, 1863-06-27
The ARMY OF The POTOMAC.
THE BULK OF THE REBEL
ARMY WEST OF THE
BLUE RIDGE.
Correspondence n. T. Times.l
HEADQUARTERS ARHT OF TIE ForoHAc, |
Tneaday ,Juna o4 1869


: HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE Por0AAc,
Tuesday, June q, l663-
On Thursday last Longstreet moved through
AshbY's Gap to the Loudon Valley, on this
side; for what purpose IS not fully known;
but Stuart's Cavalry, which was masking his
movement, being attacked in front ond rear
By Pleasanton and Dude, Longstreet divided
and moved both towards snicker's Gap,
whose WIZ ~ rear Daf}e followed. on The 18fh;
and picked up couple Of hundred straggglers;
the other column direct to SnickersVille,
along Tie eastern base Of the Blue Ridge. On
and crossed the Shenandoah River, encamp-
ing on It's banks, and leaving Picket's dlvision
to hold the Gap.
connoiseance to the top Of the Blue Rdge, and
discovered Longstreet's camp in plain sight on
tains. Further Information received at the
outposts yesterday and Sunday. which is re-
liable in It's character, places Hills corps on
the western side Of the Blue Ridge, having
marched by way Of Chester Gnp: he has
probably Joined Longstrect ere this; Lees
EwelI's corps was IT, tho Tietnity
numbering about eight thousand men,
being thrown up on the line Of the Potomac,
to support the guerillas Of Jenkins and I'M
boden, who are there expressly for the pur-
pose, Of ravaging the country tor horses and
supplies, md not for the purpose Of fighting.
This will be demonstrated In D very few days,
to certainty.
The matter Of invasion is now reduced to
one route only, and # the rebels are really in
earnest about It, they will soon demonstrate
it, and they may be looked tor on q line west
of the Blue Ridge and South Mountain-:cross-
Sxrr af%T nf K3Ark
Ford, below Shephardstown. The possibility
Of crossing the Potomac below Harper's Ferry
no longer exists.
In executing this movement the rebels will
Of course, conceal It from our knowledge as
much as possible, by defending the PASSAGES
Ing and holding the gaps Of South Mountain,
out Of which they were 60 summartly routed
last year. But with wide.awake cavalry scouts
on the Pennsylvania border, together with
the friendly people Of that section, We Shall
not be .blameless If We do not have carly and
full notice Of their approach and operations.
The total number Of prisoners captured on
Sunday will reach one hundred and fifty.
among them twelve offfeers-one Colonel,
wounded, three Lieutenant Colonefs, on Ma
jor, and the rest line officers. Nearly twenty
| i've Of the enemy's best cavalry officers have
F! prospects for " retaliation" on their part Gre
| not much enhanced by these captures.
Moseby, yesterday, tried bis hand at another
mid in this vicinity, but got most handsomely
beaten and scattered. He crossed the Bull
| Run Mountains with several hundred cavalry,
between Aldie and Thoroughfare Gaps. He
sent portion Of his forces down to the
Mountain Pike, with the evident In
trntion Of picking up any wagons q
stragglcrs they might find there. With
about hundred men, he pushed for the
| Aide Pike, and d9bouched out on thai
road Just below Gum Spring. He soon en-
countcred an ammunition train, on which he
charged, and, Of course, captured It. lie ther
| proceeded to unhitch and drive off all thu
| horses and mules, and was just In the net O
setting fire to the wagons, when battalion
Of the 18th Illinois cavalry, who had been rest
Ing In the wooda just below, charged up tht
| road, and after short contest scattered Nose
by's crew to the winds, recaptur1ng all ths
horses and mules, and taking ten Of his gang
| prisoners. In the meantime, another forct
above Moseby came down the road, aud tht
rebels incontlnently scattered into the wood
and by.roads, having done no damage. w
had not q man killed or wounded. The res
Of his cavalry, which went down to the War
renton road, ran into some Of our infantry
and they also got scattered, some Of them be
ing captured. L. l.. CHouSsE.