The New York herald., 1862-08-13

WsliAm AurS, dSth Virginia
Wili,am iaman, 4th Virginia.
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II was evident Monday morning, from tho move
mens Of both parties, thar neither anxious 70 re-
hostlities The enemy fell back somewhat early In
the day, and fatg parties advanced from bis original
position the ntsrment OF rebel dead work
a. which he had been already engaged. Some Of the
adventurous Of soldiers and many OF The
geons kewise, pushed out from the Upiea ranks, aud
ambalanees hauled TO and fro with the MANNED
the dy ns aud tao helpless For many hours additional
dead lay ivd and dfregdsd upon che site AT
Of their glory and their fall ......
Our ambuancss and surgeons assistants not in
terrupted though often within easy musket raage. Al
length Lieutenant Elliott Johnston OF the rebel General
Garnetts staff advanced down slope bearing white
dag, which he waved vigorously, II TO attract at
tenton Some OF our oiEcers at once went up TO the
Lieutenant who informed them that by permission Of Gen
senswal Jackson they might have TIL two O'Clock 20
bury the dead. The bearer wished dsclam however,
the that he messenger OF truce and afterward
told your reporter that tbs proposal for cessation arst
from people The period allowed far burial
afterwards, b. mutual consent, prolonged til ark The
rebels stated with their dag Of truce that under cir
cumstances must abandoned arms, tcols ammunition
be cared from the ground as they claimed the field and
It's contents by Of their occupation ei tho
down TO tho acceptance Of TIE flag Of truce
ArpGARASCs RArrIE FIELD
In company with Division Surgeon Ball. OF Geaeral
Morgans brigadeSI rode Gown the road toward Saugh
ters Mountain. passing rpwar DIS of score Of battery
horses slain by tho splendid firing Of our ad
vance pieces Saturday midnight The noble animals
whom thunder could jar iron rain intm date lay
close beside each other the already making havoc
in their flesh, their limbs stifened and their ghasty
hoofs extended. Here was splintered wheel, with
-
lot, extending . little way down the clay. Be.
yond, ! came upon ths usual indications OF re
treat-jackots, bayouets, cartridge boxes ard KNAPP
sacks, thrown here and there confusedly tram
pied, rent and bloody These traces grew numerous
until crossed Cedar creek whore the stench OF decay
II, aesh mon and ho.ev % plainly percsptibs. The
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sio,. ...ree u y. desperate ieel oi CON
bstans and of the left, in the ruined cornGsd saw
party Of grave diggers engaged in their solemn but
hasty task of shutting away the face Of glory The frat
unbIred corpse stared out from The shelter OF oak
tree; but resemblance to had been well nigh
obliterated The arms wcre thrown clenchedly back,
ana the chin raised with tho tendons and thsws Of the
throat bare black. The eyes had bulged through
their apei the flesh dstended 10 the size Of egs
and the hair lay long, tangled and matted with
blood, over forehead blue and yellow by ex-
posure and fastening corruption. What more may
have been remarked IL 10 useless TO say, save that
10 imagination Of death was half so terrible II such
feelings engendcrod by the glimpse of single body
what shall describe The horrible picture Of the dead
grouped, nay heaped npon each other and whitening
under fery sns They lay by the margin Of the trbu
tary rivuet, half hidden in the stalks Of cornone with
an arm drawn over the eye, another with Gxedy
folded upon the chest and others sitting bolt upright
II resurrected and about 10 speak, There specua
tim in he haf wit tha Urav
seemed to have been opened that might see and after
glory the worm had CONS TO hold high reve upon the
good, the gallant and the gifted. few officers
noted but the tinsel shoulder straps were rusty
and dscoored, and they looked like common
clay l noticed one stalworth fellow who had
fallen with his muskct tightly grippsd to his
ids, as n hc had fallen at shoulder Some
scmed have died irresolr.ely, and tho had
pered in their visages but the predominant expression
of wrath caused perhaps, by the loss Of
tried comrade who had fallen previously. few looked
placid though their features distorted and all
so swollen that they compared in szc with the dead
horses adjacent.
Tho bodies Of these arc lifted by their comrades and
deposited trenches, without coffin headsione. occa
sionay practical discovers old friend,
honors him with a special grave, and quietly makes
note Of Lis resting place for future exigepcy All Of
dead, 50 far | saw heard, had BEEN plundercd
Of their money, arms, and in some Gases Of
their clothing think that we may have
had hundred and nifty dead found them
grouped Ia the edges Of all the woods in twenty
together Several Of these appeared TO bo killed By
fragments of shells, and mans head missing, In
curious juxtapostion 70 these ghostly objects
old fashioned plough that had bsen struck by solid shot
aud broken in half War had leveled the earliest and
last indication OF industry. BY the kindness Of tho
Al a,.ofr ~hn.. ,l.o
ecnty refer allowed ride with Lieutenant John
ston across the rebel lines and examine the ensmys
dead As Of these had been buried could not tell
with certsiny the rebel loss but 1t could scarcely have
been less than Eight North Carolinians
lay In row by fragment Of fence
stout stalworth rntics in homespun Clothes who had
perhaps bees dragged conscrpts from their homes
perish In unholy cause few Of our gravcdlggers
had mingled with the rebel gravedggers, and both
had suspended their functions 70 hold argument
Tho lieutenant ordered the federas into their ines
and prevented u may be, miniature battle among tho
dsputcnts. must say for my conductor that he had
frank face and fair manner, geodiy mngng Of the
polite citizen with tho stern soldier. We rode inio
piece Of woods not half milo from saushters Noun.
tain and bcheld the spot whore Union and rebel had
tugged and tusled face - face parryng and thrlstny
with cold steel Some Of the rebels seemed 70 have
edged over 70 our lines and fell among men whlo
some Of the Unionisn were quite turned around and
lay bsvy Of their enemes The rebels claim TO have
blown up several cassons left behind us on Saturday
evening aud TO have picked up than two thousand
arms, with upwards Of sixty horses ] saw what had
been previcusly undiscovered, about nfty muskets
stacked against piece OF scrub timber and within our
lines ~ rs-esiablished.
WOUNDED rm vxlD
srea, number Of our wounded were cartcd from the
Geld by ambusncss They bad lain two days upon the
cites Of thcr fall and nearly famished and pcrshcd
We took in perhaps four hundred on Monday between
Ens O'Clock and dark. Tho enemy had ehsritably re-
lisved tie necessities Of few bu. their ps
limited thsy were obliged " dessrt soma a
Y-~ ~ azss > nad broken limbs. upon which
t9ey stand. Several cases OF amputaton
undergone on the 0ed, and by two O'Clock wounded
men remained between our lines and the snemya
sArnny snEs