Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-10-25
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New YORK, Oct 81 The Herald's Martins.
burg correspondent of the Odd says:
information from the front indicates thet our
losses in the battle OF the 18th inst. will reach
5000 killed. wounded and missing
We also lost early in the morning "a guns
We have captured, including the wounded who
are left in our hands, about 900 men and fifty
guns.
The total loss of the enemy cannot, therefore,
be short of 10000 men
Gen Custer alone has receipt Tor torty five
guns aud five battle hagS, besides large NUN
Der Of ambulance, horses harness, mules g.
This makes fifty one pieces of artillery that his
division has captured during the last two weeks
Ii any reliance is 10 be placed upon the state
ments OF prisoners and intercepted letters it is
now pretty certainly determined that zen Long
street was not ia the valley, but that Gen Early
had determined 10 strike desperate blow for the
recovery of the district and bis lost reputation
in the absence, as he supposed OF The Command
ing General and the 9th corps.
Ia his effort he was seconded by Kershaw
whose infantry having been several times defeat
ed by our cavalry, be ieit that his reputation
needed some lighting. Many of the officers how
ever high in command. deemed the effort rash
and hesitated not 10 express The opinion that
should il fail il would end the rule Of the con
federacy IN tbs, section of Virginia. hershaw
executed the first portion OF the programme vel,
and the whole rebel army fought with greater
Obstinacy than ever before as their losses show,
but nothing coula withstand the impetuosity of
our Gen.
The Helald's correspondent has the follow
ing concerning our capture ~ Cedar Creek, and
the pursuit of the enemy:
Devin. with his little brigade, kept swooipiue
down upon their rear. gobbling up their officers
and men by scores BE pressed them 80 hard il
was impossible TO get their artillery out OF MS
wav. Drivers aud cannonieTs dismOunted and
run into the woods or either side Of the road
and the rear guard. if they had one, followed
suit, leaving, the whole train in our hands.
Limbers, caisons, wagons and ambulances
were al huddled together in the create, di-or-
der.
The following are principal part Of General
Devin captures:
twenty two pieces of artillery including q
section OF 80 -pouuders 80 army wagons, 80 am
balances, l43 mules and III horses, two stands
of cOlors, 35' prisoners and large quantity Of
small arms.
He folio wed the enemy up the base Of Fish
er's Hill when Col. Nichols With his gallant
9th Y \. charged them again, and drove them
back. leaving a considerable portion of their
wagon train in bis hands, which be secured.
We did not follow up the case beyond Fisher :
Hill
The iufauiTv commands moved up TO Cesar
creek ana woot into their old camps, while the
cavalry campei on the right little beyond
I Sirasburg.
+ The slaughter OF the enemy aas 30 great that
F the whole country between Mddlctown and
Strasburg Vas literally strewn with the rebel
corpses
At AZ early hour next morning the pursuit Ka.
continued by PoSells cavalry he captured 4
+ piece. Of artillery which the enemy had driven
I into the mountains
A. Woodstock the column ass halted and
rested a short time. when il returned toward
Strasburg, picking ~ many prisoners on The
wav.
The Herald Washington special dispatch
! says:
I The opinion Is openly av0wel by the highest
military authorities here tha; Gen Grant can Al
ahy time lie please. With fev hours 6ghting,
occupy the city OF Richmond and force Lee "a
+ either cspitulste ~ hastily evacuaie the rebel
/ capital
The only reason assigned fog the delay is the
/ design OF Gen. Grant 10 attain the same resuli
without the serious sacrifice OF lite lha, would
attend the capture of this stronghold BY direct
/ attsek AZ this time