New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-03

suit Of the enemy, whsle infnn'ry rurhed upon bin,
with great rapidty. He received them IN TWO dif.
ferert positions, a. short rarge with a shower OF
o0Iis ed them twice 10 fall back. and then
followed our coiiun urmolesLed. lis conduct can
rot lie praised too lieby.
Wh,n ascending the I'LL ycu indicated to me as
rsly ing point, We fourd That the iroora who after
the first Iepulse Lad formed immediately behind NJ,
had ..isappeared; that the whole lett wing OF our
Jog heavy masses Of infantry offer TIL rcreating
columns toward our second position. Tie enemy @
artillery was commanding almost the whole battle.
field. Behind the Ridge where was TO form again,
and which was the natural position OF the general
reserve, expected TO fiud eli intact reserve Of sew
era bIigades ready 90 pounce uron the enemy as he
WIS attempting 10 ascend the slope of TIE range Of
hills we were then occupying, but nothing OF the
!. al seemed to be there. found Mal.-Gen.
Mcdowell with his stal, and around hun troola OF
several different corps, and OF all arms IN iuii re-
treat sueccedod 10 udu,iug tie Captain Of a bat.
tsry the name Of which 10 not know, 10 place bis
p eces upon tie crest Of tic HILL and TO reeume tho
contest with tie euemys batteries Immediately op-
Iosiie us. My attempts 10 form conf act bodies OUT
Of struggling soldiers met with very sma success.
1t was nearly O'Clock when you ordered me to
send a brigade to tie support OF Gen. MToy who
vas on cur left, below the farmhouse used as
hospital, which two days before bad been your
Headquarters brought forward Col. Schimmelien-
uig's brigade winch advance IN excellent order, but
nd not find Gen. Milroy, whose con mand had gone
further 10 tie lolt and rear, COL Sbmmefenoig,
however went forward, ava finding Gems sykes
end Reno near the place which had been indicated
to hin, formed on the rjeh, Of Gen. Sykes, ready to
take part in tie ac,ioa Whenever it should become
advisable. THE IigaGes o. Co.'s. krzyzanow ali and
Kolies Lad suffered severely that deemed 1t best
20 send them to tie rear IN reserye on'y the 5iih
New-lork kept with mt 10 cover Dill gers battery,
which was placed on The lights Immediately CON-
nandi the Warrenton road, and protecting tho
bril- % aoross Young'e Branch.
We lad teen under a continual shower OF shot
sind she'll unt it grew dark. when the infantry ire
OF our len as we'll az tlealillsTy fire of the eueny.
suddenly ceased, only nov aud lien proJecliIe
iroquing among ne. The ii glt on orr left had evil
DENLY come TO stand. l. ia probable that the force
Of TIE eueny, when arriving at the loot OF me
.Lts we were occupying, We're 20 exhausted mat
yigorous Cht i've attack on our front would have
hid m evc6llaut chance of succesr. Non remember,
General that this uetter was earnestly discussed
nmcug rs on tie bait o-iela. Bn Ger. pcpo's ordor
10 r,iieai, and the fact tha, the main body OF our
amy was already on its way TO CenireyiIic, put M
end % this question.
About O'clock Won ordered IRE 10 withdraw Gel.
:, lmmt lcnnig's brigade, and to Isarch with ny
whole command &c ouDgs Branch, two pieces
Il Capt. Dilgers battery and oae Of my regiments
forming the Tcar-guard Of the corrs. For ,iE Office
the 6lst Ohio was selected, regiment which thrOugl-
commsrdable spirit. According 10 your order,
passtd the bridge across lOungs Branch about
clock, rnd took position with your whole corps on
tie hill. ground between ionngs Branch tud Bull
Run. Col. Sc'iumel.enuis furnished from his COM
mand the necessary guards and ouipo,is along
Youngs Branch ard IL The direction O. The Bull Kun
ford.
there VIC reniainsd over two hours and after nil
other troops had passcd Ball Kun and tic road wac
clear of wagons Tor several miles You ordered Your
COTS 20 resire iis march toward tenifev lie. We
croi sed the stone bricge between III and IL O'Clock.
You ordered 70 take iosiion On tho let OF Toe
road, front toward the creek While Gen. Siahi did
the saue tie right, throwing out our ouip"sts on
The Other side of tie creek md placing Capt. Dill
GERS two piee 20 as 20 cOmnnndthc bridge. Some
lime aiisryard one II Gen. McDowelis ciicrrs In-
formed you that We were threatened ~ tie enemy
in our rear. About o'clock "a. N. you ordered your
corps 10 rcsnme ito march. Ny frat brigade, under
Col. Schimmelfennig, was 20 form tie resr-guGrd,
end wa instructed TO destroy the bridge. Col
Kane OF the Penn lvsnia Bgekta Rifles reported
iiInsef to you with battalion OF lis men AID sev-
ornl pieces Of artillery which be bad he'd up On
tic road. The bridge was destroyed come timc sfter
l:3O, and 1 marched toward CeItfoyile, taking
with Col. Kaue's Iromiscuous ieces OF artillery
behind the frfi regiment of Col. SCI inmelfennigs
brigade.
/ rcjoined yon About c'cl.ck n m. two miles
from Cenireyille, where we hvouaesed until 5.
About We arrived at Centroyille, md in the eoure
Of tie day position VIA assigned 20 ~ DNiso IN
the intrenchmebts.
NV los In ibe battles OF the 18th and a0tb ne will
appear from the rsimental reports, was extremely
LeAvy, exceeding ~ per cent Of ny whole Effective
force Beside tie brave and noble Col Koltes,
have TO depors the death OF great many able and
gallant officers. The number II missing Was very
small In proportion to the Killed and wounded.
Comparatively fow Of them have siuee tjoned their
regiments and tie information have received leads
ME 10 believe that IA majority either remained dead
on the battlefield or fell wounded into tie hands ct
the enemy.
The commanders Of my brigadcs aud the officers
Of ny staff staff behaved on al occasions, uuder the
most trying circumstances, with thtir accustomed
gallanlry. As to the reGimental officers snd pr-
Yates who distinguished ,hemscyer, as well as an
exact list of tie Killed and wounded, beg leave to
refer yon the documents ing tlis report
.sn, General mot truly yours,
CARL sCHUliZ. Bns adier.Gsnsrs Cons "a Div.