Evening star., 1862-08-29
GEN. MCCLELLAN ASSIGNED TO THE
CHEF CONM,ND OF THE COMBINED
ARMIES ~ VIRGINIA.

We have In 'ofmstio that satisfies us that the
| f'rce that suddenly appeared between the posi-
tion Of the army of General Pope and this pta,
| az Bris,ow and Manassas. on day night last,
| was the army corps Of the rebel General lac kson
| and Stuart's independent cavalry corps. They
| strong, from near w aterloo, on the head waters
| Of :ha SsPpahannock, around by White Plains,
to Manassas, (stous forty miles in two days,
without wagons, tents, blankets or even knap.
sacks, thus leaving their baggage Of every de.
| scription to be transported by the wagons with
The other army corps Of Lee's force following
on behind them.
Instead Of fighting merely portion Of Stuert's
cavalfy st Manassas en- the day before yesterday,
Tavlo''I brigade were actually confronted by the
CREATE portion OF Jackson's corps d'.1mee
Major Generals Jackson, Ewell, Talliaferro, A
Hils and Stuart, and General. Chief r cbs r.
Lee, o. h's soa, Grgadier General Fitzhug Lee,
baing prese"t (at Manaasa,) during the engage
me't,-we think Fi;1hugh Lse rather than his
father. There were besides host Of other rebel
4tigadlers then and there en- gagged
Yesterday at p. II. the rebels (Jackson's ad-
vance, occupied Fairfax Court House In force (of
o.valrY) and had collected there their own
wounded Of the action of the day before with
Taylor, II no: their wounded Of the engagement
OF the same day With Hooker and also the prison.
ers they took from Taylor. IN the afternoon about
eight hundred OF this cavalry force, under
Stuart IN person, NOV ed down from Fairfax
Court House TO Vienna.
Rockers battle OF the day before Yesterday,
| was with Ewell's division, and was very graft
Tying success.
Mar General Pope, by go yesterday fore.
noon, hzd concentrated his very large army so as
sadly to interfere with tbs calculations upon
which the rebel generals must have ventured their
bold and extraordinary movement. That Is to
say: he had gotten McDowell's force, including
s'gel's, probably, between JIckson's rear and
L'nsseets font; and had also all the rest of his
army well up within supporting distance of
them.
Al P. N. yesterday an engagement COM
menc=d between Pope and either Jackson's rear
or Loags!reets advance, somewhere about Ma
nassas. IL with the former, then Reintzelman's
corps d'armee or portion of 1t was engaged on
our side. II with the latter, then Mcdowell or
Sigel, or both, commenced II. 1t continued
through the balance Of the afternoon.
A straggler this morning reports that at night.
fall We were IN possession Of Manassas This
may or may not be true. IL so, the battle was
again with Jackson, we apprehsnd, es we do not
perceive how Longstreet could have been In that
immediate vicinity Yesterday afternoon. How
ever, messed as Pope's army was yesterday, we
feel sure It gained substantial victory in the
battle Of the afternt On.
Fursrer facts within our knowledge lead to the
impression that IN twentv-four hours direct oom-
munication will have been re-established between
Washington and Pope's army, more especially az
there ere signs that Jackson's army corps is en-.
deavoring to proceed northwardly-as though
making fist for tile vicinity Of Leelburg-rather
than ventur!ng the experiment Of opposing the
-esta ishment OF sGch communication from
this Immediate front, with Pope's army practi-
caiy between him and the other Rebel CORDS
d'armee
We may add that General Mcclellan has been
placed In command Of all the Union forces In
Virg ginia, and ia 90 disposing CT the heavy Union
force in and around Washington, Alexandria and
the Notifications q, ,oon to make 1t play an i'm
Pertant part In the eventful drama of the hour
P. Ia the battle CT yesterday the attack Ger.
tainlY came from our sIde