The New York Herald Newspaper, August 12, 1862, Page 1

ie rene eee Te Cm og , That they should bh. ww persevered to inake throe succes- THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 9466." {MPORTANT 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. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE OF THE ARTILLE’/y, The Rebel Generals Win yoy and Trimble Kille’,, light Skirmishing v sen the Hnem' on Sw’ samy, s Retreat of tbe Rebels from Their Pesition, Arrivy'1 of Wounded ana Prison- ers at Washington, &o., &o., &. Wasmnnoton, August 11, 1862. ‘The editor tf the Star, who was ona visit to his family ‘wt Culpepper Court Honse at the time of the battle on Saturday test, vives the following account of st, centain- ‘Qpg itomeof interest not mentioned in other accounts:— On Friday morning last Gen. Pope, staff and escort, veache@ Culpepper Court House, from his last encamp- ment,@car Washington, the county seat of Rappahan-. Bock, baying put the corps @armee of Gen. Banks, cn_ amped there, in motion, in the direction of Culpepper, and passing tho encampment of Gen. Sigel, at Sperry- ville, twenty milesfrom Culpepper Court House, by the ‘way. At Culpepper Court House Gen. Pope found Briga- ter Goneral Crawford, with his brigade of Banks? corps @armee (previously Gen. Hatch’s) and Gen. Bayard’s brigade of McDowell’s cavalry, the extreme advance of Ais army of Virginia; also,Brigadier General Rickette’ di- wiston of Major General McDowoll’s corps d’armee, tha, had arrived two days before from Waterloo and Warren- ‘von, McDowell himself being present, and in command of ‘il the forces then there. At noon on Friday Generals Pope and McDowell received. Satelligence from the gallant Dayard—who, with the two Wegiments cf his cavalry command doing duty immo" lately uncer him, a Now Jorsey and a Pennsylvania Fogiment, had been in the sandie night and day guarding the Rapidan for a week, fram the Reecoon ford down toa point fourteca miles below and south of the railroad—that ‘tho exemy at daybreak had croaced the river, with two rogiments of Louisiana infantry, two pieces of light artillery and throc smail regiments of cavalry, and driven 4n his pickets. Bayard retired slowly before them, his force of cight bundsod tired out cavalry only, not boing Buflicient to hold the ground in frout of such a force. He, ‘however, disputed it inch by inch with the enemy, and Sucevotled in capturing about thirty rebel prisouers, in” @eding a major, a captain and two licutenants on his xetroat, His own loss was not over throo men We hear that ho was publicly complimented wy his superior officer on tho field on the ‘mext day (Saturday) for the admirable manner in which he offected his movement. He retired to the north and eat side of Robinson river, about eight miles from Cul @opper Court House, and thero awaited a supporting ‘@orco to arrive from the immediate vicinity of that point. At neon of the samo day General Pope, on learning these @acts, instantly crdorod Genoral Crawford to march his ‘erigade to that end. In half an hour after receiving this order Crawford was on the march. As his brigade, the ‘Bwonty-cighth New York, Teuth Maine, Forty-sixth Pounsyivania and Fifth Connecticuf aud ten pieces Of arillle.y, filed rapidly through the village of @ulpepper Court House to the gay music of its feur splendid bands, its appoarance was the thome of @Amiration of the many oxperienced officers of the staffs of Generals Popo and McDowell, who went over from ‘Weir oncampments near by to cee it start out, They onc ‘amd all declared that.they never saw troops with more ‘Peliable fight in thom, and predicted that should they @mgago the cnemy thoy would win a name to endure ag long as the history of the war itself. The result ‘roved the correetness of ‘their judgment. Crawford ‘proceeded rapidiy to the front, and occupied « position ebout seven miles .from-Culpapp r Court House, immedi @ely im roar of the line of Bayard's cavalry. Shortly after ordering Crawford, General Pope also.or- Gered