, 1862-08-12

1a1ent pats Of the field experimenting the
management Of bis guns. One Of his bes.
smooth borss Was lost and three caissons, not
captured but abandoned on account Of the
breaking OF the carriages- Haying kept upa
most rapid and constant fire for an hour and
half without having discovered the precise
position OF the enemy, G:n: Banks gave or
ders TO Crawford to advante upon the enemy,
ard aseert.in his force and position, ana en-
deaEoH to draw him into acton. They
emerged fIoa,their shelter into the open field
and the co1uza: moved stea5!1y towards The
roads IN which the enemy we1c biding. AS
they drew near and came Awithzr convenient
range; frs. in 7ol1sys and then IN file, firing,
the enemy I'ouzcd:uron them suck torrents Of
eluss and bn eksAot as might have 7unde veter-
ems falter; yet they fa1tersd not, even when
their officers weze talting around them, and
colonels, lieutenant eoaone1s aad a,ajors all
hut three had, :Sallen or beea carried from the
A Id Gen Bsniss wes constantly active77moElng
TO livery part Of tke~fie1d, and those w5eo were
In constAnt conlmEnicatson with him SAY how
wonderfully he p-eserred 81 his nsm17y all
TIE minutest details Of The NJ 1aan.
ccn;d In any circrsastaase hare beer more
calm and self poeses1ea:
There were :, oeU 1c the brigade Who aa5c
ther aoVaHce, anG neSs mornlng thefe'
xeze not more than z9e.who euuld be rather-
cd together for duty. Gen. Gihbdon's br3gade
had BEEN ordered to their support, but were
fohg lime III get11ns 70 the Scene OF eonss4et.
1e'. ba1lhs altraDoteo aae nnaare 10 haVe re-
PulEeo LIE enemy pE1nelpastg 70 tneir tagtsl-
F61t.
eszs IN coming. Inc sd wisconsin regiment,
oo12ng Inc tdne o. Enc gfea.eSt perh anu tfan-
ger to the the 80 brigade. were directed to a
certain position. IE1y eane up well, bnt
fse severity OF 1ae 11o "ae too muca foS
them. ThtJ tattercd,.- preEe sud ran back.
eep- Cfa"ford haGesf' T1th 'nuzket IN maud,
tesonght them to follow hin, aaa 50 up again
10 tae support OF Their coen-26es SO vastly out
numbered They marched up but only to be
again driven back BY an irresistible ro11ey OF
the retel misEe1s. Crawfozt's bsigade is tile
one which, at tie LASS hattle Of Winchester,
put to rout ten regiments of rebels. It was
then comraanded by G;l. DoaneI'y, Of
tile 2Sth New York. Yao was, on this
occasion, cocny leading his regiment
aid fell wnEnde, dtnortany. The brigade
returned from the woods, out Of which they
had driven t:.e eneny,. but fell back no
further than the groand they had occupied
eu7inp the fay. Many of the rocn bad ;7r,coad
themselves away after the fight. and as I rode
anong them and inpairca frequently. aWhat
re,rl,nent il this 81 was n,,;yersa]lr a,,srvtrcs
TINT it was no na1t,su1ar rapiuans. Many 1,7
down unan he oron,, wherev.r tbav h, n,,ez,.
| cd to BE-. aua uear moved wcarity ana siowl,
| to the rsar, Ybs7 had fuusbt noh3r. hai
| through the gnalluess ct their numbers had
/ cyep compel1ed to retire .aithout the cttsia.
| mt ut Of wtst they had fought for, and the
| wbc!e command eces.ea overwhelmed wit;
wesriuess snd depression. After they hat
| 1aia down to sleep, the enemy continued Il
throw sbells, and kept up the fire until intt
.he evening.
| e.r. csnronas;ng commenced ap,:n froyn m
a.,. ~" ~a ... So - -" ~ ~,
sAhE' ou. n ,ne, .e,e noe lespohaea 70 ny ~
evening to be of service. and in the morn;n,
,.,e ,,,aoed ;n f,ont ,o-a-,,77, ~ .7-;...;. i
va" P'aseo Al noHe' q eonieS@ns " Sh1ilnasu
ers "as thrown out, but the exact position {
the enemy was not obtained Ills lines had evl
aar+11 cboroo5 h,r+ b,z1 .zoe not 1,,nr
aes 49,. ". sn, Wv ~" "s. ~ n'@a. -
| Aa1lh 1no'eniens WIS Appfenehoed- Uulln
: The most Of the day reports were current {
enormous forces aank;ner us. and they crsate
/ th.;r z,,n-ees;ans- TN5Gn rs...t,s,,+,, 49,
q tne4t iap17ssiohs' ~ Lug nacersnn.s was
E gfeae that tne entlre baggage train OF II
!, army 1as packed and horses harnesse'
1 General Pone had everything in readinass f.
9 w.. ~a,,,a,-a1 ~ ~, ta,.5a.ost~.
