Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-10-26
From Gen. Lees Army.

per, ~ from. DriStOc CtatlO2, under
date of the 18th instant. This letter
gives a hiehly interesting account Of tie
late rur nit Of Meadessarmy by the Ar
my Of NHthern Virginia, and mentions
i. number Of casualties among our Off
GERS not heretofore published. There is
a considerable discrepancy between the
statement given by this writer Of our
loss in the fight at Bristoe Station and
that furnished by the telegraph Fur
thcr information may rectfy it. We do
not believe that Cookies and Kirkland's
briga les acted badly, as intimated. But
we give The letter IS we find it in the En-.
Army NORTHERN VIRGINIA., /
Bristow Station, Va, Oct IS, 1853.
I wrote you last from W~arrenton, near
which place both Hill and Ewcll bivouack.
Cd on Tuesday night. Stuart had driven
Tie enemy during the day from Jeffer-
tIon, C~ulpepcr county, four miles beyond
the Rappahannock, as far as Auburn, a
lire village four miles below Warrcntdn,
i .tue DIRECTION of the railroad dis
tArce of nearly twenty miles. Here just
before night, our cavalry came up, for
the first time, with the enemy's infantry,
and were forced to give back a mile or
two, towards Warrenton, and our pick
cts, on Tuesday night, extended three
miles out of Warrenton on the Auburn
road. Early on Wednesday morning
Ewsll began to move on this road, with
Roaes' division in the advance. Our
artillery, or rather d~etacnments from Col.
Snowden Andrews and Col. Carriers bat
%talions, opened,a brisk fire on the enemy,
to which they responded quite energeti-
cally. simultaneously " it'll this, Rodes
threw forward one Of his brigades IS
skirmishers, and this lire soon succeeded
in driving the enemy before them from
the temporary stand which they had ia
ken. After this Ewelrs corps moved tor-
ward, steadily pushing the enemy before
them, by Cat'ett's Station, and into Bris-
tow, Capturing some three hundred Yam
KEGS, Early alone taking one hundred
and s.yenty. After the skirmish at Au-
burn, Early led the advance of EwclPs
corps, for the reason that in order to dis.
lodge and drive the enemy, Ri d@s had
to make something of a de!our,
A. p. Hills column left Warrenton on
Wednesday morning by the Centrevills
turnpike, passing New Baltimore, imne-
diately beyond which he turned to the
right and took the road by Greenwich
on towards Bristow Station. The column
of Yankees which he was pursuing or
this road, encamped the night beforcsat
Greenwich, twelve miles beyond War
renton, and had about two hours tart O
Hill on Wednesday morning. The heao
of Hills column camc up WITH tncm,
however, on yesterday, at Bristow Sta
ton, about three o'clock, and here a figh'
ensued, lasting until sunset, in which on
forces were repulsed, or rather Kirkland'
formerly Pettigrews's) and Cooks brig
AIDES of North C%arolinians were driver
back, and five of our guns were captured
belonging to Rusk's and Rice's batteries
of McIntosh's battalion. One of the guns
however, was retaken this morning, s.
that eur loss will only be four pieces
Our losses in wounded will foot up,
think, about 800. Kirkland's brigad
lost one hundred and sixty eight as fol
lows:
18th North Carolina, 13 26th So
44th 60; 47th % SD IA; in all l6o.
Gen. Kirkland himself was wounded j
the arm, but is on the field again thu
morning. In Cooks brigade, the Divis
ion Surgeon told me he thought one hun
bred would cover the wounded. Thes
were the two brigades which were en-
gagged with the enemy's force, consisting
as some say, of = whole yankee corps
but, as others affirm, of. only a. line {
rskirmishers. Gen. Cook was wounde
in the leg. 1t is quite serious. His lie
is we'll nigh crushed. His surgeon IN
formed me that he had taken a hand tu
of bone sat of the wound. In reply I
an inquiry which | put as to whether
thought the General would lose his Ley
he said he thought it pro6temat'caE-
Lieutenant Colonel Martin, of the lit
North Carolina, was badly wounded, h
arm being broken and being struck in TT
head besides. Capt. John .MontgomeI
of the 44th (Kirkland's) was killed.
During the Smelling that ensued Gen
Posey's, Mahone's, Davis and Perry
brigades were exposed and suffered aoo
as follows:
Posey had one man, a private of tt
4sth Mississippi, killed, and eight wouI
dcd, among them General Posey himssI
VIC is wounded severely, but not daT
: rously, in the leg. The command
&~i',sey's brigade now devolves upon Ct
Ferris, of the 18th. Malone lost ST
leen. among them 1t. Col. Niemeyer, 81
II IA, slightly wounded in ankle;
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