, 1862-08-28

tt LEM ny fHE enemy, and o1r r lO1t 1c.ce tuen ,
E; :dly retrtated to the R5ppaha1nock River.
1 ie rebel forces followed hotly after; but at
tie moment when they thought they had :
driven Us IL nlueu over the river, aud The cap
turc Of tit. railroad bridge nlust bs an easy
affair, TIE fire Of Two batte=ies--a1a-~tAe"s'
mr7c;t iLtc their 5aceE with ter:if: t;ieet.
1btir impuisive advance was checked o. the
i. B!a1,f, ard tic e2u1t2nt gels died rpou t2eir
lips. In haste they retired from The expnstd
situation Ehers .hsy stocd ~ tAz cover "
dissacee Ct j haH 1uie from tie river. Th6lr
piecss not having betn brought forward, they
could lot reply to Our fire, bo their toluno
4 UTtI to TIT left Under cover u the woods,
w;.A lie view Of danking US by ef3c1ing
u la1ptck biidge AID the NaErenfon Whi53
Su.t t.br. Springs. Their design, having b7ea
Ill ic'p=led, was bat1ed bE Gs4; Pope, who
p4ehe-1 his columns corresponding distance
Ell tacl lo,d with three batteries 70 couuand
il, fr51t a1d 1zou1 ei:ncr side. Two armies |
we're Kept thus moving ali Thursday, each OF
tlr tH-c :hie p::.ycIs {: this grand game ot
y TT s.cking to ch1ekmate his antagonistWlth
oa! bringing un . serious engagement before
his 1oiccs were fully uassed- An attempt |
VIZ n.cde down at kel;ey's Ford-on the LETT !!
o: our 1lnc--to cross and tu:n our poellton,
but this was tHectually toiled BY Cen E=Go,
WIG showed no t0r2e until he Lid lnr.d Inc
:
s1ldd. nly opened lire vsith his batteries, and
ttt;4 followed il up %ith cita:rs CD li.sse,
nlicl lu1 the Toe 20 fight, aad det17!nilcd
h:Iu t. 1.ale 10 mere attempts that day to
! cr1:=s II Kelly = Fcr1.
Fricay n,ar1:in4 caine, aad with it 3 sharp
| ca nonadc aluo. tie wllolr line, from kcn5's
| Fvrd {}:eoo's positiun} to Barnetts Fvrd,
! yi,ien was defended Dy s!gel. The first gun
w:4s tirtd q. 5 d clock at sur cenf:r, and an-
] sWcTeI bJ NgD1wtle Datterl..; uu~ Siie ~
! 1,71N NcF4 1v anf
/, t..k the leals os ordnance be1oCc a:5ei also
| vas attacked, and FROM lnat OF until dusk 1tc
cannonade was almost inees:ant. TIE 1aet
Nas that The main body Of the enemy had
/. NE mp, and, in advance Of choosing thelr
| .i:;aI Posiiiou, they Fese feeling us III alyass
tic 1ire. 1t Barnet1's Ford, 10 owerer, their
attack Was Gost determined, as that point
was, Of al along the liver, the most faTora-
hit ior their designs. But the gallant corps
of Si4vl DID not come short Of its duty one
iyta, Tor their batteries Fiaycd upoa the rebsl
BATTERIES all 1sy long, and even :t:e: nightfa!l,
Gc:u tut aid :2ligucd As tncn aad horses
! ntre, they E.rt up thu fight Until the epemy
! ctcW oil.
In tie morning, Ranks had occupied s po~
s1tiun to L.. ttfs rf Mcdowell. but When II
. t.oan,e ~ t,4-en5 that tie lilaek upon s,sel
uoul&, bt u. r.42ia feature Of the day, his
e.,.ps was uloytd up IT, tie rlSi3 to support
| S5at1, arti !.c1.u's d!yl.:an wls marched iron
!. Ltii;'s Ford 20 point shove R,Epahlanocis
Eailroae Bridge, near Gen. ropss headquar'
tt.e.
al! day Friday Gen. pore's headquarters,
! | stIt ra i told Aill, EIeuct tolerlDse We
; could be Lad Of the Gne Of battle, Talet
: | stretched for eight or teg miles along ths
r EappaLonnovk, aud Aiihez cane and thencs
q went muuu:et aid. S and or1crl.es III nat has.t
# 7sith repor:s and orders, verbal and written
d Yhc hi}i Top was shaded by group Of iag5
Z paks. uhder whose branches I SEW a. on
It time clustered several generals and genera
] eta1fa.
J Wien the artillery attack on sigel ha
: lu}led 8 Ii.tlc, the braye general determine
to teei lho Eaeel strslgth opposite his posi-
J. ticn. Accordingly he ordered Gen. Cai
J. schusz to feconno]ser With Ills division: ane
Il possible, to cross ths river. Sehnsz's q
~ yislon comprises two brigades, Of which b
=. =. took onl1 the first, Gen. R0alcn, for the K
- coruoissancc. The 74th Pennsylvania NJ
u u svrt over first, the men WadioG breast dee
i. through tbs water, holding their pieces az
IL ammunition above their heads to keep the
~ cfy The 5th Virginia and 61st Ohio iollow<
" W. s,fier. and some lime after Mciean's briga,
~ ~ was cent to support tlem in t4clE engs5e1ue
ha With tic enemy
~ on up the opposite bank, and out upon tt
a. level ground, and went more than fnila
Va Va lore his pickets came face to face with t
~, ~ encnsy's. As soon as our fellows saw i
1 na stsrss -haeks,'' they fred, but the rebels,
sS stead Of Standing ground or making she
,o5 ot force, fell back, in no very leasurely ma
~ ~ ner either, for half a mile: sigsl follow
q while, until it WIS evident that they wish
to ertrap him into au ambush, when he b vt
aud 1ouk UP fine positions in the edge OF Sol
;o}. os' oyer oeen fslds. Ehsir design foIied,
10 enemy had no choice but TO fave about q
the | attack Schurz in his own pasltion, Which tt
up did in force. One Of the officers who =
lon I wGuudcd in this fight tells R1e that be couu
i a tweury-iive pieces OF ordinance On Eaeir s
| ,1-1i nh an%fhn at E,1nbDTGSC
4u- adequate forces Of infantry I'd cavalry.
