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

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.tI1 E AND CiENFRAI.
A Y DRNlNG NOVEMBl
FH He SOUTH WAR IN
vlisstNlA-
IA skspcu Or THE REcxsr CAM
~ ia5hn.oad lks..sansiaer. Cet. a6-
n6l<za1I Ia ssx.hsa ,1shs
hshesies tae Movements Of our army dur
ing The recent eaiapaign 10 Northern Vir-
! ginia. From the information ia our reach,
We make up iias:y anI imperfect narrative.
II would appear 10 have been General
Lee. plan to send y Z. Hills corps tv
rvs.te west OF the Orange aoi Auxandri.
! iisiiroad TO Manassas q JUNCTION, there to
| cut of Aieade's retreat, whilst Ewclr.
corps foiuwcu o. the right ilaus of the re-
treating eiie,uy, and SUu! be ready to fail
/ npou his rear .hea he should be broughe
ic a staiiii La Iuttheraucc or tn, ptau
! H:!. LETT M=uisJn county OH or sbou, the
/ Sth iistant, and GosetA toward ~p"rIyviiie
! Ou the saine day E~c!t crossed rag Kspi-
dan at haccoou Ford. AT th.. place
occurred the hrst Cavalry hgh., Ill whic1
We drove the eusuIy uack. Du: not without
! sustaining coiislicra Die loss. Here Newton
ana otaer gallant officers tell
Meade having apparently seen through
J Ills designs OF Gcnc'a; e., began bis re-
! treat siipr.taEcOn-iy wttp cur aaganCe. and
having Ih- bcnehI OF TIE ras:rOai aud
.rrevius ou u dircc, liuc, it is no matter at
surprise lsa. he niaragra 10 .rl>trAtc thr,u
pm Oh Sunday, hamptua's cavaIry. unGe,
: the imtnre.latc cn.nmaud OF Stuart, u.uv-
lins'fn advance Of E"cli's ~oyps. reached
CuIepp.f Coart- -house, aad moving a4onp
! the rSlsrnad, encountered rhe cu.iUy a.
| brsndy Station. The battle touk place ON
! the farm OF John Minor But;s, ouu of the
charges OF our cavalry being r,ade through
! his front yard. We may here remark thar
the property on the fsrn OF this ex,raordi-
nary Individual. Of whom the Govcrnu4ent
! ~ the Confederate State. stand in such
/. fear had been retlg.ou>ly respected by tne
J aIkces whereas. the ecn!iby arpd.u w.a
little better 'hsu wilI-rut.> his t,iicr.
aDd croi's ",le un'nucheu. Bs.i tiiai .oua-
day nIsht wrought Z ci'auge Ia lis cohdi-
tioa Three thousand Confederate caval-
~ bivouacked there after the battle, aud
fed their horses IN bis cornEcd. The next
morning there were very few feace-rali,
aud very little sorn lett. The n-u could
De heard to say while building high their
hres- Pile on. bays, they are noibing
but d--c old Union rails" Bolts calae
down Monday morning aud said he would
like to get certificate Of the quantity OF
corn ustd aud rails burnt. He was dis
missed very cavaIierly, aud told that we
had no tiine io attend to such matt.rs.
Monday our cavalry came up with the
eneniy at Jefferson. N the road from Gull
pepper Coart house to Wsrrenton. TAerr
an obstinate fight took place. which result
ed IN the cnemy bsing driven across Hedge
nan's River TO WarIenton Springs. FROM
which place the eusmy were also driven
after q battle lu each of these battles W
io,.k 1T veral hundred prisoners. Ewelrs
corps. havlng changed its line of march,
resched. Warrenton on Tueso!sy ,noruing
Meade's array was at this time acros. the
Rappailannsck. aud bell. we'd to have halt
ed at Harren,on Junction. ami between
that point and Catiet, Station. Two thou
sand cavalry were sent down from Warren
/ ton ts frcouueitre ia the direction Of Cat
lett. Ou arriving near the latter place
iaEassslsy evening. they fousd the eus,nv
were moving heavy columns of Infantry
along The rai!roud toward Manassas; ani
they 'liereupou immediately turned TO re-
trace their steps toward Warreiton. but oil
! r+achiatg read witch crossed their route,
leatling f.uln Wsrren'on Junction IL
Manas<ss. rhry found that he cn-iny w-r..
salss ntpv,hg iafi.lry i1 large masses along
this soai< They were thus completely
hea.nsta ia Night came on AS they roach
rd CHI, road. The heavy tramp OF rihf
enssDy's iufantry and the rnn.bie OF their AR
''i'.ry s''a'ided right ID from, Of them.
tcINrsl stnart .iIhdres his little force
inacla thirk-t u old field pines. hoping that
The eneeay would pass him by uunoFieed,
and leave bis read TO Wsrcnton rl-sr.--
he enea'y were snoynrg 80 uear ouT posi-
ti.'a' tina. every wnr,i og co:nn.aGd aud sveu
"rcinslfT conversation could bc district,
asand by cs Oar situaiion was extremely
crafcsi. any sccideD.--ilc secidsntai dis
chsrge 81 4 rIssyl-souia have uisclpse,i
oai position. aud .irn. ii yirH of NJ cv.r-
wbeisiang fore. of the en-.IY, ,iofhius
swaiff d Us hGi drsuucsi~a or surrender. :
SfGart gave hls Oiilcers and men 10 UNDER
stsno tnai SURRENDER vas not to b- thought
ut. b.1f taat the eHstmy MAS 10 be fought 10
the last. "A coancil of war having been
eailest, u wac Resolved. as tie best ttiDe
has ssrld he snft anier the cir-an,-
s'anees. ,esleseft th- bite rtscrs Vi tot,;
srstifry assi tsss laG 'enssiss III SIX c0lttssHss
10 elKsxesei ta cut 4ii.ir way ts,ra's4ii Tie
eIes'Iy. Eus alter soae feiisetina ;ssusr!
resolved nor 10 sshaudon his artillery. asid
>'ruek npor device for iIfornsing G,aielai
Lee. who was vt Wsrr.nton. Of his .si..ls
VI II