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THE MEW YORK HERALD
WHOLE NO. 9466. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1862. PRICE TWO CEN1S.
IMPORTANT FROM GEN. POPE'S ARMY.
Additional Particulars of the Battle at
Cedar Mountain.
Desperate Bayonet Charges of
the Union Infantry.
Gallant Conduct of Bayard's
Cavalry*
i
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE OF THE ARTILLE^y,
The Rebel Generals Winder and
Trimble Killed
Slight Skirmishing: r jttux the Enemy
onSu-^y,
Retreat of tb* Rebels from Their
Position*
Arrive j of Wounded and Prison
/ era at Washington,
,9si '
&0., &0., &0.
t WaSIIJKOTON, August 11,1W2.
Tboedltoctf the Star, who was on a visit to his family
st Culpopixrr Court House at the time of the battle on
Saturday l*st, j. ivos the following acco.int of it,centaln
*ng itaius'oi' interest uot mentioned in other accounts:?
On Friday morning lost Gen. Pope, staff aud escort,
jeache? Culpepper Court House, from his last encump
nent.cear Washington, the county scat of Rappahan.
Bock, 'baring put the corps d'armte of Gen. Hanks, on.
?ampcl there, in motion, in the direction of Culpepiier,
and piaaiug the encampmcnt of Gen. Sigol, at Sperry
vtllc, twenty miles from Culpopper Court House, by tho
way. At Culpepper Court House Gen. Tope fonnd Briga
dier General Crawford, with his brigade of Banks' corps
d?artnc? (previously Gen. Hatch's) and Gon. Bayard's
brigade of McDowell's cavalry, the extreme advance of
his army of Virginia; al?oaBrigaUler General Rlckotta' di
vision of Major General McDowoll's eorf i d'armee, that,
liad arrived two days before l'rom Waterloo and Warren
ton, McDowell himself being proient, and in command Of
?11 tbo forces than there.
At noon od Friday Genorals Pojio and McDowell recoived
Intelligence from the guUnnt rayard?who, with the two
regiments cf bis cavalry command doing duty immo"
dla-cly unt'er htm, a Now Jersey and a Pennsylvania
regiment, had b?.;n In ti n saddle ni> Ut nnd day guarding
too Papidsn for a wack, from ;.be Raccoon ford down to a
point fourt"'.* miles bcluw and j o.th of the railroad?that
tho oiiomy at daybreak had erod ed the rivor, with
?wo regiments of I/iulfiaua inflntry, t#o pieces of light
?rtillorjr and throe sin ail regiments of cavalry, and driven
In his pickets. Bayard retired slowly before them, his
foroecf eight bundiod tired out cuvalry only, not being
?uCVsiont to h Id tho ground in front of such a force. He,
feowever, disputed it inch by Inoh with the enemy,and
?ooei'odod In capturing about thirty rcbol prisoners, in"
tftadln? a major, a captain and two nontenants on his
retreat. His own loes was not over throo men
htrur that ho was publicly cmpllmontcd
by his superior ofllcer on tbo flold on tbo
next day (Saturday) for tho admirable manner in which
ha effected his movement. Ho retired to tbo north and
<aaat side of Robinson river, ab?ut eight miles from Cul
pepper Court House, and there awaited a supporting
tbrco to arrive from the iinmodlatn vicinity of that point.
At neon of tho sarno diy 'ieneral Pope, on learning three
|Ml. lostsjitly crderod (lor,oral Crawford to march his
brigade to that end. In half an hour alter receiving this
?rder Crawford was on tbo march. Ai his brigade, tho
Twenty-eighth Now York, Tenth Maine, Forty-sixth
Yeansylvania and Fifth Connect leuf and ten pieces
?f arllle y, filed rapidly through the Tillage of
Onlpepter Court Hj..?o to the gay music of its
fear splendid bands, Its appoaraooe was the them* of
Admiration of the many experienced officers of the staffs
of Qoncrr.ls Pcpo and McDowell, who went over from
?their onenmpments near by to see it start out. They one
?d all doclared that they never saw troops with more
reliable fight in them, and predicted that should thoy
?ngago the cnecay thvy would win a name to endure
?mm long as the history of the war itself. The result
proved the corrtetness of -their judgment. Crawford
proceeded rapidly to the front, and occupied a position
?bout seven miles from Culpapp r Court House, immodr
4*aly In roar of the line of liayard'a cavalry.
8bortly after ordering Crawford, General Pope also or
4arad tho rost of Banks' corps to move rapidly from
Basal river bridge, near GrMJin.ibnrg, nlno miles from
?Culpepper Court House, where it had arrived tho night
?before, to the scxie of cxpectod conflict.
By eight o'cl*:k P. M. the head or General Banks'
oolnma wnsde cri marching around the vlllagotoilgdc
sttoation. which it roaclied before midnight. Thit point
sraa imtnedlntely to-the roar of Crawford. Major General
Slgul was also at the saino time ordered up from tywry"
Tllio, and by n forced mar -h of twenty miles his advanc*
?raachod the village by daylight.
throughout Friday night and Saturday forenoon Dayr.rd
MoMnued sklrinlshlag with the o euiy '* ativauca, untii
tho latter, at two o'clock i*. M., had progr ssod to within
loag :*ge of Crawford's irtillery. At four V. M. the
-anem? developed & -hoary i.n-ro iM of artillery,
whun a portion of that of Oncrtl B.iuk.i came up.
