Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-09-05

the view Of retreatlng in the direction taken,
Ms tho only means Of eXtricating Pope. from
his aincs. hopeless dilemma.
We have but few additional particulars to
give, and but few other casualtis5 to TsLart in
addition to those given on yesterday. Col.
Skinner, Of Staunton, was reported in that
town on yesterday as among the killed, and
d similar report wss current in relation to
Col. Skinner, Ct tho lst Virginia Regiment
We regret to learn that Major John P,
May, (of Petersburg,) OF the 18th Virginia,
was among the killed. AN ADLER tactician nr
trusr soldier Was not upon the field. his
brothers, James and Robert, of the Peterg-
the wounded, the former mortally. This in
ssllisence comes by way Of Petsrs6uTg.J
ADDITIONAL.
The following rots from friend al Hspii-
an, on yesterday, was handed to us ut late
hour lsGt evening
"LSst reports say tnSr Il all probability The
fight will be renewed to-day. Coils. Moore
and Glover were among the wounded on
Saturday. Gen. Ewell is doing as y ell ss
might be expected. 1t is SAID that Pope was
wounded IN the hip, and that oicklesis GER
tainly killed. We captured oveE eighty pisces:
Of artillery, ss thun lar ascertpiusd; good
many OF then are long range guns. Colonel
Skinner. is severely wounded. ,Wilisend va,
I 4 full report, if possible, tomorrow.
The following s copy ola apTiyste despatch
receivsdrin this city, yesterday afternoon
Rs3lD,N, September I'd, 1867
In the fights If the 2Sth, 29th and 3Oth OF
August. no one OF toe Crenshaw Battery was
hurr-and ell were well up to o'clocE, 3lss
Of August.
Lieutenant Z. G. Rawlings, OF Company F,
Of Richmond, was shot through the head and
killed during the fight
The Lynchburg "Republican" Of yesterday
says:
On the erenJ5'u side the lesRcs are
| supposed 10 be at least twice as great
as ours, exclusive Of prisoners, WHOM; our
informant thinks did ,.dt exceed in all fur
Thousand, taken during the fight, though
they were being captured e&ch moment IN
| their ght- be was in the battle Of the 2lst
| July, aid describes the ruut Of the snemy on
Saturday rs far more disastrous thai that
Our cavslCy charged them st every step in
| their retreat, and slaughtered them Until it.
! became butchcry. Night put an end to the
! bloody accIIc, and our u.en hivouncked in the
open Held, 10 renew the pursuit on Sunday
! uaurnIng.
| line retreat OF the ensmy Was being urged
towards Lurly, every other avenue OF escape
being cut of But little chance. it n al thnught,
| WIS opun 10 them on the route, And our In
| formsnL thinks chat before this, in all prci:a-
| bihty, tho army VI Pope has ceased t0 exist,
and the larger portion OF It ia Killed cr cap
tured,
The number of cannon captured Tab undeT-
estiulated yseterdSy. It is stated that Pope
had about one hundred and tI,y guns, aud it
| 10 not thought he saved twenty Of them.-
They however were, msny of them, rendered
| unfit for use before being abandoned by tie
| enemy. Th. whole bstlle field as stIrTed
With small aims OF every description, and
| overcoats and blsnkets almost lnnumerable.
| The hght, as we stated yesterday, was near
the Sudley Church, snd nearly upon the
same ground OF the memor.bls conflict Of
last year. When our informant left on
! Saturday night, having been wounds1, our
men were in glorious spirits, and there was
not one who did not anticipate that before the
| week closed. the last OF the invaders would
be driven from, OUR State, and our victorious
lesions De pouring into Maryland to rescue
hsr srora the oPprssso:ts sTsSp -
There we're rumors Of more severe lighting
| on Monday, but We place nc credit il them
| whatever. Frou all accounts that have
reached us, Pops's army was too much cut
| up and deInorIlzed to have made stand so
soon. and we arr reliably informed that gu
Sunday our troops vera sixteen mice from
the battle 6eld, ON the LeesbuTg road, 5till
pursuing the ene1uy. wto we're ia detached
saua.1-, without any 5ha~ OF Organization,