Advices received at the War Department state that Jackson’s army
attacked General Shields’s advance on Monday morning, near Port
Republic. The conflict is said to have been maintained for about
four hours by about two thousand of our men against the main body of
Jackson’s army. The enemy’s force became so overwhelming in number
that our advance was compelled to fall back, which it did in good
order, until it met the main body of General Shields’s Command, near
Conrad’s store. As soon as this was effected, the enemy in turn
retired. The fighting is said to have been very severe, and the
loss heavy on both sides. No further particulars have reached the
department.