ing the hght on this tra1s-Rap2ah'
-ut mock fSld was hotly contested
mt, you may we'll imagine from
rtF. fact that it commenced at about . t. N.
ade lasted until & ia the evening. Charges y
lers repeatedly m3lc BY both sides, :aud tue rch
,o:e seemingly determined to conquer IN splt'
rom every obstacle, even stripped 70 their pas
:slot 1toEa in l44laj clscs-a- our lri7 hmen are
Dad to l:,1,, do;ae at BHsl Nun. But although
= of niu=ketry was sharp and the lighting 1n,
IT short range, the Ttbe1s seemed to h
taIs i reo:tu1 their craftsmanship for ohce,
'el=, up 10 ) clock, when passed that way:
e11 hid ;iot lost alive fifty Or sixty in El!ied
liTc wounded, But cuc brave !lau aud true
the trlot hc1 sri7nc to lis accourt-Brlg. Gen. I
5 he leu Ut Ihnaae9l'hta, c:in'assssHE sse
tisg brigade, Sd Giyis;nn, Si:el's army CORPS
.c lcp, wlile at the head of his cofanian'
1st ~as waving Ai@ sword and encouraging OF
oSt:- | uen.
cad Toward evening. Sigels object ha7ing /
skir- ACCOMPLISHED. ar1u Schurz's force not b
:osts t1iiciunI 70 lo.d' his extremely advanced I
they ian, our tro9?s wyEo Withdrawn 10
Fhl}c rSr.h i1,r,,, ,r Inc river, They we're
oos pu;s1.=t 10 II. very waters edge By
e Of fcrd Tie rebel voileys Tere as sharp as
~. tT'' ever lcar1. al Of otr killed and YOU
ongh h"r ~ I,r;sSncrs fnot 1ire wboIa ra-imvnt
, aa3 one report has i'll That General S1gel sf
,t,xr ~, y H1{%
b the t,1.1v IT. 1,arkahi, Iar he exposed himself
n tne most reckless manner wherever he tbous
uI1nt necessary to dc so, and in the 1iual {
go | fueilaae he was in the mids: Of q real s
'tstuS ! Of bullets.
;a5lnS With night canea cessation Of lostl
= oali TIE enemy had been fuiled in his attem;
>at2s. flank US, and We had gained another
"lae worth every thing to our army and ths ~
y =, .uo On Saturday there vas an artillery I'D
t,am + rn along the orrosng hIis: rs Ihs tan i VA;
/, ana cniy up the riTer toward Si5s!, but
a.tef toward tie railroad bridge, wh:re we oc-
atleE' t:,o bills across tbs riy<r. l. Lad been
sue- irG the evening" before aud alaost all
ayatry 81 sTn1,.,, =, to carry away tic bridge
seq B4rne;t's Ford snd the debris lodged a
s:nss the lower one in such MASSES talaE ther
12e;t great danger Of It's being carried away.
advanced position had become very in=
$. ard it vas accordingly determined to
.crJ Of duu it, The movement was executed
bout ) feet order, Matthews and ThoDpsoa
1t was tc1ies supported By tt2 18th aud 18th
Ient Of cnustt:e and llth pennsylvania, were
ulca in withdrawn to this side Of the rlver, J
Noted cc,ulaiiv Of Pennsylvania E;tleElcn aud
twelve ton OF Matthew'S guns held the po5itio,
+ num- the last z. .n and last gun was. safely b
over. Nrw positions we're taken on th
Vt days fuln which the old ours could BE- en1
ip.ton. | a.d upou IL: rebsis a;,2esrln! IN htron
r plac: | terrific cannonale vas cltued upos
Aoout by Matles ss', Halls. Tbompsoa's at
titles Of pitr's Batteries OF Ricketts, division,
| causcd great loss to the enemy. E'
Banks tempt to plant battery On the aoa
= were er,ineuccs was repu!sed with great SIS
nd and and tbs CIT uly were fairly driven back
ued by woods When left the ground.
ppsoach as On Thursday and Friday, 50 on 5,
cAva1:y the ene1uY kept working up to yard
) quick ton Wn1;e Sulphur Springs, on the sol
forces, Of the RappahAnnocE, with the vis~ q
main to | ibe US, :ld We moved further and
away from the railroad to baff1s their
for gov As On preceding days, SO on SAturo
Station, graud artillery c1ta1 went on from righ
'ternoon and lett 10 right, the cannonade beng
IL as ali row at McDowelrs position, now at
| not 1e now st Banks. We we're guarding 8
:, md . cessft1lly guarding, the whole river b:
ali the lords from KeN5's to MarTent m
the encinv, with an army Of 1Voooo,
held IN check by Pope with much
numerical force. Their great go1ne
GRAPHIC turn our position, take Us IN r:af,
! and fbt1. rpsh on with streaming