Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-09-18
Sl(OND EDITION,
= O'CLOCK P. NJ.
LATEST FROM THE FRONT.

The editor of the Star left Culpeper Court.
House at 1850 q. m. yesterday. On Saturday
morning last, as has been published, the Union
cavalry crossed the Rappahannock at Sulphur
Springs, Rappahannock Station and Kelly's
Ford, converging between Brandy Station and
Cuipeper Court House; the first stand made by
the rebel cavalry and artillery being at the
former point. From thence to the Court. House
the purifying carcasses of killed horses tell Of
the engagement along the railroad.
AT the Culpeper place of w. d. Wallach.
where the Union light artillery took position,
the engagement became warm. The rebels
shelled the house to drive our cavalry out be-
yond the protection of the various buildings
there; while the Unionists shelled the town, in
the edge of which, hear the former military
academy, the rebels had three guns in position.
The portion of the family Of Mr. WaIlach then
remaining in Culpeper were forced to take
refuge in the cellar, into which one shell came,
which fortunately did not explode; and thus
the eight females and children, near whom it
struck, providentialiy escaped unframed
This is the fourth engagement that has taken
place, in part, on Mr.. Wallach's farm since the
beginning of the war. BY skillful movement,
Gen. Custer thanked the rebel artillery on their
left ard charged gallantly down upon them,
capturing the three pieces and about Il hundred
prisoners, including two or three officers.
Their cavalry then fled rapidly for the Rapi-
dan nver. On their way some of them occu-
pied the residence of Mr.. Curtis, and fired
rifles from the upper windows; which made it
necessary to shell the house. res Itinc in the
death of Mr.. Curtis, his wife and one daughter.
another female of the family being wounded.
Skirmishing continued the Rapidan on
Monday and Tuesday, between our cavalry
and the rebel cavalry, artillery and infantry.
On Wednesday morning the rebels recrossed
the Rapidan, showing force Of about two di-
visions. Our cavalry fell back few miles,
until infantry of the LIST Army Corps General
Warrens) came up, when they retreated over
the river again, pursued by our forces. In the
affair Of that day both sides lost perhaps fifty
in killed and wounded.
On Wednesday night the Union line extend.
ed from Stevensburg through Culpeper Court
House to the Stone Mountain House, four
miles north of the Court House Yesterday
morning this line was changed, the army hay-
ing advanced to closer proximity to the Ra
pidan river, where the rebel corps OF A. p.
Hill and Ewell are believed to be now strongly
fortified. The probability OF a serious engage
ment last evening or to-day was strong yester-
day morning.
The Army Of the Potomac never was before
in as fine condition as 1t is at this moment-so
healthy, so clearly, so well supplied, and with
so much elan. 1t is worth to-day in hard
fight twice much as it ever was before the
battle Of Gettysburg.
Napoleon lst never had more effective CORPS
than Sykes 5th, w arren's I'd, and the Sd corps
(th name of whose commander the writer
dos not remember), all of which filed of to
thsfront under the eye of the narrator
is fairly presumable, if three corps of our
glcious army of the Potomac are thus SO much
improved, that the rest of it are not behind
then.
throughout all their appurtenances and in
ther appearance generally volumes are spo-
Ike, telling of the efficiency of the manage
mat OF such affairs. appertaining to them as
ar'incidental to the duties of the War Depart.
mot here, and the Sanitary Commission