Maryland free press., 1867-03-07

only gained at last by the fire, fsfce, rush, aud
sosged of,stfhhac;yy Of THE etas Of the sosthern
seoops reso,sed To- conquer Or die.E yho0 I9'o
aThroaeh Gods blesing, 'hJackson wrote tu
his dispatch. rtheeneny neat, ,Poft Repdblie ives
this day routed with the loss 0fsif pieces Of his
artillery, ~ r. r NJ
b that PIN ase, itthroueh Gods blessing, prob
ably indseAtsi more in the ssilent soldier .tian
otherss gAtthe moment when his lines wsrereel-
ing, an;unseep Hard bad seemed to saRPort him,
an invisibls $g Power at to fight for him And As baa
ION the morning Of the 1othof june yakaoih Jackson
was as freesas the wiad 70 move awhitHefsoever
he willed Shields was beaten :; Fremontr retreat-
ing--the splendid prize of the Virginia Valley,
for which the opponents had been playing %
high game had fallen to the lot of jackson,
ttwhat would he do with itg'' What were his
plans asnjsGa sbas1 Rsed bsa jgai s'E1Rao
six days afierwarsiss'c cavalier eptred the little
saiess Eof 4lount Crawford, on the Valley turn
pike, about midnight. In the middle of the
street. deserted at that hour 'by aii citizens, a
solitary figure on horseback Twas awaiting the
ewscpmer. j al IisvsslJ M tlioqqs o. 10
"Ahi Colonel, here you are, !, came innbriei
tones from the lips Of the moiionless. .fgpEe,
t'what news from the front2' =
q GAN quiet, General % was the reply OF The
.stAar, Caiss Nopford, commanding ttie. .cavariy
He had received that day a,aSte from Jackson,
directing .him at eleven that night at the head el
the street at Mount Crawford, and net to ask fol
him or apsbody-Rsg at4eF sT7H
jackson was punctually at the rendezvous as
has been seen; Col, Mdnford arrived, and they
now ecnvefsed for some time in low tones. When
they parted, thesc6lonel tad..receitedhis instrdc
tiensI and returned 10 oHarrisonbnrga sssSTIai
Letus follow the. Colonel, A. Atrhisheadauarters
were number of Federal surgeon, with ambu
lanccs, come to carry or Fremont's wounded
To tlleir request Col Munford replied that h
must first; send to Jackson for iastractsons, Ant
atmssseager was sent at once.il He speedily re
termed, and in the hearing of the Federal surg
cons, through wooden partition, reporteda a,
| "Gen" Jackson told me to tell you Colonel
| that the wounded Yankees are not to be 'takei
| away, snasthe surgeons are'te sesent back wifi
q message that he ca take care oftheir wo,iuds,
men in his hospital. He is coming right .or
4 himself, with heavy reinioreemsats. :, i.afs,,
! Whiting division isnp, and Hood g. is con,
/ ing. The whole road from here TO Staunton
perfectly lined With troops, and 50 crowded tina
could hardly ride along" ".sg ,uIi 81, ,na, b
1 The Federal sIfgeons overheard every, -wor
| Of this, and when Col. Munford summoned ther
! Id and informed them simply that jackson woul
4 care for their wounded, they said, no more. %
I, the same day they returned to Gen. Eremon,
On the next, the whole Federal army fell back,
strasburg, and began to intrench against th
anticipated attack. .,s,2 ~ a.I.,,. g.. 10 ir,
j Col. Munford hadssuccessfnlly carried out th
order Of the solitary horsemsn at Mount Craw
ford: = "Producs upon, the enemy ~
impressions thai ana going to advance" ,uad.
4 While Fremont was fortiying at Strasburl
Jackson was crossing the Blue Ridge Ito thro
himself against the right wing Of Gen. McClella
L lin the Chickshominy., Ut h. OF ao,iasvuco