The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1862-09-06
WAR NEWS.

The detailed accounts of the engagement near
Gainesville, on Saturday last, show the battle to
have been one of the most desperate and bloody
of the war. The Federal loss is estimated at
from three to ive thousand killed and wounded,
mostly belonging to the divisions of General Nc
Dowell and Porter. The loss of officers is repor-
ted as very heavy. Generals Hatch and Buford
are among the killed, and also Col. Fletcher
Webster, son of Daniel Webster. The Confeder-
ates also are supposed to have lost many in killed
and wounded, but as they held possession of the
field, nothing positive could be known. General
Ewell is reported killed and General jackson
wounded. tits believed that with the exception of
some skirmishing, there has been no fighting since
Saturday. Up to noon yesterday no firing had
been heard at Fairfax Courthouse, seven miles
from Centreville. 1t is understood that the Fed
eral forces are rapidly concentrating at Centre
vile. General Banks corps at last advices was
in favourable position to soon reach General
Pope. The Confederate position is in the wes-
tern part of the old Bull Run battlefield. A
Washington paper states that General Burnside
has evacuated fredericksburg, and withdrawn
his forces to position where they can be brought
into active service. General Banks before he
left Manassas destroyed number of loccomo-
tives and cars. ..
AT the battle at Richmond Kentuckey, on
Friday last, the Federal force, as near as can be
asccrtained numbered between eight and nine
thousand, and at the time were moving to the
relief of Gen. Morgan, at Cumberland Cap The
Federal loss in killed and wounded is estimated
at from one hundred and fifty to two hundred,
and nearly all their ARTILLERY was captured by
the Confederates. The Confederate loss is not
known, but is believed to have been heavy
Gen. Buckner is at Tompkinsville at the head of
large force. The State telegraph line has been
destroyed by the Confederates, thus cutting off
all communication with Nashville. Gov. Rob-
insou has issued a proclamation, calling upon all
the loyal citizens Of Kentucky to rally to the de-
tense of the State against the invading armies.
On Thursday last Federal steamer passing
down the Tennessee river, about thirty miles
above Fort Henry, was fred upon from the shore.
A gunboat shelled the woods but did not effect
a dislodgement of the Confederates.
Greenvile, Missouri, is threatened by large
force Of guerillas, but body Of State troops,
nearly, equal in strength are there to meet them.
The Conf derates have corcent ated all their avail
able forces in that vicinity and make frequent
hostile demonstrations
Advices from the James river report that rein
re ha 70 baan ordarod ~ To,.a, 4..,,, =:
land. On Thursday the Confederates, with
eight guns, opened on the Federal fotilla lying
off City Point. The gunboats replied and demo-
ished all the buildings at the Point and disper-
sed the Confederate force.
Onthe l6thult. a United States steamer ascen-
ded the Black river-which embties into Winyaw
bay, South Carolina--for the purpose of destroy
ing Confederate vessel. Arriving at the place
it was found that the vessel had been sunk and
thesteamer preparedto return In passing down
the river she was fred upon by armed bands on
the shores, but no damage was done beyond the
wounding of one of the officers. .s
An arrival from Newbern, N. c., brings intel
ligence that another expedition of gunboats
had started for Himlton to destroy again the Con-
federate batteries there. c
Atrain Of cars from Granada was captured by
the Federal troops who occupied fernando, Miss,
on Thursday last. The same dispatch which
brought the above reports that nine thous-
and Confederates were moving through Grand
junction, and that prominent secesssionists at
Meinphissay that Gen. Bragg has gone to West
ern Virginia. 8tals3