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The Daily Dispatch: September 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], The late battles. (search)
l immediately ordered the attack, and after a brief but hotly contested fight, the enemy were broken and fled in utter rout towards Alexandria. They were pursued for several miles, and many prisoners captured. All their artillery was abandoned and fell into our hands. We have no particulars of the casualties on either side, but it is stated that the Yankee dead covered the field of battle, and numbers of the frightened wretches slaughtered in their flight. Among their killed were Gens. Stearns and Kearney. We had no officer of note killed or wounded. This column of our army continued to advance, and on Tuesday evening occupied Munson's, Mason's, and the adjoining hills, within full view of the Yankee capital, and only about five miles from Alexandria. We also have information that on Thursday morning two divisions of our army, one under Jackson and the other under Longstreet, left Drainsville at 8 o'clock, and took up the line of march for the Potomac, one crossing