Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-08-29

their hearty cooperation IN TINS matter.
Aud let us, rs Christians, pray that the
God of battles may graciously favor and
give success to their efforts in the suppress
sion of this uuholy rebellion.
Yours truly, W.
The Rcnr-Guard Cavalry Engage-
ment beyond Brandy StatiOn-Thc
nisoTdeEiy Eignt of ETrt S 81 ts
upon CntIetI's StatIon-StrRnge Elk
cmption of Gen. HcDoweIPs STAN
Observation-Disclosures Escape of
Gen. BRnks-HIs Recent Accident.
Correspondents Of the n. Y. Tribune.
WAsHINGroN, Monday, Aug. 20, G2.
An officer of the Harris Light Cavalry,
who was wounded in tne encounter on
"Wednesday, beyond Brandy Station, and is
now here on regimental business, gives the
following account of the fight and disorder
ly flight of part of his regiment. As has
already been stated, the rebel advance guard
frst came into sight of our rear guard
ofcavalry on Wednesday morning, little
beyond Brandy Station. Their skirmishers
were depIoyed aud our piCkets driven in,
after which n regular bushw hacker fight
ensued, and continued for over three hours.
All the way from Culpepper to the Kappa
hammock Gen. Pops's retreat was covered
by Bayard's Cavalry force, moving in three
columns, of which one came by the main
road another by the Stevensburg
road, and the remaining Que over the
fields in the centre. The rear guard
which was attacked comprised the Harris
Light Cavalry, l,t Pennsylvani, aud LIST
New Jersey. For more than an hour and
halE-in fact, until they had fired sixty
rounds of bail cartridges from their car
biues-the Harris Light Cavalry stood
their ground, and when their cartridge
boxes were emptied, skirm:shed with their
sabres. The ammunition train was six
miles away, at Rappahannock Station, aud
there was nothing else for it but to keep
IL bold front and make Il show OF resistance
until our army bad got safely over the
river. So little by little Geu. Bayard fell
back, disputiug every inch of the ground as
far as, Brandy Station, andrepulsing allthe
charges which the Rebel squadrOns made.
The country road crossed and rccrossed the
railroad track several times in the course
of three miles, and at one of these points
q charge OF the three rear platOOns of Ma
jor Harban's battalion of the Harris Light
was ordered. The Majer was not at hand
Just at the time to direct the movement,
aud dashing Lieut.. Col. Fitzpatrick had
ridden off to the left to secure the cOopera-
ton of the New Jersey cavalry in a com
binel charge of the Two regiments. The
order was given to a Lieut.. Smith, but not
Obeyj; for, in Il moment, an attack By the
enemy seemed imminent, he turned and
fed, and his platoon, panic stricken,
clattered at his heels and broke for
the nearest shelter OF woods. With
them they carried away the two support
ing plutoous, and for while disorder AMI
confusion seemed likely to affect the whole
rear guard. But Fitzpatrick, leaving all
plans and consulta ions to be made at au-
other time, galloped across the fields
through II shower of rebel bullets to the
woods where the broken plhtoons were
wildly riding about, and waving his snber,
he shouted, Haiti halt! Will no one
stand by me? Halt! You disgrace the
the regiment. Stand by me, and weiilral.
ly, boysI" aud then he swore by all that
was sacred that he would not leave that
spot, but go alone and charge the enemy.
Ia few minutes the men rallied, and at
their head Fitzpatrick charged on the rebel
cavalry, and checked their advance long
enough for our column to regain its stead
mess. When Fitzpatrick saw his men
break he cried from modification, and aft
ter tho days work was done, he gave them
such talk that the disgrnceful thing is not
likely to happen again. TheSregiment has
made such reputation for itself in pre-
vious action and skirmishes that this one
unfortunate affair will not bring much dis
credit upon it.
The attack of Stuart's Cavalry upon Cat
letts Station seems likely to prove ns rich
a mine for correspondents as the one by
the same daring officer to the rear of the
Tied off were $500 900 in cash, belonging
to the Quartermaster's Department of Gen.
Pops's army, and his own commissions as
Brigadier General and Major General. The
latter was, however, recaptured by one of
our soldiers, who had found il in the sad
dle-bag of a rebel trooper, which was left
behind in the hurry of the departure. a
Captain in the Purnell Legion, in Colonel
Simpsons Regiment, was lying hid in
house by the railroad track, aud heard
Gen. Stuart give positive orders to spare
Gen. McDowelrs staf baggage=train, but
seize Gen. Pope's aud destroy what was
not of public Importance. The order was
implicitly obeyei although the wagons of
Gems. Mcdowell and King were close at
hand, they were not disturbed, but every
thing in Gen Pope's WAS turned out. his
official papers sorted out and carried off,
and his letters from his wife and other pri-
vate individuals strewnioyer tho ground or
torn into bits.
THIS same officer reports that the guard |
details from the various cavalry |
regiments and two companies of Purnell's'
Legion, of whom the few who were not |
taken away by Stuart were paroled or
scared to death. The rebel force consist
ed, according TO his account, of only eight /
men in all. So that you |
see important results are sometimes (
achieued without the spade or the pick, or
armies. Morgan. and Stuart have
the dash and spirit which characterized
Sumter and Marion, Pity Ills tits true, and |
a thousand pittes that We hadn't many of.
the same sort on our side.
1t seems that Stuarts men were dressed
in uniforms much like our own cavalry
When they approached ous picket they said