The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-16

RY, TELEGRAPH.
sN9 Z General Pepess 1sDses.
a0 Through. some cause unsecountabls 70 %.
=. 'faned 70 receive the hrst part Of this Re-
mort by Telegraph We publish oil that was
.furnished usl-
p.rretatord IN heavy force and advanced strong
~ ~ road 20 Madison Court House. had my
~hole force On the turnpike between Culpep-
ner and Sperryville ready to concentrate at
Ether place % soon 40 the enemyS plans were
developed. Early on Friday It became apparent
thst the move on Madison Court House was
merely . feint to deceive my corps and get At
snerryville, and that abe main attack Of the
enemy would b at Culpepper, 70 which place I
had thrown forward part Of Banks and Mellow.
alls corps. ga. go.
Rrie. General Bayard and part, Of the rear
AZ ncbowells corps who were in the advance
.ear the Rapidan, fell slowly back embarrassing
i he enemy's advance Is far az possible and cap
turipg some Of bis men. The forces Of Banks,
and Sigel and one of the divisions of Mellow
ellis corps were rapidly concentrated at Culpep-
per-dnring Friday and Saturday night Banks
corps being pushed forward 8 miles and Nc
Dowell's corps 8 miles in his rear. The corps Of
Cen. Sigel, which had marched al night, WAs
halted in Culpepper to rest few hours.
On Saturday the enemy advanced rapidly to
Cedar mountain, the sides of which they occu-
pied in heavy force. '''',...,
Cen. Banks vas instructed to take up his
position on the ground occupied BY Craxford's
brigade, of his command, which had been
thrown out day previous to observe the enc
mys movements He was directed not to ad--
vance beyond that point, and if attacked by the
enemy 70 defend his position and send back
Il vs. my desire to have time 70 give the corps
Of Gen. sigel oil the rest possible sitter their
forced merch, and to bring forward al the
forces at my disposal. .ssatai s.
The artillery Of the enemy opened early in
the afternoon, but they made no advance till
nesrly five o'clock at which time . few skir.
mishers we're thrown forward on each side, nm.
der cover Of the heavy wood in which his force
was concealed. The enemy pushed forward .
strong force in the rear Of bic skirmishers, and
Genenersl Banks advanced to:the attack. The
engagement did not fairly open till after o.
CLOCK. I continued to receive reports from Gen.
Banks that no stack was apprehended and
that no considerable infantry force of the enemy
had come forward. Towards evening the in
crease in the artillery firing satisfied me an en-
eagemsnt might be at hand, though the lateness
OF the hour rendered Il unlikely ordered
Gen. Mcdowell to advance Rockets division TO
support Geu Banks. and directed Gen. Siegel
TO bring bis men on the ground - soon ~
possible arrived personally on the. field at
Z Pn, and found the action raging furiously the
infantry force was necessarily and severely en-
gagged. found Gen. Banks holding the posi-
tionshe took up early in the morning, his losses
were heavy. ......
Ricketts division was Immediately pushed
forward and occupied the advance Of General
Banka The brigade Of Gordon was directed to
change their position from the right and mass
themselves in the center. Before this change
could be effected il was quite dark, though the
artillery continued at short range without inter.
mission.
The artillery Gre At night BY the I'd Maine
batteries of Rickett's division Of Gen. HcDow.
slls corps was most destructive, - Was readily
observed the next morning in the dead men and
horses and broken gun carriages Of the enemys
batteries, which had been advanced against Il.
Our troops rested on their arms during the
night in line Of bsttle heavy shelling being kept
up on both sides till midnight. At daylight next
morning the enemy fell back two miles from
our front and still higher up the mountain. Our
pickets at once advanced and occupied the
ground The fatigue of the troops from long
marches and excessive heat made It impossible
for either side to resume the action on Sunday.
The men were therefore allowed to rest and
recruit the whole day, our only active operation
being that Of the cavalry on the ensmy's flank
and rear.
Monday was spent in burying the dead and
getting of the wounded. The slaughter was
severe on both sideA most Of the fighting being
band 70 hand. .-..,..
The dead bodies of both armies were found
mingled together in masses over the whole
ground Of conflict. The burying Of the dead
was not completed until dark on Monday, the
beat being 20 intense that work was not possible.
On Aonday night the enemy fed from the field,
leaving many Of his dead unburisd and bid
wounded on the ground and along the road 70
Orange @. H., % will be seen from Gen. Rupsrt'l
dispatched
A cavalry and artillery force under General
Buford wa Immediately thrown forward in pur.
suit and followed the enemy to the Rapidan,
over which he passed with bis rear guard by Ia
o'clock In the morning.
The behavior of Gen. Banks corps during the
action was very 6ne. No greater gallAntry and
daring could Do exhibited BY ny.troopA can
not speak too highly Of the GOODNESS and intre-
pipity Of Gen. Banks himself. During the whole
Of the engagement be was in the font, and Q,
much exposed - any man In the command. Hi
example was Of the greatest benefit, and merits
and should receive the highest commendation.
Generals Augur, Williams, Gordon, Crawford
Prince, Green and Grover, behaved with con-
spicuous CALAMITY. Augur and Gsary were ~
vsrely wounded, and Prince, By losing bic VA
in The dark, while passing from one flank to tht
other, fell into the hands Of the enemy.
desire 70 make public my appreciation O
q Tie prompt and skilIful manner with wich Gems
Mcdowell and siegeL brought forward thei
respective commands and established them
selves on the field and their cheerful coppsra
ton with me from beginning to end. 80"
Brig Gen. Roberts Of cavalry Of this arm!
~ With the advance Of our forces on Frida!
amp Saturday and was conspicuous for bis gal
hntry and for the valuable aid be rendsret
u Generals Banks and Crawford. ~" '.-'
Oar lots q about 1900 killed and missing, Q
whom 800 are taken prisoner q The essmy'
los in killed. wounded and prisoners. We ~
nov satis6ed 10 much larger than our own. q
full list Of casualties will be transmitted
- soon q it il possible TO do justice to It
ba lSigned1 ~ JoHN PoPRs Maj GenT