Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-08-11

Ricketts, division and the head Of sigelS army
corps that lined the road for the whole six miles
| each regiment halted for the instant, wheeled
into line, and gave Gen. Pope three cheers and
/ tiger, and then wheeling again into marching
| column, pushed forward with sIgnsl eagetness
l for the fray.
At7p. m, Gems Pope and Mcdowell reached
| the thickat Of the Aght, and the advance OF
Ricketts, coming up at the same time, took po-
sIron Immediately In rear Of that occupied by
gankS corps There being no room on the held
| for deployng more troops Of ours than were un-
| der Banks, those Of Ricketts, could not get into
| actual action before night came on and for some
hours prevented further sighting.
In the course OF the engagement our forces en-
gagged had retired perhaps mile from the POSI-
| ticn In which they commenced the battle si 4
p. m, the rebels advancing slowly a. we receded
! before them. This movement on the part Of Gen.
Banks, Notwithstanding his heavy loss and the
| Overwhelming force opposed to him, was as reg
ularly conducted a. though he was executing an
evolution Of dress parade.
Not man Of his corps Tor indeed OF any other)
showed the white feather, nor did q man even
straggle to the rear to the distance Of more than
| half a mile, where stood . provost guard Of
Ricketts, corps, bsyonet in hand to check any, 10
such there should be, disposed to skulk OF the
field.
Hundreds OF our wounded passed up limping
| or being carried to the hospitals established In
the rear, and in not one OF them retaining con-
| sciousness did we discover sught but the most
| undaunted ease.ness to prosecute the engage
/ ment.
We left the field at p. m. for the night, in the
| course Of which-a, midnight-s discharge from
one Of our batteries brought on a renewal Of the
| engagement for two hours, in the course Of
which each aide 10 believed to have Lost two or
| three hundred more In killed and wounded.
| Eva cavalry charge (after midnighp Of the
| enemy, Generals Pope and Mcdowell and their
| respective Stats were within an inch Of being
| killed or ridden down. They had dlsmounted In
the front, to rest few minutes from the saddle,
| when the enemY's cavalry made 90 sudden q dash
| upon them az that they had barely time 10 mount
and get quickly out Of the way. In % doing they
were mistaken by q company OF their own men
for charging rebels and received their nrei kill
! ing few OF their horses only, we believe.
We heard (after leaving the feld) that two OF
Gen. Pope's SAT- were killed by rebel fire during
the latter part OF the engagement, but were then
without the means Of verifying the fact.
| Our loss Of regimental and company officers
| was very heavy. Among those killed were Col
| Grain, Of Sd WicOnsin; Msjor Savage and Capt.
| Abbott, Russell and GoOding, and Lieut.. Brown
| ing, Of the I'd Massac husetts. Col DOnnelly, OF
| the 45th Pennsylvania, was, we fear, MORALLY
| wounded. Col. Creighton and Adjutant Molly
neau, of the 9TH Ohio, are also very badly wound
/ ed. Capt RObt. w. Clarke, of the LIST District
| regiment received a wound In the foot.
General Augur received Minnie ball in his
| back AZ he was In front Of his division turning
IN his saddle to cheer It on. General 6eary is
AaA "a hat h. IkalxF
| IL, and General Prince 10 slightly wounded.
On Saturday evening, as General Augur was
being carried past US back to the hospita, II was
| thought bis wound was mortal, but on surgical
examination 10 was found 20 be severe but not
| dangerous wound, we rejoice to be able to say.
At 6p. m. yesterday, 80 OF our wounded had
! reached Culpeper Court House, by ambulance.
Every church and other suitable building IN the
village including private houses, was filled with
/ them. The citizens, male and female, CHOSE OF
secession proclivities even, throwing them aside
| for the time beingO were very generally vieing
| with each other In rendering them every accom-.
mediation and assistance In their power, not
withdrawing the fact that they had been for the
previous two weeks most sadly abused by sirsg
CLING and uncomfortable Union soldiers and camp
followers; and that too, while with the excep-
| tion Of a single female) they had conducted
themselves with remarkable pToprietY towards
our army.
l Both sides made some hundreds Of prisoners In
the course OF the engagement, and It was from
prisoners that II 10 made certain that the bel lOss
IL equal to ours, II not greater.
We estimate our killed and wounded at ], $50,
after striving TO inform oursef correctly pos
slble on the subject.
At six p. m as before remarked, $50 had been
A., ~
then at least 2OO remaining In the two or three
houses In the rear Of the field occupied as hos
pitfalls.
Yesterday morning, on the reformation OF the
lines OF Banks corps In the rear OF the reinforce
ments that had come up, al explained above, II
was found that his loss had been by no means as
great "a was thought at daI on the previous day
Both armies rested Saturday night upen their
arms, In the positions In which the close OF tie
battle found themi Generals Pope, Mcdowell and
their stats being dnremittingly engaged until
daybreak In getting theirs into the positions for
the expected conflict OF yesterday, assigned to
them.
At dsybreak yesterday morning the sharp
shooters Of the enemy were found precisely
whers their front was at the close OF Saturdays
battle, and skiTmishing with ours Immediately
commenced. Their forces had, however, dissp-
peared froLl sight At sunrise q rebel brigade
supported by artillery, emerged from the woods |
In tie front, and just they got into line Of |
battle General Milroy opened on them with his |
battery of Wizard guns, which seemed to sweep
OF an entire company or two, the rest instantly /
taking to their heels for the cover OF the woods.
Shortly afterwards Gen. Bayard, who continued /
a. before in the extreme front scouting to the /
right and Left with his cavalry, reported them /
alE g,k 10Th . a
aiming TO flank us on both sides. Gen. Pope
Immediately dispatched Towers division of \
McDowells corps to follow, watch and confront
them on the right and division OF Sigel's corps
d'armee (whose we did not lesrn) 70 do the same
for those moving on left. Gen. Bayard, with two
regiments OF his cavalry brigade from New Jer.
sey and Pennsylvania, were thrown In advance
Of Tower, and the gallant and efficient Col
Dufe (of Bayard's command) with his own
Rhode Island aad the First Maine Cavalry, Were
thrown In the advance Of our division OF oLser.
walton the left L