tho rost of Banks’ corps.to move rapidly from ‘Bazel river bridge, near Grifinsberg, nice miles from Oulpepper Court House, where it had urrived the night ‘before, to the some of expectod conflict. By oight o’cleck ‘P. M. the head of Geveral Banks’ eolomn wag desericd marching around the village to 1!8 de @tination, which it roached before midniyht. Tht point was immediately to:the rear of Crawford. Major General ‘Bigol was aleo at the eae time ordered up from Sperry” | vvilio, aud by a forced mar-l: of twenty miios his advance weachod the village Uy daylight. ‘Throughout Friday night and Satueday forenoon Bayard entinucd skirmishing with the © cmy’s advance, until tho latter, at two o'clock P. M., had progressed to withia Yong rage of Crawford's artillery. At four P.M. enemy developed a ‘Deavy nero vwhen © portion of that of Gencral Banks came 1), and .went into the action, there not being @oom enough in the porition occupied by our orces.for bringtng the whole of it toto play. The eon. mond \ng.ferces at the opening of tho battie were apparently edout sms aud more cpart,the rebels showing their Prout vponsiang) Mo Mi, A sagar loaf eminence, aaluaatod tw miles to the w ot of the Orange and Alexan- Ralltoae at Mitchell's Bistion. Our front was on lower ground, with Cedar ran in our rear anda eal! wooled ridge behind that, Arafually; fom four to six P.M, the rebels openod my Wribetorieg trom the woods surrounding the basin or ple MH gping Lebvoen tho fromts of tho two eontendin, fore ¥¢, ooh smog \oing one being nvarer to our position than @bacrmpy. Thus thoy played » crosy Are.from both Sides, seurcll owe direct front ona, upon our troops, in- @ludin, ¥ Wk? wnt. of Goneral Banks’ infuntry, thet had deca , We jn dine for the conflict. So annoying was thig f. © ‘lat ethompts were mids to take tho Dattories ' mecarest at hand by charges, This Bayard’s txvviry,ing gallant eborge, ie said to havo euccceded Waking two of the rebel gune, with no lose to speak of, Siivsequently, at six P.3., in purenance of ordors, porth ‘Wiset Augyr’s and Williams? divisions of in fontry, inoludi, Wi@awlord’s und Gordon's brigades, mide three most desy SW laayonct charges upon the rebel ar. thiory. They we Bs beWevor, ench time received by w yory hoavy infa. 9 .tire, slyoghtering thom fearfully. in the, 06 of such a deadly fire trom so co, Wasled in wants, is really the won- whores dovuarpod the fact that ‘be enemy ne*nally on, OK@! greatly ownmndorod our forecs, about #oven thouss, Wy 40 action, Being tins informed of the® drention afgho main yody Bivo charge superior puinher: dor of tho war, T! pf tho rebel infentry, our #rtillery played ga havoo with thom, drivin’ ‘cimated — regiment After rogimunt back iuto $e shelter Of tho Gongs forest, to ave their plave, * -stently aeerpied fresh regiments, (0 ¥O deoiwiite f Ue samo way, Ameng others tuts iva killed ty ‘et Generals Windor aod Trimbie, Pho arm of tc wee torn off by a wie fi 1 Gow hi flow Lorse eboll, aud av died very shorily sie Of bicod, and Trhuble waa huvckod c by the oxplsion of a phoil. Hayiog put tiv (orces of Meow) eid Siget® im rapld favbion for the Dold of action, General Pope, v%G) bip of artillery, | —s NEW YORK, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1862. THE BATTLE AT GEDAR MOUNTAIN. The Coun’‘zy Mow Occupied by General Pope---The Scene of Recent Operations. WA RRENTON WASHINGT: a! ‘eel POHATTAN \BULLSVILL, _ CHUL A: staff, accompanied by General McDowell and his sta(f, immediately proceeded together from their headquarters to the front. As they passod Ricketts’ division, and the hoad of Sigel’s army corps, that lined the r the whole six miles, each regiment halted, fbr’ the instant, wheelod into line, and gave General Pope three cheors and a tigor, and then wheeling again into marching column, pushed forward with signal eagerness for the fray. Atseven o'clock P. M. Generals Pope and McDowell reached the thickest of the fight, and the advance guard of Ricketts’, coming up at the same time, took position