Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-08-27
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AFTERNOON DISPATCHES.
From the observation-disclosures
ing on Friday and Saturday.


correspondence of the Inquirer, dated Man
assas, Aug. gath, says that on Friday eve
ming about 8 o'clock, as your correspOn-
dent was in camp with the baggage and
supply trains of Sigel's first army corps
south of Catlett5 Station, an alarm was
given that the rebel cavalry had attacked
and taken the Station, and were advancing
upon US. The Purnell Legion formed
quickly and fought bravely. Although
crushed back by overwhelming numbers,
they stood their ground until further resis-
tante was destruction.
The Bucktails under Col. Kane, of your
city, covered Themselves with glory.
Upon repairing TO the station at daylight
we found that the railroad train from Rap
pahannock reached there about p. M,
aud was waiting for train 10 come up
from Alexandria. ~ $50
the camp ahead of the train to stfall ia men,
we are attacked" The rebel cavalry rode
up to the engine and ordered the engineer
to surrender. He refused, and the chiValry
fired several yolleys at him, and at the same
time fired into the rear of the train, which
had attached two passenger cars, and had
about fifty passengers in them. The whole
train was surrounded, and all who dared
to come out were surrounded AID taken
prisoners. As the rebels dismounted the
engineer drew the valve and some one sep
arated the train, leaving two car loads of
sick from Warrenton.
Just as the train started about 80 men
of Company B, Purnell's legion of Balti-
more advanced to the rear of the train and
poured n volley into the rebel cavalry who
had it surrounded. The rebels fell back
in Il perfect skedaddle, but in few min
utes rallied and charged most vigorously
and took all the men prisoners.
The hospital at CatletFs Station was
sacked and all the sick taken out South
The rebels then had their own way and
Pillaged and pluudered to their hearts con-
tent. Two sutler wagons were plundered
of such articles rs the scnmps wanted and
then burned. The rebels remained near
the station nearly five hours doing as they
pleased.
A fearful thunder storm ragged during the
whole time of the of the attack. the light
ming was almost binding and thunder most
apallingly fearful, rain fell in drenchIng
torrents.
While one one ofthe robeI regiments was
at work Immediately at the station another
dashed up on Gen. Pope's wagon train
half mile further up the road. The
train was guarded by about two hum
dred of the Pennsylvania Bucktails uu-
der Colonel Kane, who had just reached
here the previous day since being
wounded at Cross Keys, tliesmen rushed
out and fired yolley in the dark, the
rebels surrounding the whole party, and
took Col. Kane and some one hundred and
forty-nine of his men prisoners, but provi-
deDce favoring, Col. Kane encouraging his
men, sent them out one by one to the rear
in the storm, and while the rebels were
absorbed by the storm escaped. Fourteen
of the same gallant men charged on a
body of the rebel cavalry, killing large
number of their horses, which lay along
the Orange L Alexandria Railrond.
The rebels then popped over to Pope's
wagons, took all his fancy horses, papers,
&C., and burned his two wagons. They
also robbed and burned two suffers wag-
ons and three of tho supply wagons with
all the supply wagons Of Gen. Pope and
others, which they did not want
Gen. McDOwell's guard lay but short
distance of, and kept up a continuous fire,
aided by few Bucktails, who had escaped
previous to the surrounding; but tho rebel
fire and charge was too severe and the men
fell back.
The rebels took some halfa dozen horses
from McDowelIs train and all his private
stores, completely rummaging his mess
chests aud wagons.
Another party had crossed the railroad
and gone down to Gems. Ricketts, and
Kings supply trains and headquarter wae-
ons. They gave q tremendous shout and
charged down into the ravine where Kings
were upon the outside, guarded
by Wisconsin troops, who drew up and
tired into the rebel cavalry, killing two aud
hiking two prisoners.
An hour before daylight, squadron OF
The brave Col. Aliens First Maine Caval-
" charged up the railroad, and the rebels
ut once departed thence for Warrenton.
A rebel lieutenant, who was taken pris-
Oner by Wisconsin boy, who killed five
and wounded six rebels, and secured six
horses and two dead rebels, says that at
Friday noon the rebel 1st Virginia, Colonel
O'Brien, and tue 9th and 9th Virginia
Cavalry, under Col. W. II. f. Lee, Jr., and
Gen. Stuart, with about l 200 men, crossed
the Rappahannock and came direct to
Worrenton. Here they took few prison.
ers, aud the terrible storm of Friday night
coming up, they halted till six O'Clock,
when they made dash to tue railroad.
Gen. Stuart remained at Warrenton with
one squadron. He says lie heard Jackson
tihu SOue On Iue LlNeIi ouL hau no in-
fantry or artillery. He knows of no posi-
tions or numbers the rebel army, but said
they considered the taking of Washington
as sure thing in short time. The rebels
were very ferocious, and in all their charges
yelled and swore surrender or die.
In the heighth of the panic this morning
we saw number of negroes with muskets
side by side with teamsters and soldiers.
Our whole loss is about 300 prisoners,
Z wagons, 100 horses, and few killed and
wounded. All our wounded and their own
were taken off with them.
During the onset OF the rebels, and after
the wagons had been tired, they started
back from the road to where Cen Milroy's
trains lay intending to pay their attentions
to them, but were promptly met by guard
of about one hundred men.
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