, 1862-08-12
CHICAGO, TUESDAY. AUGUST IL, 1862.

bJ Ine 0attefte6 before mentioned. The bat
tertes m the mountains also kept up most
The fight became general st five p. NJ, and
continued until darkness ended the carnag ge.
have witnessed many battles during this
war, but none where the tenacious oh5Hnacy
Of the American character Was So fully dis
played. Qnr hoopF fought like yeterans. No
sooner did volley Of mnsketsy or discharge
Of artillery NOW down the ranks Of : f.gi-
ment, than the gaps were filled up and new
front presented Regiment wed with .regi-
ment, and brigade with brigade in deeds Of
where even indiVidua1s fLtered.-
he sth and 18th regulars, led By Captain
Pitcher, did excellent service. Capt, Pitcher
WAS Hcraded in the knee by mns6et shot,
: but kept the field NATL the end
. When the firing Of nusketfy ceased as darS
The artillery on the mountain kapE up a ran-
dom firing tilt near midnight. At dark our
troops withdrew to q small cop5e Of wood,
where they were joined soon after by the
corps Of MeDowen and sigel, who formed in
troops Of Banks were re1ieTed and fell back
hslf mile, resting On their arms.
About o'clock in the afseraoou, General
Pope went upon the field and Was greeted with
voeiferous cheers. The general rode to the
extreme front, IN the t6ieke=t ef the fight,
and came near getting into rebel a1nouseade,
but discovered the danger ln time to avoid it.
Nstcok several rebel prisoners. Il Is GER
tain tie resel General Wnder is Killed Gen.
F;sTs 9rx1 ,t.1-s,sS,sta;1s-15nn3 35ad. Tha 1ahS1
fcrce VS. rom. 4isnfs1 fo - an '''> @''@''1
Ee,,. A,,enr'sE2Snnd3 2So - !. nnt Gsnnnr,,s Con
Geary is severely wounded N the arm. Gen.
Cnineoner IA one vsst IosnifaIs .thongb
n,cst aE Fbe wn,,ndod r;il he se,3t t. w. shi9g.
I'm Ia r-eo+n,.nt "1AA W 1~-tA ~ ~
Two pieces Of artillery and large num-
her Of small arms we're captured from the en-
The Ney York T;,ne,, WASHINGTON d;snatcb
,o.t,;.a .Lo s,,,e.-." 1Ane VIA ~
es'c's''ns tne ie'1o"1ng:
COZ. sprague Was reused this moruing at
dayhent oy special messenger, and started
lu'medaate15 for Busns'des army l. has besa
oe e4ieVed 1of sonae lime that burnside ana Pope
were in some way to cooperate iu the present
movements, ard. this sudden sending ftr
spraEue ia Interpreted as indicating speedy
acsi:1ay: M,fiycJa are mt st.gnat,rq at Freaer;-a
hnr;s. By any means.
I: is now considered certain. that there had
heea heavy fighting at GordousVl1le On Sasur-
day. afternoon, and perhaps today Two traius
Of ar lett E'eSandria this morning teF tho
weandsd: saSisa: t+on otbe, on,.+s,5 ,ns,,,. .h,+
| the attention OF the rebels had not been: con-
nned to PoFe's army alone. Gen. Pope is uu-
cs1stnoa e oeen 700 onsg 20 seoa reports.
t.n'aas1S MAsniSe5oS, AuguSt ll-Aeeounts from
l rr~~AAJ - N~e+At4"-s~"e
lorce engaged at 2Q;ooV and ours, exelassVe m 9!
SaVa'1y ann MtnieTyt as NOT exceeding t,G4.
.he hu1AneT o1 Y. ,. soluiefs EonCde1 1;
T.! !asge, anGthe Wounds generally slight. TIE
NUMBER E1l!ed Is small:
/ Un catafuai 0lgnt Inc teamStcT5 Lit thelt
nres, causing the enemy 20 shell our new po
s1t1on to1 two hours With considerable effect,
/ Yesterday morning the rebels were not in
ssEnt Or Cur 1Fonh, but me 1ndleasions were
! r5at they were reinforced on Saturday night
and we've attempting to dank our movements
ho1bing bas yet been head from Gen. Ba
1919 g MadsoF. T. a.
ihe rebels hare unaasked batteries on tht
mountain slopes and On every NIL masfng {
crescent OF ba;etE1es Of nearly three lai!es
ecnamenolng our oT1 position for tTo 5ccrs
Gnr nattefles vera exposed to cross fire ant
HALE tlre at every point. 1he rebels evident
! y onfnumoefed n5 10 guns snd Te'Eht O
lns,u, out We replica sliot 1of shoe tiit
uen chs "hea tne Fenels cSeened an e2a.ae'
,'ts' ~ ~ our li5.N. ee1tr1 Bank
Hs!S East o1uets 20 cease lsins
aEa o11ss tts oasseiy. x,..s 1as aesy Ras ss
ss,a,, " - Hett, ,on pna;a nsE u M1alt'a aa
ta g. 1s1uu, s, aa' 4o51 @ reg'lnent Ie
k9e cAAse. pSuuu - usttelt wy u tu1:he
: y! seiup oaA, aud k4iS r. tne 9oln fennsyiVa
pug ieg1luen. cou ach the reoet guns tne
MelS lno"En upWA p te1lins Aie 1enl 70
Ihtchet: LIE fest q tue Drlgade Ea3 qulckl
: | 95ougE5 Up, anu subsequently tha rest {
: Ien. N!nahs' ano zen. ayers commands
out lne efigadGs OF Inc rebels we're touud a
: every point. Ih:s Qatlc ground was 10 at1lc