mmediately in the rear of that oocupicd by General Banks’ corps. There being no room on the field for deploying more troops of ours than wore under Banks, those of Ricketts’ could not get into actual action before night cameon, which for some hours prevented further fighting. In the course of the engagement our forces engaged had retired per- haps a mile from the position in which they commenced the battle at four o’clock P. M., the rebels advancing slow!y as we receded before them. This movement on the part of General Banks, notwithstanding his heavy joss and the overwhelming force opposed to him, was as regularly conducted as though he was executing am evolu- tion of adress parade. Nota man of his corps—or, in- deed, of any other—showed the white feather, nor did a man even ptraggle to the reur to the distavee of more Ricketts’ corps, bayonet in hand,to cleck any, if there should be, disposed to skuik off the fleid. them retaining consciousuess did we discover aught but the most undauntod eagerness to proseoule We engage ment. We loft the field at oight o’cl ck for the night, in course of which, at midnight, a discharge from one of our bat tories brought on a renewal of the engagement for tw hows, dm the course of which ench side is believed to have lost two or three hundred moro in killed and wounded. By acavalry charge, aflor m t, of the enomy, Generals Pope and Mefowell and thor respective staffs, wore within an inch of being killed or ridden down, They had dismonnted in the front to rest afew minutes from the saddle, when the onemy’s cavalry made go sudden a dash upon tiem that they had barely time to mount and get quickly ous of the way. In so doiug they were mistaken by a com. pany of thoir.owa men for charging robels, and received their five, killing a few of thoir horseggnly, we benevo. ‘We heard, after leaving tho fehl, that two of General Popo's staff were killed by rebel fice during the lator part cf the engagement, but were then without aay means of verifytug the fact, Our loss of regimental and company officers was vory heavy. Among hago killed were Colonel Ceano, of the Third Wisconsin ; Majer Savage, and Captains Abbott, Rusecll and Gooding,and Licutevant Browning, of the Second Massachugetia. Colonel Deanelly of ihe Forty sixth Ponneylvania, wae, we fear, mortally wounded. Colone) Creightan and Adjutant Molyasan, of the Soventh Obio, aro also very badiy wounded. Captain Rovert W. Clarke, of the Firet Dist:ict regiment, nece!ved a wound in the foot, General Augur rece: & Mini ball-in ie back, as he was im front of hig ision saurning in Dis saddle to cheor iton. Goueral Garry is wosnaed in ca arm go that he will likely jose it, avd General Prince de sligutly wounded, On Saturday evening, as Gen. Augur was boing curried past na back to the hospital, If waa thought his wound was mortal; but, on surgical exai jon, it was found to be asevere but not a dangerous wound, we rejoice to be able @ say. At six P. M. yesterday seven hundred and fifty of our wounded kad reached Culpepper Conrt House by ambu, lance. Every church aud other suitable buliding in the villago, including private houses, was filled with thom. ‘Tho citizens, malo and fomale—thoee of kocossion pro- clivitios even theowiag them aside for the timo boing were very generally vieing with ech other tn rendering them every accommodation and assetance in thoir powor, Both Aides made some hundreds of prisonere tn the course of the engagement, and it was from prisoners that Ya WHITE tins, ‘han half a mile, where stood a provost gnard of Hanwveds of our wounded passed up, limping or being carried to the hospitals ostablished in the rear, and iu not one of it is made certain tit the rebel loss is equa) to ours, it Rot grenver, Wo estimate our Killed and wounded wt one | ga his advisor upon the feld, He was geen everywhere, TO MANASSA JUNGTION j WILDERNES SPOTSYLVANIA ‘COURT HONSE \ —_— \romaHawige ic \ FOWLER AT TAN SS == Sarina DS SHE 5 soit SF ORDS thousand five hundred, after striving to inform ourselves