August 11th, 6.30 A. M.
On the evening of the 9th, God blessed our arms with another
victory. The battle was near Cedar Run, about six miles from Culpepper
Court-House. The enemy, according to statements of prisoners, consisted of
Banks's, McDowell's, and Sigel's commands. We have over four hundred prisoners,
including Brigadier-General Price. Whilst our list of killed is less than that
of the enemy, we have to mourn the loss of some of our best officers and men.
Brigadier-General Charles S. Winder was mortally wounded whilst ably
discharging his duty at the head of his command, which was the advance of the
left wing of the army. We have collected about fifteen hundred small-arms and
other ordnance stores.
SOURCE: Mary Anna Jackson, Life and Letters of
General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson), p. 327
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