, 1862-08-14
THE WASHINGTON sTAR'sAce0v
OF THE BATTLE OF CEDAR RUN.

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.is last eucampment. near. Waahinptnn fhe |
ourtF seat Of Rappahannock. haTf115r mt the |
oYps 'a47ues Of Ger. Banks. encampef there- |
u motion, In the direction Of Cn1nenner- ana |
,assed tie encampment Of cen sigzt. At |
'penysnle, twenty miles from Cnlpeppar
Court House Gen. Pope fonnd Bripadier Ten
,rM Crawford, with his bripgde of Banks, |
,orps d'ay.nee fpreyiously Gen. Hatch,s} and !
Sen. Bayard's brigade Of McDoHell's cgyalry. |
;he extreme advance Of his army Of Virginia. |
also Brj9adler General Rieketts'. division OF |
mad arrived two days before from Waterloo |
md Warrcnton, Mcdowell himself being pres- |
mt, and in command Of a1l the forces then |
there,
At noon On Friday Generals Pope and Nc
DoHell received inleIljxepce from the gallant |
eaFa1ry command doing duty immediately |
under him, \ Now jersey aud PecnsgIYania |
had been in the saddle night and |
day guarding the Rapiian for week, from
the K*ccoon ford down to q point fourteen
miles below and fouth Of the railroad that
Eith two regiments OF Louisiana infantry,
two p1ces Of light artillery and Tires small
regiments Of cavalry, and driven in his pick
e1A. Bayafd fet1red klo"ly before them, hls
'orSe OF aU lired ont cavalry only, not being
ea9hclent % nolo Inc ground IN mont OF such
Inch with the enemy, and succeeded In cap
to11nE ABOUT thirty rebel prisoners, Including
a mnjor, . captain, and two ieutenants on his
feueaL: HIS OWL toss Was not over three
men. we hear that he was publicly compli-
mented by his superior officer on the Held on
the En1t day tSaIufday} for the admirable
manner IN EAlch ne tnected MS movements.
He retired to the north and east Eide Of Bob
l1se4 River, aboat eight miles from Golpep-
Per Court House, and there awaited sup
porting force to arrive from the Immediate
Elc1nlsy Of lhAt point
At noon OF lie 6sne day General Pope, o1
t5atnlng These 1acts, instantly ofaere9 Geaefal
Crawford to march bis brigade to that end.
IN hall IN hour atsr receiving this order
tie xoth New 1ork, loth Maine, 40.n Pennsyl-
vanla aid 5ih Cornecsicut and ten pieces OF
artil1ery, filed rapidly through the village Of
Culpeppsz ton1t House to ths gay music OF
it's four splendid bnndF, ita appearance w.s
the theme OF admiration Of the many expert
cnced of1iccra OF the stxf1s Of Generals Pope
and Mcdowell, Who vent over ffSm their Ell
cemPMcnt6 TO see 1t start ont They one aud
I'll declared that they never eaT troops With
more re;iAble bght N them, and predicted that
Should they engage the enemy they would win
s.z.ne to endure IS long as the history Of the
WEI ITSELF The + snlt proved the correctness
Of tLelr Judgment Cra ~ford proceeded rap
1di5 TO TIE tfent. and oeeupled a position
abous seven miles from CuiPepp-r Court
l1use, lmn nedIeteiy in she Tear OF the Int Of
Rzyard's cavalry.
Shortly after ordering Crawford, General
Pope also ordered tie rest Of Banks corps TO
Elvye rapidly from HsEel RiTer bridge Hear
Grlf1lnsnu1g, nine miles from Cnl:e2per
Courthouse, Hhere It had arrived The nisnt
By s O'Clock p. H., the head Of Gen B anks'
column wus deserted marching around the
village to its destination, which il resciled be-
fore midnight That point WIS immediately
in tho rear Of Crawford. Major Gtn- Sigel
war also st the came time ordered up from
Sper1yvii1e, aud b, forced 1narch Of Iweaty
| 1r;les his advance reached the village by day.
light
Throughout Friday hight and Saturday fore
noou, Bayard continued fkirmlshirE with the
enenlY's advance, until the latter, vt O'CLOCK
:. m, had prokresaed to within long rauge o.
