The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1864-10-01


--ou, partially organized and totally unhl for
nehting purposes The official bulletin. must fr
the most part have told how I'll this wac done
can only hop~ W add few details to The mar.
rstivc On WEDNESDAY might General Sheridan
resolved to attack tho rchol rnci,ion on Fishers
Hil Tho plan OF stt~.k follows: The
Yighlh Army Corps under General Crook, was
10 move 10 the rich, towards nth Mountain. the
extreme len Of the rete Inc. aul attack the rebel
en 1snt, AMI II ~. 'blc In their rynr. Ricketts,
div s.Gi., ot the s'XtA = 'ps OS 70 JON Crook on
The "a, vhiic Who,ton', s1d G,fty's divisions, cf
.ho SAME 'N-pS, were to form The centre The 10Th
coff- wer, > hold H. ttt - the line On We'd
newly Afternoon. about hsl.past three c'cloct,
tr' =, Atr atspid and difficult march, struck the
rel,' iet 3,nl, Nl threw one OF his divisions IN
their rou. u magnificent ctarse, The nen
ch@rus 40 they ivanccd on the doublc-quick, the
re g "' ng Wr drven 'n con'ns on on the
ce1'.r ".. 3. . the same time, was chIsoi BY
thr sixth and neteenth torrs IN mont. Ih's
combI."i a,ip' "A front. nsuk anil rear, was more
uau r,bel 'cs anil Lorl could stand. Their len
and ctuler h,rsme confused and disors al 81, and
tie wi l rcl,l army broke AMI ran. alpudon-
ing art Very, oaiSsona horses small dns, IA
hct cv-fy thing that could pousltly !tnlcde them
IN their streat TAC.r route Saa ipoS complete.
About .vcnty five hundred x them, who were
herted IN, throw down u.Nif arms and sur
rendered The rest fed pei nell towerdS Wo'd-
stock The io.l between tic battlefield and the
latter u'iNC WA Iitrtilf etrtWn VIII 'nufICt-
knspsncks. hHNusarka and almost every species Of
prvp.Tty kuo" a IN Nd arr.. Our losscs In the
at.,k we're very small, cons lCrus the strength ~
the position attacked and The alvanta- a. gained.
do not r.iuk they Will eNcocl 1oO In all which
falls principally on tle N Corps and "a Rckelrs
Dylsiuu uf the CiN Tho losses IN The loth are
sish'. The r,lels were evidently taken ~ sur
prise lv the assault un ucir len, which thoy
deemed .mprcsnallc to attack, aud leore they had
time to recover fIoud their cunstcrnauon, or "
make provision 70 rcpcl urr ntti'f, The 9Th and
18Th Cnrps had camel TIA, crest OF the hil broken
they ccttra and cut ~ the rivi' wirc huu tlr
IN ain b,-iv ,f their amy k.r,hRW's ID, son OF
L.nystr'ct's Corps which had b'gn dristh"i b.
4 fIy tu protect lii com rluu aIivua.and especially
o. guard tho railroad NJ cirr'rcr. arrived IN time
20 tax psrt in tho ght nj Fishers liu, but they
came too sta 10 iniuso courage .Lto tie hearts 81
their di.uiritol, d,WD sli~'d comrades. Ttcv
shared he same t.te, md were iorcoi ~ retreat
along vi IA tic rest ~ o.. rebe army. lhe strong
cayelry firve which novel INTO tle buTay Valley
ou Notur rsday activity emf .'"! n thc rtlcl
rear all h,si.s, n latNttluR ~ pT.hlncrs. Hun
ir,ds have locn picked ~, and hundredf are com
ln, IA sud vnuul2r.'N siNGE thcii' ewes vi: ,"p-
titrd rel ~ officer say that their force IA the bat
tc on Monday war twcnty-.wo thousand. Our
suldier, N gloi.D us spirits AMI anxious T. Dc
led forward Orr ca llty hv tbs time have pro
baby .chod IIarristur1, which IL about forty
IN leo .puthwost of Woodstock. Iiundrcds Vi
pri,Uurr- are cHmiuR into WI, hester every lew
hours TIE town is one vast hospital and 'chel
urison. There are ovor six hlusHni rebel pms
n,
f.'ten hundred priv It's md ne hundied aud
tAr1tv.sx oficor~. from Colonel, down, were scnt
"a ~ i'per's Ferry yestciday. The prisoners are
wc-liessed. hearty, healthy set 81 ln'i' NLo look
,ir-!sh living in the Valley lad agreed with
re... A goody rolor,iou of The p..yaies have
alte.tv AikeI vcru!Siun g. take the oath ~ ale
me ~ y them c~Qrcss themselves tired ot
cpAf.n., ..n1 hope That t'" war will soon ceasr
Igs has t'e a = race Of our various defeats in this
,,Ic, o! hlnlatlup bcon wiped ont 10y glorious
Llh III : crIlan ani his brave army
Cl..rH ro~ler's regiment, the llf'h New York,
AZ l., Lati,, # Nouday, lost about two hundred
u.eu. chad p. himself received three wounds
IN. ny ~, II H. neck, oue IN the arni, and another
Ia the ode, which exposed the lung. Not~i'h-
standing III c.uphcaiion o' wounds b, rode on
lorlraa:s .rom Winchester to Harpcr's Ferry,
distance u twenty -rinc miles lie goes to New
York Ju u fuIi '.''.
'P' T,iscrnph)
Baltimore, Sep. 2G.-Tbe AArucAS's cores
rondeu,, with Sheridan. contains some additional
iats IN rcgard to the battle At Fishers Hin The
degree VI deinOrs. zstiJu at which Earl q cOm-
msnd has arrived, may he Judged from the ,oll1w-
ing iacts Amongs, 1900 prisoners captured In
Thursdays fight, was a rebel Colonel comm anuing
- brirsde, when brought In he threw down his
rtd o, the feet Of the Provost Marshal, eNcls!m
my, 'The Corlodrrlcy IL gone to He'll the men
won't tl.ht neither will l." Another incident
worth recording was related by the citizens Of
Woodstock who syinpsthzcd with the rebels, and
who are perfectly reliable, ~ they have no interest
in nisstst.n9 iacts.
They ,tatc ,hat a number of rctel sohiicrs passed
h-,ugh Woodstock on Thursday morning, and
toli sornc u their comrades, who were there sick.
ilai they bad Letter push OF, as tie Yankees had
g,lyel opposite Fishers iil', and would soou
make LIly "up stakes aud put" General
er dsa is still pursuing him and picking up
irs'rers I'll along tire road. !, is stated ON
~. !, suthority hst tie nul.ber captured within
toe pnst threc days will pumbor at least three
,honsapi.
Colonel Edwards, colnmanJsnt Of this post, has
been buSy engaged IN collecting arms fr IN III tho
battle acld. lie has already collected nx thousand,
and there ae n great many more get 10 come IN.