St. Mary's gazette., 1863-11-12

60. aa1g 1nlt1risil nnsskp1s, v
sasasscs n ~. .1sr1nees ao'Ite eoai ~
inte the enemyFs celnasp. nud, ursesae 4,
a - i9eir sssy 20 Rarrl,nson, I'D ~
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The lssss division af Tho eesmy hsltsd
and bivouacksd oppcsitc Stasrs an.i ssishin
oae hundred and City ysrdssof his position
---se close that We could hear the Yankees
pouring out oats to feed their horses. Dua-
inR the night two Of Meade's staff strag-
gled into our lines and we're taken pri-
sOncrs. One Of them, gay young fellow,
said to Stuart. "All right. General. we
sup with you tonight. you diue with us to-
morrow" iuti,nating that Stuart would. by
that time. be . prisoner
At daylight "Wednesday morning Stuart
was Informed By the cracking Of .onr skir-
tnishers' nuskets that Leo had received his
message. and was seuding some of the
people" to help him. As Lees advancing
columns attracted tho eneny's attention.
Stuart, from the rear, opened on them
with grape and canister. The enemy were
muc'. di>oricred by tho cannonade from so
un"xp.cted qaarecr. aud. taking advap-
tage OF the confusion, Stuart limbered ~
bis guns and. With cavalry and artillery.
dashed through the hostile ranks and re.
joined General L-s The enemy suffered
loss Of one hundred and eighty killed 10
this affair.
Tha'es.ning Hills carp. reached Bris.oe
Station ju-, after Meade's army bad passed
that point. What appeared 10 be small
portion Of the enemy vas discovered behind
long embanknent Of the railroad. aud
two hrigades of Hsth's corps were ordered
to dislodge them. Then followed the bat
tie Of Bristoe, which had alrrsiy been
mentioned 10 these columns. What ap-
peared to be trihing farce Of the enemy.
turned out to be ;wa full army corps, lying
in an ambush to gobbls up any incansii.
crate hrigades that might attempt to dis,
lNsige them An hours experiment con-
vincrJ our aen that formidable turcs was
~ lllilf L's's .,,~.aa they Withdrew. We
had three or four hundred men killed and
wounded in the kght. The enemy admit
= severe loss. bu, they left bu, few dead
upon the Geld. Before the main body of
our srny could CT up the battle was aver.
That night eur men wers drawn up iu
ilne Of bat'l~. but when the day broke ou
Thursday moruing. the enemy Was gone
Our forces followed them AZ far as Ma
nassas Junction. and. resting here a day.
b-gsn q retrogsae movement toward. lh.
RaDSahannock, Our cavalry on Thurs
day. cr"ssrd Bull Creek. near the foot of
Bull Run Mountain. and made \ recon-
no;ssanea as far as Cenirevil!e. where
they we're driven back by tas enemy.
Infantry.
Thus eudcd this famous retreat and
pursuit. Our army returned to the Ra-
pshannock. having lost in the campaign
ab"nt one Thousand men killed. wounded
and prisoners. Of the enemy's lsss in
killed and wounded we have ND means of
making an estimate. During the pursai.
our trGops ue ier made over twelve miles
. day. The rrsalt. of the campaign are
Important We look large nu.,b.r Of
prisoners and hor.cs, ascerrained Mease'
army TO con.!st Of not ia"re than fifty
thousand Infantry destroyed the railroad
from Manassas t" Rappabannock Station.
sud removed Meads's headquarters fro,n
the Rap'dan to the Rappahannock.
During the camp.ign our cavalry did
splendid service. They perk~mel all
The successful fighting, and took nine
ten'hs of th. prisoners. u
As trlonging rather to the period of
'ur retreat than of Mead~'s. We have
made 10 men'i"n Of the cavalry victory
..i.eh iy Stuart over Fitzpatrick on the
10Th inst. -, ~. I'll