Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-08-28

almost bin ding and thunder most APPALLING.
" fearful rain fell in d rehchiug torrents.
while one OF the rebel regiments was at
work Immediately mt the station another
dashed up on Gen. Pope wagon train half
a mile further up the road The train was
guarded by about two hundred of the Penn.
syiyanla Bucktails under Col. Kane, Who
had Just reached here the previous day
since being. wounded Mt Cross Keys, The
men rushed out and fired volley in the
ua'K, the rebels surrounding the whole par
~, and took Col. Kane and some one hun
dred and forty.nine of his men prisoners,
but providence favoring, Col. Kane encour.
aging his men, sent them out one by one to
the rear in the storm, and while the rebels
were absorbed by the storm escaped. -
Fourteen of the same gallant men charged
on a body Of the rebel cavalry. killing a
large number of their horses, which Law
along the Orange & Alexandria Railroad.
The rebels then popped over to pope's
wagons, took all his fancy horses, papers,
&c, and burned his two wagons. They al.
so robbed and burned two suffers wagons
ana three oil the supply wagons with all the
supply wagons OF Gen. Pope and others,
which they did not want.
:. Gen. McDowelfs guard lay but a short
distance oh, and kept a continuous fire,
aided by few Bucktails, who had escaped
previous to the surroundings but the rebel
ilre and charge was too severe and the men
fell back.
The rebels took some half dozen horses
from McDOwel's train and all his private
stores, completely rummaging his mess
chests and wagons.
Another party had crossed the railroad
and gone down to Gems. Ricketts, and
King supply trains AMI headquarter wag.
ons. They gave a tremendous shout and
charged down into the ravine where King $
wagoncrs were upon the outside, guarded
by Wisconsin troops, who drew up aud fred
into the rebel cavalry, killing two aud ia.
king two prisoners.
An hour before daylight, a sqadron of
the brave Col. Aliens First Maine cavalry
charged up the Railroad, and the rebels at
once dvparted thence for Warrenton.
A rebel lieutenant, who was taken prison.
er by Wisconsin boy, who killed five and
wounded six rebels and secured six horses
and two dead rebels, says that at Friday
noon the rebel lst Virginia. Colonel . Brien,
and the 9th and 9th Virginia Cavalry. under
Col. w. Ii. +. Lee, Jr., and Gen. Stuart,
with about !, 200 men, crossed the Kappa
hammock and came direct to Warrenton.
Here they took few prisoners, aud the ter
rible storm OF Friday night coming up, they
halted TILL six CLOCK, when they made a
dash to the railroad. .-..s...--s -
Gen. Stuart remained at Warrenton with
one squadron He says he heard Jackson
had gone off up the river, but had no infantry
or artillery. He knows of no positions or
numbers the rebel army, but said they con-
sidered the taking of Washington as a sure
thing in a short time. The rebels were very
ferocious, and in all their charges shouted,
yelled and swore surrender or die. In the
height of the panic this morning we saw
number of nogros with muskets side by side
with teamsters and soldiers.
Our whole loss is about 300 prisoners, 7
wagons, 100 horses, and few killed and
wounded. All our wounded and their own
were taken off with them
During the onset of the Rebels, and after
the wagons had been fired, they started
back from the road to where Gen. Milroy' $
trains lay intending to pay their attentions
to them, but were promptly met by guard
Of about one hundred men.
Capt. +. Lowry and his clerks, of the
Quartermaster's Department, secured the
valuable papers and money belonging to the
duvernmenr, ami returned 10 a secluded
place in the woods until the dash was over.
The rebels are now but few miles out of
| Warrenton.
We have lost in the series of skirmishes
during last week about 600 men. Warren
ton was retaken by Gen. Mcdowell on Sat
urday at noon with small loss.
On Saturday morning the rebels attempt.
ed to cross in strength on the Railroad
bridge on the Rappahannock. Gen. Rick
ketts drew up his artillery and infantry and
opened fire on the rebels with twelve or
fifteen pieces Of artillery. Several hours
afterwards aSeconi attempt was made by
them to cross, when Ricketts, battery open
,ed' upontbem with terrible slaughter. 1t
j., supposed that at least 1000 or 1900 reb
els are killed.
No attempt was made by the rebels to
move the dead bodies of their soldiers but
again and again they made their charges
over the bodies Of their fallen comrades and
as repeatedly were they repulsed after dri-
wing them back they failed to try it, the
bridge was destroyed.
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