ag correctly as possible on the rubject, At six‘o’clock in the evening, a: bvore remarked, seven hundred and fitty bad been bronzbt to Culpepper Court House, and there were then at least two hundred remain. ing in the two or three houses ta the rear of the fleld oe. cupied as hospitals. Yesterday morning, on the refurma tion of tho lines of General Banks’ corps in the rear of the reinforcements that had come up, as explained above, i+ ‘was found that his loss had been by no means as g) ‘was thought at dark on the previous day. Both armiog rested Saturday night upon their arms, in the poaitions in which the close of the battle found them, Generals Pope, McDowell and their staffs being unremit, tingly engaged until daybreak in gotting theirs into tho positions for the expected conflict of yesterday assigned to them. At daybreak yesterday morning the sharpshooters of the enemy were found precisely whore their frcnt was at the close of Saturda y’s battle, and skirmishing with ours smmediately commenced, ‘Their forces had, however, disappeared from sight, At sunrise a rebel brigade, supported by artillery, emerged from the woods in the front, and just ag they got into line of battle Gen. Milioy opened on thes with nis battery of Wiard guns, which secmed to sweep off an entire company or two, the rceg jnsiantly taking to their heels for the cover or the woods, Shortly afterwards General Bayard, who continued, as be, fore, in the extreme front, scouting to the right and left with his cavalry, reported them filing in forco in beth those directious, a6 though aiming to flank us on both sides. General Pope immediately despatched Tower's divi-ton of MeDowell’s corps to filow, watch aad confront them on the right, and a divi of Sigel’s corps War nee—whuse we did not learn— to do the sume tor these moving on the left, General Bayard, with two regiments of his cavalry brigade, irom New Jersoy and Peunsyivauia, was thrown in advance of Tower, and th nt and efficient Colonel Duftie, of Bayard’s coms mand, with his ewn Rhedo Island the Fist cavalry, was thrown im the advance of our division of observation on tb ft. " Ateleven A. Mit was ain finitely sxcortatned f re ports from these forces that tho purpose of iio evemy could hardly be flauk movements. re two P.M. tho inpression beeome gener al «Pope's head quarters on the fleld, that frbtead of vecking thus t re hew the engagement, the rebels were either sevking a new por! n tho rear or Fked 1 Pope has tole, rondwed yester and that he advanced bis own army this morning bo (hat lately held by the enemy, Wo omitted to state above that the prisoners say that the rebels commenced the fight with ten thousand men, Géneral Kwek in command, who were reinforced by Jackson with flye thousand more betors #ix o'clock P.M, the balance of Jackson's arty getting up early In the night. They claim thelr combined force tw ve from fifty w sixty thousand strong. . By @ break in the telegraph the reception of General Pope's order to General King to joia Bim with bis adwt rable division war delayed twenty-four boure, He how vor started Lite advance frou the vicinity of Prodoricks- burg at four o'clock P. M. of Siturday,aud av oight o'clock yesterday morning had reached kik Run ford so ho i doubtless up with the main army by this hour. From onr own knowledge of the siiuation we feol eure that the recepiion of this im portant addition to hie fine army hus alcady beon ta ‘ton advantage of by Major General Pope, wud that ho is ag’ a in motion towards Gordoua Hie mon ail be. lieve bit irresistible, and feel certain that signal victory will & tend bis movements at thelr head, as on ali pre. vious “casions when at the head ot bis Wesiern army. P, S.