| Show operations OF THE ARMY OF VIR 1 GINIA gen pope in hia hla official report of 0 the battle of cedar mountain states that on ort the of august the enemy adv advanced arced with rapidly to and andic occupied u led the sides of the mountain iri ivi with r th a I 1 AT e force an n I 1 opened fire ln in the afternoon with w ith his is artille did not make i an alvance on gen banks banka column till about five when nhen gen geh banks thank mo movel i vel vea forward and the battle opened open ed and bously for an hour and a half darlng daring duri Dari nghe the fore part of the day he had received report after leport report from gen bals fals barks bala i that chat hat the enemy had not appeared in any considerable sid erable force and BO no attack was wag apprehended the increase or 0 the fling filing towards nihl ni tt rendell g it probable pro a bie ble that an engagement e might wight take piar be he di acted general mcdowell to advance general pickets lih liw islon ision to reinforce banks danks and ordered sigel to brin brinz bring his bis command which h was give five miles li the rear on the field as soon as possible ile he then hastened to the scene of s at ife ire in person where he arrived at a ven and found the battle raging curiously iut tut banks had fallen back to the lial li al si ion ha he had taken in the coining mo ining 1 I gen pickets corps on co coming min 0 up pushed forward and took position in adv advance ance of gen banks gen gordons brigade was wad wa ordered from the right to the center where they were massed but before these movements mor moi emens were effected it was A as quite dark the battle continued with unabated f fury ury the he musketry and artillery on both sides keeping up an incessant fire till a late ate hour and th the e sh shiang liing lang did not cot cease till after midnight the federal army rested on their arms on the field till fill mo morning at daylight th the enemy ne y fell back two miles and took uon higher her up the mountain upon which the federal packets advanced at once I 1 and a nd occupied the ground thus vacated in that position ensti lycar 24 24 ly ping ong na naab cb 9 severe fight fighting ling and excessive heat beat to that ex exl tent that neither could coull renew the contest comia rested and recruited recruiter leei leef duil during ng St sunday anday tb the loth with the exception of the federal cavalry which were on the lookout on the flanks and rear bion Blon bionday monday day the lith wa was a de devoted otea to th the e burying ury of the dead deadens and getting off the wounded so grea great wag was the work in consequence of 0 the vast number of the a slain a nt and which c could ouid not i b be prosecuted vh vigorously the he heat a t wa was a eo excessive that night closed in ihl upon their unfinished I 1 kisor labor oa on monday night the e emy my fled from the bield field le leaving many of bis dead unburied and arid some of or hs kis wounded I 1 lying y in on 1 the ground and strewed along the road to orange court house to which place jackson subsequently retreated r of the killed billed wounded and missing of the federal army is set bet awn by gen pope at about fifteen bundred huu buu dred dreJ of whom nearly three thre e h un ired irei ed were taken prisoners the te confederate 1 1033 losi os was estimated by him as having teen leen much greater and complaints ar are ara e made t that ba 1 t the eamy enemy e did not cot inter hein heir dead as in some in instances a the hands ad aid ard f tet fet t et of the blain elain were to be been seen sticking g gut out of their graves graies and their bodies bout w we r re i bue but al slightly C covered ov ered on br the oabe othe 0 the confederates from cedar mountain gen buford baford was bent cent i pursuit with a cavalry and artillery force ss ho followed the enemy to the we h tributary of the rappahannock Rappa hannock barnock which was so swollen that it was thought not proper to pursue the thi enemy buford returned I 1 on the it was subsequently reported that the enemy were ir it large force on the south side of that liver river gen sigel with his corps fede d thither and same some sone skirmishing is lepor reported tel to have occurred iti itt one instance it is stated that the enemy attempted t ta a 9 the rapid an but gen sigel drove back it was probably one of those movements which in military parlance are called feints it loen does not appear from any state statements m ants bici bick hl ci have been mad made e pi dubuc t that at i any lypor portion tio of the ar army my of virginia proceeded farr farther tra lRa southward af after ter he the enemy than the rapidan Ra but why hey they did not the nation have bave not been apprised there were no I 1 doubts good and Buffi sufficient cien clen t reasons for dis carding carli carti ing the onward ma ch to gordonsville Gord onsville f alme a