Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-04-23
PA. WEDNESDAY,, APRIL. 23 1862.

much TO their modification and Giscomfor-
ture, were compelled to fall back in disorder
upon their reserve. Here they took up
new position for final stand, aud made AZ
attempt for few minutes to retrieve the
fortunes of the day; but again rained 6ewn
upon the same close and destructive fire.
Again cheer upon cheer rang in their ears.
\ few minutes only did they stand UP
against it, when they turned dislnayed and
tlo'i in disorder, leaving us in possession of
the field, the killed and wounded. three
hundred prisoners, two guns, four caissons
ana thousand stand Of small arms. Night
alone saved him from total destruction. The
enemy retreated above FIVE miles, and, Iudg-
ing from his camp fires, took up 4 nsw po~
siticn Gor the night. Our troops, Yearied
and exhausted with the fatigues Of the day,
threw themselves down on tie field u rest.
Though the battle had been won, still l
could not have believed that jackson would
have hazarGed decisive engagement at
such a distance from the main body without
expecting reinforcements- So. to be prepa>
red fox such q contingency, sci tie work
during :he night to bring together all the
troops within my reach. sent an express
after Williams division, requesting :Le rear
brigade, ab0ut twenty miles distant. -
march al night AMI reach me ia the morn
! ing. | swept the P"stS and route Ia my
rear Of almost all their guards. hurrying
them forward by forced marches t. t. with
me st daylight. ! gave positive elders also
/ 10 the forces IL the field g. open FIRE On tie
enemy Is soon Is tLr high; Of Gay would erl-
able them to point their guns, an3 = pursue
him without respite and compel him to ahan
/ don h;H guns and baggage OF cut him t.
pisces. These orders were implicitly obeyed
| as IA. as possible 1t now appears that
had rightly divine3 the intentions Il cur
crafty antagulli-r. on the morning Of the
! 23d, reinforcement from Luay of 5000
reached Front Royal, or their way to Join
! Jackson THIS reinforcement was being fyl-
lowed by another body @: 10 600 from Sper-
! ryville; bu:, recent rains having reIlGere,!
the Shenandoah river impossible, tLey found
tfcmselves compelled TO fall back without
being able to effect the proposed junction.
/ At daylight on the morning Of the 2ith, our
artillery again opened ou tie enemy. He
entered upon his retreat iu very good order.
considering what lie hal suffered General
| Banks, hearing of our engagement ou his
way to Washington, halted at Harper Fer
| ", and with remarkable promptitude AMI
sagacity ordered back Williams whole ,iivi-
sion, 80 that my express found the rear hri-
| gade already ei route to Join US. The Gen.
eral himself returned here forthwith. anl.
after making me hasty visit, assumed com
mand OF the forces in pursuit of the enemy.
The pursuit was kept MP with vigor, energy
and activity until they reached WooodStock,
where the enemy's retreat became flight.
and the pursuit was abandoned because Of
the utter exhaustion of our troops
The killed and wounded in this engage
ment cannot even yet be accurately ascer
tained. Indeed. my command has been -
ovcrworked, that il has had on; li;tle time
TO ascertain anything. The killed. as rgpor.
ted. are o-e hundred and three, and among
them we have to depiore the loss Of thl
brave Colonel Murray of the Eighty-fcurtl
Pennsylvania Volunteers. who fell IL tie
head Of his regiment while CALAMITY leading
it In the face of the enemy. The woundes
are four hundred AMI forty-one, many oi
them slightly, and the missing at twenty
four. The enemy's loss Is more difficult [,
) ascertain than our own. Two hundred anl
seventy We're found dead or the battle field
Forty were buried by the inhabitants uf Ia,
adjacent village, and. hy Z calculation made
, by the number Of graves found on both side
of the valley road between here and Stras
burg. their loSs in killed must have beel
: 500. and in wounded 1000. The proportion
? between the killed and wounded Of the enc
my shows the Closeness and terrible deStruc
, tivcness Of our fire-ne2riy half lie wound
! being fatal. The enemy admit loss Of be
. tween 1000 and 1900 killed and wounded
: Our force in infantry, cavalry and artil,er
did not exceed 1000. That of the enem
/, must have exceeded 1000. jackson. wh
f commanded ON the field. had, in addition I
I his own stone wall brigade, Smiths, Gar
1 nets's and Longstreet's brigades. General
I Smith and Garnett were here in persoT
: The following regiments were known to hav
j been present, and from each Of them We
c made prisoners on the feld:-The Second
= Fourth, Fifth, Tverty-frst. Twenty-thirC
e Twenty seventh. Twenty eighth. Thirty
: third, Thirty-seven,h and FcItv-sccord Vii