-a We lost a single piece of artillery, one of Rest’s: It upeet ia & détch, and as it could not be righted by those in charge of It, was abandoned, Wo regret 4 Inability to call public aitontion to the services dMall (4'¢ Beilant Onion officers and men fodividu- ally engaged in "1 Important battle, Ono and all per. formod their whole uty most satisfactorily, Wo may, hewover, mention that General Banks was aided most signnlly throughout the etgaxemont by Brigadier General Roberta, General Pope's cli. Of cavairy, assigned to him ‘S CEOF ree repen wis URG by turns, assisting in arrapging and suporintending the | movements of the troops, and encouraging them to the manifestatfon of the remarkable tone they preserved throughout the entire battle. Additional Details of the Battle. Cunrgrre, Va., August 11, 1862, In consequence the advance of the rebela to this side of the Rapidan, Major General Pope sent forward two army corps, commanded by General Banks, to hold them B check. A‘ daylight this morning it was discovered that the enemy had advanced as far as Cedar Run Mountains, holding its wooded sides and cleared slopes. Only a small portion of their strength, however, was visible. They also beld a range of elevations and ravines westward of the mountain. An clevated spot, a mile and a half from the mountain, and a mile long east and west, was selected by General Bonks as the best place to receive thoir attack. The forencon was spent by the enemy in mancuvres, they only occasionally showing themselves. Atthree o’clock in the afterncom a battery on the front, mife and a half range, opened on us, and their jafantry drove in our pickets in the woods on our right wing. Aftorwards, battery after battery was unmasked on the monntain slopes anid on every hill, making a crescent of batteries of nearly three miles, commanding our own position for two borra. Our batteries were exposed to cross fires and flank fires at evory potot The rete e ny outnumbered us in guns and Ned shet for shot, till five o’clock, when the Ande Battory ou our right. » hore gave orders to couse firing and “y sssigned to Crawford's brigade, of Wil- 1 the Forty-sixta Pennsylvania regi- © was 9 thicket of shrub oak, and be- Tenteyivania regiment could reach were mowed down by a terrific tro frost tis + ihe rort of the brigade was quickly chi becquently the est of General Wilt as ar 4° cornman’'s; bub the brigades reo ' it every port. This a ‘one fa thick set wood, with a ra. vine on bad b themmelves f This was p avarly all tho enemy's tnlantr ¢ the sheliiog, after scourifg ' n by expelling ovr pickets. Lily uwof the hardest contusted Aghts atk, when our forces retired r # oow position beyond reach of the “ ja an ady AL OES CE tN in Virginia, la on tiie heights. Our iufentry were bad.y ‘6 loss w lumna wer utup. We lot two guns srtalnly oqueutly ric tillortets Wo tock many pr Since our corres po! left the field large reinforce. ments hive reached th i for am hour shots Maye Been exchanged. . Aceottits from Chtpepper represent to euemy's cati mated forco engaged nt £9,000, and our own, exclusive of cavalry and artillery, «4 not exceodiug 7,000. ‘The number of Uaitod States sold evs wounded is large; but tho wounds are generally slight. ‘Tho number of ied is small, On Saturday night tho causing the onemy to shell our ne with cousiderable effect. Yestorday morning the rebels were net in sight on our front; but the indications were that they were reluforeed on Saturday night, and were atiompting to flank our movements, 1g has ae yet beon heard from General Buford at n Court House. Tho onomy this morning sont fn 9 flag of truce asking permission to bury their dead. Ibis sows that, with all théir enperiority of numbers, they wore too badly cut up to maiutain their position, and thot (heir falling back yds. stora lit their fires, ition for two hours team torday was frond nécessit¥, not choice, Our troops are ongaged in bringing. of Qur Wounded from the Held, and ” a Mir “4 FORD, veg ¥ u ‘The Wounded. The following despatch wos sent to Mr, Jobn 1D. Jones, Of the Atiautic Mutual Insurance Company of this ¢ Lieutenant Jayne ts wounded and privoucr. Sergeant Walters and Private Marvin are kilied. No others from Cold Spring. Bight wounded. WALTER R. HEWLETT, Captain Company C, 102d Regiment N. Y. 8 Vv. Lieutenant Llowellyn F. Maskell, aid