The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-08-19

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ress psab.e " sf ,huf fsegsd mareh.
e.. aa5 ia brag e. aafi all ihs forces
Al 81 daPossl
The artillery " lhe enemy va
ofsutj early iD she attennooa. tui bs
malv ~ adFaaee aaal aep3y GFs
stl 81 vhieb iilat re skrmt g
rrs were shroen foreufl oa each siie,
under oufer q fbe heavy wops iu
y h5sa hls force uas co cealc8
Tie ,nemy 81 hea forward strong
fre ia ths tcaf II he sklFmisbers,
a9 Ger. Banks advanced % the 81.
tack
The eneaEr ment did HUl fairly open
fiN aggei sx O'Clock. bat tor 40 hsur
and q hali alter bal nas furious aud
usr ssug
Tbroasuoat 1t cnncna3ing, hicb
a, FIRST WAS desaitary and mainly
aeains Die cagairy. ! bad continued 10
resolve report. fraiu Gen. Backs thai
au ailask IS aRpF Aeu}led and that
rs considerable infantry loicc ii ihe
enemy bad eame forward Yet ow-
ard evening" lie iuen ase IL the a5iI
lcIy lrinFs having satisfied ms llat an
engagement might q "a hand, ORDER
"a Gen. Mcdowell 10 advance Rick
tit' division 10 support Gen Banks
aid directed Gen Sigel to bring bis
uea upon the efoa Z a. econ as pos
sibl laruyel personally o. The field
Al seseu and foapd ihe action raging
urIoasly fhc Hftutfy fire was ia-
ees-aal and severe.
! found 6 D. Baa.,s holding tie p0-
sition he loaa Up ihr morning lis
losses were heavy
Ricketts division was Immediately
pushed forward and occupied The right,
OF General Banks. the brigades Of
Crawford and Gordon being detailed
TO change their position from the right
and mass themselves in the centre
Before this change could be effected
!, was quite dark, though the artillery
FIRE continued At short range without
inlermission. The artillery fire at
night by the "a aud 9Th Maine batter
ie- Ia Ricketts, division Of Gen. Nc
DoweiPs corps VAS most destructive,
as was readily observable the nest
morning by the dead men and horses
and broken gun carriages Of the enc
my's batteries which had been adyanc.
cd against il.
Our troops rested on their arms du-
ring the night 10 line Of battle The
heavy ,heiling being kept up on both
sides until midnight At daylight the
enemy fell back two mile, from our
forces and still higher up the noun
tain Our pickats at once advanced
and occupied the ground.
Tie fatigue Of our troops from long
and excessive heat made il
ing oss,ble for either side TO resume
The action on the same day. The men
were therefore allowed to rest and re-
cruit the whole day.
One only active operation being Of
cavalry on the enemy's flank and rear.
Monday was spent in burying the
dead aud in getting of the wounded.
The Slaughter wa, severe on both sides,
most af the fighting being ha d to hand.
The dead bottles Of both armies were
found mingled together 10 masses all
oyer the whole ground Of the contest
Tie burying the dead was not com
I,leted until dark on Monday, the heat
being so terrible that severe work was
not possible.
On Monday night the emmy fed
from THE fiell, leaving many Of his
wounded on the ground aud along the
road to O,ange Court House, viii be
seen from Gen. Buford's dispatch.
a cavalry and art llcry force under
Gen. Batord was Immediately thrown
forward in pursuit and followed the
enemy to The Rapindan, over which
he passed with bis rear guard by ten
o'clock in the morning.
Gems. Banks, Williams, Anger,
Gorlop, Crawford, Prince, Green and
Geary, behaved with great gallantry,
Geary were severely woun-
led -and Prince, by losing his way
IN lie dark, while passing from one
flank 10 another, fell INTO the hands Of
tue enemy.
] desire publicly to express my ap.
probation 81 tile prompt and skillful
manner in which Gems. Mcdowell
and Sigel brought forward their res
pective comm tnds and established them
on the field. and Of their cheerful and
hearty cooperation With me from be-
ginning to end
brig. Zen. Roberts, ehlef oil tins
army, was with the advance Of our
forces on Friday and Saturday and
was conspicuous for bis gallan,ry, and
for the valuable aid which he render
ed to Gen. Banks and Crawford.
Our loss was about fifteen hundred
killed, wounded and missing, OF whom
two hundred and ninety we're taken
prisoners. As might have been ex-
pecied from the character Of tho en-
gsgemenr, very large proportion Of
hose we're killed.
The enerny's los. ia killed, wounded
and prisoners we are now satisfied Isl
much u excess Of our own.
4 fall list Of casualties viii BE-
published as soon a. possible, togeth-
- with n detailed rp,ort ~ which /