deliberate " good
order" on Thursday night and Friday morning.
The battle of ADIietdr Gas fought by Longsireet
and the two Hills with barely 80 900 men, to which
add Jaekson's % 600 on Thursday afternoon, after
The battle was over. Mcclellan had not less than
90,000-probably III, 900 more.
Walker aid not get up i'll time to join Lee on the
battlefield; but turn now 70 your map and con-
slider The dog-trOt marching, and the sedge hammer