The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-27
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THE BATTLE ~ THE vALLEY-run VICTORY
GAINED BY THE PLANK MOVEMENT OF THE
UNION CAyALr,Y, ETC.
From me Richmond Efamilsr, So lptsmbor2 p.
The battle in the valley last Monday still en-
gIosses public attention. There have been no
official dispatches on the subject in addition to
the one iron General Lee, published yesterday
and 1t has proved unusually difficult 10 oOtaiu
trustworthy niOIma ion through private sources.
Persons reached tie city last evening from the
valley who tell at least a very straight tale and
one which wears the appearance OF being correct.
We make briei &C, cunt from the statemen 3,
which make the affair appear not SO bad as at ursI
believed. We regret thaG we have not yet been
able to learn the CNa lOca ity At which tue battle
began. The genera impression is that it was, as
stated 10y US Ststeruayj mile or two south OF
Winchester.
Persons from the valley, however say the
enemy attacked us orth OF Winchester, and thar
We tel back through that town. Iu this conflict
OF opinion u Is well 70 recall the words OF Gene
raj Lees despatch. He says .-"Gencu Early
reports that on the morning Of the lJtn the
enemy advanced on Winchester, near whiyu
place ne met his attack" sc. Wucrcyerit began
We believe we have substantially correct ac-
count Of The battle.
The enemy, in heavy force-say between
twenty five and thuty thousand meu-lttackcd
us bloody battle tnsued, in which the enemy
infantry, after desperate lighting, were being
uriyCn back with e. cat loss, when they turned
our right flank with force of between six aud
ten thousand cavalry. Ali our attempts to drive
back this CavalIy force, which is known to be
the nower Ct the whole Yankee army, proving
unsuccessful, We were forced to retire, which we
did in good order, with face to the Toe, and con-
testing every inch If ground. The enemy being
eyldtnty 100 muCn cut up to pursue Us with at
vantage followed our column ouly shore dis
tance and drew oil.
Our loss III Killed, wounded, and prisoners will
certainly not exceed twenty tive hundred men.
hhuOes' Division suffered most, our loss therein
being thousand men. We probably lost five
hundred prisoners in all. The enemy 8 loss is
estimated at between six and eight thousand men
Ail.ed and wounded. On Wednesday the Yau-
Rtls with the flag of uuCe ut Narlna Gained that
they had captured five thousand prisoners. Yes
teluuy they had moderated their pretCnsons so
laI Us claim but twenty-five hundred.
IL was reported here yesterday that fourteen of
our held Ocers had been killed anu wounded;
DuJ We have received no correct l,t OF the cdsual-
lies. General Lees despatch mentions the death
Ol Generals Rhodes ana GOuwln. The BODY of
G,neIal Rhodes has arrived at Charlottesville,
Wh're II is 70 be Inferred, we learn. Pnva.e
teh grams have announced tnat General Fitz Lee
anu Colonel George PaLten were wounded, and
thot The latter was III the tnemy's hands. The
LJlchuurg papers say that General York, of
Louisiana, lost an arm.
General Early, with all his trains, &c, secure,
now hoius an lmpregnable position on Fishers
IlIll which Is twenty-five miles south of Win
chester by the valley turnpike, and by the same
road seyenty-tOur miles north Ot Staunton.
THE RESULTS CLAIMED AS FAVORABLE BY THE
REBELS.
From the Richm oHi Sentinel, September %.
AS we get more light on the subject of the late
battle near Winchester, the more favorable it
appears Tor the CUnfCderates. The earlier part
Ul The engagement was decidedly in our favor;
but Il movement on our right flank by a heavy
body OF cavalry made II necessary for our forces
to tall hack, which was done in perfect order.
A gentleman who leittne army since tue battle
says our total loss IN killed, wounded, and
missing will not exceed three thousand, while
that OF the enemy was estimated NC from six
thousand to eight thousand So severely were
the enemy punished, that they could not mOlest
our troops IN their march % Srasburg although
II is known that their cavalry greatly ous-
numbered ours, and is the best they have in the
service.
General Early occupies q very strong position
on Fishers Hill, TWO miles south Of Strasburg,
ana about twenty miles south of Winchester.
The valley is very narrow ut this point, not
being more than three miles from mountain 70
mountain.
General AVerill is reported to have been killed.
There were no additional particulars received
at the Wm Department last night.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF THE BATTLE.
From He Richmond Sentinel, SepL2L
The article from the Charlottesville Chronicle
contains all the particular we could gather from
the valley. The Yankee accounts are very CON
Trajectory and exaggerated. ThefOllOwing is the
article from the ChrOHcie.-
About Daylight the enemy advanced by the
BeTTyyillc road On Ramseur, who was posted ut
the Spout Spring, on the same road, some four
miles east of Winchester. Gordon was ut Bunker
Hill, on the Martlnsburg road, on a rccOnnOs-
sance; Rhodes was ut Hopewell church, near
Whitehall, TO the lefi OF the Mardns0urg road,
about eight miles below Winchester.
about daylight Gordon, and about A. NJ.
RhOCes, commenced moving back 10 the pOlut of
attack Wharton remained on the extreme ef
on the MaitinsbuTg road, short distance below
Winchester. About 10 or IL A. NJ, all Of our
TVf4. NJ ha ii "A
enemy facing west. hamseur retreated from
Abraham creek to the Belryyillc pike; Rhodes
had taken position between him and Gordon
Wharton, as we have stated, holding the lett. The
battle now bore strongly towards our left.
About halt-past u, General Rhodes, who was
placing battery in the gap between himself and
Gordon, was struck by ball just behind the ear,
ana borne from the field in dying condition.
HeWGs attended at the time by only two COuricrs.
The enemy continued 70 push their line around
our left, and about p. M. their cavalry on their
extreme right Tapped our lines some twO miles.
This cavalry charged our cavalry and completely
routed 1t, and then wheeled into Winchester on
our rear
This made It necessary for our infantry to flll
back which it did slowly, reaching Winchester
about dark. The whole army then rctrea.ed on
that evening TO NeWtOwn, ana the next morning
20 FISHERS Hill, a mile or Two from S,rdsburg,
where IL is now posted This is eighteen miles
from Winchester, and position of great strength,
having The North Mountain on the leil and Mas
sanuttsn Mountain on It's right.
The battle is described as a severe one the loss
on both sides heaYyi theirs supposed to be greater
then ours. We took some five hundred or seven
hundred prisoners more than we lost. Ayerill Is
reported killed, but this s not authenticated. we
lost thICe guns, ana, Of course left some of our
wounded IN the hands Of the enemy The anbu-
lunCCs Of the army, which were loaded with
wounded, came OF safely With this 0unlidca-
hon We brought of our wagons, artillery. &c.
There was considerable straggipg on our pgrr
The casualties embrace Major General Rpodgs,
killed; Btigauler-Deneral Goodwin (of Ports
mouth, Na.), killed; Major General Fit lee.
said 20 be slightly wounded; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Yates commanding Hays and Stahord's Loui-
siaua brgades), arm shot OF; Acting Brlradier-
General Thomas Il. Garter (commandiug artii-
lery), slightly wounded by shell in the back, ana
1--WE cOlonels (uames not remembered), killed,
Brigader General Battle, OF North Carolina Is
in command Of Rhodes Division.
The Chronicles informant states that the fore