The New York herald., 1864-10-27

the "rebels' shsn the latter took kQtion that
tore lures % .sde Ss he snsny % we're Effected ,ss. band
OF cavalry have alluded to, and nobody else. The
shey were we'll of TO themselves, chsgrned with defeat
and dsconfture. when the news came that the 'rebes
hero Of himself, and 70 put up this affair (dssraoe'ul
though was to s) the most magnificent victory Of
the war sufcienty show him up as complete military
We regret to learn that amonr our casuatos the
mortal wounding OF General Ramscur who has since died
Rumors were current on yesterday that lighting had
been resumed bus no confirmation OF this resched the
War Department.
Early's DEFEAT Occasioned by tho Desire
of MIS- Mcn 20 Piunder the Captured
from the Richmond Examiner, Oct 24.l
Srs Of army Sho d0w.
gather some particulars o; the late eight In the valley
On Tuesday, the 18th. Eary lay at Fishers Hin, with
two corps OF Sherdans army 10 his 'front.' on the north
side or Cedar creek Another corps the Sixth (wrghts
old oorpsl, Was between Middletown and Newtown.
Sheridan himself was Winchester, and his cavalry
lte withdrawn from the front The two corps Cedar
creek were heavily fortified on the left docking
the right Of the road were Incomplete. MI
This being the situation, Early determined to attack,
and possible, TO surprise tho force on Cedar creek:
his works .. Fishers Hill the stone bridge which
crosses the little stream al the foot OF the hill Here hs
army divided the larger column moving 10 tho right
Of the turnpike the to the eft the object being
simultaneous attack both lanks q she enemy. In
road It was necessary march the larger column
through narrow pass In the ountains, where two men
Ss Whole Sas tho
found itself In proper position 10 mako the attack Mean
% s s e 5
sooner thaa sat on the right, and the commander Inn
patient o delay ordered he assault some ten ortwen!y
minutes before the other wing q army was ready TO
operate But for ths the capture prisoners would
have been very much larger twas the enemy wer:
taken completely by surprises two divisions stampeded
without nring o gun, and not or the eighteen
caais,yd eanson soa. discheroed The whole camp,
S.y s,'n . *
EuTlys men that me fat camp ot Shiloh had on Beaure
.,e ,uaS vresa foS q H@ys order oa ar,
q lingering look behind.
Tue enemy attempted once or twice 70 make a stand
but driven in utter rout to Mddetown leaving III,
ground ssrewn with their dead and dying with countless
guns knsps.eks blankets &C. shsraan returning IN ho
the relief Of The shasred Eighth snd Ninstsenth just
Early wss u tho ACT q wi.ncrawing d: sshassssd re.
cavalry upon both our auks Our line gave way, ans
the turnpike being crowded with cannon. they Wort
two me rom and ssdsd Oe
being too much worsssd 20 mako vigorous pursuit.
prisouers, but they conssed almost without excsp
lion, Ct wounded and few tsamsiers and eanuon
know Il. The saddle, rsrrse farfrnS attributable
to TIE orer ed1crna Of purss1, the ezhaued condition Of
and last ba ,eaa, Ae aiuremens Of Ms enenys rich
camp We attempted TO DO too much that Is ALL We
had wundrAwn al Two O'CLOCK instead OF four O'CLOCK,
has ever been achieved The valley. Eary's mon by
no means oel deeaed as sheridan may dscov before
and % Cd II The .Dmy hands y The
tksn this battle reached the city yesterday morning.
and four hundred more are said to be on their way.
