Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-08-19
Particulars Of the Great Battle


The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Times, under date of August l2ih,
gives the following particulars Of battle on
the Rspidsn:
The administration kilograms respecting
The battle ut Culpepper en- Saturday last
imply that il was brilliant victory on the
part Of Gen. Banks, and that the rebels
we're defeated with great slaughter. Au-
thentic accounts Of the battle. however.
have been received here, from which il
appears it was exactly the reverse. and that
IL 10 jackson that has defeated Banks
Gen. Pope and Cen Banks did not arrive
on the field till nearly O'Clock in the
evening. at which time the battle was over.
il was the old story. With less troops than
We have. the Confederates, by their SUPERIOR
gsnerslsbip, succeeded in massing against
our men troops tH superior numbers at a
giren point and, and overcome by superior
numbers, our troops were compelled 80
fall back The action was brought on by
the Confederstes, their apparent Object
being to drive back the Union troops from
the neighborb0od Of the Rapidap, in which
they succeeded.
/ have seen an officer direct from tho
6eld, who describes the action as being
Aerce and sanguinary beyond ell former
conflicts. Our men fought like veterans.
bot they bad no chance against the greater
numbers Of the enemy. The latter. too,
wsre evidently gosded to fury against
Pope's recent offensive orders, for thew
fought more like iends than men. and
their bat.le-cries were such expressions az
Down with Popew ITO he'll with the
robbers J" "ChaTge on the plunderers !"
mo quarter TO the men who make war On
women p &c.
The scene at night when tho Cnnfeler.
ate artillery shellsd our bivouacs, was
terribly grand. The moon was iull, and
the night as light as day. The rebel ar
tillery was srlendidly managed, every one
Of their shells bursting in the midst Of our
troops and wagon trains. The result was
o perfect ,ampede. The rnais and folds
were quickly filed With thousands &C our
soldiers sud hundreds of wagons, hudtled
pell-neli together, without any ere ence o.
order. OVr hss 10 fully 5000, large
proportion OF whom are officers. The worst
Of IL is that among the officers killed aud
badly wounded are many ni the best ia the
army, whose loss ~ Us it will 20 terry Diff
cult to replace
The result Of the late action shows cor
reetness of my views heretofore expressed
10 regard to Pope's attempt 10 reach Rich
mond by this route. IL IL imprac lea BILE,
should never have beer attempted, and
Ought now to be abandoned. soor er or later
The means OF defence possessed by the
rebels on shat route are such as will enable
them to resist successfully the advance Of
the Union army three times a. strong as
Pope's. They have fortified Gurdonsvrlle
Function much stronger than Manassas
was. aud the Rapidan is a much better
defensive line than Bull Run. am salts
fed that they have now got Gen. Pope am
his army where they want him. If he
remains where be is, they will probably
attack him. In that case, their ylans no
doubt will DO to march around his right
hank by way of Stsunton, Harrisonb burg,
and Lury, get in his rear at Warrentop,
while they engage his attention mot with a
show Of force. but with real f5rcc) in
front on the Rapidap. and then hurl their
main column on Washington. If they
succeed in getting in Pope's rear, which
they Gun do. as their forces are three times
rs numerous as his, he will run some risk
Of being cut Of between two fire.. re-
peat, the only way in which Pope'e corps
can be serviceable is by sending them, by
way OF Alexandra AMI Fortress Monroe,
% join Mcclellan at Harrison's Landing
Richmond can be approached by way If
the Peninsula, but doubt whether il can
be reached by an army marching from the
north.
There will be plenty Of empl pymrnt fer
the whole 600 700 troops recently called
for BY the President. and il is gratifying
10 know that the first 100000 are in fair
way TO be in the field in few days. AMI
that the probability now is that tie other
100000 will not be drafted, after all. but
will be raised ny volunteers as heretofore.
The reports from all the States that have
come in during the last week sGJrd me the
basis for this statement have always
maintained that it would require u mili,n
Of troops to conquer the ConfedeTate arm.
ies, and think that with million il san
be done il they are properly managed.