?and wsnt into tlio notion, thcro not being
<room tuotigh in tho position occupied by our
tforccs. for br.nglug the whole of it luto pUy. The con
?Uffldi.1g.ft/ces ut theopejiiug ?>f thu battle v/dre apparently
About a.mt" j auU morn i.part, the rebels showing tlte.r
A-ciit upon ;1!atinl' r's Moumjthi, u sugar loaf euilntuce.
?ilsato! tv* rullco t the jr.a. of tlx: Ui aigo and Aloxan
Cii\ Knltrvrj ut Mitcbell's B ..Hon. Oar front was on
K?l kivwr yToand, with Csdar run In our rear and a
buni' woo!?ii ridge behind thut.
^CrA.-'cially, kom four to sht P. M., tho rebels opened
nt W'b/.'torJc "t I 'oiu ths wood* "UTornding tho basin or
pit. bs l$p<ugUsb?oen tho froau of tho two aontondin^
for< h una* >r'iin2 one bfc :ig nearer to our position
than i '-I'"? ? lb(,y pla>?J a cr. s* Ore from both
tides * - i'rtwt trout on?a, U| on our trcop?,iu
?ludli'i, n: of Conor >1 Unukv' infimtry, that ha I
bocii i'. .hi liao.for thu conflict. 9o unuoying was
this II w '',o! wor? K id j to takp tho
batteries * fk"are?t at hard by charijM. Xhns
Bayard's ?*7? Iry. in? gallant ch.^rg?, is said to k.vo
tvcccsdrd % i*k'nKt?iroof the reticl g^nt , with oo low
to r~-ak of. sSajMsqaewtly, at sis P. M., i'i purcimiice of
orders portl> bA?f Augur s and Williams' divisions of In
fan try, liioludt. V.Vawtosd's uud Cordo-.'i brigade,m >d?
throe mo t desp charges upon tlw rebel ar
tl.uiry. They >v? **?? ho*vercf , cnch time recolvod by a
yery heavy infiu. ^J .tlr#, si* ghtoring thoiu fe*u*fuliy.
fhat they should h. ^ ^ JWraav-n-J to make throe ;juccos
Slvo ohfci gej, lu the . '*0<' ot 0 deadly tire from so
superior Dumber*, coi W*tod lu w?.'i's, 11 rsa'ly the won
der ot tho v ar. Th?.o **? <:? devu?>pod tho fact lLi.I
Ijo enemy sc'nally ent (frcatly outnomboiod our
forsos, about s A-rn tlwiev ^ actl'jn
De Og th'"i inf? r nrd of ths ' nisln b dy
pf tho rrh 1 Infm'.ry, our . artillery flayed *;i
havoc wiih ihoui, driviw-' 'lpr' re>rini'?iii
Mter rogimont back iuio of tho
4ei>M lorsst, lo i-avo thou- i'a ' 1 .tly i? e vu*H.y
fresh rogiiwui'iH, to .1 u.M.i-.* ?* ?mo way,
AnHOg olhori i.i ii me Uii. .1 !.i *?' *1<? Iniidor
su4 Trlmllo. TLORnnof i..t . ? ?*4 to.-n by ?
the'l. #0'1 di.'.l very shur ;> fit ?' <4*
of bliid, and Trliahlo v*m Mwvtied u "d ih.: Lori;s
by tho ?v.pi b^on cf n sl? II.
0?Thig put Ui< (orcrs of UoDswe 1 ru.i I 'n , apM
mtikm r?r UnflvU Of U?n?i u l'o^ \ >VJ' **
TH? BATTLE AT GEDAB MOUNTAIN.
The County Now Occupicd by Genera! Pope-?The Scene of Recent Operations
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WATtKS & SOff
stair, accompanied by General McDowell and bis stalT.
Immediately p.-oeeeded t'^ether I'm tn their headquarters
to the front. As they passed Klcketts' division, and the
head of Nigel's army corps, that lined the ro?T for the
whole Fix miles, each regiment haliod for the instant,
wheeled Into line, and gave General Pope three chears
and a tigor, and then wheeling again into marching
column, pushed forward with signal eagerness for the
fray.
At seven o'clock P. M. Generals Pope and McDowell
r< ached the thickest of the light, and the advance guard
of Ricketts', coming up at the same time, took position
mmed lately in the rear of that ooenpiod by General
Banks' corps.
There being no room on the Held for deploying more
troops of ours than wore onder Banks, those of Rlckette'
could not get into actual action before night came on, which
for some hours prevented further lighting. In the oourse
of the engagement our forces engaged had retired per
haps a mile from the position in which thuy commenced
tho battle at four o'clock P. M., the rebels advancing
slowly as we receded before them. Tills movement on
the part of General Banks, notwithstanding his heavy
loss and the overwhelming forcc opposed to him, was
regularly conducted *3 though he wax executing >n evolu
tion of a dress parade. Not a man of his corps?or, In
deod, of any other?showed ?h? whlto frr.ther, nor did a
m:in even straggle to the rear to thediftaijoe of more
'ban half a mile, where stood a provost guard of
Ktckctts' corps, bayonet In hand, to otieck any, if tbove
-hould be, disposed to skulk off tho flc'.d. Ilundretls
of our wounded passed i.p, iiniping or being carried to
the liospitils established in tlio roar, and ia not one of
tliem retaining o>*nscioasuesH aid v. <* discover aught but
the most undaunted eagcruocd to pro .to..to ue engage
merit.