No solid Result so sheridan,s Victory
Ear:y Rapidly Recovering from His
In the condition OF news, compelled 10 give .
place these columns to The election bulletins OF Secre
is enough intelligence among our readers 70 distinguish
the outlines OF truth through NIL their ghrnr colors.
aged the aast by the OF another Sheridan victory
tho valley We haze 10 e chances Of
e ana especially uhfn ey appear tn the or II
the cofsu Jocon endured n,rny, and Early
dues But mother sustained any decisive defeat
The present, II is true, forms ono cf rather ling
SERIES Put IA not hall 80 bad Winchester. Then
Siapton aud Sheridaa told tLe0word that EaTiys
army destroyed, and that he would pursue
the altered fuatiges 10 Iyochburg or Richmond Yot
Early gave him battle 10 days After each
ccssve fights tho story repeated always Early
has lost his last cannonyei be has nty pieces more 70
dan gets far mp the valley Hnnter-indeed,
his teher no longer than Milroys He has forty thou
sand he has ten thousand picked cavaIrytbs s
tie official admission. Yet that great ofmy has been
held through the campaign IN two counties OF Virginia
Here In this month OF october The whole plas of his
operations has TO be changed He has be compelled to
abandon the road TO Lyncnburg which runs up the
form new base aud advance Gordonsvie To accom-.
pRh this purpose he fortes poeton near Winchester,
that fragment OF biz army may hold Early in check,
ard keep him cut OF another vssiop while his
body the mountain But before he Is ready that
beaten Early. that dispersed army whose sole remaining
cannon last afying Kudes iti twenty
miles or un thyre troops which had ceased
to exist except Ia the shape o. dese7ters aad ugyes IN
tho mountains that army saddeulv attacks him, sheri
dan and bis forty Thousand captures tho entire artillery
and camp OF two corps eus those two cors sees and
senda here 10 Richmond fifteen hundred ana sixteen pris
opers, while four hundred more on the way. Now
may not DO doabtod whether sheridan ~ nseed "Mas
ter the Valley - when no army ~ a can do that 70
him 10 the udst Of bis for,iacstonsS
nj, rue thct per conipe vfcoy tS4s le1fn We f-t-
but ten thousand The Infantry ~ attached numbered
thirty thoueand with eleven thousand escecut cavalry
their fenks We lost most q our csptered c,nnon 70
deh!o and twenty three pieces of COR own. But we
lost few uwoundej prisoners excert the teamsters
and cannon drivers, while We have nnd hcd nineteen
hundred un wounded prisnners taken from The enemy
ys bavc and wo bold them Our rereating troops left
mlos Of dead and wounded Yangees behind them, end
the enemy, who bragg Of he mos splendid" victory
did not pursue.
Clearly tbe otory 20. 50 entirely conclusive a. the
Yapee readers of sheridan and stanton suppose, nor s
the campaign in tho valley finished thing Either Eary
aud his army can support snrsrhumao amount o'
beating and ssOnSn %,ssay.s sss ir soo
az logic and the coherence Of workable feels the
nccesmy of sccountIug With the public for the dis
crecaucy Of his bulletins, and Of showing how an army
thai has so ocn been cut 70 pieces could come ogetbsr
again bow general who has 70 often lost AL hs can.
be Ss ridc iao supposed arrival OF Sussro 10 the
vsI,sy-Ione stsost ppd his wbolc corps artillery In
aluded-ths wns Tho party who broke loose on Cedar
crecy But IL s public fact that Longstreet copmands
hs corps On the llpes q Rchmond Farly fougns tho
battle; fought q wnheut Tinfcsesrcnts- wits
sssss s s ssy sps lin In rs sSf vS Ss & @ a..
business .or hal! ! year Perhaps hc may give more
basuas yct doRerhaIs - may asns h'm ss many ~,
sack" after all. n. HAS not been lucky Gensrc',
but his defeats IN tho litter hall Of the campaga arc
M ora cafuy forgiven than the eefioas opportunities lost
"a is tesinninx FOR he has one quality Of commander,
that ~ r'cocu'ftos' at'c7s, wa sa'crfno r'pe'g.
p.n,o,s,isation 5f iso g,pei cavalry at
Nasar Creek. qH Ea.
rts rFrem lie echnoni psptch, Ca ~ l.,..rsr,