, 1862-08-12
Genera1 Banks Holds 9lis
Ground and Offers to Re-
new tile Fight.
ARRIVAL OF GEN. SIEEL.
Wounded 9fEcers aud Soldiers
Sent to Washington.
Disposition Of Gen, Pope's Forces,

El.rthG TIE BATTLE.
Gen. Pope assumed command of the army
Of Virginia on the fourth Of July. The forces
placed 1t his dis1osal we're: LIST, the corps Of
Major Gensral Mcdowell stationed ut Fred
egicksburg, consisting OF the divisions Of Gen.
Aueur ard Ger. Kins; I'd, The corps Of Mslor
General Fremont (uow Gen. Sigels,) station
ed at alddl.town, In the Shenandoah Valley;
;}rd, TIE corps Of Major General Banks, STA
toned at a!iddlctown and Luray; 4.h, por-
tion OF Grn. Shields division, which had been
detached from Gcn. AeDowell's corps {anottIer
portion hsying been sent down to Mcclellan )
5:h, q portion Of Gen. Wads worth's forces in
and around Washington. The aggregate force
was probably between G0, ,0c3 and *, 900 men,
scattered ever seven CT e1ght counties of Vir-
ginia, and the District Of Co!ur1bia, in most
admired disorder. The veteran army Of Major
General Burnside, nu1nbaring some 70 600 ef-
fective men, has been landed ut Fredericks-
burg within lew days, to Cooperate with
Gen. Pope, but it would appear tbs. !hey were
not moved up from Newport News to their
new field o: operations quickly enough to
meet the enterp1ising general sent 10 oppose
them ut Culpeppcr.
The following 7rssss'ae OF Gea. Pope's move
ments in bringing his scattered forces together
fer his new CAMPAIGN. is obtained from let
ter in the n. 7. lri5uase, dated Spezs va,
Aug 4:
The general commanding remained at
Washington, bnt neither he nor h,s 1roo2s
were Inactive The forces at Midd;etown
were unit TO lnove-Were in need Of reposs,
discipline and snpp1iea, He gave item what
{r,1f -,
across the Blue Ridge, covering all poiats
as they advanced, sending part through
Chester Gap straight from Front Royal TO
Washington ia Rappahannoek county, part
BY way Of LuraY through Taornton's Gap and
| SperrJ vile. To remove one object aud one
assistance to a rebel advance through the
the Shenandoah Valley, he transferred all
stores and deposits Of supplies from, the
stations Of the Baltimore snd Ohio
ra1lroad, abandoned that road IS q line
OF o. transportation, and having his troops
now on the eastern front Of the -Bine
l. hanges chose WarFrnton as his depot and drc r
5ls lnes ho1a Lnray 10 Fredericksburg, The
sheHanooan was apparently abandoned from
TOT hepuaue 70 winchester. the latter place
I bting garT1soned BY force sufficient to hold
It's inffeuchnents against sudden atte,nrts
Front Royal. On the hank Of xhe Sheras,;,;sah X
| Was also protected By troops but, Of courst:'
neither forces separately nor both Combined
were strong enough lopg to oppose the ad-
bad swept the Falley and thrown Washington
iseelf into panic. Did he then mean to open
the highway of the Shenandoah, shc only nat.
ural approach from: the rebel center to ths
l. Maryland borderf Wh1twas to hinder Stone
will jackson, If he chose to make second
advance hy the road he had already traversed
IN pursuit and retrea. ? ~: :; ;
| It Vas known that this second advance Was
promised and Planned. In every town tht
rebels were ,esgef1y expecting their famous
/ the 1n6isg1I5ed confidence Of their hopes
/ often u0fdered7pn 1nso1ence: The mos. credt
biz Information vas Ill TO the same effect :aui
t the 'eyideuce Waa, 50 strong that no psudenl
+ commander conld disregard it It was .fnal1j
corrobo1ated hy The appearance Of J4:ksoa a