Cra~f"1d's artillery. at i P. m., the enemy
8 portion OF that of Gen B.nks' came up, and
| went into The action, there not being room
enough in the position occupied by our 1orce'
! for bringing the whole Of it into play Th|
contending forces at the opening OF the bat,l
The Ss6e]s showing @ theiF frent IT. upon staas6 aug
| tcrse Mountain, i sugar loaf eminence, situa
ted two miles to the west Of the Orange an
Alexandria railroad at hi:eheu's Station. Gu
front WIS On much lower ground, With Cef1a
| Run in our rear, and small wooded ridge be
lii d that.
Gradually, from four to six ?. H., the rebel
| opened rev batteries from the woods Sui
rounding the basin or plain Laying bet Teen th
fronts OF the two conteudtnE forces, each sui
ceeding ole tni1g nearer to our position tna
the former. Thus they played cross h1
| from both sides, a. well aa direct tro1t ont
upon our troops, including the most Of Ge,
Banks infantry, TINT had been put in line II
| the conflict. So annoying was this fire tn!
! attempts we're made to take the batteries nea
eee at hscd ty charges. Thus bayards ca
airy, in gal]ant charge. is said to have su
cecded in taking two Of the rebel guns, vii
tn, III pursuance Of orders, portions Of A.
: gnr's ard Williams divisions OF iufA1try, i
c!udipE Crawford's ard GoIdon's brigade
made three most desperate baJouet chare5
npon tho rehtl artillery They were, he we've
zach time received b. 3 very heavy infant
Ere, elAughtert3g them fc:rlully. That tha
should hare persers1ed 10 make threc ed
| ccEz've charges, in the face OF such dead
ire from 60 superior numbers, concealed
: woods, is really the wonder OF the war. The
/ | charges Developed the fact that the euems .
. | tuslly enEnged, greatly o11tInmbered 20
. forcts, about 7,0A0, in action.
Belrg thus fniormcd Of tho 1oeatiou nf t
main body Of the rrbcl infantry. our artille
; played sad haroc with them, driving decin
9 cd regiment after regiment back inta the sh
o ter OF the dense forest, to have their plac
r Instantly occupied By fresh regiments, to
,. decinated in the esme ray. Among otht
:, this tirr killed the rebel Generals WinLer q
- Trjmb.e. The arm Of the former r is torn
% b7 shtll, ard he died very shortly after 6a1
. | from the Tow OF blood, and Tritnbla v
), | knocked dead fro.u his horse BY the exn1osi
:, I of she'll.
II Having nut the forces of Mcdowell and 81:
- IN rapid motion for the field Of action, Gi
= Pouc. with his staff. Immediately proceed
: together from their headquarters to the fro
10 L. t},ey passed Ricketts, division, and
II bead Of Siecl's army corps, tha: linca the RI
for the whole six ui1es. each regiment nal
H. far the jns.apt. wheeled into line. and g;
n. Gen, Pope three cheers and a ticer. an, &
- whe..]i,E again into marcdirg column, rus!
III forward! With signal .aeeruesa Tor the ftaT.
At o'clock 3 n, Gems. Pose and McDs
ell reached the t}ickest Of the fieht. and
sdyauce euard of Ricketts,. comit1r IN nj
III ssme time, took position in1ncai a:clv in
1u There btitg 10 room on the field Tor
il. sIef;ng moro troup. OF ours than were IN
I,a Eauss, those OF 1:icketts could not cct /
40 ,ctual sctiou hcfo7c night came on, which
Ill sc1ne hours prevented further fighting,
N the course If the engagement our forces
'.N gagged had retirrd perhaps mile from
d position in which they commenced tue bs
he | 1t o'clock p m, the rebels advancing 81
II us We 1eCcled before them. ThiS MI
ne mert on the part Of Gen. Banks, uotw
laI | stapdine Ills heavy loss and the over ehelu
.o free opposct, to Linn. Bas as regularly I
se Quoted as though he wss executing an ey
Ky | ton Of q t1rese parade, Not a man OF
ccrps-or, indeed, OF any othe1-showcd
white feather, nor did 4 mau even strac~lt
=, the rear to the distance Of more than ha
ca mile, where stood provost guard Of r