Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-10-23
FROM GEN. LEES ARMY.
PROM OUR owN CORRESPONDENT
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.,
CuLrErER &. III, Oc;. 90, 1863.

ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.,
CULrRrER G. III. Oc'. 90, 1868.
Gen. Leo having finished the work OF demo
lition Of the Orange and Alexandria railroad
fr,m BristUw Station back as !Lr - Tie Ran
plhannack bridge, and having driven Meade
- the heights Of Centreville, it became u
military cxped;enr, if not Il necessity, for
him 10 rccross the Isapiahanno:k. whigh has
been accordingly done.
Ny last letter was written YOU f. III Bti!:ow
Station. On Saturday evrnin. in conformity
with my premise, l started in company with
Il medical friend 10 visit the rlainS Of Ma
NASSAU. NOW historic hrcarse O. Tie two great
battles fought upon them. On arriving at
Manassas Junction, however, wc MT GU: cav
airy, then lenving there Err Grove;nn. ard did
not deem it safe that nc should 60 further, lot
we might be "gUhh'ed up" - the Ymke"
cavalry, end compelled 10 - u coed dcal
further. On returning to camp J found that
orders had been issued for two days r~i:ions,
! and orders 10 rull in tho detailed men, rTrra"a-
t,rg 10 Il move, which WAS generally s''p7ns"l
t, be backwards. Vt . O'Clock Sunday morn
in. tire head Of tie column moved prGlnH'ir.
Ewcll'S corps moved back t" Beale'on, f"llnw-
lowirg the line Of the railroad. ll!.Ih's and
Til.ux'e divisions, of \. =. HilI+ cnrps, laI
previously moved back To Bralctoa IN order
t, destroy the railroad Aalc7son's d;vi-
.;on. of HIS corps. mrvcd back 70 R"dir;nn
rin Greenwich ard Auburn. q rnufc sone-
| what more cirru tnus. With this column |
.lme along. The tSn columns. which hal
; ivrr:ri an leaving Brist"w. c"averged again
y Rristnw. BIT on account % The lack
u water at Beal;or, AnderEon's division
las compelled 10 c"me further on. within
, mile # the Rnps,hanncrk river. wh'rc II
| 'ialttd Sunday evening about dusk, huvirr
~ .an on the tramp for sixteen hours ard p.S>@'i
scarcely any stragglers. II was, in!r'd, a
rand sppcr'cle to hel,"id Mahone's hri :a!r
i This diYisign, which has been pronounced
hY General Lee At the time rhe two corrs were
reviewed in Orangr) the hest in the army IN
,oint of drill, discipline and Fl Lifting qualities,
- If moved into camp. keeping time ~ mar
| Il.l FfNSlG, IL ~ ~ " Nv ~ ''i''
marching with all the elegance ard precision
f veterans, afier one Of the Iongc.t marches
known in the army. This brigade 'sc"rrn"sd
# the 9Th Virginia. (Mahone'S old rrgim' H.
Col. Rnecrs: 6lst Virginia. Colonel Gronrr:
Hat. Col. ParhaS: 18th, Cnl. Weis;g.r r. "nd
he IG h. Colonel Whitehead. 4 nromirenr
| ,!irpr nf the army. Standing near, observed 70
ne that he nevnr had seen such II >igh before.
lI L. l:l 49,. .I;,I +l,t 4, ~ ,,in, I,;
.ade in the army could keep up ~ well. o.
| march Of this kind rhe infantry usually
move fur abreast. Not only did Malone
move into camp in this fashion. bus he passed
,lnnc his entire route. with all bis men In
heir proper places without struggling. II,
i g. most capital ofHcnr-a hrigndier OF two
years s.anding-ard a military man BY .rAuca-
,aticn. lie would make n most capital livi-
| sion officer, and the wonder is tha' he has not
bncn promoted ere his. Ttii- rs not by wav
+ pufinc. hut in relling The truth. S, much
BY way e aggression.
