Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-02-16

gam, and, J5 soon as " NdS IlSUt 6DOubn
10 SEQ. rode 10 the front and found the
parapets lined with troops. had, there
lore, reluctantly TO si:e up all hopes Of
capturing W WashiBgion after had arrived
10 sighI OF lhe dome Of The Capitol. and
given lie Federal authorities a terrible
fIignt. --.--
Grant, in his report, says in regard TO
, Tie cnodiuon Of things when | moved TO-
" ards Washington "The garrisons OF
Baltimore aud Washington were al this
nme made up Of heavy artillery reei'
menis. hundred. days men. and deiach'
menls rom the Invalid corps. And, IN
regard 10 The force OF Wallace at Mnnoca-
cY. he saws: His force was not sutil'
cient 10 insure success. but be idOghl The
enc ny nevertheless. aud allhough II re-
suited IN Gefeat 10 oUr arDs, yei /! de-
tanned The enemy and thereby served 10
enable Gen Wright 10 reach Washington
with Two or, ihfcs divisions Of the S,Xlh
corps, and he advance OF lie Nineteenth
corps, before htm" Stanton says IN bis
report: Here "a, " ashiDsion) they (we)
were met ty troops from INC Army OF
the Potomac, consisting Of tho SIKH
corps, under Gen. NTight; part Of the
lhe Eighth corps. under Gen Gilmore.
aud part Of the NineIeen'h corps, just
s,rived from New Orleans, under Gen.
Emoty."
Taking Grants statement OF the troops
which had arrived from his army as IN"
most rel,ahle. they we're sufficient 10 hold
he wnris against my troops, al least an
I'll othe,s coul5 arrive. bu', III addition
10 hose which had already arrived, there
were 'he deiachmenis from the invalid
coIp., called, believe, lhe Veteran Re
se,ves," (of which, was informed, there
wa. about five lhousand) the heavy ar
ul.cry regiments. The hundred.days men,
and / suppose the part Of the Eighth corps
mentioned by SIarton. To all these may
be added the local troops, or militia, and
the G0vtrnmeni employees. Same Of
the NaI:hern papers stated that between
Saturday and Monday could have en-
.ereu the city; bot Saturday was fight
inr al Mcnocacy. thirty 6vC niles from
Washington, fierce which could not
cave in my rear, and after dis70slHg oi
ha, force, and moving as rapidly as pos
s.tle for ne 10 move, Gid not arrive in
front Of thg fuG>i6caIions until aftsrno"n
n Monday, aud then my troops were eX-
hsusIed. and it required time 10 bring
a.. haI 10 a
march, over the clrcnilous route by Char
!1ucs vile, Ly0chbgig, and Salem, down
HE valley. and through the passes OF The
South Mountain, winch, Notwithstanding
the delays III dealing with Hunters, Sig
els, and w al}sce's forces, is, Tor lis
length and rapidly, | believe, without a
parallel in Ihis OF any other modern war
tine unOpposed marauding excurslon OF
me freebooter Shsrmon through Georgia
not exec pied. Ny small force Mad been
lhrown up 10 jhe very walls Of The FEEDER
Il Capital. Buh Of river which could
uoi be furded at any point within forty
miles, snd WI h heavy force and the
SUUlh Mountain IN my rear, the passes
throrsh which mountain could be held by
a snali nnmber Of iroops.
4 glance al The map. when il is recoI
Icc,en that ,hs Potomac - a wide river,
and nayigable TO Washington for the lar
ges, vessels, will cause the intelligent
reader 10 wonder not why failed 10 take
" ashing,on. but why had the audacity
10 approach it as did, with the sma!
force under my command. 1t was supP0-
sed by some, who were no. informed OF
the facts, that delayed in the Lower Val
! lev longer than was necessary; but an ex-
animation Of the foregoing narrative will
| show that not one moment was spent IN
idieness, but thar every one was employ
ed in making some arrangement, or re-
moving some difficulty in M way,which
il was necessary 10 make or remove. so as
TO enable me to advance with prospect
| OF success.
BURNING OF CHAMBERsBURG-
While at Marlinsburg it was ascertain
ed beyond all doubt IhaI Hunter had been
again indulging in his favorie mode OF
warfare, and that after his return 10 the
Valley, while we were near Washington,
among other ouuages, the private resi-.
dences of Mr.. Andrew Hunter, member
of the Virginia Senate, Mr.. Alexander H.
Boleler. an ex-member of the Confederate
as well as of the United States Congress,
and Edmund |. Lee, distant relative OF
General Lee. all in Jefferson county, with
their contents. had been burned by bis
orders, only time enough beng given for
'he ladies' to get out OF the houses. A
number Of towns in The South, as well as
private country houses, had been burned
by the federal troops. and the accounts