Wo left tho Hold at eight o'cl ck for tbc n.^iit^ in c arm
ol' which,at midnight, a discharge from otse of our bat
.teriosbroughtonaronew.il of ti.o eng.i.jement for tw>
In1 :i, tn the oeurse of which each side is believed to
li.'.ve 'fit two or three hundred tti ro in kiiktd and
wounded. By aoavalry cbaree, oft< r m.dnlght, of the
enotny, Oenerals Po]>e and Mc!>. ell and tbo.i'
respective stalls, woro within an i icb of belt.
killed or ridden down. They bad di-u. iiL.icd in tlu
front to r>*t a few rain it?n from the s lddle, lien ih.t
enemy'4 catalry made so sudden a dul upon lUcin
that U>< ' bud barely time to mount and y t quickly out
of tho way. In so doing they woi o mistaken b> a cum
pany of thoir own men for ohatging robela, and received
jheir f e, killing a few of thoir horsey ?ly, we bene>v
Wo l.oard, alter leavii.j; tho tiUrtlut two of 0?iiural
I'ope's atafT were killed by rebel fire di.riug the Uttor
part cf Uio engagement, but were then without u.iy
means of verily lug 'lie fact.
Our lues of regimental and company oT.cors was Tory
heavy. Among tboao killed wore C ioitol CtuM, ol tbe
Tliir t Wisconsin ; Major Savafr, and Captains Abbott,
Kuivi'll and Gooding,And LieuttttuuU Bi owning, of tho
geooud llnMCtnMettla Colonel !Vjiielly of ho V rtv
b ,th ronnsylrania, km, we rear, mortally wotmld.
Colonel Crelghian and AdjUuiit M.lyu an, of tUc Seventh
()Li >, arc also v?ii>" baJ.y wounde <. C.i|italn Ki. Hrt W.
Clarke, of Hie First DMti lct regiment, rteelred a pcund
in tho loot. General Augur received a Minn' b ill
back, as he was in front of lib; division n.nuug it. Jtoj
saddle to cheer It on. G.>usr.l (t*r< y is wenonrt in Un
artn so that he will lively lose it, Mid (uner*] Pilucei#
slightly wounded.
On Saturday evening, as fien. Aup-ur was bo,i:g carried
past ns back to tho hospital, It WM tlw. jbt lus wound
was mortal; but,on surgical txamlnttUoB, it Has tuuud
to bo n severs but not a dungorouH wound, we rejoico to
ho ablo to say.
At six P. it. yistord'iy seven hundred an I fifty of our
wounde I kid roachod '"ulpopper Court House by ambti.
lance. Every church a. 1 other suitable buliuiug In the
village, Including private bouses, wni llllod with tbom.
Tho citi/ens, mi'Ie and female?l-hose of secession pro
clivities even th;?wi ig thorn asiao for tho timo bolng
were very generally vicin g with ?vh other In rendering
them every <\oc<>misadatloo and Mistaace In thnr powor.
Doth sides m.vlo eonio hundreds of }?:Ifonnrs in the
course ef the engagement, and it was from prisoners that
It Is mad0 certain ti.vit tho rebel loss Is equal to ours, If
not greater. We WLitfOW our killsfl wd wouudgd ?(
i thousand flvo hundred, after striving to inform oui sxivi u
aa correcily as possible on the rubjeet.
At slx'o'cloek ia the evening. a > b ? ro rema- ked. seven
hundred and fltty hail been broi:,;ht to Ciil^piiT Court
Houso, and there wero tbon at lean two hundred remain
lng In the two or tliroo houses m tho roar of the field oc.
copied as hospitals. Yesterday morning, on th? reforma
tlon of Ibo lines of General Hanks' corps in the rear of the
reinforcements that had cotno np, as explained above, ??
wm fonnd that his loss had been by do means as great#
was thought at dark on the previous day.
Both armlna rested Saturday night upon their arms, lu
the positions in which the close of tho battle found them)
Generals Tope, McDowell and their stank being unreuilt.
tingly engaged uatll daybreak in getting theirs Into tbo
positions fcr the expectod conflict of yesterday assigned
to them.
At daybreak yesterday morning the sharpshooters of
the er.euiy were found precisely whore their frcnt was at
the close of Saturda ys battle, and skirmishing with ours
immediately commenced. Their forces had, bowuver,
disappeared from sight. At sunrise a rebel brigado,
supported by artillery, emerged from the wood* in the
front, and Just as they got Into line of battle Gen. Mil.oy
opened on ihciii with his battery of Wiard guns, whit h
seemed to sw-eop off an entire company or two, tho iifj
\ni-iMu\y taking to their heels for tl'0 cover or the wo tK
Shortly afterward* Gcuoral liayanl, who con mice J, ts ho.
fore, in tho extreme front, scouting to the right anil left
with his cavalry, reported them filing In force In b'lth
tliom ilircciious, as tlu<iigh aiming to Hunk us ou both
side*. Leral 1'opo immediately despatched Tower's
dlvl -Ion of McDowell's corps to follow. watch and co; front
them ou tho rit;hl, anil a UK Lclon 01 .ci>;?s 's i.vrpt Was
tare?..li ?e wo did not learn?to do the same lor these
moving 011 the left. General UUyard. with tv.o regimen's
of h:j cival.y brigade, iroui New .loisey and
1'i'Uitsj ,\aula, was thrown in ciiv.wee ui lower, uid
111 i ?:'.ii.t and efili icnt t'oloti"! I .Hie, of Rny-ird's com
icurl, ?vlih bis wn Rh^do Inland and the Mist Vain.'
rav.'ry, was thrown In tho advance or our ui vision of
obscrv'ii m ou tho left.
