The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-29 00:00:00

AFTER THE BATTLE.

" It was evident on Monday morning, from the
movements of both parties," writes the correspon-
dent of a New York paper, who was at the battle of
Cedar Mountain, on Saturday, the 9th August—

" That neither vas anxious to resume hostilities. The
enemy fell back somewhat early in the day, and fatigue
parties advanced from his original position to continue the
interment of rebel dead, a work at which he had been
already engaged. Some of the more adventurous of our
soldiers, and many of the surgeons likewise, pushed out
from the Union ranks, and ambulances were hauled to and
fro with the mairied, the dying, and the helpless. For
many hours additional the dead lay livid and disregarded
upon the site at once of their glory and their fall. Our
ambulances and surgeons' assistants were not interrupted,
though often within easy musket range. At length, Lieut.
Elliott Johnston, of the rebel General Garnett's staff, ad-
vanced down a slope bearing a white flag, which he waved
vigorously, as if to attract our attention. Some of our offi •
cers at once went up to the Lieutenant, who informed them
that by permission of Gen. Stonewall Jacksen they might
have till two o'clock to bury the dead. The bearer wished
to disclaim, however, the fact that he was a messenger of
truce, and afterwards told your reporter that the proposa
for a cessation first came from our people. The period
allowed for burial was afterwards, by mutual consent, pro-
longed till dark. The rebels stated, with their flag of truce,
that under no circumstances must abandoned arms, tools, or
ammunition be carted from the ground, as they claimed the
field and its contents by reason of their occupation of the
same down to the acceptance of the flag of truce. A few of
our gravediggers had mingled with the rebel gravediggers,
and both had suspended their functions to hold an argu-
ment. The lieutenant ordered the Federals into their own
lines, and prevented, it may be, a miniature battle among
the disputants. I mast say for my conductor that he
had a frank face and a fair manner, a goodly
mingling of the polite citizen with the stern soldier.
We rode into a piece of woods not a half mile from
Slaughter's Mountain, and beheld the spot where
Union and rebel had tugged and tussled face to face, parry-
ing and thrusting with cold steel. Some of the rebels
seemed to have edged over to our lines and fell among
our men, while some of the Unionists were quite turned
and lay in a bevy of their enemies. Tho rebels
claim to have blown up several caissons left behind us
on Saturday evening, and to have picked up more than
2,000 arms, with upwards of 60 horses. I saw, what had
been previously undiscovered, about 50 muskets stacked
against a piece of scrub timber, and within our lines as re-
established. A great number of our wounded were carted
from the field by ambulance, They had lain two days upon
the sites of their fall, and were nearly famished and perished.
We took in perhaps 400 on Monday, between 9 o'clock and
dark. The enemy had charitably relieved the necessities of
a few; but their provisions being limited they were obliged
to desert some of the most helpless. Many men merely had
broken limbs, upon which they could not stand. Several cases
of amputation were undergone on the field, and by 2 o'clock
no wounded men remained between our lines and the
enemy's. I did not make much inquiry as to the position of
the rebel batteries, but the lieutenant courteously pointed
out the position of the heavy thirty-twos that still looked
down from the mountain side from Slaughter's residence.
He appeared to be very proud of the battery, and said that
it had been manned by the 'right stuff.' He likewise fol-
lowed up the various changes of ground during the course
of the action, and made, in truth, a pretty fair statement of
things. When the fight commenced we sent a shell directly
through the roof of Mrs. Critt enden's house, when most of
the family decamped. A Miss Critteuden, said to be comely
and fair to look upon, refused, however, to absent herself,
and insisted upon remaining with the wounded rebels,
who were rapidly being carried to the house. Directly a
shell came hurling down through the roof and floors
into the very apartment where the young lady was
pouring in oil and wine. it did not burst, however, and
she remained till the end, doing good. A number of
mounted officers rode down to the tributary stream at noon,
chiefly lieutenants, &c., and spoke upon trivial topics with-
out embarrassment, to certain of our officers of equal rank.
There was a Major Hintham, of Mississippi, who gave me
much curious information as to the rebel uniforms. Their
rank, it seems, is governed by goad lace upon the sleeves
and g,,ld lace upon the collars. Their uniforms indicate a
regard for ornament rather than gocd taste. My friend, for
example, wore a gold star upon a black velvet ground, and
had, furthermore, a gold cord and golden tassel pendant
from his hat. He wore, also, a great ostrich feather, that
made him look like pictures of Sehamyl. A hale sober-
sided old gentleman, somewhat sunburnt, and dressed in
the plain homespun habit of a farmer, came upon the
ground and saluted us silently. He wore a single star upon
his black shoulder strap, in the manner of our brigadiers,
and had no other symbol of rank. This was the North
Carolina General, Garley, whose brigade fcught so well,
and were so well slaughtered at Williamsburg. 1 noticed
that his young staff followers had a wholesome respect for
him. With this and the other worthies the Union Generals
Hartsuff and Roberts engaged in conversation. I lode
across the brook to a knoll, and proceeded to sketch on tho
back of an envelope the locality of the battle. While thus
engage d a man in grey suit, and a quantity of fresco upon
his arms, hat, belt, and shoulders, trotted up the ascent and
saluted me. He was rather gaunt, as if worn down by
constant exercise, a good deal grizzled and hard-featured,
as if used either to tyrannise or command. His horse was
a blood one, and he rode easily, so that I saw at a glance
his position of general of cavalry. Are you making a
sketch of our position ?' said the General to me curtly.
' Not for any military purpose, sir,' I replied, merely for
reference.' Are you a reporter?' Yes, sir.' You may
go on.' This was Gen. Stewart, whose achievements rival
Ashby's and Morgan's. It was he who Made the famous
raid with four regiments round tsl'Clellan's army a week
before the bloody battles of Richmond. Some casual con-
versation followed. Adverting to his insignia of office, the
General spoke of his equipments, This bridle,' said he
boyishly, ' was made in England, and sent to me from
friends across the water. My saddle was shipped by un-
derground from a woman of Baltimore. We will make
all those things ourselves after a while.' He said Virginia
had the best cavalry in the world, as her men were horn
riders."

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that the bill had a great many days to run, " That's true,"
replied the Irishmman ; " but then, my honey, you don't
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