The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-08-14
A GREAT BATTLEO
THE RAPIDAN.
Banks Corps Attacked by
jackson and EWcll.
Calamity and Skill Of Gen. Banks.
Gen. Pope Arrives with Part of
McDowell's Corps.
NEW YORK Anonst 10.

Va, August 10, SAYS: ga battle was
fought yesterday between Gen. Banks
and Stonewall Jackson.
Gen. Bayard, of McDowell's corps,
with his cavalry brigade, had been en-
gagged the day before in the extreme
advance, near the Rapidan River, Skin
mishing and maneuvering, taking some
prisoners, and ending with slight loss,
by battling the efforts of large force
to surround and cut them off. Yester.
day morning he was engaged for some
hours before Gen. Banks came up, and
with four regiments of cavalry, the LIST
Pennsylvania, LIST Maine, and LIST Rhode
Island, delayed and embarrassed the
enemy's advance.
The rebels, under Jackson and Ewell,
had crossed the Rapidan in force, and
their advance guard, Is, 900 strong, was
attacked by Banks yesterday afternoon,
about six miles south of Culpepper
Court House.
The fight was almost wholly with
artillery at first, but the infantry became
engaged about six o'clock, and deter
mined and most bloody conflict en-
sued. Banks right wing, under Gen.
Williams, suffered severely. The rebel
position was in the woods, while the
troops which attacked him were obliged
to cross an open ground. 1t was not
until about six o'clock that it became
evident that the rebels were attacking
in force. Previous to that there had
been rather desutOry cannonade.
The whole rebel force suddenly attacked
in overwhelming numbers at all points
Nearly all their regiments had full
ranks.
AT y o'clock Gen. Pope arrived on
the field from Culpepper, accompanied
bv General Mcdowell and part of
McDowell's corps. The battle was
substantially over, Banks holding the
same ground he occupied at the begin
ming.
After the arrival of Pope, there was
an artillery contest, lasting at intervals
till near II o'clock. The night was
unusually clear and the moon full. The
rebels planted battery against Nc
Dowell's centre, where Gen. Pope and
Gen. Banks were, bringing both of them
under fire. The Generals and stats
were so near the rebel lines that a sud-
den charge of rebel cavalry was made
from the woods quarter of mile off
with view to capture them. The al
tempt was repealed by a vigorous fire
from McDowell's troops, and the Gen
erals and their stats left the ground
under cross fire from the rebels and
their own troops. The fire of the reb-
cl batteries was afterwards silenced.
Gen. Pope, on arriving, sent fresh
troops to the front to take the place of
Banks exhausted columns. The cne-
my did not renew the attack, except by
artillery.
Gen. Banks was on the field through
ont the action, and constantly under
fire. His handling of his troops and
personal gallantry are highly praised
by his officers. The bravery and good
conduct of the troops were conspicuous
during large portion of the fight /;
when overpowered by numbers, some
regiments retreated in disorder.
Col. Knight, Of the 46th Pennsylva
MIA is dangerously wounded; also Lient.
Colonel Selfridge, seriously: Maj Ma
thuf, arm amputated; Adjutant Boyd,
severely all of the same regiment,
Col. Donnelly's 29th New York Lieu
tenant Colonel Browr, arm amputated +;
Major Cook, killed all of the 2sth.
Colonel Chapman, 5th Connecticut,
wounded and prisoner; Lieut. Colonel
Stone, same Regiment, killed Major
Blake, same regiment, wounded and
prisoner. Of the 2d Massachusetts,
Major, Savage is Missing, probably
killed /; he was left on the field in dy-
ing condition. Captain Abbott was
killed.
Gen. Banks is rather severely hurt
by an accident. A cavalry trooper ran
against him, striking him heavily on
the side. Col. Bicycles, Chief of staff
to Pope, had his horse shot under him.
Lieut.. Hopkins. 18th Ohio is wounded.
Two of Gen. Pope's body-guard were
killed.
The ID Massachusetts was in the
hardest of the fight, and suffered Sc.
vercly.
The 5th Connecticut, 9th Indiana
and 46th Pennsylvania are badly cut
up. ..f......
Lient. Rumsey, of Gen. Banks staff,
had his horse shot under him.
The rebel Gen. Wilder was wounded.
The losses are very heavy on both
sides, not less than 1000 or 5000 in
killed, wounded, and missing on each
side. Some prisoners are taken by
both. Jackson and Ewell were present
in the battle.
Reinforcements under General A. p.
Hill. to the amount of 900 reached
the rebels last night at about the same
time that ours arrived. Skirmisling
in front is going on this morning.; but
the troops on both sides are so much
exhausted by fatigue and the intense
heat that no serions encounter is an
ticipated to day. No details have been
officially received. 1t is represented
that Gems. Prince, Anger, and Geary
were wounded.
New YORK, August 1.-THE Her
AIDS account of the fight says: Gen.
Geary's brigade, of Auger's division,
had the advance, and maintained it adj
mlrably. Geary's Brigade consisted
Of the 5th, 18th and goth Ohio, 2sth
IJfar. y nc lao ID