E. 'DT ~, aeiuo'a. " lne ne1oAu" se's.
shas 4ast encounter ~atn 9aekson must
), added to the list Of battles, in none Of whit
d I
: ;iere +},st m, oomh;ned s+rsoat,, -,o,,1s t,,
> s"No o'4 ~eo-o o, ~ "'e.@ ~ IL"
glseh Elm moss d1sastrou6 defeat. we ne
!. the field at light which we had occupi.
L tur;np the day. and Jacksnn ,raa nnw;lIi,
e o:.,,a. =, .,,--.,a -, 49, ,,...1e .:
elnef ~ Pneues VI 1eneH t1e oataie WIZ
WIS oUersd to them On tue Sabbath foIoWin
d lie cannot clafm victory and we cam
is oc1nou1saca q d1fa,+
4 NM YGsx AM ia disoatch n +
49, W. n-;as7no a,to, .sa1s. ". =
:, ,.o, - Ws.o;.,;a ~ nil. b.rasd rI,,e
g. 49, a. o. y. anSnst' ~ saus. o9soA'1 @'A1ps
le esd' hsi+1a Slss 'fnm'ohf nastera.,, ,,a+,ro
-. p.711,s 49, a,oneu.ii y, Gss"H ''o.
~ Mrnnwa1i's cor,,s. viii, his ca1a,rg ~ b.;
G. VI ~ - ~, 81 su.ps :ita .i' lis eavalay W
= 49, S.,.aE 49, 10 - =, 49, ~
ID 7aana,, sn Nv a
- shtllangs M anu s1I;ts @1iss ~.
~ 14s e4 ~ far,, f,ras ~ iens ~.
[, .1u ,,t ~ 49, ~ r. 1e&'o A'1ee W eu'1ou
Ia | a4-.3..- 1,n ,r,, 1
sis1uss ha,,, fora R3,11s am mHs 1nGsu 5 -;
t. eoe $1,000 upao - .,.a1r1 4h ~ 1nu n ni
le r,a 49, ~ a1s;na 70 sn5 3s+ PhoJs Istani
Il. - A 1s ~ neae ..,.'ta ta.,no
- G:s 3eu "14 e1n''' A'1's~0 eAe 0nons
- 80 ,,,5o- 1,,te,- ,x3 r,1, :,
n r. ae 5egstn ~ So a.u 1Men
r. e.esseA ~ 1 ~ tun ct.a. ~ to.1s, ahu lusn
II x-Gs ualu, au,'o9 as.os, msas atlueAep
= oahAs tes.e e5uaJ a"5aoon Ias,o sauoas N Il1 q
4 souln VI tupeR;pe. ,t.s Hou, a.,iI1 iae as
ii vas Anaos1 wholly h1sa ott!uesy ~ hrsl, q
I'd the infantry became engaged ABOUT o.cl !
=. and Determined and most bibody eont'
GU ensued. BANKS rtght Wig, under Geae
~ Williams, Suffered EeVeTely- line rebel po
IT, tloE vas IN the woods, w1lie the troops Whl
=, attacked them were Obliged to Cross op
IL ground. Il was not untl aooat s o'clo
IN that it became evident that the rebels ".
4 attacking II furce. Previously TO that the
~ had been rataer desultory caahonadlag. I
P whole r4bel force Suddenly attacked il ov
= Efe;n:ng Numbers az points. Nsarly
n, thtir regiments had full ranks.
Is At sesen and hsf o'clock, General Po
-. arrived "a the field from Cuspepper. accou,
~ nltd By Mcdowell anu part OF McBoWel
Sc corps. The battle WAS substantially or
Banks holding tie same ground he occupi
~, at the beginning After tae arrival of PA;
u there was an arsl1lery contasr, lsstiag ct
IS, ter7als I'LL near tTo oc1ocs. Fae night II
Us unusually clear, and the moon full. The +.
- els planted q ba:seEy . aisssanss McDowel's ci
tIe, where both General Pope and Gene
sc Banks were bringing their fire The gener
~ and statfs were Eo near the rebel lines tha
a. sudden charge Of rebsl cavalry was made lr.
l H. H.