Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-10-25
The Late Great Battle.

New YoRK, Oct. 24.-The Herald $
Martinsburg correspondent, under date
Of the 22d, says:
Information from the front indicates
that our loss in the battle of the 10Th
inst will reach 5 1000 in killed, wounded,
and missing. We also lost, early in the
morning, twenty-four gshs. We have
captured, including the wounded who
are in our hands, about 1000 prisoners
and fifty guns. The total l7ss Of the
enemy, there fore, cannot be short Of
10000
Gen. Custar alone has recaptured
forty guns and FIVE battle-aags, besides
a large number Of ambulances, horses,
harness, males, &c. This makes fifty
one pieces Of artillery that his division
has captured during the last two weeks
If any reliance is to be placed on the
statements of prisoners and intercepted
letters, it is now pretty certainly deter
mined that Gen. Longstreet was not in
the Valley, but that Gen. Early bad de
termined to strike desperate blow for
the recovery Of the district aud his lost
reputation, in the absence, as be sup
posed, Of the Commanding General Of
the Sixth Corps. IN this effort be was
seconded by Kershaw, whose infantry,
having been several times defeated BY
our cavalry, felt that his reputation
needed some Frightening.
Many of the other officers, however,
high ia command, deemed the efost
rash and hesitated not 10 express the
opinion that should it fail il would enc
the rule of the Confederaey in that see
ton of Virginia.
Kershaw exeeaied the frst portion Of
programme we'll, and the whols rebel
army fought with greater obstinacy than
ever before, as their losses show. But
nothing could Withstand the impetuosity
Of our men.
Inc HeraEds correspondent has the
following eoncerniog our capture At Ce-
dar Creek and the pursuit Of the
enemy.
Devin with his little brigade KEEP,
| sweeping down their rear, gobbling up
their officers BY scores He pressed
them so hard tina, 1t was impossible to
get their artillery out Of bis way, or their
wagons or ambalances The drivers
aud eanoniers dismoanted and ran %
into the woods Oh either side oftks road
and the rear guard Of the demoralized
rebel army followed, it is said leaving
their whole train in our hands.
Numbers OF caissoas, wagons and
smbulances were all huddled together in
,he greatest disorder.
The following is the principal part oil
Gen. Devin's captures: Twenty-sour
pieces OF artillery, including q section
Of 32-pounders, thirty nine army wagons
thirty ambnlances, one hundred and
! forty.three mules, one hundred aud sew
euteen horses, twenty eight stands Of
colors, aud three hundred and fifty
seven prisoners, and a large quantity
/ Of small arms.
He followed the enemy up TO the bass
| of Fishers Hill, when Col. Nichols, with
the gallant 9Th New York, charged then
again and drove them back, leaving 1
considerable portion CT their wager
train in his hands, which be secured
We did not follow the chase beyond
Fishers Hill.
The infantry commands moved up /,
I Cedar Creek and went into their oil
camps, while the cavalry camped at tn
right, little beyond Strasburg, at Buck
land
/ The whols country between Middle
towa and Strasburg was literally strewl
with rebel corpes.
At an early hour the next mornin
the pursuit was continued. Powell
cavalry captured IL pieces artillery
which the enemy bad driven into tn
mountains az Woodstock.
The column was halted and rested
s short time, when it returned toward
strAsburg, picking up prisoners on II
way