Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-10

PRISONER.
Affairs in the Rebel Army-Trca t-
nent OF the wounded The Dead
UHbUrt rted-NucidenIS OF the Battle
Houses Prepared Tor DeStructiOn'
WAsnMeroN, Sept c, 1862.
Captain Jndsou, Assistant Adjutant Cen
ernl to General Hatch, has arrived in Wash
| ingtou. after nearly week. 5 Sojourn among
the rebels at Manassas, where he was taken
! prisoner. lie had been sent with an order
| 10 one of the commands upon the field in
| the engagement of Friday, when he was
! suddenly surrounded by number of the
enemy, who excitedly levelled their mus-
! kei5 at him, md would doubtless have in
| stuntlY shot him but for the promPtness of
| Lieut.. Bearden of the Second Mississippi,
| who threw up the muSket with bis sabre.
I Captain Judson, with Captain GarIisn, Of
! the New Hampshire battery; Lieut.. Dough-
, tv, of the Second DeTdan Sharpshooters,
! and Fifty priyates, were immediately march
ed on to Gainesville. where they were kept
until poroled. Nothing was given them
I for supper (for the reason that the rebels
themselves were destitute,) and, with no
! blankets or any covering whatever, all
! were compelled 20 spend the night npon the
| ground. The next day samc of the men
succeeded in purchasing small hoccakes,
! for which the rebels charged FIVE dollars
apiece: but most of the men got nothing at
all. The rebels had . very llIlC fresh beef,
but depended principally upon ''roasting
/ ears" nud.roast apples, Of which three days
rations were being prepared when oar pris-
ouers departed. The enemy took from
Captnin Judsou his revolver, sabre, belt
md spurs, Tcmarking that his pistol Zone
Of Colts mAnutaclnrel was worth among
them SI25.
Our money was refused by them with
few exceptions but all were very ravenous
for specie. Everything TINT could bo done
for the comfort of our prisoners was cheer
folly performed; but, as tue rebels were
suffering themselves fer food, they could
only alleviate the suffering OF onr men by
courtesy and honorable behaviour.
The oiticera are we'll uniformed, aud arc
generally tiue looking men They wear "a
double breasted cont of very 6nc cadet
gray, with the buttons OF their respective
States, infantry officers having their cuffs
and collars blue, cavalry yellow, aud artil-
lery red. Most of the artillery officers,
however, wear short jackets trimmed with
red cord. Their sahres are ei very poor
quality, and many of the officers are desti-
| tute OF belt or scabbaId, and are compelled
| to carry their swords constantly in their
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sharp The privates are dressed in every
I style, most of them wearing the clothes
they brought from home. Great numbers
| are without shoes, and have been for
! months They are armed with the altered
! hiut-lock muskets, rifles aud shot-guns,
I and express the most implicit confidence
tin success. Among the guard Captain
] Judson noticed a small smooth faced lad
I of fourteen. w hOm he asked "Why, what
are you doing with n musket p when the
! little fellow Strengthened himself mp, Cx-
/ claiming, II am a soldier, sir, aud fighting
| for nv country. Fve carried my musket
so far, aud reckon can carry it farther"
! There seems to be great lack of discip-
line as regards respect for officers, but so
great is the desperation of the men, who
have been promised the privilege of sack
ing Washington. that in battle not a man
dare finch or for moment hold back.
! Their artillery i'd considered by them their
poorest arm, and their cavalry the best
| The latter are mounted on very fine horses,
audnre armed with double-harrelled shot
| guns and sabres. Most of their sabres are
+! manufactured at Port Republic in the Sheu-
auGoah valley. But few have pistols. They
! have most beautiful silk guidou of scar
| let and blue, with white stars and crimson
I fringe.
| All the arms lost by our troops are care
/ fully collected and issued to their men.
Sharp's rifles are considered great prizes,
and commaud an cxorbiant price. num-
Der Of the Second Berdan Sharpshootcrs
were taken prisoners, and every man de-
stroyed his rife by either removing the
slide at the breeCh, or by bending the bar
rels, not one OF those much sought for
weapons falling into their hands in ser
viceable condition.
In the rebel cavalry Captain Judson saw
a great number of civilians, whom he had
met with inside our lines, many of whom
had applied TO him for guards to protect
their property. These were dressed in cit.
izeus' clothes, but carried shot-guns and
sabres. Other officers also saw men whose
property had been protected at their own
request, together with several persons
whom we had arrested at Fredericksburg
and elsewhere, and released on parole.
Gen. Ewell was not killed, as reported, but
was shot in the knee joint, rendering it
necessary to amputate the limb. This,
however, will render him unfit for service,
aud, as he ia of very nervous tempera-
ment, and in poor health, it is not impro-
bable that the wound will ultimately re-
wounded snfler terribly through want of
proper care and nourishmeut, and nre dy-
ing by hundreds. Their privates took
great pains in Administering to the comfort
of our wounded left on the field, giving
them water, placing them in the shade, and
otherwise arranging them in easy posi-
tions. As late as Wednesday last several
hundred of our wounded remained upon
the field with nothing to eat, and with no
ope to dress their wounds. Hundreds OF
the killed arc yet unburisd, and many Oh