The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-09-21
LATER
Detailed History Of the Victory,

ia nwor', Sept. 2o--iO r. M.-Ths toll wing IS
'hc AxERio,s's special account Of ,he grca, battle
in the shen sndoah v,ll,y:
Headquarters x.idle Military Di-,sio-, VIZ.
ohssfer, Va. sept. 1o-9 p. M-G,rer., ehori-
dams army has this day fought one 81 the mos,
successful and decisive battles Of tho war. Victory
again ~ rched on our banners, md the rebel army
"hioo 50 recently threatened the inv vasion Of the
loyal North has been defeated aud utterly routed,
with the loss Of At least 5000 killed and wounded
including hvc Generals namely Rhodes whnr.
ton, Bradley, T. johnson, Gordon, York and God.
man, the two first Of whom were killed. and the
others badly wounded; and we have cnp,ur.d . -.
800 prisoners nine battle hags representing
nine different re2imental organizations hyo
pieces ot artillery with eassion. The
reci's' of the victory ought TO make
evcry loyal heart ~ the North glow
with admiration aud gratitude to the brave men
and gallant officers who have achieved so slyual
success. In orler " more thoroughly understand
the nature Of the battle, with all the surrounding
influences Will be necessary briefly TO refer to
the operations o Sunday.
sunday morning. Early sent Gordon's division
of febol in.antrv from Bunker IN, where Il had
oe"h "'i' med Tor the last few days. TO drive Aycr
out of S-Ar,insburg and destroy the bridge on the
BAUM ore and Ohio Railroad across the opcouan.
whic n they crroneousy thought had been repaired
ihe 3 occupied Martinsburg FOR "a short time, with
ou doing any damage TO the railroad, aud were
e'rntuay driven by Avcrill ss far MS Darkesvillc
Gcnera sheridan, learning their movements, or
dereo the whole command To break camp and pre-
Pave n march Accordingly, at 3 o'clock on Sun
dPy, thr tents were all struck and PACKED In wa.
gonr. The different divisions were all under arms
prepared to move at moments notice, and re-.
mainef IN this state tor about an hour, vhcn the
order came 10 90 into camp again FOR tho night and
cvcrvthing remained perfectly quiet. About u!ne
o'clock orders were received from Sheridan for tho
oh and 9ih corps to bc ready To start ai o'clock,
aud the Army ~ Western Virginia unGet Crook
~ ) the following morning the order uf march IN
he NJ follows Tho 9TH ccT,s to move out ol the
Winchester and Be7-sillo pike, and move IN two
parallel columns On 10th sid g Of the road. with
6rhllcrv, ammunition and empty trains on the
road the ioth corps 10 follow "n the same rond
and N similar order the Amy of Western Viz
s,nia, under Crook, to move from ITS camping
ground in the vicinity oi summit Poin', and sink
ing across the country IN a southwcsterlv n rec
hon, WAS ordered TO form junction At the crossing
ol she Opequan On the Berry lille aud Winchester
PIKE: and shortly after O'Clock Wilson's division
OF cavalry crossed the Opcqnan at Berryvi,'c and
winchester pike. Moving his command rapi.ly
along the rond, driving in the crery's sk .rInish
line he gsllantly charged the cncmy's h,ldworss
oi thc sabre, capturing 30 pr' snrrrs IN thi.
charge, Col. Brnton, 1StA Pcnusylvania C,vplrv
was "oundcd wihIn few iect Of the eneIny's
works, wh,l51 galantly leadinS his regiment
Tnesc REID works were CONSTRUCTED BIZ The rebels
70 guard the ford at the Opequsn md pre- gant our
plssGge at thai point Il win bo seen how s.rnally
'hoy faded to seeornplsh the object Tor which they
were constructed.
Our cavalry having occurred safe passs 70 for the
infantry, the Sixth C,rps WAS moved ncIvs- the
opequan ana along the pike towards Win chester,
leaving It's train IN fork on the opposite side Of the
stream To o point abou. "a mile and q bll' drt.nt
IRON the ford where ii formed In line Of ftte and
threw out strong skrmish line. Al the same
time the artillery opened on tho woods into wh ich
the oncmy's infantry bat .et!red, and kelA up an
inc'ssant cannonade, the enemy Tcplyiug briskly
with parts Of two batteries.
Gen. slerdan having learned on Sunday hat the
main portion of Early iorucs were encan ned in
the vicinity Of DnnSer HI aud Stephens NJ Dc.
pot, resolved 10 mass n,s ivTcc6 uu the Wiuhcster
ana BerryY'llc pike, aLd by rGp inOyeTn, mt hur
them On ETly's rer. There - no doub. )u, the
enemy were completely surprised aud ou, ,msueu-
vrcd by SAeIidan.
Whilst his different columns were teing ,arobel
to the aTpointed place oi rendezvous, pJI1ion nj
our cavalry, uudor Generals / 'rbert ana Aver u,
sept up strong I'-sc' Ae along the Obcquan,
apd by demonstrotin. IN force aj RIrUb lord, kept
q large portion II Nc enemy at that part Of tie
tcld, which was nearly twelve miles i!stad from
the point where / wss inteu'led oGr nfan'r
sh"uid h'hd operate and strike . t'oT Which
''oH" ~ tno hEnhl uc!thL OF
ENl!'s army. Tho delay ia the Arrvql
o! thc 18Th Corps enabled Es " 10 move Gore on's
dVis1n At The douhc-quick FROM Bunker II n, dis
KANT about ten miles and bring A. IN ~ tune To
TORN IN line OF battle with BfcckenI dgc's, Ram
seut's ana Rhodes Commands, who bad already
arr ved' anu were formed in belt Of woods skiri-
ing Bcrryvillo and W nchesier
AZ soon az me l9th Corps arrived, II was formed
IN iour Ieb Of battle about S0J yards apart On the
rgh' oi ne OH corps and everything being IN
resources 'hs ADVANCE was sounded at about IL
O'Clock, and the different lines moved forward.
The two corps advanced in splendid syL and
lust AS eomposediy as though marching ut review,
or on parade drums beating and colors fyinp pre.
tenting such an imposing spectacle as hss lei.
dom been witnessed In the present war
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