At cloven A. M. it wns definite y ascert.ilU'tl from re
I ort* i'l. ci tl'.EO (OiLCh that ilr |.o ri h. f ill r> ? my
i i Id hardly lie liank movements, l-a'o two p M. tUo
tuuTi.'s i'ii becn.e genori'l *t ul .Pope"> I < a.l
<ir..i. u i < on tho fi M, that insto.il i; eith is to re
new tlai engagement, the iuIic;* wrre either sr.king a
new j ? ii' in the rear or rk ?d*?UI tif.
Mr.co reached Washington General Po| e has t< l?.
grn ; lied htrotua't tlio engagoiuout was not ri ndu ed yester
?l.iy altera >n;thHt the onemy hnve ri H'ed tonp-sii i
I wo rn.lt b . k, and that ho a Iv.un.od h<N own army tin*
morning to that lato.y held by the ?i < my.
Wo omitted to itato abovo that tho p Isnners say thit
liio ruho's ''omnieneod the flgl.t with te'i ihoiii Jid men .
General JI.wH in coinniand, who wore reinior- ea by
Jack ten w i:li live tlioui-nid more betori six o'cii ? k J'. M ,
tbe balance of Jackson's .urn> gutting up early 111 tb-l
ni^ht. Thuy"claim ihilr eombun il loi ; to ho from lilty
tv sixty tht..3and strong. ?
Dy a break in the telegraph th; recflption of rVnerai
I Pope's order to General King to joi.i t.m w th hir uduii
rahlodivision war dclayod twonty-four hours, lie how
ever start, d his advance fniiii tiic vicinity of Froderlck'i
hnrg at four o'clock J*. M. of 8 itnrd.iy, ..nd . ? oiglit
o'i look yi-lerduy morning had readied Kik Run ford
so lie kj Jou'ji'.of-i up wuh the raaln army l>y thl.r
hour. From onr own knowledge of tho kiiuatlen
we feel sure that the reception of this Iru
l>oitaut addition to lita fine army hue sl.tady beon
tV^en advantage of by M:\Jor General r. pe, ..nd ihut no is
n In molUn tov.iifj'i Gi ul iisvuie. Ills n.-n nil be
Uova him irresistible, and I<?1 certain thai xlgnnl victory
will la'ierd hli ninvem-tits at their h" id,ng un all pre
vl, |;B ,x Casious when at the head ot bin Western urniy.
p. p._ We lost a singlo piece of artillery, one of l**rg.
It upsut 111 0 dKch, "'id as It could not be rlgJitcdhy those
In rlisrge of ^ i was ahanitoued,
Wo regret ft.'ir inability to call public attoulon to the
services o^all !k 'e g" laiit Unloti oflteere and men Irdh Idu*
a'ly si Kabed In iC' 'mi:ortant battle. Ono and all jier.
firmed their whole v '"'y most sniSfu.itoii.'y. Wo iu iy,
however, moutlon thiyt Gereral Dauks was aided most
signally throughout tho ^npveraout hj Dilgad.'er General
Kcberta, General l'opn'8 ch\'1 of cavairy, a?an;n?d to him
m iii* *4Ti*?r OPTO the fltki, ^D# wm mm mrywtMr*
by tufiis, arsls'ing in arranging and superintending the .
nvveirnnts of tho troops, and enootir.ijjing them to the
minifentiitfon of tho remarkable tone (bey preserved
throughout the entire b.utlo.
Additional Details of the Buttle.
CpLnerrra, Vn., August 11,1862.
In ccner<iuenco tho advani ? of tbo rebula to this
s Ido of the Rap Wan, Major General Pope sent forward two
army corps, oommimdsd by Ceueral Don Its, to bold thorn
n check.
Al daylight this morning it was discovered that the
onemyhad advanced as fur aa Cedar Ron Mountains,
holding Its wooded sides and clcared slopes.
Only a small portion of their strength, however, was
visibio. They also beld a range of elevations and ravines
westward of the mountain.
An elevated spot, a mile and a half from the mountain,
and a mile long east and west, waa selected by General
Banks as the bent place to receive their attack.
The forenoon was spent by the enemy in manoeuvres,
tUy only occasionally showing themselves.
Al three o'clock in the afternoon a battery on the
front, at a mHo and a half range, opened on us, and their
Infantry drovo in our pickets In the woods on our right
wing.
Aftorwards, battery after battery was untnasked on
the monntain slot'** and on every hill, making a crescent
cf butteries c-f nearly three miles, commanding our own
position tor twoho"is.
Our batteries >.e .t uspoecd to cross fires and flank
fires at evorj polut.
