New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-11

not more than forty of their regiment were killed.
and that all the rest were captured. Jackson has
with him two thousand prisoners taken at different
times from Gen. Banks command. They have been
treated with great severity halfstarved, and forced
TO follow the retreat of his army, whether sick or
WELL Officers fell by the road eide from exhaustion
and Illness and were forced at the point OF tho
bayonet. They no. allowed to stop on the road
even for swallow of the water which 1t crosses N
frequent streams. The men looked haggard ana
weak, and their faces were evidence enough OF the
truth Of their reports. Many of them agreed In say
ing that since yesterday morning they had had only
one small piece Of bread, and it was three in the
afternoon when met them. No doubt jackson Is
badly of for provisions and far has excuse. Ills
men are Idemoralzed, deserving in numbers, and
unwilling either to fight retreat. With I'M
soldierly and unmanly barbarity, and against all
rules Of civilized war; this Rebel chief, finding him
self holly pursued, has placed all the prisoners in
his rear and uuder fire OF our artillery Yet in the
crowded records Of Rebel cruelty, this is only
minor incident.
must omit from this hurried sketch numerous iu-
cidents which, with more space aud time, ought to
be included. Long before this reaches New.York,
the pursuit may have eliminated in L battle. We
ehall hear from Shields in day or two. but with or
without his aid, ii these troops can only be led,
Jackson must be overtaken and forced to fight.
Gen. Fremont is $50 miles from his depot OF snppes
vet the troops under Gen. Bayard who left railroad
Communication and ample stores only three days
ago. have to be fed from the limited resources OF this
comInissariat Nothing but the utmost energy and
capacity in the Quartermaster's Department could
have supplied the deficiencies OF transportation, and
up to this time have fed this numerous column OF
rapidly advancing troops 1t j, impossible to praise
too highly give too large share Of credit to Capt
Goulding, the Chief Quartcrmaster in the field,
whose efforts against all obstacles and Deficiencies
and discoursgements have alone enabled this army
to advance. With an incompetent quartermaster
and the totally inadequate supplies OF the War De-
partment, the troops wonld simply have starved.
There are few marches record which have been
made in the face of such difficulties as have retarded
but could not prevent this.
annex On incomplete list Of casualties. In the
haste and confusion of such day as this can get
no reports from medical other officers but believe
there are none killed and none seriously wounded
except those 20 stated below:
WOUNDED ~ COL. cLUREsET's BRIGADE, IN sKIR-
NIsH, SUNDAY, JUNE l.
EIGHTH VIRGINIA RyGrEEyT-kufus Boyer, Co. A,
slightly; Peter Ward Co Is, slightly; George w. Douglas,
Co. b. slightly Thomas Shelton. Co. b, CAk '" Gard, Co.
L, severely. ~ -
sIxriErs OHio-C. Bennington, Co. A. slightly Stephen
Paris, Co. Is. slightly.
JUNE 2, IN PURSUIT.
FIRST NEwJZRsRY cAvALRY-Corporai Charles u Nor
,ye. sshy George Jones' Co. D. severely Sergeant Geo.
FIRST PEssYLyAyA CAvALRI.-GeoTge Tegarleir, Co. r,
killed