Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-08-22

isht They claim their combined ic,cr 70 be IRON Fly
40 sixty thousand strong.
popes order to Gen hhs to Join him with his division
delayed twenyfou houta lie however started bis
advance nom tho Vicinity Of Fredercksburgh s4 o'clock
| NJ, 81 Saturday. At O'Clock Yesterday morning had
reached Elk Rudfdrd he Il doubtless up with tho
main army by this hour. From our own know,dge OF
the situation, we feel sure that the reception " this i'm
porant addition 70 his fine army has already been taken
advantage Of by Major General Pope and that he again
in motion towards Onrdnnsvilic His men all believe
him irresistible and feel certain that signal victory will
attend his movements At their head, on All previous
occasions when at the head Of his Western army. D..
we lost single piece NJ artillery one gi besl - ~
upset IN ditch, and It could not be rghted by those
| in charge of IL, abandoned
We regret inability to call public attention 70 the
services " MI The gallant Union oircre and men indi
vdualy engaged IN this important battle One and all
performed their whole duty most satisfactorily We may
however mention hat Cen Banks was aided most aH
nay throughout the engagement by Btigadier General
Roberts, General Popes chief of cav,ry, assigned "a
| him as his adviser upon the field. lie every
where by turns, assisting in arranging and supetntend
ing the movements Of the troops, and encouraging them
TO the manifestation Of the remarkable tone they present.
cd throughout the entire battle
The following incidents are narrated by Of
hcers here as having transpired during the
battle of Saturday;
On the afternoon NJ Saturday the 9Th Ohio, Col J.
Patrick, was ordered to charge bayonets regiment
OF Confederaies stationed beyond the basou in corr
The 6th boys the heroes of winchester .nd Port Re
public, knew no such word fail but charged madly
down through the ravinc where the 18Th Regiment Reg
uars lay on their to escape the fire Of the Conede-
rates The Regulars could disobey orders by rising
up The 9th boys could diEobey orders by stopping
40 down through the rayine The Regulars and up
through the fields the heroes Of the Port Re
public.
The rebels we're dismayed at this maneauyer and ske-
daddled ia advance Of the charging Ohioans.
Anef firing had ceased for time Saturday eve
ming, the Yankees reopened the ball sending few
random shots into the rebel camp The rebels didn'
waste their balls on an uncrrtanty aud accord.
uf
This went we'll en0ugh. t after few rounds cannon
exploded, carrying death and destruction f0t radius Of
The Oonfedemtes suddenly ceased firing. aud
laid quietly the rest Of evening
The New York Heraids correspondent, who
dates his letter at Cedar Creek, August s.,
gives the following account Of visit to the
scene of the bloody strife on Monday last:
APPEARANCE or rHE BArrLB rfBLD.
In company with Division Surgeon Ball. Of General
Morgan brigade, rode down the road toward Saugh
tcrs Mountain, passing upward " a score Of battery
horses slain in the traces by the splendid firing Of ad
vance pieces ON Saturday midnight The noble animals,
whom thunder could jar iron rain intmidate lay
close beside each other the already making havoc
In the desh their limbs stieued and their ghasty hoof
extended Here was spllntcred Wheel with blood and
hair upon the spokes and stain, like rvulet extend
ing little way down the clay. Beyond came upon
the usual indications Of retreat ckets, bayones,
fridge boxes and knapsa KS thrown here and there
fusedy, tfampled and bloody These traces grew
more numerous until crossed Cedar creek where the
stencil ofdecaying flesh aud horses was plainly per
cepublo. The ground uampcd a. II by the des.
perae feet Of combaants and off To the left in the ruin
ed corhed saw party ofgravc engaged in their solemn
but hAsy task Of shutting away the face Of glory The
hrst Unmarried corpse STATED from shelter Of an
OAK tree but the resemblance tn had been well nigh
oblitera,cd The arms were thrown cnchedy back the
chin raised with the tcndons and hrews Of the throat
bare and black The eyes had buged through their
apertuIcs in the hesh dis ended the size Of eggs and
the hair lay long tangled and mauored with blood
forehead Of blue aud yellow by exposure and Fastening
corruption. What murc may have been remated il Is
useless To say, save that Imagination Of death was
half so terrible II such feelings were cngendercd BY the
glimpse Of single body what shall describe the horrible
picture OF the dead grouped, nay, hoaped, upon each
other and whitening under fiery sun They lay by the
margin Of the tributary nvult half hidden in the stalks
Of cofk-one with an arm drawn the eye, another
with arms hxedy folded upon the chest other sitting
69lt upright as If resurrected and about to speak
There was speculation in the eyes that they did glare
"thali me grave seemed to have been opened that
might see, and after glory the had hold
high reycl upon the good the gallant and the gifted
few officers noted, but the tinse shoulder straps
rusty aud dscootcd and they looked like common
clay noticed one stalwArt fellow who had fallen with
his musket tightly Clipped his side II he had fallen
at shoulder arms some seemed 70 have died irresoue
~ and the terror had perifed in their but the
predominant expression one Of wrath, caused, per
haps, by the loss Of tried oomrade who had fallen
previously. few looked placid though their features
were distorted, and all were swollen that they COM
pared in size with the dead horses adjacent.
