Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-09-05
Il Rebel Cavalry Force BADLY
Whipped in TenneSSee---lIO Of
their Dead left Oh the Field.
WASHINGTON Sent

WASHINGTON, Sept 3.
Gems. Kearney and Stevens were killed ir
a severe engagement which took place last
evening, near Chantinelly, north of Fairfax
Court House, between a portion of General
Pope's army and Jackson's army.
Our loss was heavy, but the enemy was
driven back mile, and we occupied the field
Of battle until 8 o'clock this afternoon
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 9.
Gov. Curtin, to meet a requisition from the
President, has issued orders for the formation
of three cavalry regiments within twenty days
advance pay and bounty to be paid
Three friends of Charles Ingersoll engaged
Birgfield's band for serenade, last night, but
kept the band in the dark as to the object
After playing few tunes they were taken to
the resid~ ..ces of Judge Cadwallader, Peter
Mccall and Judge Wharton The managers OF
the affair wanted Dixie and the Marseilles
played, but the band refused and played Ma
tonal airs instead. The originators of the
serenade are unknown.
| Three immense ritled cannon have already
been !o.Ind in the hold of the prize steamer
Bermuda. Other cases not yet opened are
supposed to contain small cannon or rifles.
Four city regiments left yesterday for Wash
ton.
Our army has advanced two miles towards
the late battle field.
The killed are being buried and the wound
ed removed, under a flag of truce About
800 have thus far been removed from the va
rious fields of battle.
BY direction of the President, all the clerks
and employees in the public buildings in
Washington will be organized into companies
under the direction of Brig Gen Wadsworth,
and will be armed and supplied with ammu-
milton for the defense of the Capitol.
The q. S. steamer Hatteras, captured, while
trying to run the blockade of Berwick Bay,
the rebel schooner Josephine with 322 bales
cotton, bound for Havana. The u S. steamer
Bienville captured on the Dist, near Charles
ton, the schooner Eliza, with 500 sacks salt
and cases of arms, the mate admitting it
was intended to run the blockade The u S.
steamer Stars and Stripes captured on the
9th ult., near Wilmington, the schooner
Elizabeth, from Nassau, loaded with salt and
fruit for Philadelphia.
Tribune's Correspondence.
There is little or no doubt there was heavy
siirmishing last night. This mornings re-
ports are not yet received.
The 18th Massachusetts, went into the fight
with 240 men, $50 of whom were killed and
wounded.
The 10Th New York went in with 354 men
and officers, and came out with JOG men and
nine officers. The other regiments of this
Brigade are in the same proportion
Butterfeld's Brigade had marched twenty
one days without change Of clothes, and went
into the fight in this fatigued condition.
A Tribune correspondent who went over
the battle field on Sunday, says our dead lay
untouched as they fell, with the exception of
their caps and shoes He did not see sin
gle instance among the whole dead where the
shoes had not been riAed. Many of the reb-
els were barctooted.
The rebel dead and wounded had all been
disposed of, and not a single vcstige of sick,
killed or wounded remained on the field
Even the struggling soldiers did not know
where they had been taken to. They were
evidently buried secretly in the night by ne
groes, for occasionally in deep ravine came
across mounds, sometimes ten or fifteen feet
square, where their victims had been secreted
from the gaze of their own men.
On Monday intelligence was received at
head quarters that the divisions of Hall and
Longstreet intended to appear on our right
in force and cut off our supply train. To
prevent this contamination, the division of
Gen. Reno was despatched by Pope to Fair
fax Court House. 1t was also deemed pru-
dent to commence the evacuation of Center
vile to cover our base of operations, as Gen
erals Hall and Longstreet were known to be
in force some distance towards Washington
from the battle field of Saturday, and a re-
connoisance to the front had revealed an an
ticipated movement in the same direction by
the enemy.
The army of Virginia commenced retreat.
ing towards Fairfax Court House on Monday
at o'clock, Reno's division leading and Nc
Dowell's corps Glowing
| As RenO'S division was pursuing its march
and when within one and a half miles of Fair
fax Court House, heavy volley from force
of rifemen came upon them from the woods
to the right of the road This occurred a
4 o'clock in the afternoon. The rebel fore,
was detachment from Gen. Halls division
commanded by Gen. Short.
The volley was received entirely by Ste
ven's brigade, composed of the 2Sth Massa
chusetts, 9th Michigan, 50th Pennsylvania
1O5th Pennsylvania and 46th New York.
Reno and Stevens Immediately formed thei
commands in line of battle to repel the at
tack.
Gen. Stevens rode up and down his line
calamity rallying his men, intimidated by re
peated volleys from an unseen enemy. Tn
able to cope with them in the position the,
then he'd, Gen. Stevens ordered his men t
fix bayonets, and charge them out of tn
woods. This order was calamity responde
to by his men, who pressed the enemy an
drove them before them with great slaughter
= While thus chatging, Gen. Stevens wa
killed, but not until the enemy had bee
routed.
Capt. Stevens, the son of the General, wa
,. also wounded in the hand.
Gen. Kearney's batteries now opened o
the rebel forces, causing great havoc anon
them.
Skirmishing was kept up for three hours
i when the rebels retreated and the train pas
ed on. The enemy's loss was heavy.
). PHILADELPHIA, Sept g.
The Enquirer of this city makes the follow
70 ing statement:
!. Baton Rouge has been completely destroys
by our troops. Breckenridge had demande
its surrender. He had large army with hir
Falls Church has been evacuated by Of