to Goners) Princo, and sen of Mr. Maskell , the proprietor of Liewel: lyn Park, of Orange, New Jersey, was woundod in the thigh during the battle, Arrival of Wounded at Washington. ‘Waswxarox, August 11, 1962. During last nicht trains arrived from Culpepper, bring- a number of officers wounded in the Jate battle and skirmiches in that vicinity. ‘They are mostly wounded in the artas and legs, al- though one or two were more seriousty injured in other parte of the body, one of them having received no less than four bullets in his hips. Vehicles were in attendance op tho arrival of the trains, and the sufferers were spoediy removed, many of them to public houses, Safety of Drs. Vordquist and Whitney. Bartimorr, August 11, 1862. Dr. Vordquist of the Ninth New York, and Dr. a. W. ‘Whitney, of Thirteenth Massachusetts, reported wound- ed in the New Yors Henata’s list of wounded at Coaar Mountain, are both unburt, The Hmaawp reporter bad the names upon'his list, but simply for reference to.amo- ther matter. Gencral Pope's Operations. ‘The movements of Goncral Pope's army during the past few days bave boon full of interest, On the Ist of the present month Brigadier General Crawford, com- manding the oor pepper Court House, made a dash down th oP Fastooad and attacked (he rebels at and near Orange Conrt House, driving them not only inte it through it, taking pesserston of the town tho Union, On duis occasion over fifty prisoners, imelading field and ttue off 2 0 cos, veral minor movements had been previously made, and sof similar character have since been per.ormod, Wntil, on the 7th, General Gibbon, with nis fe! oetad bar nod ty Fredericksburg from a recon. Feder. hoi y daring w ick H » and cud up the Viryioin Central Railroad fevers] miles trom Gord ‘ont had al eady been wice tapped by the forces andor General Pope, anc each time there breaks oceur, a though they may bo ropsired quickly, stil they 1b to delay and tmpede the passage of the rebels, On the Tth fost. a skirmish occurred be tweou the Union pickets and a body of rebel cavalry at a 4 Wolftown, somo eight or ten iniles from Madi- se, on the & road. The rebels tim nacross the Rapitan with some Conceal Pope, who had gradually been locat- varters nearer to Riclnond, took up his on the Sth, and on the 9th the re. mont took place, the progress of whieh wo give iu toll in another portion of this paper, Thus, in the course of about one week we have three fmportant military expeditions, several misor movements and a ‘battle, Among the list of officers wounded we notice the names 5 1 Augur, of the Union army, and place cal wera att ing hia heat on at rlpen; AL JON W. GEARY, Geary, who ia reported sori. ntonsively in recent national nd regiment of Penn. Brigadier Goneral J. ¥ onsly wounded, has fur evcuts, [He commanded the aylyania Volunteors in Mexice Was noted for the groat (irmnces and the rigid discipline to which he sub- jected his men. Whom he first went to the war im that vufortunate republic ho was Lieutenant Colonel of Ro berts’ regiment of Poansylvania Veluntecrs, and at the battle of Chepultopec, where he bold obicf command of his regiment, was wosnded, but notwichstaudiag led lis men inwo the territle battle fought at the de Belen gvie just previous to thocrpture of the city of Mosico, For bis gailant#y on that occasion he was promoted tg the rank of coluol, his commission bearing date Noveniber 3, 1847. He received special mention at Corro’ Gordo At tho war, in 1848, bo liygd in San Yracctseo, of . PRICE TWO CENTS. which place he was eppointed Postinaster, aad was afters wards elected the first Mayor of the city, holding his of - fice for two or three terms prior to the organizition of; the Vigil Committee. He was next appointed Gow vernor of Kansas uuder the Buchanan regi’, and after his recall settled ut Greenbury, Westmoreland ooumty, Pa.,in the Congressional district of John Covode, was a lending agriculturist for the greater pars of hig fo, and always an adroinietration democrat, supporting in the receut