Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-11-04
A Federal View Of the Campaign of
Gen. Lee

| A Federal View Of the Campaign OF
| Gen. Lee
The New York Times has aletter giving
history of the recent campaign of General
Lee, and the light in which the Yankees
view it. 1t is more connected and intelli-
gible than any we have yet seen published.
After Meade had ascertained to.his salts.
faction that Gen. Lee was endeavoring to
flank him, there commenced
ARAoE BETWEEN THE TWO ARMIES.
On Tuesday both armies were pushing,
forward as fast as they could, parallel to
each other, and. separated by but half a
dozen miles or less. .-.-.
The rebels passed through Warrenton
and citizens here tell me that they occupi-
ed the whole of Tuesday in doing this,
their trains being extremely long,
We passed some miles to the right, cros-
sing Ceder Run at place named Auburn,
five miles due east Of Warrenton.
GEN. LEE FORMS A PLAN.
AtWarrenton Gen. Lee formed the bold
design of sending one of his corps (Hilrs)
by rapid detour to seize the heights of
Centreville, while his other (EwelPs) should
fall upon our flank and rear.
It was on Wednesday morning, when
our whole army passed Cedar Run at Au-
burn, Gen. Warren's corps (Second) bring
ing up the rear. To this commander was
assigned the duty of covering the trains of
the army, which were much delayed in the
crossing by the pontoons.
A CRITICAL MOMENT.
The OCCASION was now an extremely crit.
cal one. Ewell had begun pressing severe.
ly on our rear, and already on Wednesday
morning, at Auburn the rear guard become
engaged with portion Of his force. A
double necessity was upon Gen. Meade;
first, he must move with extreme celebrity
to reach CentreYille in advance of Hill,
who had the start of him, and was on the
shorter line; secondly, he must keep back
+ the enemy from his trains inthe rear.
Hills corps had reached Bristow about
simultaneously with Warren-in fact, had
just got ahead Of him sufficiently to form a
line Of battle, which he did perpendicular
to the railroad.
THE BATTLE OF BRIsTow. -
The position was the most perilous one
in which a column can be placed-march-
ing by the flank and met by the enemy in
line of battle. Gen. Warren was equal to-
the emergency. The troops were brought
up at run-the first division (CaldwelPs)
having come up thus for amile and half,
laden with eight days rations. -
The troops which had been marching on
the left of the railroad were brought quick.
ly over to the right, and General Warren,
seeing that the enemy had neglected to oc-
cupy the cut and embankment of the rail:
road, on the instant jumped his men unseen,
into it. More prudence on the part Of the
rebel commander, or less sagacity on the
part of the Union commander, would have
proved the destruction of that corps.
The rest of the army had all gone ahead.
The. first corps (Newton's) had already
reached Manassas The last one but War
ren's-namely the 9TH, sykes )-passed
beyond Bristow simultaneously with War
ren's coming up, and just as he got enga-
ged with the enemy be received from Sykes
the comforting intelligence that heZtswas
moving off slowly and in good order =
Gen. Warren had formed his troops un-
der cover of the cut and embankment of the
railroad, constituting ready.made breast
works. On the left he placed defensive
crotchet. Down rushed the enemy, charg-
ing on this flank, when suddenly the troops
under cover rose up, and at close range
poured volley after volley of deadly fire into
the advancing and presently retreating
rebels.
After twenty minutes fight the enemy
were glad to make off, leaving thousand
dead and wounded and FIVE hundred priso-
ners in our hands 1t was we'll that night
came on as it did, for just as the sun set
Ewell, who had been following in Warren's
rear, came up, but had only time to form
line of battle when the darkness, interrup.
ted further operations, and the rear guard
was able to pass on and join the main body
of the army.
LEES PLANS DISCONNECTED.
The repulse at Bristow completely dis.
concerted Lees plans, so far as they en-
:braced the view of getting on the commu-
nications Of Gen. Meade or reaching Gen.
treville before him. Lee had no longer
with him that unmatched executive officer,
Stonewall Jackson, unequalled at a rapid
march. Hill proved slow and feeble, and
instead of striking the head Of the Union
column he struck its rear, and got badly
handled in consequence.
THE REBELS HALT.
From this moment Lee abandoned all
purpose of giving battle, and never advan-
ced the main body of his army much be-
yond Bristow. Detachments were, howev-
er, sent to follow up the Union force and
make demonstrations. On Friday at II
o'clock, a. m, the enemy appeared in front
of Blackburn's and Mitchell's fords, and
made vicious attack on our skirmishels,
but were promptly driven back. stuart's
cavalry, meanwhile, was sent by detour