The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-10-15

Y Tateresting Partieulars-Movem o
ri Lees Army-.Bravery OF hnpntnckl
Cavalry..Four Hundred Confederate
70 Captursd, DC. ae5
gI From Yesterdays Washington Star
q The following particulars are obtained
from parties from the front:
s On Saturday the rebel Geo. Stuart cross
n ed Robertson river and captured nearly
$ the whole of the lO6th New York, who
e were doing picket duty, but the 5th Michi.
o gan cavalry made charge and recaptured
: most of the prisoners. Soon after A. Z.
! Hills corps passed our right flank, and we
t fell back to James City and held the rebels
s in check with artillery.
Il on Sunday morning our whole reconnoi-
| tering force commenced falling back to.
wards Culpepper, our rear being covered by
= artillery. Gen. Bufords cavalry fell back,
as ithappened, faster than Fitzpatrick, who
brought up the rear, so that the latter was
z cut off by Stuart getting in his front and
, on his right and left hanks. A charge was
| ordered and Gen. Chsster's brigade gallant
ly drove the enemy into thicket Of woods,
| from which they however recharged in lar
ger numbers, and our cavalry then made q
grand charge in their front and TANKS, cut
ting their way through and joined Butord
! Our artillery was brought into play du-
ring the day in covering cur rear, and with
terrible effect. In one instance the rebels
charged upon one battery, On, I'd Artillery
| when the cannonecfs mounted their horses,
repulsed the charge, and returned to their
guns, and gave the retreating rebs canister,
killing and wounding many of them. In
this combat our cavalry performed the un-
precedented feat of making successful
charges simultaneously in three directions.
General Fitzpatrick led the charges with
reckless gallantry, cutting his way through
several platoons of infantry drawn up in the
rear, in the midst of fire from artillery on
each flank
On Saturday our loss was but slight, but
Yesterday, in killed, wounded and missing,
Gen. Fitzpatrick lost abont $50 men. Cap
tain Dodge, Acting Major 9Th Michigan,
WAS killed Capt. Oliphant, of the same
regiment, was wounded; Capt Hastings, of
the same regiment is missing and supposed
prisoner; Capt. G. NJ. Datcher, aid to
Gen. Fitzpatrick, was slightly wounded; Ma
jor Pauldi, of lst Michigan, and Lieut.. Col
Sawyer, Of lst Vermont, are also slightly
wounded.
Yesterday, about 400 prisoners, mostly off
Gen. Fitz Lees division, were brought IN to
headquarters.
At 5 o'clock yesterday, there was consid
erable skirmishing going on between the
opposing cavalry and artillery, but il was
thought that the enemy would fall back
during the night.
o1o 1oly 30 Il N 1rI Nm
from Rappahannock Station, bringing about
80 wounded, mostly of the 5th Michigan
Cavalry.
The reports ahoat that Meade was COM
PEELED to destroy large amount of commits
sary stores on Saturday, to prevent them
from falling into the hands Of the enemy
are untrue. Soldiers, when about to leave
camping ground, will invariably make
bonfire of all the camp rubbish; and thus
it was that on Saturday night the camping
ground of the army to be vacated present
ed numerous fires, giving the idea of a very
extensive conhagration; but, as already
and so bales of hay will doubtless cover
the extent of our losses.
The idea held out by sensation reports
afoat in town to the effect that Meade is
retreating precipitately to Washington un-
der pressure of Lee, following with al I'm
mense army, is absurdly erroneous, as those
who know are aware how deliberately Gen.
Meade is changing his front to guard against
any possible surprise from Lee should he
attempt flank movement Late reports
from Richmond show that the idea is enter
tanned there that Meade's army has been
depleted to the extent of four army corps
for the reinforcement of Rosecrans, and it
may be that Lee is maneuvreing to ascer-
tain if our army is really as weak as report
ed. If he Is acting upon any supposition OF
the sort he may encounter a dlsagreeable
surprise and find that the army of the Pc
tomac is quite as effective as when it stag
gered him at Gettysburg.
The suppositlon is that Lee designed mo:
wing force through Thoroughfare Gap, and
rumor has it that the enemy has already
appeared there, but in this case rumor must
be considerably ahead of the fact, and In
any event Meade has the shortest line OF
march to Manassas, and can readily post
himself so as to confront Lee wherever he
I NAV make his appearance, if indeed the lat
ter is not already taking the back track,
fuding his plans defeated.
The following is the substance Of iDfor-
nation brought Eere by correspondents OF
the Northern press;
Gen. Meade's army has fallen back to-
this side of the Rappahannock, followed
by Lees army, which is in great force about
half mile from the southern bank of that
river.
The enemy made feint OF moving up the
valley on the southern bank Of the Robert
son river; and our cavalry under Buford
crossed at Germania Ford, and took posses
sion Of the earthworks abandoned by them.
When our force was all across the enemy
came against Buford in great force, drove
him across the river, without time 10 de-
stroy the crossing and pursued him to
Rappahannock Station.
K;lpatrick with force of cavalry and ar