, 1864-09-27

,stnlery, and The dep, su11en craaa Of mus
ket!f. told but too platnlTof the carnsge
M, Wea In progzrts. Al eseE5 7oleH mon
co9'd pe seen dropping tn eEerJ directions
ana fsequenus tho opposing Hncb could NOT
nave peea msn7 yards apart+ - =.
>Tn6 CAvALRI CHARaR-
: - We stoad -sistenlug to the fea1fh roar
e1 eonYu1s1oa Of the Two coctendins armlts.
aDxiously ~aittn ne tut result ofsihe splendid
buRles cf.the cayhlsy rang out "tha ch.rEe, "
and thus began toe closing event OF thu dty.
MovlE E out with .herapidlty- Of ap avalanche
our gallant knights Of thu ekbez swept on:
ARD thus aiding our ~invihcible -tnlaneff bg
adding their Owl resfstlees weight ta- tte
onslaught then being made upon tue onemy,s
position, succeeded IN gaintog the ap4e ndld
Victory now In our hands. Tbis last naeeu'
Ter ~ too much for the rebels, and tfey
true; but ttill complied to give Way, and III.
tinatelg to break baio4e onr contlnues and
determined efforts on their lines. The cavlt'
~ claim to have t8ptuFea nine o1 the b3ttte
t*gs and two pieces OF artillery. Gems. Gus
ter and Merritt WIRE conspicuous for the
daring manner in which they I'D their CON.
manos INTO The charge Gen: 0: 4. russell,
With that gsllant and fearless officer, fare:
most in the fight. and, zegret to say, be
Was Killed fnstant]y By cannon.ball, while
urging on hls command. In him The country
loses one Of Its bray=st Gcacrats. -. =.
RETREAT OF TIE ENEMY.
Tho shattered R3d utterly damoralizsd d.
VISIONS that 60 I'd make up General Earfy's
Cotnmand nDn Hed In utter rout and coafu-
siop, throwing awty in shetr panic their guns
meata they happened to have on their per-
soma. faey started N all tIrrcti0us. pushing
for the mountains and Winchester. others
4oggcdly giving Themselves up a. prisoners.
LarEt nuMbc1s of-the enemy we're captured
by onr forces during Ehts disastrous retreat,
and by this means s~Eiled tha heavy list Of
prisoners ALREADY IN cur hnuds,
TAKING POSSESSION OF WINCHESTER
AS the head OF our column reached Win
chester, the Union rssidents, consisting, OF
course, mostly of ladies', came out joyonsly
and greeted our victorious soldiers with glsd
smilts and words Of Warm welcome for the
detcndLr5 Of that flag which they .ne1 10 trl.
umphantly waved over their haals, You
WILL remember spoke in a former letter re-
gardiDE the Union sentiment found TO be
existing tn that taWn. and recognized ecY-.
eIal Of that Eame little club of loyal ladies
ut that time among -thoae who
welcomed our arms They all agreed In
saying that General Earl,'s army Is utterly
demora1,zed and routed, and that his men
pushaa through with hasKuzd faces aud dis.
euuEaFed looks, some trantic.lly crushing
Gown the streets, throwing away everything
[hat wonld inpeae flight : and seemingiy only
bent On safe and speedy retreat.
TIE RaBEL Los5
Cannot be much 1ces than nine Thousand,
Killed, wounded ind missing, us Ten. Hher{-
ian has Just sent in to Gen. Stevenson, ID
so:smand at Harper's Ferry. 8 dispatch say
fg tba. be has taken three thousaua prlaon-
r. I f3,of$ $ftnyr 2n1 TOD
winchester will not fall fae short cf four
housand, besides the largo number OF dead
low on the field and the immense 1thmber
IT wounded not yet Intended to, will still
nora eWell our gains. Among the losses OF
be tucuy they have to enumerste fur Of
ot1r eevea diVtaton COMMANDERS as killed,
h1ee Of whom are Msj. Gems. Rhodes, Geo
len Wharton Gen, Bradley johnson Il
lho reported badly wounded
oUH LOSSES
Lave been ssVere, but nothing like au ap.
'ro1}mate ayn:s to that df the eoetaY, Tie
ofal number Will not exceed 1900 IL killed
ID wounded, no prisoners being. lost,
amongst our killed stands foremost the gal
sht old Gen. D. A. Russell, a fearletasolatcr
Id true gentleman. His 1oss will be seyere-
st 60 long been attneh:a> Col. Elri=ht, OF
be l.Uth Ohio, OF Gea. upton's division of |
hs: 6th Corps. (~ho Rs.s himself wsundedl
ras killed also anothsr very pronfslsr aud |
rave officer, LIEUT.. Col Brewer. of~the III
sichtgan, ~ss killed. Owing to the lulpos- |
Utility OF cleaning snysning like an accu-
ate or full liAt 1T casc4itiea when I left |
Winchester Inst night, I ON unable to for
Faz3 5ou Nore than the above Costing as |
did 20 many valuable 1iEcs. 1T must ba uc- |
that this battle was one Of tae |
lost determined during tie present casn-
atgu, and. while We moura the loss of the, |
rave men who thus 4Hered up their lives
\ the altar Of rheir country. set ne must |
sjo1ce ever the signal victory thus achieved
vtrthe rebels In this 7slley, 80 long their
oastcd vantage-gruund. =:
4'e Ono nunar@d aud twelfth I1lk-.
= a7is Voting for Pfetr4ens.
HEApsu4x1x1as 1t:7n Ee0tMEsr.) /
1LLIxo1s VOLUNTEER HxASTHY. |
DECATUR Ga, September 20, 1851,
ti.oE chlcsso TahuRo:
The following Is .the result os vote far
resident, taken yesterday, OF the men prcs-
It II .he :12th, which aepd you for the
formation Of ill concerned -.
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