The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-08-22
SAINT PAUL. FRIDAY. AUGUST %. 1862.

~, that had been put in liur fur the conflict.
So annoying was this lire that attempts
were made to take the batteries nearest at
hand By charges. Thus Bayard's cavalry,
in gallant charge, is said to have sacceed.
ed in taking two of the rebel guns, with no
loss 20 speak of. Subsequently, at P. NJ,
in pursuance of orders, portions of Augur's
and Williams divisions of infantry, includ.
ing Crawford's and Gordon's brigades,
made three most desperate bayonet charges
upon the rebel artillery. They were, how.
ever, each time received by very heavy
artillery FIRE, slaughtering them fearfully.
That they should have preserved to make
three successive charges in the face of such
deadly fire from so superior numbers, con.
cealed in woods, is really the wonder of the
war. These charges developed the fact
that the enemy actually engaged greatly
outnumbered our forces, about seven thou
sand, 10 action
Being thus informed of the location of
the main body of the rebel infantry, our ar
tillery played havoc with them, driving de.
cimated regiment after regiment back into
the shelter of the dense forest, to have their
places instantly occupied by fresh regiments
to be decimated in the same way. Among
others this fire killed the rebel Generals
Winder and Trimble. The arm of the
former was torn off by shell and he died
very shortly afterwards from the flow of
blood, and Trimble was knocked dead from
his horse by the explosion of shell.
Having put the forces of Mcdowell and
Sigel in rapid motion for the field of action,
Gen. Pope, with bis staff, accompanied by
Mcdowell and his staff, Immediately pro.
ceeded together from their headquarters IN
the front As they passed Ricketts, d.
vision, and the head of Sigel's army corps,
that lined the road for the whole six miles,
each regiment halted for the instant, wheel
ed into line, and gave Gen. Pope three
cheers and tiger, and then wheeling again
into marching column, pushed forward with
signal eagerness for the fray,
At seven o'clock, P. M, Generals Pope
and Mcdowell reached the thickest of the
fight, and the advanced guard OF Ricketts,,
coming up at the same time, took position
Immediately in the rear of that occupied by
Gen. Banks corps.
There being no room on the field for de.
der Banks, those of Ricketts, could not get
into actual action before night came on,
which for some hours prevented further
fighting. In the course Of the engagement
our forces engaged had retired perhaps q
mile from the position in which they come
menced the battle at four o'clock, P. NJ, the
rebels advancing slowly as we receded be.
fore them. This movement on the part of
Gen. Banks, Notwithstanding his heavy
loss and the overwhelming force opposed to
him, was as regularly conducted as though
be was executing an evolution of dress pa.
rade. Not man of his corps-or, indeed,
of any other showed the white feather, nor
did man ever straggle to the rear to the
distance of more than half mile, where
stood provost guard of Ricketts, corps
bay0net in hand, to check any, if there
should be, disposed to skulk off the field.
Hundreds of our wounded passed up, limp
ing or being carried to the hospitals estab-
lished in the rear, and in not one of them
retaining consciousness did we discover
aught but the most undaunted eagerness to
prosecute the engagement.
We left the field at eight o'clock for the
night. At midnight discharge from one
OF our batteries brought on renewal of the
engagement for two hours, in the course of
which each side is believed to have lost two
or three hundred more in killed or wounded.
By cavalry charge, after midnight, Of the
enemy, Generals Pope and Mcdowell and
their respective stats, were within an inch
OF being killed or ridden down. They had
cd in <ho fnop RI foxy
utes from the saddle, when the enemy's cav
airy made so sudden dash upon them that
they had barely time to mount and get
quickly out of the way. In so doing they,
were mistaken by company of their own
men for charging rebels, and received their
fire, killing few of their horses only.
We hear, after leaving the field, that two
of General Popes staff were killed by rebel
fire during the latter part of the engagement,
but were then without any means of verify
ing the fact.
Our loss of regimental and company off,
GERS was very heavy. Among those killed
were Colonel Crane, of the Third WiscoH-
sin; Major Savage, and Captains Abbott,
Russell and Gooding, and Lieutenant Brown.
ing, of the Second Massachusetts,, Col. Dom
nelly of the forty sixth Pennsylvania, was,
we fear, MORALLY wounded. Colonel Oreigh
ton aud Adjutant Mulyneau, of the Seventh
Ohio, are also very badly wounded. Capt.
Robert w. Clarke, of the First District
regiment, received wound in the foot.
Gen. Augur receiced Mimic ball in his
back, as he was in front of his division turn.
ing in his saddle to cheer it on. General
Geary is wounded in the arm so that be will
likely lose it, and General Price is slightly
wounded.
Both sides made some hundreds of pris-
oners in the course Of the engagement, and
it was from prisoners that it is made certain
that rebel loss is equal TO ours if not greater.
We estimate our killed and wounded at one
thousand five hundred, after striving to in