Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-10-28
In ALL,

Gen. Kirkland himself was wounded in the arm,
but is on the field again this morning. In Cooks
brigade, the Division Surgeon told me he thought
one hundred would cover the wounded These were
the two brigades which were engaged with the ene-
my's force, consisting as some say, OF whole Yam
kee corps, but, as others affirm, of only line Of
skirmisAers. Gen. Cook was wounded in the left
leg 1t is quite serious. His leg is we'll nigh
crushed His surgeon informed me that he had ia
ken hand full o: bone out Of the wound In reply
to an enquiry which put as to whether he thought
the general would lose his leg, he said he thought
itPr0blematicaL Lieutenant Colonsl Martin, Of the
18th North Carolina was badly wounded his arm
being broken and being struck in the head besides.
Captain John Montgomery Of the 44th, Nirklands)
was killed.
1t is certainly little singular, and fact calling
for explanation, that pursuing army should have
its artillery captured by its retrcating adversary
1t must have resulted from gross mismanagenent
somewhere But as at present advised, [ am not
prepared to fix the blame. General Cook, who com.
manded the two brigades says. as am informed,
that his men fought well, but that they were not
properly supported, the supports being more than
mile in rear, and, further that his men had to
move upon the enemy in a line running somewhat
at right angles with the enemy, so that he had to
encounter, at the same time, superior force in
'front.' and on his flank, or rather in his This
may may not be the explanation; cannot say.
l made efforts to find Gen. G. but unable &c do
So passed over the field to-day; it is immediate
ly at the railway station. The ground on side,
and over which we charged at the Yankees is an
open field skirted at its farther edge by pine forest
As soon as our men emerged from this forest they
were exposed to the rakng fire from the. enemy's
batteries, which were situated on crest just below
the railroad station This crest was the highest
elevation in the neighborhood. The open field of
which have spoken terminates in high bank on
the upper side of the railroad and 1t was behind
this that the enemy were concealed and from which
they poured their murderous fire upon our men,
and one that succeeded in completely driving them
back No further effort was made yesterday evening
to disodge them This morning tho Yankee bird had
flown.
1t is certainly true that Meade has managed his
retreat orderly and that he has saved his stores
and lost but few men. Though think it equally
true that the Yankee army is considerably scared.
And it is fact that Berney did not sleep wink
Tuesday night while encamped at Greenwich, IN
Prince William county, but paced the floor of the
house. in which his headquarters were, almostinces
sanity repeatedly consulting his watch and sending
couriers to the pckets to know if they saw any
rebels.
There has been heavy firing all day day, and
even into night, some distance below; but Mt this
writing have not learned the nature of it, though
it is supposed to be an engagement between some
portion Of our cavalry and the enemy.
Our boys have been sadly disappointed in their
expectations of captures, and from more than Of
them you can hear such an expression as this: II
Jackson had been along we would have gotten eve
rything we wanted. Alas! we have no Jackson
now Our boys however, make the Yankees whom
they capture pull off their shoes, which they at once
convert to their own USE"