Tbo nt' > ?" titly outnumbered us in guns and
v. ? m.; 1.r, Ot nit Ukl
We i< p!lei'. ulint for flint, till five o'clock, when tho
Iobeta "vtied r: nfl'.i 1-battery on our right.
(Jci i..: li. .'< gave orders to cd.>so Bring and
Cil*if? tilts Ol.lt r}
I'hi i tj nc<l to l>nwfiTd> brigade, of W.I
ui. i- u ; tlio i'ort/ aixiii I enunylvam*regi
liie-.t r '
i.,l ?: 'l. i? i tVirket of shrub oak, and bc
!c,'f i I ent.afIvanla regiment could r arh
li r. ? 're iiiovrod oo?ti by a terrific Qro
| . ? li,* r-1 of the Uvignde was quickly
brtii ? ? .. . tji;et tly th* rest uf (.or.oral Wll"
i s',,i .. .'a mnmai 'a; but thobrigades
of . i ? ? .? : nt every point.
Tin- : .i ' - tr* a tlitck. et wood, with a ra
v!ii! on i. . uearly all! .n enemy's itilantnr
lia.lt" .'in ii "i ?luri.'g the shi Hi?k, aft^r securing
ilicm.-Ives fi 1 1 r by ex:*ilm? m<r pickets.
Tiii' vH , . I.- ,11. .? ijf t! o h iti' st conUt-lod lights
In Virginia, lu. ..t-j tii irk, when ?. r (o.v** retired
front tho field , .. w i-sllkm bc . itd roach of the
euoi:i> ? guur, i.i au aJvwtag'.cua poeltion
on tuo height*.
Out infantry worn h.vd j ait up. \Vo loft two guns,
ruo enomy'S lo < vv;.- . -rliiiiily ptc u r than offta, as
their dnnM column, vtrc .."luoutly tid Hod by our ar
till rletn.
Wd took flMny pr ? >n ?i -.
giue>iourowiv?p<Mi.'.ei.t i'ft the field large reinforce
metitf- ftard fenched th ? i ? r an hour shots h'avo
been etcl nnjtoC
Acc nuts fi'im Oi!; ej>.i. i ri jucsriit !* a enemy's call
mated foro eti, ;iKed nt ?'? 00. an I our vwn.exviuslvo of
cavnir> and artill. ry, i nftt exceodmg 7,(KW.
The number of i'fciti d States sol-' wootidcd is large, {
but, (l.o wounds are generally slight. Tho number of
Hied I* small. r
On Saturday night tho IcauiBtSNI lit their Cros.
causiti, tho enemy to sh'11 out n ." ; '..itiia fo.' two hours
with considerable efiect.
Vent onlay morning tho rebel:' wcr~ net in sij?ht on onr
front; but the Indications wore that th.we*? rtdufcroed
on Saturday night, and were attempting to llank oar
movement*.
Mathlng his an yet boon heard froi i General Ruferd at
Mai'mm Court Hsttsfc
Tlionomy this morning ?onf tn n fhg of truce nrking
permission to bury thoir dead. (Lis shows that, with all
thdtr ?'i|*rlority of numbers, tin jr worn too h.id'y cut up
to nululahi their potltt'.a, ??'d th't tLur fitlilng back yAs
ierd.iy'.vas froni nfc?" itf, ooi. tholes. Our tr upu are
engaged In b> ingir.tf v>ft our woui.dM Onm the field, and
W ' 1
'J'he Wmmtliil.
! Tho folio-viny d??p*itch was sent to Jlr. John it. loin's,
of the Atlantic Mutual Iusn.anco Company of this city:?
I.loiii: nam Ja.vne In wounded and priFOtier. Pereeant
Walters and Private Marvin are killed. No others from
Cold Hpi Ing. Kigbt wounded.
WAI.TTtt R. HEWr.KTT,
Captain Company C, 102d Regiment N. Y. S V.
Lieutenant Uowellyn F. Haskell, aid to Gcners)
Prlaco, ami son of Mr. Haskell , tho proprietor of Llewel
lyn Park, of Orango, New Jerhot, was woundod in tho
thigh during the br.ttlo.
Arrival of Wounded at Washington.
Wasiiihgtos, Anpust XI, 1S82.
During last ulsht trains arrived from Culpepper, brlng
|D( a number of officers wounded In liie late battle and
skirmishes iu that vicinity.
Tliey are mostly wounded In the nrt.ii and leg*, al
though one or two were moro seriously injured In other
parts of the body, one of them having received no less
than four bullets in bis hips. Vehicles were In attendance
on tho arrival of the trains, and tho sufferers were
tpocdHy removed, many of them to public houses.
Safety of Ore. Vordqalat and Whitney.
BAi.TmoRK. August 11, 1802.
Or. Vordqulst of the Ninth Now York, ami Dr. A. W.
Whitney, of rhlrteentb Massachusetts, rei?rted wound
ed in the Nkw York Hbram>'* Met of wom:ded at Cedar
MountAin, are both unhurt. TDe Hki.u.d repot ter bed
the names upon'lus list, but simply lor reference to Mo
ther matter. ,
Gene.al Pof?r ? Operation*.