decisive battle was expected to take I 1 place between Jack jackson soji and pope two avo of the most popular fi fighting atin generals of the he war which many who wished to have the federals and co f federates ede rates under uner their respective favorite generals have hare a fair field fight upon scientific and principles hoped coped would occur at an ark early day they were however doomed to disappointment for up to the latest dates no battle battla had bocc occurred at that place nor in that vicinity and the thet pr prospects os were that no conflict would take place there fot for a time to come I 1 A general advance ance of the army arpy of virgl virgi virginia rila tila towards the rapidan Ra was announced to have taken place on the neb nth without discovering the enemy on the previous day aay a construction train in charge of col fifield was bent sent to 40 repair the fhe bridge across the stream str earm eara but discovering a large confederate force od on the opposite batik bank within range it was deemed imprudent to commence the work of rebuild i agthe b bidge ide id e which the enemy had destroyed when gen buford was waa following them on their retreat from the batt battle battie le field before cul cut pepper subsequent reports stated thal that recon i oi ances I 1 ad been male made southward without d sc the enemy and it was believed that jackson had haa gone to some other point on ohp morning of the bo however weyer wever according in to a r statement which has gained publicity an order was wag issued for the army to get ready for tor a march northa north northward ward waid aid ald and shortly thereafter the whole army of f virginia was in full retreat towards the rappahannock Rappa hannock and moving ing with great rapidity rapidly A Fu superior perlor force of I 1 the confederates which before this to the army unexpected movement was in parit was thus thrown in the rear of gen popes co columns and no time was lost in lessen lessun lessening ing the distance between them and the Rap rappach pahn n nock fhe the he right bank of which abich they are represented as being anxious to ta occupy ra it was wag as rumored that in addition to the crepy overwhelming 41 il e 1 1 m 1 I t firce force pressing upon their rear L 1 0 were marchini marching direct for Fredericks fredericksburg bu arx I 1 ini inn ni tending to get between the federal aimy army and washington there was ev dently conill rable rabie sensation nce nee re ion lon iou boht advance e 06 the tha coa con federate hoss hota from frodi mafir richmond non M as s it was rumored and 1 bel believed levid levia and not alt Ait without hout good cause that thai the entire army of the south which had bad assembled at Rich richmond mond mind to oppose oppose mcclellan acci ellan elian was wag en on route for the potomac the rapid but lut orderly marching orth of the federal columns in the same came direction hadano tendency to allay the excitement nid wid width an J th the e fl afe lyof washington city became a i mat lerot fenot r d deep concern with professed velio who were apprised of the position of affairs an ant as much mua secrecy tb 1 secrecy as a possible was ob observed I 1 veda and the reverse reversa of fortune which had come upon gen P army from abich BO so mu much ch bad been expected was not announced to the public so bo ion as it could be kept ket uia via a and ald nd prevented vented from bein published to ae tu fa na ivl thon iton alton and to the world s the corps of gens banks and mcd Mc w eli eil arrived at culpepper on the in morning orning of libe jibe and ind ns as per report it had bad been their intention to cross the river that forenoon but gen sigel had not fiot arrived with b a command 1 i and it was not de deemed em ed pr prudent to ap commence m meia meri ce crossing cros billbe till be should come his bis retreat might be cut off by the enemy who were ware close achand at hand U af to latest dates his arrival had not been announced but it was expected that be would world jin join the other coris corps corps p in t the tha course ourse of tb that at day when the shoe whole army would retire to thenora h side of the river a and n id there face about and arid dispute the passage of thae thAc nemy y according to the statement of the P prisoners T gri ers who arrived at harrisons Harn sons landing from richmond with gen mccall mccail Mc Cill on the mth large bodies cf of the conre confederate er ie army my had a d been moving north for several days before their exchange was vas effiec effected ted and on the ni night of the lith over on ons hundred pieces of artillery C t passed pained air their prison to reinforce c jackson ids op their statement was corroborated by a person who left lett climond richmond Ri oh on the who represented the entire calif confederate ederae army teen then tuen moving towards the Rappa nappa baddock bannock i |
