The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-18
LATEST FROM THE NORTH.
Federal Accesnts OF the Battle AZ Cedar
Meuasais-frsm McCieuan's Army-Ac.
fairs In Nortoik--The Draft, &c, Ac

We have been placed In possession Of 4 copy Of
| the New York Tssses, of Tuesday, tho 10Th fns,
From all ponta of the North the p,uic produced
by the recently ordered draff Of 600 100 volunteers
is represented "a perfeeily frlghtful-to the ysp.
Sees. Before their Departure all European s,ea,n.
ers, aud other vessels, are rls;,iiy searched snd
each passenger n.,e To show pos;t W evidences ,ha,
he Is net trying 20 evaae military duiy
/ Ths following summary embraces the inost intsr
estins matters fr,n, the North;
ThE anarHtnS AccoUST OF TBs BafTIN Of
cKsah MOUNTAIN.
We copy entire the following account Furnished,
the New York Timss, by its special correspondent.
OF the battle of Cedar Mountain, in which our gio.
r.aus stonewaii Jack son gave Pope sach a severe
| ,hrashins:
on TUE FIEip, CEDAR RUN,
EISHT Mills SopfH OF CULfEPES, Va.
Saturday. Aug y 1862
This has been An ssentfal day with the army Of
Virginia IL had been known since yesterday
morning that the rebels were In force immediate;
| in our front They had been driving back Gen
Bays-d cavslry for several hours before the force
undar den. Crawford was sent iDrw ,rd TO give
them battle, and no sooner had we arrived here
than cur outposts were tired upon by their pickes
Skirmishing was kept up all the forenoon aud the
enemy held completely in check; bur II wa. ,t IN
VA - v CtDSA = a. tU.s tuS ASnt assumed the dig.
nifty of battle. At that hour the rebels opened
their artillery upou Gen Crawford froin the God
10 the right of the road about one mile. This was
done TO ascertain the position Of our batteries and
II possible bring out our force. Gen G. ordered
Knapps Peunsy lvania battery to reply, and 81 the
second shell the encmy's guns were senced. Their
long line OF cavalry had moved around hiph hill
| on our left towards the Rspidan ford. At once
strong force Of cavalry was thrown in that dree-
ton. and soon after the enemy, finding he could do
nothing eountermarehed his cavalry to our right
Thus matters stood, the large force OF the enemy
having been held In check by Gen Crawfords sin.
gle brigade of infantry. artillery and cavalry The
eannonadsg continued on both sides until Z p NJ,
when Gen Banks appeared upon the field with
Gen. Augurs division and the remainder OF Cen
Wliliamss division. Gem Crawfords force consist.
Ing of the 2sth New York, Col Donnelly; ssth
Pennsylvania, Col Knipe; 10th Maine, Col Beaie
and 9th Connecticut, Col Chapman, with "A battery
of the ith U. s. artillery, under Lieut.. Mullen.
burg; Roemer j New York battery, and Knapp's
Pennsylvania battery. was thrown t. the right
with the exception OF the artillery, for the purpose
OF making movement: upon the enemy's flank
the most important movement of the day. The
iu'h Maine was then moved forward to the support
of the centre, and the rs nainder OF the brigade
formed. "a stated, on the right, with the addition
OF the .d Wisconsin, and al effort was made To
drive the enemy from their cover IN the wood
During al! this time the firing on both sides WAS
terrific and the men were falling by the score The
line advanced s.eadily, with the exception of the
I'd Wiseonsin under a CALLING fire. and drove the
hrst fire, and IL was with great difficulty and ct
great personal risk that the Gensrai succeeded in
getting them into line again. They had hardly
returned 10 their position, however before they
broke and ran aga!n--in fact proved worse than
useless The remainder of the infantry charged
upon the enemy batteries, several OF which could
not be seen until they entered tue wsod whore
they came suddenly upon a large infantry force
ttat had lain concealed from the commencement of
the dght. This force opened fire. upon cur men with
tGighIiul effect. The slaughter at this point YVES
very great, more thar one half the Of the 22.h
New York were killed aiid wounded Col Doa
nelly, commanding, WAS mortaHy woua,ied; the
Northumberland, Brown, snd the Major, are
bcsh wounded ard fhsFs IS NOT Cagtaia OF COM
pcny i 10 the sisaeat TIE 10Th Maine lost abou.