Another niChtin camp. and Eonn day breaks,
indins th- camp all astir and the troops ready
! r, move. Tire morning, however, is chilly ana
nv horse trpmbles "a If seized with an a.r".
! After parfakirg nf breakfast | push IN To the
i've. Here | find the Qualifications thrown nv
w the Yankees to prntectthe railroad bridge.
which in their retreat they not only hnrH:.
Inv also blew up one of the stone piers in "r-
Tor IN nrnvpnt our repairing il readily. Fall
ng in with Wilcox's old brigade. ! pass IT, the
South side of the ltaprahannnck over thcrrn
Don bridge, ti.o river being roo high for ford
NO. On the South side Of III" river there nr"
also works thrown M by tho Yankees for the
protection Of the railway ridge.
From this .roint back, even as fnr re Cu''
oeper Court House, the atmosphere fr rrorT
inndred yards is imp-cgnated with cstench
f dead horses, which lie about IN rrrrv
hand. also saw Il dead Yankee unburi.A
rnt more than two miles firm T~ulpep"r Court
Hrusa. How anv Of the human 81 e"ies can
i've in 4 land filled with such Offensive odors.
md literally now n barren vase. rasscs ms
,rmo-ehen.inn. Yankee honas hl"nnh cvarr
hillside If this part Of The Old u miri"n-
!, less living m .num"nts tn tn" hr'v"ry "i
,ur Snr,hnr" race than they are impc~isha' l'
memorials # the FLY nf tnn crusade uprc
which { foes have embarked.
Tho troops hare MI. doubtless. r"rrNsscd -
The enemy attempted no adranrc ''r"n or
~rIrinr columns. If. indeed. they knew nf II.
Thus yam SEQ thn cam?a;gn is "vrr. Its 70.
:uirs arc briefly summed mp: W" have CAP
rured about fifteen hundred of the e-emv.
With some small ans. killed and wcurdei al
rast ~ many moro. md torn mp the O""G'
r,d Aleznndrin Railroad Cor twenty FIVE m;in.
via = luss ni not over twelve hunar"d IL
lie, and wounded. soma few prisoners ard
cur ,i.r.s Of artillery (rhoso lost nv HIP
q rps n; Br;stnw Station. Wh"'her rhojgam'
COS worth tho candle I will no. attnmrt 70
'ecidc. S ma think We have i no wnnders.-
1t has only taken ten DAYS to d" all this.
An INCIDENT Of the fight on Wednesday, las
h,s come to nv knowledge which deserves "
b, recorded. Lieut.. j. nra. cf Gord"n's hri
.r,dr. Early's division, fnnrd himself. IN tha
light after the fight, ut Bri-tow Station. in
he nnemy's lines. ard s~urr"un'pd nv ter
.-mpd men. nv whom, Of course. he was male
nrisnrpr. His captorS Mt once started L" take
him in. j, heiug night. TIL Y s"on came 1T
,ipht Of tho nrcmy's cnvairy rick"'.. In. "a
i .]nnranre Of their real character. Lieut.. J
-nk,ng advantage cfthrir doubts. said 10 Il rm
'.Yuu ser TINT you are in our lines and sur
rounded: the best Won can do is to throw
lawn vm,r arms and let me- carry vcm hack II
nv camns" This they agreed t" d aft r Il
l;ttls hesi'ancy and they started hack undA'
Licut. j.. Int after wandering Some time. md
falling to find his camp. he huilt a fir" an
stood sentinel oyer the Yankees until day,
when he brought them in.
Nine %conriers Of Gen. Ewell brought ir
aerenty two prisoners on Thursday. 'h'
morning after The enemy fell hack from Bris
tow Station. r. il told ivy their prisoners th.'
when the encmy were drawn IN 10 m""t -:
at r .prahann"ck hri lga. that the quest"
in many # their f"rs 'rip's was not how
they ,hnlli fight ne. hnt how th"y >h."i'.
rn,. On, wnnla rr n s"'' =" IN n" di'"'