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II V I. W. CIMIU.
TERMS OF SUllSVIlin iON.
The Ait"' tuiUbefuruiahednt Three Vulture
lV'Arf tke money ii not paid in ndvnnre, Four
Ptilhn vill '" charged if paid in eix mmilhe,
r f ii" I'aiii"' " '" " "J me year.
Turn Pollute will he charged fur eix manlie-
K. tulieerivlioue received fur a tree nrriW.
N Vil,fr diecmitinued until all arrenroaee
ere paw '"" j r iiuuiianrr.
Single topiee tieenty-Jive eente.
Victory l Mouth Mountain. Hr. ,
Sept. 14, 18!2. -Although lliu buttle of
to day wn 01 long uiirution, mill It wus not
to songuinnry, coiwiuurinif llio forces on
gngcd, as a spcctntor would ut first ho In
clined to suppose. Our Iomh In killed ami
wounded will not probably exceed 2,000,
miti that 1 Judge to ho a high ellmulo.
Since Gen. Flcusniiton' brigailu of cavalry
advanced from Boekvilhi, wo hnvo hail
ikkiriiiUlieB daily alou tho route. During
thoso skirmishes tho enemy's foreo consist
ed of ohout two regiments of cavalry, nud
two or three piece of artillery. On Sat
urday, however, moro rcgiiiicntH of cavalry
wcro added, waking a lurco c.puil, if imt
superior, to our own.
The rebel position was on tho sides inn
tho summit of tho Bluu Kidgo Mountains
on cueh ido of tho Unp, known ns yT,w
Gup, through which the main road on the
(iirnpiko, from Middletowntollugcrstowii,
imssc. Tho Unp is distant from Middle-
town about three mile, and from Fredcr-
lik twelvo mile, llio mountains in tho
vicinity of tho Unp nro steep and rugged,
uutl rendered ilillieult to ascend unless
through tho ordinary thoroughfares, on ac
count of iiumeroui ledge and loose rocks
which alTord no permanent foothold.
From base to top they are covered with
thick wood, thereby giving prutcction to
the party in possession, and Making the
progrvM of tho (Mucking purty doubly
luunrdou.
Tho nearer wo approached tho niotiti
tainn tho moro ucccssfully could tho enemy
bring hi artillery to bear on our column.
No matter what position wo held, tho Itlue
llidgo mountains commanded that position.
It will bo observed at once Unit the enemy
hud a formidable ground of defense, nod
nothing but undaunted courage wrested it
from him.
Tho firit division to enter tho field on
our iilo was Cox', of Kemi's corps. Next
came tho Pennsylvania llesirvo corp,
Kicked' and King division, under com
iiiiind of the gallant nod brave Hooker.
Tho enemy' force is supposed to have
amounted to about 40,000. He probably
ined 1 2 piece of cannon. TliO force of
General Longstrccl and 1). 11. Hill were
engaged.
The buttle commenced with artillery at
KCVell A. u , lluberl.Mlll's I'll ted Sillies
II ittery of four light field pieces firing the
Tint shot. A heavy cuiiunuadlug then en
sued, but, a usual in artillery diieN, lilllu
il.iningo wn efl'ectcd on eiliier side. At
10 a m. Ilia enemy withdrew his piece on
I ha left rihI right of the iap, nud w orked
principally with those in tho (lap. A half
an hour later, nil of tho enemy ' gun were
ttilcut, but upon tho moving ol Cox' divi
sion soon after to the rdgn of tlm wood on
(ho side of tho moiiiiliiin at tlm li ft, the
rebel again produced their pieces nt the
right ot the Unp. Cook's Massachusetts
battery of six pieces wcro now brought up
to the iiiiMirl of Hubert sou's, nud a con
centrating fire wiih poured into tho Gap,
ninny of lliu (hells bursting directly over
tho rebel guns. At first tlio enemy threw
tolid khot, but niter a whilo chunged his
projectile to shell.
Cook' battery look n favorable position
for shelling the woods in advance of the
division, but had hardly got to work when
the rebels fired a tremendous volley ol mus
ketry at the cnumiiiicr. This wn repent
ed several time in ipiick succession, until
ul length tho c.innoiiiers abandoned their
pieces and run to the rear, leaving four or
live of their comrade dead upon the
ground. Tho driver of tho rnisson also
partook of the panic, mid dii.ihed headlong
through tho rank ol Cox' division, which
wu drawn up in lino of battle n few yards
to tho rcur. Two rompniiie of a cavalry
regiment, which wcro supporting tho but
tery, also gnlliiM!d though tho lino of infan
try, thus leaving four piece of artillery
(the otker two having been detached to an
other part of the field) to lull into tho
huuds of the enemy. Tho event caused
temporary, and only temporary confusion
among the troop. They ipiickly straight
ened their line and prepared to resist a
demonstration observable on the part of
tho enemy to noi.o the abandoned piece.