Tho movc--.ft.tfi of General I'upc'n army during the
past few dvrs b*vo been full of intercut. On the 1st cf
the present 11. ..1II1 Brigadier General Crawford, com
ma.itling t!'f ciru'rj^fcp'iiprtpiwr Court IHiso, tnalo a
il?!It u ti'l ?! ..11 fi! 1.11. ;t.i an<l ulUn.k d iho rebels at
and 110.1 (in iifto ' tMirt II m?e, driving tlteni not only Into
ih.''! place, tut thronjh It, taking pos?iw?l *n of tlii town
in it.- iMifl of tlic t'l'lori. On llito occasion over flfiy
rule's irci J t:.k" a prisoners Including lici t ami line mil
ce. s. Hovi'M minor mm 'incuts Mad tieon previously
11,-ule, ?mi ?thoisoi'a similar character ha- ? sistcu been
p>, on. >1, until, 011 t.'ie 71U, tleneral Gibbon, with his
so >:t;al band, returned to Kmtlorlck burg fro-n ,1 recon
noi iirlng exposition, daring which ho do*troy?<t Kreder
ick ll ill Ktatl r nod cut up tho Viryio'n Central Kailmad
cev< r?l n?il. t from U t ! inaviHe. This rail.'ond hail ul
threat!) b'tn ivk.o't t;?pt>e.l by tlic f?.rces under General
To.o, ir>.; each Uine th ? breaks occur, al
tho n;h they may bo repaired qtileliiy, still
they li'lp to delay and Impede iho passage
of tlw e?ii-K ?m the 7th Inst a skirmish c-eurr'd b*
twei 11 the Union picket* and a body of rebel cavalry at a
p've called WoMVwn, Kfflo eljht or ten ml'tj* from M.tdl
s Ti ?mi 1 limine, >'u thu .-'tannardavllle roud. The reb-- .
wro at thin tlrno driven across tho Ra^l'an with s?>me
slylit t"f*. '' r'Ml l*'pe, who had gratluallj beci loc.it
ibkhuh?"??;iia:lflr? nearer to Rlclmotid, took up bi?
pillion at ''olpopiier on *he Sth, *i?d ?m the 9th the re
cent f" vcr ? cngis^ntenl took pHcc, tb^ pr(ijr''5A of which
wo give mi .11 In anoihet poritou of thu p.i|>er. Tbm.tn
th> t-.ourso of ebmit one week we tiavo tb. ee Intpnriarit
mllito y exjiedltious, Ecveral mi:.or mcvim.iits and a
battle.
Auk nif tbo ll? ? ot offloers wo'ihilnd we notice the nsmes
of tior.or.ila tirnry ati'I An.'j'ir, of the Utii m army, and
Ueoerale ?f..ckf.ou,i:avtiHi and Winder, of llio ruibcl ioices<
Wc append sliort skecltcs of tbc -e mon.
BTt;ri.:ii op ..jcswai. .ioiin vr. ot.tnr.
Br ig^lior Ujneial .1 W. Henry, who is reported s jrl
or.sly w unded, ha* fli/>ir?<l ent?n?ive1y in recent national
evfute. Ho commanded the Second regimeut of penn
syl.unla Volunteers in Mti&ire, t i.tl was uotod for the
groal lirmn^ss and tbc rigid tiiv lplme to v.bleb he sub
jected his men. W hen lie 1 ct wcul t? tbo war in that
unfortunate rop.bllc ho w?? 1, cntoiian' Colonel of IV)
borts' regimoui of rontiij lv?;;ia Viluntci i a, aud ru the
battle ofCbe;.'ultop?C| wb?ro lie l-ld< Ui f oiunvwiT of hi?
regiment, was wo>n dad, but iitMwUbjIautl'ag led Uis u>cn
into tho toriiilc battle fo'igUt at tl>? Ue iVieti gvo Just
prtvlotis to tj^cipt'tre of tho el'y l!:\lco. Fr: 1
gallr.bt^y oa U\at Pfeitslon ho ptonvud lo .ho rank
of c>>l acl, his comniixsion boJnng dak N- veo'ei g,
1847. He received -<|> ctal menti<n at Corro (?nrdo
A{tv tb? war, la 1118, be Uyjd In San I raccisco.of
' *C
whieh place tio era ? appointed PoetwosUir, a id was after*
wards eicctoii ibe first Mayjt of the city, holding bin of
fice for t w > or throe tonus prior to th-s organizition of
the Vigilance Committee. lie wu i.ext appointed Go
vernor of Kansas uu ier the Buchan.n r<y? J, and after
hit) recall settle 1 at Grtenbury, WNtmNkml oounty,
l'n , In the Congressional district of John Co vo do.
was i leading agrksult irlst for I tic greater part of hid
li'e, and always an administration de.nocra'., supporting
iu the receut elections O. Fostor for Governor and Joho
C. Brccki .ri.ige. Ills udveiiturous disp ilioa could no!
remaiu . ouUuted en the breaking out of thl.j war, aad he
kft a young and be intlfu! wife to go to I'bi'aleiphia and:
orga'dxe a regiment, he taking the OMatuand as 114
Oioae MiVXiy of h j old Mexican followers llooked to bid
3>atidard frf -n atl parts of th? State, and ho hsd thn
largest region t, wo believe, in tho Unite 1 States ser
vice. iliey w ro gplendi lly ei) lipped, andnmed with En*
Ueltl IUM and sabru bayonets. The gallantly and daah o^
his Pennsylvanians have t*een rcmarkablo tinea they too^
iLa Urld, and luve brought glory upon tiiunu Ive# while
tl ev gave co lit to fhoir commander. On the 26tU oi
A| ril, 18C-, Cciunel (.Vary was appointed a "rtgadie*
general of v Ounteerr, with charge ut' thu district of the
1'iodmout. General Geary Is a tall, powerful nun, and
hi'- bravery has long made him prominent m the military
sorvice.