elections 0. Foster for Governor and Joho C. Breckiaridge. Mis adyeuturous dispostion could not | Temaiu contented on the brealeing out of this war, and | left a young and bevitiful wife to go to Philadelphia Organize & regiinent, he taking the command as ite | Many of his old Mexicam followers ‘locked to hig | Siandard frem all parts of the State, and ho had the tregiinest, we belteve, in the United States ser- vice. They wore splendidly equipped, andarmed with Eoe Geld rifes and sabre bayonets. The gallanwy aud dash | his Penusylvaniang have been remarkable since they | Uuo field, and have brought glory upon themselves ae they gave credit to their commander, On tho 25th April, 1862, Colonel Geary was appointed a vrigadie® general of volunteers, with charge of the district of tha Piedmout, General Geary is @ tall, powerfo) man, and his bravery lins long made him prominent in (ho military service. SKETCH OF GENERAL AUGUR. Brigadier General Christopher Colon Augur, roportod wounded i, 18 a native of New York, but Was appointed ta my from Michigan, He entered (hat establ { us mcadet in 1839, and iv, vdnsequently, about forty ) ears ofage, He graduated on the 30th of June, 184%, standing No. 16 in tho same class with Genevals Franklin, Grant, Raynolds, Quinby, Peck, Rey> ‘hh, Mumiltoa, Steele, Judah, and others, ie 2; and Riplyy, Hardes aud others, how servin, v the rebel colors, On the Ist of July, 18431 he entered the United States oriny as a brovet second lieutenant of the Second United States infantry, and om the 12th of September, 1845, received his commission of second Hontenant of the Fourth United States infantry, On the 16:1: of February 1847, he was further promoted ta a first licutenancy of his regiment, ana during the same year served ii Mexico as an aidsdocunp to Brigadier General | (op; In 1843 he was attached to the staff of eral Cushing, also in the capacity of ag amp Ifo was promoted to a captaincy on thq at of Anigust, 1852, and was distinguished in ‘sevoral se vere conflicts with (he Iudians near Rogue river, in Ore, gon, in 1856. Inthe Army Registers for 1839, 1860 an@ 1861, his name stands third on the list of crptains of the Fourth United States infuntry, and number forty-five om the list of intuntry cay'ains in the army. He algo hold an important position at West Point about this time, Om the Lith of May, 1861, he was promoted to be the first major of one of the new regiments of United Si troops, beticr known as the Thirtecnth regiment United Stacce infantry. In the last Army Register his irank inthe army as a major stauls at number eleven. On the 12th of November he was commissioned a brigadic: genera! of volunteers, and ordered to reporg to Genora! McClellan, His first headquarters wore located at Upton’s Hill, Virginia, and his command has ever since boen atiachoa to the Army of the Potomac, etther unde? General McCiotlan or General McDowell. His advance om Frodarioxsburg was @ good beginning of his. military cat, reer as a genoral, and bo has, go far, borne out the credit gained on that occasion, His recent movements have boen good, although not so prominently macked as those above rep riod, Lis wound is not considered dangerousy ekproM! CY VIM ROBRL GENERAL WINDER, 41. Warder was formerly conneoted with, eumy, having resigued oa the 27h off sorvice with the rebels. He ts aj outered the Mintary Academy a§ frem that State in Angust, 1810) in 1820, standing No. 12 ta a class of thirty if eniorod the army on the Lat of July, 1820 as second louiqnant of artillery, und was transferred to the pifles on the 231 of the following Ostobor. He wag as second Meutenant of the Fourth artillery inf tion of the army in June, 1821, and was to the Third artillery on the 16th of the fole . He resigned the service in August, 1828, was reapp uated secoud Heutenant of the Firet artil- , 1827, From Novomber 22, 1827, 21,1828, he was Assistant Instructor at the Military Acaderoy,and on the S0tiy the Uni arylaad, Lone a cael aw He gra wgimental adjetant from 1838 to 1310. On