Tho rebel murched forward to sccuro their
anticipated prize, nnd at tho sumo moment
tho Twenty-third Ohio and One Hundredth
Pennsylvania regiment advanced to re
pulso them. Tho rebel hud approached
to within tcu feet of tho gnu when tho
coutcit commenced. Much side seemed
desficriile In it purpose, and tho struggle
wn most exciting. At length tho Forty-
fifth Now York enmo to tho rescue, nnd
turned tho side of fortuno in our favor.
Both parties' sulTcrod severely in tho action.
The rebels retreated In great confnsion,
whilo our men mudo tho woods resound
with cheers.
For tho succeeding two hours tho iufnn
try under tho command of Ken censed
operation, and tho artillery slono contin
ued tho duel. Tho firing for a while wns
execediugly animated, but tho 20 pounder
proved too much for tho rebel, and they
were comjielled in tho courso of linlf na
hour to ehnngo tho position of their gun.
At the oxpiration of tho next hull hour
tkolr gun wero silencod.
At two r. u. tho hend of 0 on. Hooker's
rolnrnn apponrod coming; up tho turnpike
to reinforce Kono. Tho column took tho
road branching; oh from tho turnpiko nt
'ho right, noar Bolivnr, nnd proceeded to
tho foot of tho mountain. All along tho
lino the utmost enthusiasm was manifested
for Hooker. Kvury man la tho corps wus
evidently Impressed with tho huliof thnt ho
had a Uonornl able nnd willing to lead
thoiu forward to fuco the enemy.
At throe r. m. the lino of baltlo from
right to left was formed, uoar the baso of
tho mouutnin on tho right, aud at tho
odgo of a piece of wooiIh on tho mouiitain
nlopo nt tho loft. Immediately nftor tho
lino of buttlo was formed, the right, left,
ml ccntor commenced moving simultaneous
ly toward tho enemy on tho slopo of the
mountain. Tho rebels opened on tho
column with two pieces of camion, direct-1
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lug tho firo of ono to tho right, and of the
other to tho left of ihu line. They wero re
plied to by ono of Simmons' 20 pounder
on our left, and Cooper's Buttery on our
right. Tho enemy continued the firing for
upward o an hour, when, on account of
tho severo punishment ho was receiving
from our guns, and tho neur approach of
our Infantry to hi pieces, ho disappeared
oiUko other side of tho mountain.
The enemy's shell for tho most port
went over tho Union troops, conKccpiontly
they did not effect much dnmnin St tmi I.
ily onward went our long unbroken lino of
hifuntry until tho ritrlit win hud trained a
piece of woods on tho mountain, 0 short
distance from the base, when tho Bucktuils,
no wero skirmishing on tho right, dis
covered tho enemy' pickets. A desultory
rattling u musketry was next heard, which
isdicated the commencement of tho buttle
on tho purt of tho infantry. Tho column
from right to left still remained unbroken,
nud advanced cautiously but firmly un tho
tcep. In a short time tho enemy's main
rorco wn encountered, nnd then came
lienvy volley of musketry on tho right.
Tho rebel stood their ground for awhile,
but nfter a contest of thirty minutes they
wavered, nnd commenced fullimr bnck in
disorder toward the summit of tho mouu
tnin. Our force pushed them viiroroudv.
and kepi up a continuous firo.
The valor displayed on this occasion by
tho Pennsylvania Reserves, and the corps
formerly under the command of McDowell,
is deserving of tho highest pruisc. Not a
straggler could bo seen on the field.
I'. very man wus nt his post in tho line.
They nil seemed determined to force back
I ho enemy and lake possession of tho
mountains in spito of nny opposition that
might bo placed in their way. (Jen.
Hooker, accompanied by his stall, wu
where he uhvnys U on sueh occasions at
tho front. The lino did not give way for
nil instant, but kept moving forward and
upward, pouring volley after volley of mus
ketry into the enemy's ranks, until at last
lliu rebels broke und run precipitately to
the top l the mouutuiii tlicncc down the
other side.
Keno's corps ou the left did its part
nobly. The men wero culled upon to do
severo fighting, uud they perlormed their
Inly Willi u will nud heroism seldom before
played, j he engagement on the lift
succeeded thut on tho right, nud lasted
uboul an hour nnd u hulf. Tho enemy
contested every foul of ground, but event
ually yielded to the conquerors.
