List of Casualties at Cedar Run Mountain, August ninth, 1862.

List of Casualties in various minor Engagements at or near Manassas, and elsewhere, 1862.

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Recapitulation of the Casualties in the First and Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, in the Battle of Fredericksburgh, December, 1862.

BATTLES OF PORT REPUBLIC AND CROSS-, order. This led General Ashby to one of those

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REPORT OF GENERAL JACKSON.
HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS, A. N. VA.,
April 14, 1863.

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acts of personal heroism and prompt resource which strikingly marked his character. mounting from his horse, he collected from the road a small body of infantry from those who, from fatigue, were straggling behind their comBrigadier-General R. H. Chilton, A. A. and I. G., mands, and posting them in a piece of wood Headquarters Department Northern Va.: near the turnpike, he awaited the advance of the GENERAL: I have the honor herewith to sub- Federal cavalry, now pushing forward to reap mit to you a report of the battle of Port Repub- the fruits of the panic produced by the shells. lic, fought on the eighth and ninth of June, 1862. As they approached within easy range, he poured Having, through the blessing of an ever kind such an effective fire into their ranks as to empty Providence, passed Strasburgh before the Fed- a number of saddles and check their further pureral armies, under Generals Shields and Fremont, suit for that day. Having transferred the Seceffected the contemplated junction in my rear, ond and Sixth Virginia cavalry to Ashby, he was as referred to in the report of the battle of placed in command of the rear-guard. On the Winchester, I continued to move up the Valley third, after my command had crossed the bridge turnpike, leaving Strasburgh on the evening of over the Shenandoah, near Mount Jackson, Genthe first of June. The cavalry, under Brigadier-eral Ashby was ordered to destroy it, which he General George H. Stewart, brought up the rear. Fremont's advance, which had been near us during the day, soon ascertained that our retreat had been resumed, and, pursuing after dark, succeeded, by replying, when challenged, “Ashby's cavalry," in approaching so near our rear-guard as to attack it. The Sixth Virginia cavalry, being nearest to the enemy, was thrown into confusion and suffered some loss. Disorder was also to some extent communicated to the Second Virginia cavalry, but its commander, Colonel Mumford, soon re-formed it, and gallantly drove back the Federals, and captured some of their

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barely succeeded in accomplishing before the Federal forces reached the opposite bank of the river. Here his horse was killed by the enemy, and he made a very narrow escape with his life.

We reached Harrisonburgh at an early hour on the morning of the fifth, and, passing beyond that town, turned toward the east in the direction of Port Republic. On the sixth, General Ashby took position on the road between Harrisonburgh and Port Republic, and received a spirited charge from a portion of the enemy's cavalry, which resulted in the repulse of the enemy, and the capture of Colonel Wyndham and sixty-three others.

From information received respecting Shields's Apprehending that the Federals would make movements, and from the fact that he had been a more serious attack, Ashby called for an inin possession of Front Royal for over forty-eight fantry support. The brigade of General George hours, and had not succeeded in effecting a junc-H. Stewart was accordingly ordered forward. In tion with Fremont, as originally designed, I be- a short time the Fifty-eighth Virginia regiment came apprehensive that he was moving via Luray, for the purpose of reaching New-Market, on my line of retreat, before my command should arrive there. To avoid such a result, I caused White-House Bridge, which was upon his as sumed line of march, over the south fork of the Shenandoah River to New-Market, to be burnt; and also Columbia Bridge, which was a few miles further up the river. On the second of June, the enemy's advance came within artillery range of, and commenced shelling our rear-guard, which caused most of the cavalry, and that part of its artillery nearest the enemy, to retreat in dis

became engaged with a Pennsylvania regiment called the Bucktails, when Colonel Johnson, of the First Maryland regiment, coming up in the hottest period of the fire, charged gallantly into its flank and drove the enemy, with heavy loss, from the field, capturing Lieutenant-Colonel Kane, commanding. In this skirmish our infantry loss was seventeen (17) killed, fifty (50) wounded, and three missing. In this affair General Turner Ashby was killed. An official report is not an appropriate place for more than a passing notice of the distinguished dead; but the close relation which General Ashby bore to my

His ground was well selected, on a commanding ridge, a rivulet and large field of open ground in front, wood on both flanks, and his line intersected near its centre by the road leading to Port Republic. General Trimble's brigade was posted on the right, somewhat in advance of his centre. The batteries of Courtnay, Lusk, Brockenbrough, and Rains in the centre, General Stewart's brigade on the left, and General Elzey's brigade in rear of the centre, and in position to strengthen either wing. Both wings were in the wood.