PKBTCH or GKNKKAL AUflUrt.
Brigadier General Christopher Colon Angur, roported
tveonded, is a native of Nmw York, but > ???} .v^olatod to
thoMlhfirj Aealomy from Michigan, lie entered thai
establishment us aoatfet in 1830, and is.ooneoiuontly,
ah iut forty \ ear); of ago. He gr.uiuatod on the 30 th o|
June, JfiJ't. : Aiding N'o. 10 in tho s..irio class with
Geae.al- 1 .u.k'.tu, Grant, Bijroukli, Qttiuby IVck, Rey
nold?, >'i i.v'h, Hamilton, St'ale, Judah, and others hi
thelni a-ei'vicr, aud R ley, U..'tUj aud others, now
serviug -.in ! : the rebel colors. On thu 1st of July, li>43i
ho entered the United States nriny as a brevet second
lleutouant < f the Second United States infantry, and on
the 12ta of Soiitomber, 1845, received hn commission of
aeuotid lieutenant or the Fourth United St.itcs infantry.
On the 16;h of February ,1847, ho was turthor promoted to
a iirut I; utenanoy of his rogiracut, and during the sama
yi'ui served hi Mexico as an aid-do i; imp to Brigadier
General :, jp;i.;i r. In 1818 hu wan attached to the staff of
Brigadier General Cushing, also iu tlio capacity of aQ
ald decatnp I to was promoted to a captaincy on thq
1st of Angufct, 1852, and was distinguished in Eevoral so*
vere contlicts w.th ihe ludians neir Roguo rivor, in Ore,
g n,iul850 In the Army Keglstcrs for 1859. 1860 and
18*31, Ins name stands third on the list of c iptalns of thn
1 ourth Cnited .-"i ites infuu'ry, aud number forty tive on
tho list of mutiny ca ains in tho urmy. He also bold
an tin; ortant position at West Point aboil this thn*. On
tii' 14th of iUy, 1861, ho was promoted to be the first
tn ij r of cue of the uew regiments of United States
troop*, better known as tho Thirteenth regiment o^
United ?taie0 infantry. In tho last Army Register his
lineal rank In the army na a major stau U at number
eleven. Ou the l-'.ii of November he was commissioned
a brigadier general of volunteers, nnd ordered to roporf
to General McClellan. IIis first hca liiun tcrs wore located
at Upton's Hill, Vii?iuia, and his command hait over alne*
boon attachoa to the Army of the 1'oiomac, either undoB
General M< Clr lm or General McDowell. His advance oil
l'rodericusburg v. as a good beginning of his military car.
roor as a goaeihl, nud ho has, so far, born.- out the credit
pained on that occasion, li.s recent mov?ments hav#
bumi good, altU itgh not so proiuineutly ma.i.ud aa thoM
iUhivo ro." i"eJ. His wound is not considered dangoroun*
tKi':' CV I m: Itr.BKfc OKNKKAL WILDER.
o. i 1. V. i.i r was formerly counooted with
the Urti. RHDy having resigned on tho 27th of
A:.ril, l^'l. '.At'.;..", rv.ee with the r> ba'u. lie Is ?i
ual ivo of M '.i'j 1 md , .ii. . entered tho Mi liary Academy at
West I'oiat r.?aca<lot 'rem that. Statu in Angus*, 181di?
He giadr.atcd in 182J, standing N1.11 iu a ct.u>s of tliirtjr
mcm.'erF. Ho entered the army on thu 1st of Juiy, 1H^0,
fori ltd ii<n?tOU^nt of artillery, and was trims)erred to
the rifles on the 2'11 of tho f Ilowing d itohor. He waa
rot'dned a.s .,eeond lientunai.t of tho Fourth artillory id
ihc rcorg ?.i/ tion of tlio mray in June, 1321, and waa
tranxfei red u tkc Third artillery on the 10th of tho foU
li wing Aug ??it. Ho resigned the psrvlee in August, 1828,
b it r. cs i i-api.' tuted second lieutouant ot the fr irut artil
lery ou the 'J l of April, 1827. From Noyomber 22,182TJ
to t-Vpteni'" .? 21,13-8, ho was Assit-twit Instructor af
Infantry Xactle* at the Military Aca lemy,and on the 301^
of November, 1883, he was promoted to a tirat lieutenancy*
Do was regimental adjutant from 1835 to 18 to. On thn
7th i f October, 1842, he was promoted to a captaincy,
and gained his brevet aa major fur gallant and inert;
torions conduct in the battles of Controras and Chero^
Ujsco, M? ." lco, h;s brevet bearing date August 20,184T.
