Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-29
THE BAFTIB;1N THE VALLEY.
From the oharlottesTiIle chronicls.


About daylight the enemy advanced by
the BerryVille road oni Rsmseur; who was
posted at the Spout Spring, on the same
road, some four miller east Of Winchester,
Gordon was at Bunker Hill Ion the. Mar
tinsburg road, on q RECONNAISSANCE g; Rodes
was at Hopewell Church, near Whitehall,
to the left of the Martinsburg road, about
eight miles beIo Z IWinchesterS About day
light Gordon, and about Z a. M, Rodes
commenced moving back to the point of
attack. Wharton remained on the extreme
left, on the Martinsburg road, 9 short dis
tance below Winchester. About 10 or II
q. M, all of our troops were on the held,
our line facing eastTthe enemy facing
west. Ramseur stretched from Abraham
Greek to the Berryville pike-Rodes had;
taken position between him and .Gordon-.
Wharton, as we have stated, holding the
left. The battle now bore strongly toward
our left.
About 1890 O'Clock Gen. Rodes, who
was placing a battery in the gap between
himself and Gordon, was struck BY ball
Just behind the ear, and borne from the
| field in dying condition. He was attend
ed at the time BY, only two couriets, The
enemy continued to push their line around
our. left, and about,4 p. M, their cavalry
on their extreme right Tapped our lines
some two miles. This cavalry charged our
cavalry and completely routed it, and then
wheeled into Winchester on our rear This
made il necessery for our infantry to fall
back, which it did slowly, reaching Win
chester about dark. The whole army then
retreated on that evening to Newtown, and
the next morningrto Fishers Hill; a mile
or two from Strasburg, where 1t is now
posted. This5is, eighteen miles from Win
chester, and q position of great strength,
| having the North Mountain on the left, and
| the Massanutten Mountain on its right.
4 The battle is .descn6ed as "a very severe
one, the loss on both sides heavy-their's 8
supposed to be greater than ours. We took
some 500 or 700 prisoners, more than we
Host. AverilF is reported killed; but this
! is not authenticated. We lost three guns,
and, of course, left some of our wounded
in the hands Of the enemy. The ambu-
llances of the army, which were loaded with
| wounded, came off safely. With this quail
liicaEion, we brought off our wagons, artil-
llery, &c. There was considerable strag-
4 Cling on our part. .Eca a,- t...E
The casualties embrace, Major General
Rodes, killed Brig. Gen. Goodwin, of Ports,
lmeuth, Va, killed; Major Gen. Fitz Lee
said to be slightly wounded Brig. Gen
York, commanding Hays, and Stafford't
ILouisiana brigades, arm shot off; Acting
j Brig. Gen. Thomas 81. Carter, commanding
artillery, slightly wounded by a shellin thu
back and Eve colonels, names not rendem
lbered, killed. Ets.lr. !8oGa
Brig. Gen. Battle, of North Carolina, Il
lin command of Rodes' division.
The ChToaieEe's informant states that thl
force, of the enemy, was very large, NOR
lthan two-fold our numbers. Up to th
time of our. being Aanked, we were pushing
them back. % bro ..''
Gen. Early fs where he ought 10 hav
been before. Below Winchester, he has al
along been exposed to- the fanking move
Iments of the enemy,l who watched him
with double his. force of infantry, and ha
rassed; him continually with q superio
force of cavalry. Ifit was prudent to re
main in this opBn and exposed position
until recently, we cannot see the propriet!
of it, in view of movements that have sine
been, made, Himeyi be that Gen. Earl.
was acting under orders to remain as lov
down the valley as Winchester, in order t
secure the crops of that region. If he ,acte
on his own judgment, I'VE think he is sub
liect to censures = q ~ oG AGDr-
Fishers Hill, his presentrposition, is one
d we take it, of great strength. He will, vi
3 understand, hold It. Whether reinforce
tments will be.deemed necessary blythe au
thorities, we hsve 40 means Of knowing
The recent. battlas,i We have heard wa
progressing very favorably, until the STAN
pedel of ftour cavalry, (which enabled tn
! enemy to:psss on. onr 4ankRnd INCUR real
& ARetreat Was them absolutely necessary
which seems to have been well executed
Fishers Htils is just out from the littl
town of Strasburg, at the intersection
> th9IV VGfley iturupikeand thezh ezhanassHshae
; Railroad, nSis in the fork of tho ;nbtts