Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-08-22
union County Man at Cedar Mountain.

Union County Man al Cedar Mountain.
CIR II CulFlsF== CoyEr U.,,t, v.H.l>I.,,
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Another ho'ly contested battle was
fough, la.; Saturday 9th int between
Gen B.aks' corps d'aruee, and the forces
Of S,onewaIl Jackson and Esell. The
engagement took place 81, miles from
Calpepper, aud ,hiuk viii be known as
the Battle Of Cedar Mountain. At the
time the Rebel forces made their appear
aace in the neis borh1oi, Banks va.
eacampsd near Washington Cour, House,
in Rsppahanuock county; be marched
almns, necessarily, day aud night, and
reached the spot, S,'uriay, about 4
o'clock, ? NJ. The artillery soon became
engaged, and con'inualroar was kept W
tr tao us NJ; half second passed
without the report Of gun or the burst
ing Of shell. The Rste,. hsi their
chosen position, which is 5. al times
equal TO a i9uoIs force. Gen Williams,
in cgmm4rd Of the i. Division, which
consisted Of Gordon. snl Craviri's
brigade, vas oriercl n the right. TIE
% Mass, 81 Wis, aud 27,h Ind, com
posed GlIdon's brigade, which was
oa the extreme night; tie 5rh Com,
u d Name. = y Y. 4ai 45,a p
composed Cs..:.ri', briG-3e. i our .ef';
and Gen. Ge-ry's tris,d. w. % her
# Af.=r the .Ios ~ss firlei >k,rm-
i.b~rs were thrown ont. and son became
b7:.y eo-agsd, "Asn !. Va, discovered
tia, the enemy VA. in .arg- force, STA
Il uei bshi,i hi..- an! II the iia.b.r il =
-sGii circular ru, ar4 cur troops were
obliged TO 4iv.ncs through an open field.
Alm7>, every man sas the dagger, but
none f.!;e--I: they " Nd 20 where order
If they koepit would axe the last man
Before the charge vas ,ci half way
through tie a=.d, We were ms' ty the
most n1-1=rnu> ya..sy 4 mG-ka;ry that
was ever he4ri It staggered our men.
aud il some places ,hjuu=i the ranks a.
if they were dp.5yel as sGlrm',h-r-.
The charge w.. t4,.urc, aud oar l'uc FL
back \ second charge was ordered, and
every able mau spraug to the fray. This.
also, resulted in 10 success: We suG r-d
severely in ofieers: cur Il Col was
KILLED, the Major severely wounded, aud
not a Captain left in the Regiment.
O;ber regiments suffered eqIaiiy il ofi
GERS. Cla,iier.be clnf1-lon now pre-
vailed, for the rea: n tia; the Ulcers were
nearly all g9uc Our line W.s again
formed, and both armies now advanced,
under stealy TIRE from bora sizs, which
was kep; Up until after the sun had sunk
behind the mountains, and darkness
closed the bloody s,eoe-both parties
holding their Own ground Now and then
volley Of mu-ketry was heard where
friend and foe seemed dissatisfied with
their close proximity. About 10 o'clock
at night We were ordered TO the rear
Generals Seigel aud Nj Dosell had row
arrived aud took the advance.
Saturday night passed, sith the men
resting on their arms, expecting to renew
the contes. in the morning. And Why il
was pot reuesei, remains question. In
the afternoon, it rainei. Troops contin-
ued pouring 10 Sunday nigh: passed the
same as the night preceding, with the
wounded, dying and dead on the field
Monday an armisrice was agreed upon
for both parties 10 bury. their dead aud
remove their wouniei-aud after this Vas
done, S;onewsll was DO more there
| have not yet sscertained our exact
loss: many Of our men were buried on
the field, aud number died while being
removed from the field to Culpepper |
have no idea of the ensny's loss, but
doub: whether it is So heavy as ours
Our wounded who fell into the hands Of
the enemy were used very well They
built shade over some, and carried them
water, but for this they we're well paid, for
they robbed them Of all they hai, both
dead and wounded. Captain O'Brien, Of
our regiment, was MORALLY wounded aud
lefi on the field. When we removed our
wounded and buried our dead, the Captain
vas still alive; be stated tina, Rebel
doctor came TO him, aud after little ek
animation 'oli hin that be had DO; long
to live, aud he would relieve him IF bis
vaiuab!e,: SO be took from him $3.50,
and hi. watch. The Captain since died,
and No Captains death was ever more
lameuted. CT. DIFFENuERFER,
CO. c, 81 Wis. Vols Direct Wash
iugtou, D. c.
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