Ho was further brevet ted lieutenant colonel for gallant
and meritorious conduct on entering tho city of Uexi0O|
dating from September 14, 1847. At the beginning of
1801 he was promoted to a majority of tho Third artil*
lery, and shortly after resigned, as above stated. H*
was made a brigadier general in the rebel army, and waq
ap|ioitiied Military Governor and Chief i'rovost Marshal
or tho city of Richmond. He bore tho character of being
very tyrannical in his dealings.
Tli? Jtegnliire Eiijtagcd In the Battle.
The following regular troupe participate* in the tattle
of CeJnr Mountain ou the tith instant, full particulars of
which wore publish-*! In tmUi day 'a Hmulo:?
Coropiulee A and D, Eighth infantry (old army).
Com pun ie* A, lt,C atj D, second battalion, Twelfth tat
fantry (now army).
Con 11 uiiy K, fourth artillery.
Tbe six companies of tho Kighth and Twelfth were rs>
cruit'id lu this and tho neighborly States, and war*
orpnnlxed at Kort Haiailtoo, which poet they loft*few
weeks >K'>. They consist almoet ontlrely or recretts, Iks
few eld soldiers in tbeni bfliik, non-co.-nmp?ioneA officers,
Tho valor abd discipline thoy displayed durlug the dosps*
rite lighting at Codar Mountain reli ct uot oily great
ln.nor open themselves, bet greut cradtt upon the officers
who organized, disciplined and !e<t them Into bauic.
Tho following brief cke'ohes of throe of their officers,
who have boen wonu<!?d, may not be without interest;
?specially o? tl? ? effirers bars not be-n noticed before.
CAPTAIN riTCHV.lt, KIOUTII INFANTHT.
Capi.tlu Th ta is (1. Pitcher, who commanded the sH
?otnpmlol of Infantry specified above, is tiio senior eap*
lain In tho SSfhth Infantry, and atuBJs eighteenth on th^
|lut 01 captulus In the line of promotion. Ho U ? uatlvs
?i |.uli.-iu:i, ' id W.r; appointed from I hit Si te to * Oictj#
aeo nd lieutenancy In tho Fl.'th Itraairy July i, i#4g?
ii.iv r.tfj'ist i vic.uly graduated at tin West Point Mill#
tary Acadcmy. Fr>'in 'lie Klfth Infantry ho wm soog
li-mnl'ei re . to tl o KUl.'b, Tad went with tills rogimeiit 14
Momio, >.v t. ii-j In Tvt. 1 with distinction, and waf
brevet:-don tbe 20tb of August, 1M7. Since tho M..?|
can ;v:?i he h -" :n wl'h lin rrgnnent in c> irly all put*
of the wi'.d CHUlry "out West,"an, has held many tn?
p i t.i ' c iin: mis. Hi-< cuni'. :-??? u.s if flr^t lieutenant
ai d c pt i'n (of Cotn any T) t?e tr d*'t* or June 29,1
im.l octob.'; l.v IS *. <???? actively? thus shewing ttafc
lie w?.- n ill's t Iloul nrt tcarly ton y-art, si.cb
wus tlio aV\*n sd of promotion. Arter the greater perd
of the Kikh'h vat cn.durt'd In Texas, last year, Cantata
! i tor wan ordorad to Fort H inilton, to supui Intend th#
rc n< iii'^tion of the regiment, aud was there on duty
al>< 'it ten mouth*. In tho baitlnof iWar Mountain th4
J Captain lad the battalion ,nto act ion, and, though eoeroly
wvutilad In the knee by a musket shot, be noMy *too4
hi? :;r? m l until the light wis ondod.
CAPTAIN Qt'IMBV, TV Kl.HU 1KFAVIHV.
Captain Wlllium U in ? n.itlvo or Mfuao, no4
r>xr v? 1? i...ptuiii'i c iiiT'-t n.fiotn civil >lf?,on ths
cv. uiiitiuu vf the now i ^i.iicnU lu M>)-.1a31.
c iinmiiud^ Cuinp'iiy I1', of the second battalion, Twe'M
inisnlry. So fc. ??- a know, this Is hl? flr?t appaarancv
on the '. *itlo r.?M. having been eng.igad in rowutli'ntf
SiUca 1,. c i. .hi .,ju was lsbja.1.
I.ll.fl P.N ANT MOULT, Fiunin I.STAMTHT.
I lat.tenant iieury D. Noblo U ? iirndti .Uiu West Poli?f
and Olilcn-U tlie army ontheUlhoi May, 1H81, as aaci?4
llotttai ant In lha Kighih lolhbtry, being appointed fros|
this bis unlive State. He ia a very pwinisln/ yeung aty
car. It Is not *i*to4 what liar bir wound Is alight ere??
nou.'; but It la to be hope I tint it will not koop hint lo?i|
from native sarvioc, ?a tbe Aimy ??!%? o?rar more la waa#
of cill lent aubaltorn? ? >-?' 'h' ?? 't ?e now.
Arrival uf l*rl*onei a ;?? tVitahlagton*
v a' ^ .V;g jvil,i?c7.
Abou t?ca hundroi' p: ru in* whom are *d?u?
ol tb^nri-i'M "d i.i Uia ..i.a v, w?au^l?fg tfoMMilt
tAiur,i j-,Vvrlre?l i.areto-iey.
Th?y u'j .Mt a terntl# i?a* ol uto in Uie lata balU^
(cunt\n<iU) on lauimi