command for most of the previous twelve months, with which the Federals had advanced, was abanwill justify me in saying that as a partisan offi-doned, and subsequently fell into our hands. cer, I never knew his superior. His daring was About this time, a considerable body of inproverbial; his powers of endurance almost in- fantry was seen advancing up the same road. credible; his tone of character heroic, and his Our batteries opened with marked effect upon sagacity almost intuitive in divining the purposes the retreating cavalry and advancing infantry. and movements of the enemy. In a short time the infantry followed the cavalry, The main body of my command had now falling back to Lewis's, three miles down the reached the vicinity of Port Republic. The vil-river, pursued for a mile by our batteries on the lage is situated in the angle formed by the junc- opposite bank, when the enemy disappeared in tion of the North and South-Rivers, tributaries the wood around a bend in the road. This atof the south fork of the Shenandoah. Over the tack of General Shields had hardly been repulsed, larger and deeper of those two streams, the North- before Ewell was seriously engaged with FreRiver, there was a wooden bridge, connecting the mont, moving on the opposite side of the river. town with the road leading to Harrisonburgh. The enemy pushed forward, driving in the Fif Over the South-River there was a passable ford.teenth Alabama, Colonel Canty, from their post The troops more immediately under my own eye on picket. This regiment made a gallant resistwere encamped on the high ground north of the ance, which so far checked the Federal advance village, about a mile from the river. General as to afford Generall Ewell time for the choice Ewell was some four miles distant, near the road of his position at leisure. leading from Harrisonburgh to Port Republic. General Fremont had arrived with his forces in the vicinity of Harrisonburgh, and General Shields was moving up the east side of the south fork of the Shenandoah, and was then at Conrad's Store, some fifteen miles below Port Republic, my position being about equi-distant from both hostile armies. To prevent a junction of the two Federal armies, I had caused the bridge | over the south fork of the Shenandoah at Conrad's Store to be destroyed. Intelligence having been received that General Shields was advancing further up the river, Captain Sipe, with a small cavalry force, was sent down during the night of the seventh to verify the report and gain | such other information respecting the enemy as he could. Captain G. W. Myers, of the cavalry, was subsequently directed to move with his company in the same direction for the purpose of supporting Captain Sipe, if necessary. The next morning Captain Myers's company came rushing back in disgraceful disorder, announcing that the Federal forces were in close pursuit. Captain Chipley and his company of cavalry, which was in town, also shamefully fled. The brigades of Generals Taliaferro and Winder were soon under arms, and ordered to occupy positions immediately north of the bridge. By this time the Fed-reached the spot, having, in the mean time, some eral cavalry, accompanied by artillery, were in sight, and, after directing a few shots toward the bridge, they crossed South River, and dashing into the village, planted one of their pieces at the southern entrance of the bridge. In the mean time the batteries of Wooding, Poague, and Car- General Taylor, of the Eighth brigade of Louisi penter were being placed in position, and Gen-ana troops, having arrived from the vicinity of eral Taliaferro's brigade having reached the vicin- the bridge, at Port Republic, toward which he ity of the bridge, was ordered to charge across, had moved in the morning, reported to General capture the piece, and occupy the town. Whilst Ewell about two P. M., and was placed in rear. one of Poague's pieces was returning the fire of Colonel Patton, with the Forty-second and Fortythat of the enemy at the far end of the bridge, eighth Virginia regiments, and First battalion of the Thirty-seventh Virginia regiment, Colonel Virginia regulars, also joined, and, with the reFulkerson, after delivering its fire, gallantly mainder of General Elzey's brigade, was added to charged over the bridge, captured the gun, and, the centre and left, then supposed to be threat followed by the other regiments of the brigade, ened. General Ewell having been informed by entered the town, and dispersed and drove back Lieutenant Heinrichs, of the engineer corps, who the Federal cavalry. Another piece of artillery, I had been sent out to reconnoitre, that the enemy

About ten o'clock, the enemy threw out his skirmishers, and shortly after posted his artillery opposite to our batteries. The artillery fire was kept up with great animation and spirit on both sides for several hours. In the mean time a brigade of Federal forces advanced under cover, upon the right, occupied by General Trimble, who reserved his fire until they reached the crest of the hill, in easy range of his musketry, when he poured a deadly fire from his whole front, under which they fell back. Observing a battery about being posted on the enemy's left, half a mile in front, General Trimble, now supported by the Thirteenth and Twenty-fifth Virginia regiments, of Elzey's brigade, pushed forward for the purpose of taking it, but found it withdrawn before he

spirited skirmishing with its infantry supports. General Trimble had now advanced more than a mile from his original position, while the Federal advance had fallen back to the ground occupied by them in the morning.