Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-09-06
WASHINGTON Sept. 2.

at 0: 80 Monday evening, and reported to
the military authorities here after mid
uight.
The enemy was.still pursuing, or threat.
euing to pursue, the lOnking movement to
which Gen. Pope's dispatch Of yesterday
morning referred. :,
Gen. Lee was believed TO have massed
his troops on the Little River turnpike,
which runs 10 The north Of Centrevllle iro
Gum Springs through Germantown and
Fnirfax G. II. to Alexandria. Ample
nreparations had been made TO meet him,
and the probabilities were that there would
be great battle fought TO day or to
morrow.
The supposition was strengthened by tele'
grams from Fairfax Station, dated later 10
the evening TO the effect that there was
heavy firing in the direction Of Lcesburg,
between which place and Fairfax Station,
lies Fairfax Court House. The report
brought by other ,lfcers who left the
front ut on earlier hour than this sur.
geon, was the enemy had fallen back with
his whole army for lack Of supplies. being
satisfied with what he had already Gone,
or at least feeling himself to be unable to
accomplish more.
These gentlemen supposed the movement
on our right flank to be II fcint intended to
cover the retreat.
There is little or no doubt that there
was heavy skirmishing between our forces
and the rebels advance and our outposts
last night.
This mornings reports are not yOt access
able
The llth Massachusetts went into the
fight on Friday with about 240 men, l05
were killed and wounded. The IL n Y.
with 354 men and officers and came out with
| IO6 men and 9 officers. The four other
regiments Of this brigade, ButterferdS, the
! 44th New York, l1th New York, SD
Pennsylvanid, and l6h Michigan, came
out in the same proportion. Butter
fields brigade had marched for 81 days
without change Of clothes, and went into
the fight in this fatigued condition.
A Tribune correspondent who went over
the field Of battle on Friday, says our dead
lay untouched as they fell in battle, with
the exception Of their caps and shoes.
did not see single instance among the
whole $50 dead where the shoes had no,
becl rihed Many of the rebels were
b0rfOotcd The rebel dead aud wounded
had all been disposed cf aud not single
vestige of sick, killed or wounded remained
on the field. Even the struggling soldiers
did not know where they had beel taken
! to.
They were rapidly buried Secrecly in the
! night 10y negroes, for occasionally in deep
ravine came across mounds sometimes ten
or fifteen feet square where their vict mS
had been sccreted from the gaze of their
own men
On Monday morning intelligence was re.
ceived at lleadquarter that the Divisions
of Hill and Longstrcet intended to appear
on our right in force and cut off our supply
trains TO prevent this consummatiou the
Division Of Gen. Reno was dispatched by
Pope TO Fairfax Court House. 1t wa
also deemed prudent TO commence th,
evacuation of Centreville to cover ou
base of operations inasmuch as General
Hill and Longstreet were known 10 be il
force some distance towards Washing
ton from the battle field of Saturday
as recOiSance to the front had revealed
anticipated movement in the same direct
ion by the enemy.
The army of Virginia commenced retir
ing towards Fairfax Court House on Mon
day at 8 o'clock, Reno's division leading
aud McDowelps corps following. AS Reno
Division was pursuing its line of march
and when within one and holf miles c
FaifaX Court House, heavy volley froT
| force of riHemen came pouring in upo
them from the woods, to right Of the road
9 This occurred at 4p. IN. The rebel fore
= was a detachment from Gen Hills DiV
iSion, and was commanded by Gen. S,uarI
> The yoIley was almost entirely receive
by Gen. Stevens brigade, composed of th
/ 28h Massachusetts,, h. Michigan, Sol
a Pennsylvania, l05th Pennsylvania aud 46t
New XoIk. Reno and Stevens immedatel
,. formed their commands in line of battle i
;. repcl the attack. Then Stevens roo
r. up and down bis line srallying his NE
>. ntimidated by repeated vollies from a
unseen enemy. Unable TO cope with thel
q in the position they then held Gen SteveI
u ordered his men 10 fix bayonets and charl
&c them out OF the woods.
n This order was gallantly responded
Y by bis men. who pressed the enemy, al
= drove them before them with great slaug
,. ter While thus charging, Gen. Stevcl
q was hit with mimic ball and instant
killed, but not until the enemy had bet
N routed Captain Stevens, the son of t.
" General, was also wounded in the hand
o Kcarney's batteries now opened on ii
If rebel forces, causing great havoc amor
a. them.
$ SkirmiShing was kept up for about thr
hours, when the enemy retired, and d
Il train passed on. The enemy'S loss W
h heavy.
le DIANs.-The ST. Paul Pioneer Of 80
J. says SibIey's advance reached Fort Ridgl
III on Wednesday morning last. On Mond
g the Indians in a large body moved up t
o. liver towards Redwood They had lar
q train Of wagons, horses and cattle. Th
are also supposed TO have about two hu
dred captives, women and children.
n The dispatchi telegraphed from Phila
II elphia, on Monday intimatiDg that the