the Ti of October, 1842, he was promoted to a captaincy, and gaised bis brevet 93 major for gallant and mers torioas couduct in the battles of Contreras and Chorus sieo, his brevet Bearing date August 20, 1847. He was {arther brovetted Heutenant colonel for gallant ‘and meritorious conduct on entering the city of Mextoor dating from September 14, 1847. At the beginning off 1961 he was promoted toa majority of tho Third artil- Jory, and shortly after resigned, as above stated. He was made a brigadier general in the rebel army, and appointed Military Governor and Chief Provoes Marshal of tho clty of Richmond, He bore the charactor of being vory tyrannical in his deatings, The Regulars Engaged in the Battle. ‘The following regular troops participated im the battle of Cedar Mountain on the 9th instant, full particulars of which wore published in yesterday’s Hanaio:— Companies A and D, Eighth infantry (oki army). Companies A, B,C and D, second battalion, Twelfth tng fantry (new army). Company F, fourth artillery. ‘Phe six companies of tho Eighth and Twelfth were re cruited in this and the neighboring States, and were” organized at Fort Hazatiton, which post they loft afew weeks ago. They consist almont entirely of recruits, the few cid soldiers in them being non-commirsioned officers, ‘The valor and discipline they displayed during the des; rate fighting at Codar Mountain reflcct not oaly honor upen themselves, but great credit upon the officers who organized, disciplined and led them into battle, ‘The following brief eketches of throe of their officers, who have boen wounded, may not be without interests especially a8 those officers have not ‘bern noticed before, CAPTAIN PITCHER, SIGHTIC INFANTRY, Captaio Thetnas G. Pitcher, who commanded the stg compaulos of infantry specified above, is the senlor cape tain in tho Bighth infantry, and stands eighteenth on list of captains in the tine of promotion. He is « native of Jygiaua, and was appointed from (hat State to a brev ancy in tho Fifth infantry July 1, haying just previously graduated at tho West Point tary Acade From the Fifth infantry he, was transferred to the Eighth, and went with this regiment Moxico, w here he served with distinction, and wag brevetied on the 20th of August, 1847. Since the Moat can war he has beon with his regiment in nearly all of the wild country “out West,’ and has held many ite portant commands, His commissions as first Noutenans and explain (of Company 1) bear dates of June 26,1349 tober 19, 1858, reepectively—thas showing mal, first Newtensnt nearly ton years, a was the slowness of promotion, After the greater of tho Fighth was captured in Texas, last year, Captatme Pitcher was ordered to Port Heunilton, to superintend the reorganization of the rogiment, and was there on about ten mouth. th the battle of Cedar Mountain Captain ied the battalion into action, and, though severely soured fn the knee by a musket shot, he nobly stood his ground until the fight was ended. CAPTAIN QUIMBY, TWELETH INFANTRY. ¥ M. Quimh a native of Maiao, and con from civil Tif, om w rugiments In May, 1801. commends Company EB, of the second battalion, Twe! inianivy, So far as we know, this is Bis frst app : on the batilo field, Laying been engaged in recruiting since bi con was Issued. LIGUYENANT NOBLE, BIGHTH INPANTRY. } Lieuvenant Leary B. Noble ie a graduate of West Potas, aud cntered.the army on the Gib of May, 1861, as Hontenaut ln the Bighth infantry, being eppotited this bis native State, He is. a vory promising young cee, This not stated whether bit wound js slight oF rious; but fis to be hoped that it will not keep bin froin netive service, a the army was never more a Of efficient subaitarn oGicors tha: +t i wows Arrival of Prisoners at Wa hington. Waren gun T1, 1862, About two hundred prisoners, among whort are sa jhe ote of eitugbler’s Mountain second heu anit Oc! he was me that of thoso ony Y Katurdoy, arrived here to-day, ‘ ‘They report @ torciio tome of life in the late daitlg (OONTINUAD ON KIGHTH PAGER