The National tribune., 1908-06-25

1 therefore had the train closed up in
park, and Hampton, arriving in the
meantime, engaged-th enemy farther
to the right, apd finally. with his sharp
| shooters. dislodged the enemy from the
town, the enemy moving toward our
left, apparently to reunite his broken
column, but pressing us with dismount-
ed men on our left flank. Gen. Fitz
Lees Brigade Has put at the
head of the column. and he was in
structed to push on with the train thru
Jefferson forr York, Pa, and communi-
cate as soon as practicable with OR
forces. Hampton's; Brigade brought up
| 1--WE were not mqlested in our march,
which. on accountsef the very exposed
situation of our flank and the enemy $
| knowledge of it, was continued during
the night. The nights march over a
very dark road was one of peculiar
hardship. owing to loss of rest to both
man and horse. After a series of ex-
citing combats and night marches it
was q severe tax to their endurance.
| Whole regiments slept in the saddle.
their faithful animals keeping the road
unguided. In some instances they fell
| from their horses, overcome with phys
! zeal fatigue and sleepiness."
Could Not Find the Army.
Stuart reached Dover. Pa on the
! Gettysburg was opening, butt cdulo get
no information as to where Lees army
was. Tho men and horses were badly
exhausted, he pushed on to Carlisle,
| hoping to find a portion of the army
there. He seems to have found the
people there with a very stiff upper lip,
! to judge from the report of his opera
J tons. He says:
| Il arrived before that village, by way
| of Dillsburg, in the afternoon. Our ra-
| tons were entirely out. 1 desired to
| levy contribution on the inhabitants
for rations. but was informed before
reaching it that it was held by a con-
siderable force of militia Onfantry and
artillery, who were concealed in the
| buildings, with the view to entrap me
upon my entrance into the town. They
were frustrated in their intention, and
altho very peaceable in external aspect,
| | soon found the information / had re-
Iceived was correct. i disliked to sub
| ject the town to the consequences of at
I tack. At the same time it was essential
to us to procure rations. l therefore
| directed Gen. Lee to send in q flag of
truce, demanding unconditional, surren
Ger or bombardment This was refused.
| placed my men in position command
ing the town. took possession of the
main avenues to the place, and repeated
the demand. 1t was again refused, and
| | was forced to the alternative of she'll
ling the place.
Attic the houses were used by their
| sharpshooterS while firing on our men,
not building was fired except the
| United States Cavalry Barracks, which
were burned by my order the place
| having resisted my advance instead of
peaceable surrender, as in the case of
Gen. Eweil Gen. Fitz Lees Brigade
| was charged with the duty of investing
| the place, the remaining brigades fol-
| lowing at considerable intervals from
| Dover. Maj.-GeR. w. +. Smith was in
command of the forces at Carlisle. The
only obstacle to the enforcement of my
| threat was the scarcity of artillery am
Mum !ti6nyt 'o9 Erst
The whereabouts of our army was
| still a mystery, but during the night II
received Il dispatch from Gen. Lee Cnl
answer to osse sent by Maj. Venabie
| from Dover. Ion Early'i trsilJ thar the
dririy was fredericksburg, and had been
engaged on Hlis dag Gully u with the
enemy's ADVANCE. I Instantly dispatched
to Hampton u move 10 miles that night
on the road to Gettysburg, and gave or
ders to The other bfigades, with a view
to reaching Gettysburg early the next
day. and stated pyself that night"
IliI3africisis Account.
Kilpatrick4i story of the encounter at
Hanover differs materially from Stuart's.
s''Hea dquarterss Third Cavalry Divi-
sion, Hanover, June 30 1868, - -
General: l. Ne minutes after yourl
dispatch saying thai Stuart was making
for Littlestown my rear guard was at
tackled at Hanover, driven in, and a |
vigorous charge was made upon the
rear and tanks Of my command. Att
the same time the enemy opened with |
artillery from the hills at the right of
pvfo I.Ta rf.-tb
ly threw his brigade into position. ana
by quick and vigorous charges checked
their attacks and drove the enemy out
of town. 'aThe enemy soon showed him
self in force on the left of the town; I
and foolishly put himself in my rear.
after a fight of about two hours, in
which the whole command at different
times was engaged I made a vigorous
attack upon their center, forced them
back upon the road to LittlestowH, and
finally succeeded in breaking their CEN
ter. One portion retreated toward York; |
the other passed to the. right toward
Gettysburg. As5the enenrt>was reported
to be advancing from the direction of
Berlin. made no further attempts to
intercept Stuart's command have
taken one battle flag. a Lieutcnant-
Colonel, one Captain and As privates,
and upward of 3 of the enemy have
been killed. My loss IS tIilinS l have
gone into camp at Hanover sly COM
mand will be in readiness to move again
at daylight tomorrow morning. We
have plenty of forage. the men are in
good spirits. and we don't fear Stuart's
whole cavalry, ss
VERY respectfully,
-. Fitzpatrick. Brighten. Vol"
The Movements of the Army of the P0-
tonne.
We left the Infantry of the Army Of
the Potomac south of the river deployed
from ThorOfarc Gap to Leesburg to
watch the crossings thru the Blue
Ridge. Hooker retained his headquar-
ters at Fairfax Court House until June
90, when. becoming satisfied that Lee
was going north of the river, he pro-
ceeded to Poolesville, Md. where he
could dispose of his army to watch the
gaps at Harpers Ferry. Champions and
Turner's Gaps, thru which Lee had OPP
Grated the year before. The First Corps
was sent to Jefferson, Md, where *
could watch Champions and Turner's
Passes; the Second Corps moved across
the river at Edwards Ferry, to hold it.
while the Third Corps went forward to
the Point of Rocks. The Fifth Corps
came up from Aide to Edwards Ferry,
the Sixth Corps took position at Dranes-
vile. while tho Eleventh Corps moved
up to Middletown, Md, opposite Turn
er's Gap to cover Frederick. Nd. The
Twelfth Corps went to the mouth of
the Monocacy TO strengthen the forces
there in caseFof Lee coming thru Har
per's Ferry. aBuford's and Gregg's Di-
af.