one hundred ana dhy in killed and wounded the
Sta Connecticut suti.r red similarly, b sides losing
Col. Chapman. who WAS taken prisoner TIE 46;a
Fsggsytoaatl had 1GT{!y .4onsA aaea isft form
JgH company Col. hn;pe wounded In the
head aud N tie arm bu fatally; Lieut -CoI
srfI idge was slightly iE;ured, and Tie Major as
shot through lis
Bat in the eonfusion 0: the hour It Is impossible
10 get particulars accurately Geafy and Gos,inns
forces have al suffered. Gen. Usary is slightly
wounded, aud y lew minutes ago Gen. Bank 70.
ceived injury from cavalry maii W ho ran yil-
horse - "a = ~ s''' % ''''aa' A''a
Cen Crawford ald staff nefe near being taken
prisoners tN lee during the light On both Occasions
they examining different points, with d vac"
to {. change II position, " hen they came upon tie
rebel pieaera. Fortunately, they all escaped un
hurt.
while all writing ii,e wounded are being car.
riei 10 the rear for although the firing On boil!
sid-s stopped az T. NJ Il is eSpsote,i the Il .hl viii
bt reneae ed in the mofniaa with largely augIseEiad
forces 6a hot sideS.
Oar cavalry force a. Madison Court House under
Gea. Beaufort has been driven out, aud from every
point we receive intimalions that the rebels have
determined 10 offer obstinate aGd bloody resist
anee. What he rebel loss has been day
noI ASCERTAIN.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE.
CULPEPER, Va, Saturday, Aug. @
La consequence of the advance OF the rebels 10
this side of tho kapidan, Maj -tien- Pope sent for
ward too army corps commanded by Gen. Banks,
AT daylight this morning it was discovered that
the enemy had advanced rs tar as Cedar Run Noun
tain, holding Its wooded sides and cleared slopes
Only a ANAL portion Of their strength, however,
WAS visible. They also held a range of eleya.o ions
and rayines westward OF the mountain.
An elevated spot, mile and half from the
IN mountain and mile long, east and west, was
lected By Gen. Banks as the best place TO receive
their attack The forenoon was spent by the
emy in man9uvres, only occasionally sho"i Ing
themselves.
At3 o'clock in the afternoon, battery On our
front, at q mile and half range, opened upon u.s.
aud their Infantry drove in pickets into
The woods on our right wing Afterwards battery
after battery was unmasked on the mountain
slopes and on every hill, making crescent of bat
teries of nearly three miles, commanding our posi-
tion for two houra Our batteries were exposed
to cross fires snd flank fires 1T every point. TIE
rebels evidently outnumbered US In guns and weight
of metal. We replied shot for shot till 8 o'clock,
when the rebels opened an enfilade battery on our
right Gen. Banks here gave orders to cease firing
and charge this battery. The duty was assigned to
Crswfords brigade OF Wiliiamss DIVISION and the
46th Pennsylvania regiment led the charge. Be
hind the battery thicket OF shrub oak, aud
before tho 10th Pennrylvania egnlent could reach
the rebel guns they were moved down by ter
r..e fire from the thcket. Tie rest of the brigade
was quickly brought up, and subsequently the rest
of Gen. Williamss and Gen. August's conimanda
but the brgades OF the rebels were found at every
point.
This battle. ground was In a thick set wood with
a rayine on our right. Here nearly all the enemys
Infantry had been coneeaied during the bhelilng
after securing themselves from observation by ex-
pelihlg our pickets.
This was probably ons Of the most hardest con-
tested battle. fields in Virginia, lasting until dark,
when our forces retired from the field, taking new
position beyond reach of the ensmy's guns, which
were in an adv antage6us position ON the heights
suna The enemys loss was certainly greater than
ours, az their dense columns were frequently rid
died by our srtiilerists. We took many prisoners.
GNothinR IL said about the number Of prisoners
which we have capturedl
PERMISSION ASKED BY THs coHFEDSEATEs I'd
BURY THEIR DEAD.
CurpEPER Aug 1.-The enemy this morning.
sent Ia flag of truce, asking permission TO bury
their dead This shows that, with all their superi-
ortty Of riunbers, they were too badly cnt up 70
mayt ain their position aud that their falling back
Yesterday was from necessity, not choice
Our troops arc engaged In bringing OF cur
wounded from the field and burying the dead
LATEST REPORTS VIA WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Aug. H.-Accounts from Cui'
psper repi esent the enenly's estimated force en-
gagged at 10000, and our own. exclusive OF cavalry
and artillery a not exceeding 5,0sU.