The New York herald., 1864-10-05


upon again attacking tbe sosny, IN order saascsysain
me Hutn OF the prisoners report. Bssdss ihe indies
cAols wsre that the rebels retrsssips courier
WAS despatched Cen Merits With Information Of Col
PowsIl's inten.ions. aud request tbsI Geu Merits
wouu JOIN IN the attack. Accordingly both 1ivhtens
Merritt :n svo ,or
Adaie river TO attack the enemy from thas direction,
wn's ~. q Col Powell moved South river formed
ing csse across the open neds in 'front.' OF the woods
occupied by the rebel pcxeIs Just then two pieces
Ss,,.sr a'e.y G.,. from ws,ra SFnsa Uni.sd ss..sl
nil sver Weyers cave, and paOsd poaoD 70 she ihe
rebel camp and tho many squads Of rebels 10 sight
wss ronted toward Browns Gap ready for action J.ss
at this almost a. the very moment whsn the order
weysEs bill snd sns lines s Dso.sa .Ss Z.
narsaalmose In our camp Immediately becane evident
% on the right and after well known that the
sncmy bad, during the night along the base Of
soD road and other road tssps W BY
surprise The position OF our camp was known to ths
vas being u General hsn
The attack on Powell was made suddenly and With
great ygor and would certainly have proved very din
assous 10 the ivsion had he not acted promptly
he did, Orders sent TO tho regiment on pickei
the slaunton road 70 hold their position oil
Then one brigade after another drawn fronting
toward the gap and across south river 70 position 70
meet the rebel advance One section artillery
the rebel battery OF Fmz Lees command opposils 10
a. short range Al this time tho artillery being
brought down from Weyers hi and soon after toped 10
the defence. No sooner the nrst sbolI thrown IN
camp than every tent struck In fact, the
tents and the nggers seemed TO vanish at once Both
brigades and the battery being ana 10 action
tho enS and camp property generally were placed 10 the
pon occupied by General Merritt, The enemy, noticing
that we were getting of trains made . despe rate
assault o.. so seady did our men remain that n was
General Custer came dashng down inner stauntoa
road, accompanied by only small regiment and hs
ank and partially upon the OF the enemy Seeing
Union force 10 the position described made
ollanf nlxaw and ea.A dam hp~L
get In General Custer and his men and train;
but the way the train came into lines
General Custer bad down from staunIon TO take
command Of Averils DIVISION In the place OF Powell
retired toward Port Rspuoc1iaus and Ill other pre-:
perty being got OF In perfect safety The rebels then
displayed line, extending from the Blue Ridge across TO
tho StauntoD road advancing. This line operated
- TO turn our right flank but tho operation rendered
abortive u becoming evident that the enemy was u
strong infantry force the cavalry fell bacz from Port
Republic 70 Cross Reys, and remained there during hs
night.
GENERAL -crsrER
During the evening Of the 27h General Custer assumed
command Of General Averls division lreevlne PCwsl
by issuing tho following order
SPECIAL oRpERs-No.L
Headquarters SECOND CAVALRY Di.lsIos,
In compliance with spscisl order No t os.sd
tsrs Middle Military Division, September &C. 1864! The
@. i. CUSTER, Bngadisr General i. j. Vols
EAkIys RETREAT THROUGH nRowss Gar.
On the 2sth . Reconnaissance made by brleadss
fr6m Merritts and Custer's divisions toward Browns
Gap, when was found that the enemy had resreated
ward Char iottesvle small rebel force also moving
9sannardsvile and occupying the place.
noissance the base Of the mountain, wners no
found actzen who told him that General Early had besa
~oud y BY
WILSON At sTAuFroS AND wAYSEsRoRo
". a' s ssses n o. ns'
the morning Of the 27h, in the neighborhood u Mouns
Crawford. with Wilson and his divison was Lowelps
Nha n,kn dtRaN n
rivng there without meeting with any particular oppos
zion, the same night In ssaupton they found great
Their next move was towards waynesboro, asstsoyuG
the railroad track and pnblio property as they moved
aware Of what they were doing, ana despasc6ea
forco 10 cut them or The enemy NOT suctassfnl IN
ossU1rsd :. k.ynesooso On he line q % south liver Is.
enemy, in moving from Browns Gap. sen. . cav.
5 force va. ns s' c.ys:, force Sa .wo
70 cut OF Wilson while operating in the Deshborheod q
a:yn, carried to out mis- % %
wayDssbero On the 2sth. and safely reached Ha''seu
On THURSDAY, sep,embsr ~, GSSsrals Cusssrs soa
Nerrts divisions were sent up the valley 70 destroy
according 70 the following order
BrADsu4srAA. Aa
10 an tho damage you 70 the railroad AAd srppA
e: and e s: T. %
let The Shenandoah valley 70 remain '''iR GRANT
further given out that Gencral 6Fane nab eSoeted
The above b. completely carried ous thai crow,
flying the valley win have TO carry ~ own rstons
All day Of the Goth both Custer and Merritt were on.
Caged destroying the mills, and AL property o.
use 70 the rebel army presented tbs
sion indeed a very saddenins svt stif a very No
enough wheat to subsist whole rebel army for year
come collecting fifteen hundred bcad Of cattle
and about throe thousand sheep.
On Friday, the 3otb, the destruction and cc'ieci@n
operations were continued.
IMPORTANT NOVELETTE,
l.,
commenced which will doubt be soon hnowo
10 tho public at large. Until. they are 40 snowo,
she correspondent 10 from writing thS
subject
ous cAsrnnH
Surgeon Wynn Medical Director OF the Second csvsirJ
division was slightly wounded IN the cheek. while
ryne an order from Colonel lowell 70 Geperal cuser On
the day the rebels attempted the eurpfss move
RSuyses,.iA Pennsylvania ua,alr.
serst ,. AchulIer, 4, wounded, rgna nsaa'
John johnson, r, killed, guashot 70 bssd
John Dunaway, q, wounded, lett shouLiev.
n. y. Loly, A, wounded, right lung
James Oiinger, n, wounded, left thign
Capt A. T. Duncan, T., wounded shrousb frsn SIDE 70
side just below ribs.
Corporal j. n. Tyrom, y, wounded es.
Corporal A. Cooper, =, wounded SIDE
Patrick o'oonnsr. c. wounded, leit arm
Daniel Casey, &. wounded, left lsG
j. Stevenson, X, killed.
J. s. Altman, X, wounded, arm.
xamton King, X, missing.
fhomas swans, ID, wouaded, arm
serst. Major W. stockton, wounoeoi s1ess's - ~
sides.
Joscph Powell, wounded, gunshot 10 isft arm
Eiohth Pennsylvania Cavalry
First Lieut. and Acting Adjt. i. b. buskncscss shs0
Sergt. VIM Armstrong, n, missing
Oliver Penny, A, killed
John Rolson, y, killed.
Wyatt Terrell, X, wounded
Samuel Noogier, @, wounded.
=. Murphy, y, esinE
H. Coates, n, missing
Iadings, .. missing.
=. O. Jenve,, n, piaeI1a
IA. whitmore, b, missing.
Morris Niles, +, missing.
Jacob Fair, ", missing
JOSEPH Rsaton, v, missing
John Msohtune, NJ, miss,ng.
Cornelius CccI, l., missing.
william Iscoder, L, mssina.
william Moore, X, miseinG.
- Sewian. K, missing.
- rickle, !, mtssing.
sesvi. Randolph Moore, A kiisad.
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