The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-27
GENERAL suEIIOANs ARMY.
Partrcuiurs Of the Capture or rGcu. nunc.


Part'cuiurs oT the Capture orGcu. Dunc.
NAuriNsuJRc, Va, October 26.--The gJorilss
made another hnul yesterday Of O briEldjer
general General Duig who had been 90 the
front, was riding down the pike from Winchester
IN IN ambulance, with an escort OF cavalry.
The ambulance proceeded at o more rapid pace
than The cavalry, mud having madc O c1usidorl-
blo g7p between the General and his guards, The
guCrilas dashed IN and grabbed the whole am
buaugc party, whlskiug them oil before the
escort came mp. The cavalry was no' mo.estcl,
Doctor HAYES, the medical director at this
point, has sent O. Baltimore two thousand i've
hundred WouudDd men since the last blt lc.
There are about one thousand three hundred Iglt
at Wucacs en- and some forty or i,sy hero.
General Custer and Capt ins Moore and white
left this morning for the front with o proper
escort
IL the OlJ acknowledgement Gums
AH,.m "a, -. M,rinT lhtrty.lw" from tar
N.nt thn ht our NMn-t lEc sh1u-
SaUd Prisnners - Who Plbnued thc
Iiauis noSement - Colonel Ghoburh
Murdered.
Mtuuru Muuuy DIVISION. CAM NEAR
CruAU GREEN, October 23.-The army oJcupics
lts old position, each corps, division and brigade
having 'he same camping ground rs that from
which they were driven 10y surprise on the morn
Ing OF the 18Th. The enemy was driven 05 far as
Edcnburg, and the cavalry now report "uouo to
be found"
They switched Off upon an side and mountain
roads, ana run wagons and CaissOus down into
swamrs and almos, mpcnetrable woods in hopes
TO cludc pursuit, but they were hunted out aud
our cavalry "iOOll everything on wheels A
train three miles long consisting of our own
wagons and ambu'l.cCs re1aptured, aud those Of
the enemy, we're seen coming in over Fishers
Hill yesterday. The number of cannon now
reported captured is iity.Sevcn, with mules, bar-
ness, ana appliances 20 boOt-that is 70 say,
Huns captured. ,.'',.''''''''''''''3l
Our own taken baCk.....,.,....,21
Captured over and above our losses. % guns.
Five thousand prisoners were taken, in round
Humbers. One thousand have gone forward; the
rest will follow soon. Small arms captured,
about five thousand. We took all their medical
wagons and umbulauces.
WHO PLANNED UIE gLNNE MOVEMENT.
The Rebels among the wounded aud others
assert that the credit Of cOuCeiyinc and urging
the flank movement upon our liucs through
Luray valley is due 10 General Gordon. Both
Early and Gordon accompanied the troops over
the mountain. The cause OF their sad rcyerss
is attributed to lack Of discipline In tho Rebel
army.
AS soon rs they had carried jhc position and
found themselves In possession Of our abandoned
camps, they threw down their arms and began 70
pluudCr and quarrel over the spoils. General
Gordon, seeing the prevailing demOralilltiOn,
another difficulty OF keeping the troops IN limo on
account OF the large number of s;raggcgs, lt is
said, advised Early 20 take what plunder nc had
secured and fall back &C once.
DisrcSarding this advice, IL gave our army time
TO recover from the first surprise-mOru, il gave
Us Sheridan, and turned disgrlcetul disaster
into one OF the cOmplutsst victories Of the waT.
No one now believes it possible for such a sur
prise and slledaddlc to occur again.
IL is rly-purChased experience; but, while
! lameutng the loss of brave men, We now see that
/ IL was Il deserved Chasfscment for undue cOnti-
| denc", and will be q valuable lesson. Those
! familiar with all the circumstances assert that
| there was no lack of vigilance A court of in-
| nj al
! points. Good judges assert that had Sheridan
! been here he could not have prevented what
| occurred.
Ii was fortunate Tor his well-earned reputation
| that he was not here. His timely arrival; the
| arrcstng OF a general and disOrderiy retreat
! on HaltOwn, or some other place, and hurting
! back his scattered forces in reunited ranks upon
| the enemy, driving them in panic, rOut aud
! disorder far beyond their original starting
point, and the capture Of so much Of their material
| OF war, adds a CrOwning wreath 10 his fame as q
| commander, rs there has not been during this
! war-perhaps in no OthCr-an instance where tho
! power nt one man was so strilSinSly exhibited
| over an army.
| The troops are pleased with themselves, and
| each man now believes he can whip stack Of
| wild cats.
General Romseur, who died at General Sheri-
dams headquarters, stated that there were twenty
| three thousand infantry in the attacking party
! OF these, two divisions passed the Massanuutten
| Mountain, marching all night, 80 rs TO come in
/ on our left flank. They marched IN single fl5.
| The remainder, eleven thousand, attacked in
| front and along the right, after the first shock
/ had been felt on the LETT.
| b. sides these, a considerable body OF cavalry
| came over the mountain, and pushed rapidly mp
the pike after our works had been carried for tho
| purpose of capturing our wagon trains 1t was
! here that Colonel ThObmn, Commanding tho lst
! Division Of Crooks Army of West Virginia, was
TcacherOu,ly surprised and murdered. The act
| was nothing less.
He was ralyng his men, when a man in our
| own uniform approached him. Of course without
suspicion, and when getting close by his side,
remarked, "That is q the horse you are riding,
| Colonel, you had better give him to me, aui
Immediately presented his revolver aud shot him.
| The Colonel seldom carried any weapons on
| his person and had no means of defending him
self. He was robbed OF money, watch, aud
| clothug-everythng The bastard, a Rebel
| Lieutenant who committed this act, did not get
the horse. IL was recovered. The Colonel died
at midnight.-Neig York Trj6ls3e.