The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-28
NEWS FROM The SOUTH.
Rebel Account of the Battle of
Cedar Creek-.A Victory Spoil
ed by a Defeat-The Capture
of Rebel Gums ~ = ~ ~ ~
p. The following extracts are from Rich
mond papers of Saturday last: 7

The following extracts are from Rich
mond papers of Saturday last:
From the Richmond Enquirer, Oct, 22I
THE BATTLE OF CEDAR CREEK. sf
A remarkable battle has been fought in
the Shenandoah Valley On Wednesday
morning, at an early hour, dur army attack
ed the Eight and Nineteenth Army Corps
of the en-. my, on Cedar Creek, about three
miles out from Strasburg, carried their posi-
tons by storm, inflicted heavy loss in kill
ed and wounded, captured thirteen hundred
prisoners, eighteen pieces of artillery, all
their camp equipage, wagons, &c, and
drove the remnant Of the two demoralized
commands to Middletown, about two miles
beyond. Here the Sixth Corps of the enc
my was entrenched, and Early determined
to complete, if possible, his victorious
work now that the tide Of battle seemed
turned in his favor Such glorious results
of the complete and unequivocal defeat of
the main body of the enemy, and the cap
tore, literally, of almost everything they
had, might well have been dazzling, after
the season of defeat in which our arms had
we'll nigh begun to droop. But there is
work in victory, and in this it was crowd
ed heavily upon the energies of our men to
render the first triumph of the day quite
decisive. -'@'a
When our troops came before the breast
works Of the enemy, near Middletown,
they went forward with all the eagerness
and enthusiasm with which it is possible
for victory to inspire meu; but they had
done enough for the day; enough physically
and morall5, Init neither they nor their
officers knew it, and however much they
may have been inspired by their triumph,
they lacked. unfortunately, the inspiration
that would warn them to go no farther
They charged the enemy's works, but were
repulsed, Nothing daunted, they charged
again, but were once more turned back. -
A third time they went full tilt against the
foe, and again they were repealed. They
began to find out, too late, that they had
been carried too far; it was evidently i'm
possible for their jaded columns to push
through that fresh and unexcited line
And when they withdrew, it was with that
sort Of despair which makes the heart sick,
The enemy made q demonstration in pur-
suit, and they reiterated from the field they
had so gloriously won. The enemy's cav,
airy alone pursued over Cedar Greek, their
Infantry remaining behind. % 81 .z,.s
All of the camp equipage captured on
the creek in the morning was retsken by
the saemy, and at Strasburg, the captured
artillery becoming, by the Generalization
OF the drivers, mixed up in the street with
some ten or twelve pieces Of orr own, the
whole of it was abandoned, The prisoners
we had taken, the most useless, unaccept-
able OF our captures, were alone left to Us
as trophies If the morning. By nieht our
army was in New Market, worn with ia
tigue, and perPlexed and mortified with the
result of the days operations, hut growing
cheerful by degrees, and sanguibe Of 'sbet-
ter luck the next timen 80 ..'a.
Our loss in men was not heavy. In this
respect there is some conso lasion 10 knowing
that the enemy suffered By far the heavier.
In the mornings operations the slaugh-
ter Of the enemy isrepresented as, having
been very great. ss@t 'W -
From the Richmond Examiner. October a. 4
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF EARLY,s DEFEAT.
IL appears, from all that we can gather,
thatoo Wednesday morning Early attacked
Sheridan, drove him two or three miles to
second and stronger line Of works, which
We assaulted, and would have carried, had |
not tho enemys we'll trained apd superior |
force of cavalry again repeated one ofthose
fank movements from which We have al.
already suffered SO much Early was COM
PEELED to retire, with the loss of most of bis
artillery and artillery horses, but with com.
paratively small loss of prisoners. He fell
back to Fishers Hill, it IS said, in good or
der; bat there is little hope Of his holding
it if it be true that the position is In itself