The bodies Of these lifted by their comrades and de-
posted IN trenches without coffin headsione Occa-
sohalIy the practical sexton discovers old friend
honors him with special grave, and quietly makes
note Of his resting place Tor future exgenoy All OF
s as saw n g @ sse ben h pqn sonuS
think that we may have had a HUNDRED and any dead
found them grouped In the edges of all the woods
one twenty together Several appeared 10 be
Killed by fragments Of shells. and mans head was
missing. In curious juXtaposiuon these ghasty OBJ
jects old-iasoned pillow that had been struck
by solid shot and broken in half War had lcyeed the
earliest and lost indication Of industry BY the kindness
OF the rebel cavalry General Stewart, allowed
ride with Lieutenant Johnston the rebel lines ard
examine the enemy dead.
As most Of those lad been buried could tell with
certainty the rebel loss but 1t could scarcely have been
less than ours. Eight North CNrolinians lay in row
by fragment Of fencesout, salwart rustcs in home.
spun clothes, who had perhaps been dragged conscpts
from their homes to perish in an unholy cause
o we rode into piece Of woods not half mile from
SaughteTs Mountain, and behold the spot VIII Union
and rebel had tuggcd and tustled face face parryng
and shrusung with cold steel Some Of the rebels seem
ed to have edged over to our lines and fell among
men while some Of the Unonists were quite turned
around and lay in bcvy Of their enemies The rebels
claim TO have blown up several cassons left behind
Saturday evening" and To have picked up two
thousand arms, with upward of sixty horses | saw
what had been previously undiscovered about hfy
kets stocked against piece OF scrub timber, and within
WOUNDED on TmE FIELD.
A grea, number Of our wounded were cartd from the
field by arnbuances They had lain two days upon the
site of their ti and nearly furnished aud persisted
We took in perhaps foaT hundred Monday, between
nine o'clock and dark. The enemy had chanttbly re
leyed the necessities NJ few but their pr,y.nns helm,
limited they obliged desert somc Of the most
helpless Many men merely had broken limbs upon
which they could stand. Several cases Of amputa
ton were undergone the field and by two o clock no
wounded men remained between our line and the sne-
mys
iNcinHNrs CLEANED PROM VARIOUS SOURCES
General Geays wound will probably cause the loss Of
his arm He rode back into the fight bloody and full OF
pain aud commanded his regiments with the utmost *
actness
II is reported that when Gen Augur was wounded he
sent fir General Prince Senior Brigadier 10 take
command Of the divisions that Prince Immediately rode
towards the SPOT where he supposed Augur was. but
found me troops at the point firing upon our forces
lie began TO demonstrate with them fof such uondect
~hen they charged upon and siezed him They proved TO
be rebel troops and captured him
When the fight commenced we sent a shell directly
through the roof Of Mrs. Crtiendens house when most
ofthe family decampcd. Miss Crit onden said 10 he
eomey and fair to look upon, refused however To absent
hetssL ana insisted upon remaining with the wounded
rebels, who were rapidly being carried to the house
Directly shell came hurting down through the roof and
floors into the very apartment where the Young lady was
pouring IN oil AID wine. II did not burst however and
she remained To the end, doing good.
The color bearers N the 9Th Connecticut suffered terri
bly,, Every man who raised them was shot. First coli
or bearer Hewson killed. Then Sergeant Maier w
smith raised them, aud shot in leg but escaped
Capt Corls succeeded hni, and killed Tho state
and regime nta Tags shattered and torn 10 shres were
brought safely OF by the brave men who were sworn 10
defend them
THE TRUE SPIRIr.-Among the volun-
teers from this city who signed the roll on
Saturday was a young husband and father