Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-06-16

DER the erroneous imprt that an ofder 70 Sh0rAW
had been given. No sooner this observed BY the
enemy than it, regiments swarmed upon the of the
hl advancing from the woods upon our right, which,
still continuing It's fire stead j., withdrew towards the
| town.
The overwhelming force of the enemy now suddenly
showing ITSELF making further resistance ulwise orders
were TO the left By Captain DeHauteviile 10 with
draw the First brigade which done reluctantly but
in order the enemy having greatly suffered on that wing
portion Of the troops passed through the town 10 some
confusion; bat the column reformed aud
tnued its march in order.
Tbis engagement held tho enemy in check nearly five
| hours.
Toe forces engaged greatly unequal. Ind posed
to accept the early rumors concerning the enemy's
strength report to the department that IL about
10 600. Il is corclusvty shown that not ls than
| 20 600 men in position, and could have been
brought into action Ga the right ana left their great
superiority OF numbers plainly felt and seen, and the
signal Cfcers from ELEVATED positions enabled TO
count the regmentsl Standards indicating strength
| equal TO that | have stated.
| Ny own command consisted of two brga6es Of less
than 600 nen all tod, with nine hundred cavalry
Parrot u-e and one battery OF pound sm0oh OGRE
cannon. To this should DO added Tenth Maine regi
mtnt OF infantry and five companies OF Maryland caval
ry stationed at Winchester, which engaged in the
action. The loss Of the enemy treble that OF
| in killed and wounded. In prisoners greatly
| ceeded theirs.
Officers whose word cannot doubt, have stated as
the result OF their observation, that
feed upon from private dwellings Ia passing through
Winchester but am crediby informed, and gladly be-
eve that the atrocities said to have been perpetrated
upon wounded soldiers by the rebels greatly
/ aggerated or entirely untrue.
Our march was turned in the direction Of harinsburg
hoping there 10 meet with reinforcements-he troops
moving in three parallel columns, each protected by
efficient guard. Pursuit by the enemy PROMPT
| AND VIGOROUS; But DUB NoyLNEk1s WIRE RAPID ana
| without loss.
| lew mics from Winchester the sound Of the steam
wbsla heard in the direction OF Msrtinsburg strength
ened the hope Of reinorcements and stirred the blood
Of the men Ike trumpet. Soon after two squadrons
/ Of cavalry came dashng down the road with wild bur
rahs They thought to be the advance OF the
iicipated support and received with deafeninc
G leers Every felt like turning back upon the ell
my. II proved to be the First Maryland cavalry Col.
Wi,cnky sent out in the morning train guard
Hearing the eups they had returned to participate in
the fight Advantage taken Of this stirring incident
20 olgarizs column and the march continued
with I'd spirit and order At hartinsburg the col
umn hailed two and half houFs-:he rear guard re-
naming until in the evening in Of the town
and arrived at the river at sundoNn oryeght hours
afcr the fret news of the attack Front Royal. II
was march OF ffty.three miles, thrty-fve OF which
we're performed in day. The the river when
The rear guard arrived vas of the most snnsdGg ard
gxctug description thousand camp fees were burn.
log on the hillside a thousand carriages of every de-
scrpton crowded upon the banks, and the broad
river rolled between the exhausted troops and their
| eted rest
Tne ford Was too deep for the teams to cross in regu
lar Succession. 0aly the strongest horses after
unsuccessful experiments allowed essay the pas
sage OF the river before morning.
| The single ferry was occupied by the ammunition
| trains the ford by the wagons
The cavalry in it, power OF crossing.
The troops only had transportation. Fortunately the
train We had ssdously guarded served in Turn
Several boats booI grg to the pontoon tran which
had brought from Srasburg, were launched and devoted
exclusively TO their service |: is seldom that river
crossng CT such magnitude is achieved with greater
he same number Of men than when, at midday Of the
26h, we stood on tue opposite shore
| Nv command had not sqTrred an attack and rout Il
had acc omplished "prcmedsted' march of nearly 90
miles in the face Of the enemy, defeating his plans and
| giving him battle wherever he was fouId
| Our loss is stated Ia detail, with the names Of the
killed. wounded and missing In the full report of Briga.
der Gen. A. S Williams, commanding DIVISION to which
| reference ia made.
The whole number of killed is thirty-eight wounded,
one hundred and fiiy ave. missing huadred ard
eleven Total losa nine hundred and five.
Ii is undoub edly true that may Of the missing will
yet eura aad the entire loss may be assumed not
exceeding seven hundred l. Is also probable that the
lumber Of lied and wounded may bc larger th4n that
above stated but the aggregate loss will not be changed
| thereby.
All cur guns we're saved.
Our wagon train consisted Of nearly 600 wagons. o.
this number fly fre lost. They were not, with
Dat Few txcp ionr, shard oued the enemy but we're
burned unon the road Nearly all Of Cur supplies we're
thus saved. TIE stores Al Front Royal of which had
ne knoR36g, Until my visit to that post the 2ls
ard ;hoso a: Winchester, of which q considerable pcr
non destroyed by our troops, not embraced 10
| his statement.
| YRoM THE vALLhT CT TIKGNlA-THE sEIENIsu AT
HARRI,oSBURs.
The HEARD publishes tao following despatch received
BY the War Department ct Washington. /. is dated at
Hlrrsonburg, It'll instant
The army reached this place at two o'clock Yesterday,
driving out the enemy's guard from the town.
Scv,re skirmisLug continued from that time till dark
tho cpCmys being closely pressed by advance.
A. four o'clock the First New Jsrsey cavalry after
driving the enemy through the village fell into
buscate in the roads, 10 the southeast Of the town. in
which Colonel Wyndham, of that regiment, was cap
tured and considerable loss was sustained.
Colone Chesorst, with his brigade, subsequently en-
gagged the enemy in the timber, driving him from his
position aud tSksGg his camp.
A: about eight o'clock battalion OF Colonel Kane's
nasylvania regiment entered tho woods uuder tho Of
rcoa of Bresditr General Baysrd aud maintained for
half an hour vigorous attack I'm which both sides suf.
ered severely driving the enemy. The enemy attempt.
ed to shell troops, bu. few shots from Of
| batteries slenced bis guus.
After dark the enemy continued his retreat.
| Full particulars will be forwarded by mail.
J. G. FRrNoSr Major.G Jrersl.
| TRoN wISCHIsTRR-GIS JAcEsoS's WHEREABOUTS.
A telegram, dated Winchester, 9th instant says:
All Is quiet at this place. but every thing . de.
serted look Generals Sigel and B,nke with their
spectiya commands, are here. The Trmtr is itching to
get hold OF Jackson WAC, it is reported has dispersed
his ARMY in every direction But those who know o
man attach no credit to the report. His intention is,
probably reinforce guer IA parties from time to time,
aud suddenly and unexpectedly concentrate them for his
| own movements upon various points His Whereabouts
| unknown. Tlere many surmises which do not
think il worth while TO repeat
The Opcqlsn Pillar and Black creek bridges, which
we're burned By the rebels and ard Little Cscapon,
carried away by the late feshe have been repaired and
the Bllimore and OHIO Railroad is in perfect