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


knapsacks. and. shoalderins muskets. tn
advance in the darkress to the road. fall
into the cnen,y's column. and, crossing il.
to make their way so Warrenton. and say
to i1eIsaral isee thar hs was surround,.d.
and he a'muSt send some of his prople TO
help Airiontp Eliins and his twsgalhsni
laasE.zls|Ihe Sd esiin. q rsssk D sss
renion TN ssle(y :
The last division of the enemy halted
anlbyaaacked opposite Stuart and within
one hundred and fifty yards of his position
SD ciose that We could hear the Yankees
pouring out oats to feed their horses Dui-
ing the night two of Meade's staff strag-
y'ed into our lines and were taken tri-
soncTs. One of them, gay young fellow,
SAIL to Stuart. .All right. General, We
sup with you tu-night y,u line with ns TO-
rorrow,' intima;ing that Stuart would, by
that time. be prisoner
Al daylight "Wednesday morning Stuart
was lu;',.med nv the cracking of our skr-
miahsrs muskrts that Lee had received his
nirs-age and was sending 'some of the
people" 10 help him. As Lees advancing
c"lamns attracted the enelny's attention,
Sutart. troI the rear, opened on them
with Crap. aud canister The enemy we're
much dasor.cred by he canuonade from SO
unexpected 1ua"crr and. taking aavan-
'age of the confusioa, Stuart lin bered I'D
his gan. and. with cavalry and artillery.
DASHED through the bu>tiie ranks and re-
joined General Lee The enemy Suffered
loss q; oue hupdrtd and eighty killed in
tlis affair.
: Thatrsening Hills corps reached Bristoe
Station jus. after Meade army had passed
tha, point. What appeared 10 boa s.aalI
portion ol the enemy was discovered beaiud
- long .mbankmeni OF the railroad, sad
two brigades of Ee,h's corps were ordered
TO disloIge them. Then followed the hat
tlr of Bristoe. which had already teen
mes toned in these columns. What ap-
pcar-d 10 ne 4 t.iGing fsrce of the .nru.y.
tnrae nal to be TIVE full army corps. living
Il AZ amtnsh to gobble up any incsnsi.i-
ri:ic bgisades that might attempt 10, dis.
] '!c- thsm An hours exeeyiment eon-
sincrd our men that forrn;da ole force vas
In their front, and they wi,hlr-w. We
had three OF four hundred men killed aad
wounded in the light. The enemy a,!mi,
i sever. loss. but they lee, bu, few lead
upon the f..ld. Beiore The maia body of
oar Army coaid get up the battle was ever
| That night our mt.h We're sirawn up in
line Of battle. but when the day broke on
Thursday morning. the enemy was gone
| Oar forces followed them az Tar a. Ma
nassas junction. aud. resting here Jay.
began u retrogade movement towards lbe
lsappahannoek. Our cavalry on Ti,ars-
day. crossed Ball Greek, near The foot OF
Bull Run Mountain. and made u recon
nossance as far as Cenireville. where
they were driven back by the enemy's
infantry
Thus ended this famous retreat and
pursuit.. Our army returned to the Ra-
pahannock. having lost in the campaign
about one thou.snc gn"n killed, wounded
and prisoners. Df the enemy's less in
killed I'd wounued we have no means of
making an sstinat.. During the pursuit
our troops ne .er made over twelve miles
Il day. The resulf. of the campaign are
important We took large numter of
prisoners and horses. ascer,ained Meade's
army to consist Of not ,m"re than Gfty
thousand infantry. destroyed the railroad
from Manassas to Rappahanpeck station,
and removed Meads's head d-qaarters fron
the Rapidsn TO the Rappahannock.
Daring the campaign our cavalry Gid
'pllndid service. They performel all
the successful fighting. and took nine
ten'hs Of the prisoners.
As belonging rather to the period nf
onr retreat than m Mcaie's. We have
maae no mention Of the cavxlry victory
gained by Stuart aver Fitzpatrick On the
10Th inst. ..sgs -