, 1862-08-18
IMPORTANT FROM THE Sourts
"nat they Say at Richmond of tho
Recent BaEtIes

It1om the Richmond Examiner, August 12.1
FROM tne pest information We nave been
aolc to obtain, the battle on Saturday occur.
Tso IL culpspper county, as q point on the
beyond the kapidan River. The forces en-.
gaged were portion, on our side, of E1elIa
division, and on the part Of the enemy three
Or more brlgade6, amounting to between
8oC9 and l0,tO0 men- Tue Slaughter of thc
Yankees is said to have been frightfu.-out ot
all proportion to the number taken pri son
err. An en'irc regiment whilst charging one
OF our batteries w4s ambushed and ii:era;lV
annihilated..
The prisoners who have already reached
Klchmond, speak freely of the determined
1eroclty OF the combatants. Amonp the hor-
r9ts they tell Of is a hand-to-hand Encounter
OF confederate and 4 Yankee regiment. the
two regiments, they say. met in iuu career at
charge bayonet, crossed their weapons, and
1ought tur:ous1y for ten OF fifteen minutes.
when the Yankees. giving way before til. su.
Ierlor Valcr OF our troops, were slaughtered
TO man. We night credit this story buf tor
the source through which it comes. It. i
universally ackno Elesed That Yankee caanot
suljcct- - 'A4~
Ne had expected that before going to Dress
We should have been iu possession Of the au-
t2entlc particulars of this battle, and, perh 1p.,
q SUBSEQUENT Important movements. But a.
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ton between Gordonsyi}le and this CITY was
cut oil by the coincidence Of the breaka,2 oF
the wires along the Central road and between
Lynch5nrg and RiGhmond, aud up to 1ate
hour last night the lines remained closed. In
the abst nee Of authentic information the city
was yestt rdhy prey to thousrnd runor5, all
700 e1trayasant or absurd for repetition.
lFrom the Richmond Dispatch, Aueust1
The prelude to the battle Of Saturday even
lrg occurrtd q on Friday, III Culpeppar comfy:
be5on the Kap1dan River, in a skirn,ish b =
tween the advance of our army and q larrer
force Of the enemy The litter retrcated With
some 1oss IN killed and wounded, and 4catf-
three commissioned officers, who arrived here
oy way OF Lynchburg on Sundag NIGHT. The
pursuit Was continued for some distance. AMI
tne Yankee forces made 4 stard at South vest
A1ountalu, near Mitchcn's station, about six
miles beyond the Rapidan: Slight ski7nishiay
afternoon 1t that day, about O'Clock, an at
lack ~as made upon the enemy by por.i,n
vi III: division Of Gen. E veil and a briv1de
uhuer Ten. =. :. Winder. Over 30O'pris51e- Il
wefe captured in this engagement, including
thirty commissioned ot11strS,
One Of the LITTER admits that O federal d.
vision was cut to pieces while cudeayoriug to
surround the StoEewaE bridge, and the gen
cral belief is that the encmyfs loss in kilIed
and WouLded is als1Osr four times greater
than ours. It was while bravely leading on
t6e men Under his command TINT General
Wilder was shot through the breast and all
most instantly killed. At one moment the
fate Of his brigade seemed in doubt, when Ills
supporters came up and the enemy was
oaFs.n back under an inlPetuous onset. On
Saturday night the diyisionsof Gen. A. 2. Hill
was engaged, and the whole federal force re-
treated, the pursuit being, kept up for Il dis
taEce Gnes ,.s o. some hve miles Heavy and rapid
POSITION is that 8 battle took place imms-
dlately on the >RappahanE ock River, near the
lire Of Fauquier county. '1~>>' ''~
The pris ope's were sent back to 9ordeas
Vile, whence they were transferred by railroad
to Riehtnord, guarded by detscanaent Of the
Go1csboruugh.
!, According to the statements OF prisoners.
the toTce under Pope amounts to 10 ON men
GeEeraI T. :: N1nder WIS nephew Of G.n-
eFaf john f. W1ncer, the commander of the
a. apartment OF HenIico, and was probably ihe
Youngest brigadicr in the confederate arfny
Tue city was full of rumors yesterday Of a
ha'tlc On Sunday. b It after the most dilizeut
lEqulry We could learn nothing definite con
cerrlrg it: Certain It is shat heavy firing was
hea1d Ii the direction OF the Rsppaha1nock
% nt1eE midnight (ssturday), and again for !
had arrived from Gordonsv,lle up to d Iste
hour LAST night, and no intelligence had been
received at the war office to confirm the ru-'
mors SO iadus1riouely circulated throughout
the day.
The enemy bad 6, 600 troops engaged In the
battle Oh Saturday afternoon.
from the Richmond Dispatch, August 127
Toe central train that arrived 1t 4 O'Clock
yesterday morning, brought to this city 303
OF Pope's -Hessians, captured on Saturday,
Southwest Mountain, by the advance forces
Of General Jackson's army Accompanying
the.abose we're Brigadier: General e. Prince, 4
Yankee general, and. twenty-seyen commfss-
stoned officers, who, together with, the men,
were lodged IN the Libby prison. Prince, for
. few hours, was lodged at the Exchange Ho-
tel The Presidents recent pro :lama:iou de-
elared Pope and his commissioned satellites
10 be without the usages 0. warfare, and not
entitled to the privileges Of ordinary prison
efe OF var Orders we're issued to place all of
captuIea officers In close confinement. At
INC Libby prison they were put with the de-
terte1s and other persons to whom infamy at
taches:--- An examination was made into the
condition OF the; county jan, WITH view to
their incarceration there but the structure
was deemed unsafe. They have not been ner-
-mitted to associate with the federal Officers.
and appear very downcast at the prospect be.
fore them. :.