Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-10-25
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zAfternoon Report.
Further Particulars Of the Battle Of
s Cedar Greek Our Losses and Cap


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laiRsbufg c0rtesp dndent Of the 21d, says, fn-
FORMATION from the mont indicates that orr
Losses In the battle Of the 18th inst, viii
reach q, goo I'M killed, wounded aud mis-
sing. We also lost early ID the morning "a
guns. We have eaptureds including the
wounded who are in our hands, about 900
men and 80 guns. The total loss Of the
enemy cannot, therefore, be much short Of
10. 600 men, Gen. Oustar alone has re-
eeipfs for Is guns and battle hags, be-
eides a large number of ambulanoes, hor-
ses, wagons and mules. This makes 81
pieces Of artillery that his division fhas
captnrsd during the last two WeeksI IL
any reliance is % be placed on the state
ments Of prisoners and Intercepted letters,
lit q now pretty certainly determined that
Gen. Iougstreet was not IN the Valley, put
that Gen. Early had determined 20 strike
a deSpefats blow for the recovery Of this
district and his lost reputation In the abb
senee, a, he Bnpposed, tof the commanding
General and the 9th corps, In this effort
he was seconded by KershaWi whose In.
fantFy having been several times defeated
by our cavalry, felt that his reputation.
needed some bFightening. Many % the
other officers, however. high In command
deemed the effort rash and hesitnted not TOT
express the opinion, that should 1t fa1 itl
would end the rule OF the Oonfederasy IN
that section Of Virginia. Kershaw exeeu-i
ted the first portion of the programme WELL
aud the whole rebel army fought with
greater e0bstinacy than ever before as
their losses will attest, but nothing could
have swithstoOd The imPetuosity Of our
men. -.
= The Hefald,s correspondent has tho fol-
lowing concerning our captures at Cedar
Greek and the pursuit OF the enemy
q DeVIu with his little brigade keep sweep-
ing down upon their rear gobbling mp
their officers and men BY scores. HepFess-
ed them 30 hard that u was impossible TO
get their artillery out his way, or their wa
cons And ambuiances. Drivers aud eap-
noniefs .dism0hnted and ran Oh into the
woods on either side Of the road and the
Feaf.g guard oEithe demoraliEed rebel army,
IL Il had oueS followed suit, leaving the
whole train in our hands. Limbers, cais-
sons: Wagons and ambIianeess were all
kuddIed together ii the great disorder.
= The following igsthe principle part Of
Gan. DsyiI'S captures. "a pieces Of aTtil-
lefy, including section of 30 poupders, SO
army wagons, 80 ambulaleesi AS mules,
III horses, two stands Of eelcEs and a gull
don. 362 prisonerP were captured and
large quantity Of small arms. -
We followed the enemy up the base Of
Fishers Hill, when Col. Nicholas with his
gallant 9th New York, charged them again
and drove them back, leaving q eonsideT-
able portion Of their wagon train In his
hands, which he secured. We did not fol-
low up the chase beyond Fishers Hin.
The infantry commands moved up to
Cedar Greek and went into their Old camps,
while the cavalry biyoueak ed for the night
a little beyond Strasburg 81 Buekland.
ThssIaughter Of the enemy was Immense.
The whole county between Middlet0Wn
aud Strasburg was literally streWn- with
rebel corpees, iso- ~ .-sH1frA
At an early hour next morning the pur.
suit was continued by PoWelps eayAlry.-
He captured IL pieces Of cannon which
the enemy had driven into the mountains.
At, Woodstock the column was halted
and rested short time, when II returned
towards Sttasbarg, picking up many Pris-
oneFs by theWay. a I'D Il