I he center column m (ho Inst to come
into action. I lie same success thut mark
ed the ndvuiice of the two wiiii ulso at
tended the center. At 0 v, it,, after an
engagement of three hours' duration, the
rebels lied, leaving tho top of tho moun-
in possession of tlm Liiioii troops.
Darkness prevented us from pursuing tho
iiemy hii tlicr at the tunc
The result of the bntllo secures to the
Union troop n very important position,
inasmuch ns it commands tho approaches
on each side ol the mountain, also a vast
nren of the surrounding country. I esti
mate, as before staled, that two thousand
will cover the list of our casualties. I
1 1 ii itk that the enemy's loss in killed and
wounded will not exceed our own, although
e cutiirid two thousand prisoner.
(J on Iteuo was killed on the field of bat
tle. At tin' timo of tho calamity ho was
observing, by aid of a glass, the enemy'
movements.
Our men fought tho whole day with
thai dcsH-rntc vnlor which in buttlo often
prove that there is safety in temerity.
They literally drovo the enemy all the time,
giving them no timo to rally, no oppor
tunity to recover, und thus kept them nt n
disadvantage. Our veterans hnvo odded
new laurels to those gained on other well
fought fields, whilst tho new regiments did
fur butter Ihuu nny ono would havo ven
tured to hope. Their enthusiasm mnde up
for their inexperience, nud they rivalled
their older companions in arms in tho
steadiness with which they went under
fire.
Monday MonsiNi;. Ruiuuer's corps
camo up from Frederick lust night. Da
ring tho night our force slept on the moun
tain. Hunks' and Porter's corps nro on tho
turnpiko between Frederick nud tho mouu
tnin. Tho exact position of tho enemy
this morning is not definitely known to ns.
It Is supposed that ho has retreated in the
direction of Hagerstowu. Our forces nro
now advancing rapidly, nnd may possibly
overtake him before night.
Ooon Wonn ron Wfi.i.ks. A venr or
so ago it was tjuito fashionable for the
Fustrrn press to deiiounco tho Secretary
of tho Navy, Welles, ns an " old Togy, a
" Kip Vnn Wiuklo," etc. It is now timo
for t lie Seori'tnrv to receivo hi due. Not
a Department of llio Government hns been
so well managed as tho Navy Department;
from almost nothing, in les than a yenr
and a hnlf, a uwcrful navy has been cre
ated: all our great and motoriol successes
oro duo to tho navy; thoro hns beeH no in
subordiiintion nnd bickering about com
minder in tho nnvv: throughout that Do-
pertinent tho discipline hns been excellent;
tho energy unparalleled; llio skiii mm cour
ngo unequalled; everything in tho Nnvy
i)iiinriiiieiit hns cmio nlonc as smoothly
nml correctly ns tho most finished clock
work. If every other I 'cpnrimout oi mo
noveriiineiit had dono lis duty ns (iiiiotly
nnd effectively as has tho Deportment uu
der llio control of Welles, thoro wouldn't
bo much of tho rebellion lelt now a. r.
Journal.
A Mktiiodihtio Rkumknt. TlioNinoty
Highlit Ohio regiment comprises four Moth
mlint itrenc hers, nnd a lnrgo supply of class-
lenders, stownrds, cxhorters, nnd Suiiduy
school superintendent. Out of ono hun
dred members in Company H sixty nro
members of that Church.
Tho elites of heaven nro low nrclir.il;
wo must enter upon our Luces.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, OCTOBER 2 5,
Tho Oroat Battlo of Antiotam.
Tho N. Y. Tribune has tho following
dispatch, duted battle field of Shorpsbiirg,
Wednesduy evening, Sept. lUh;
Fierce and despcrulo buttlo between
200,000 men hns ruged since daylight, yet
night closes ou an uncertain field. It is
tho greatest fight sinco Waterloo; all over
tho field contested with nu obstinacy equal
even to Waterloo. If not wholly a victo
ry to-night, I believe it is tho preludo to a
victory to-morrow. But what can bo fore
told of lliu futuro of a fight in which from
fivo in tho morning till seven nt night the
best troops of the continent have fought
without decisivo result?
After the brilliant victory near Middle
town, (Jen McClcllun pushed forward his
army rapidly, nnd reached Kecdysvillo with
threu corps on Monday night. On the
day following tho two urmies faced each
other idly, until night. Artillery wus
busy nt intervals', onco in tho morning
opening with spirit, and continuing for hulf
un hour with vigor, till tho rebel battery,
as usual, was silenced.
McClelhin was on the hill whero Ben
jamin's buttery was stationed, nnd found
himself suddenly under a rather heavy fire.
It wn still uncertain whether the rebels
wero retreating or roinforciug; their batte
ries would remain in position in either case,
and uk they hud withdrawn nearly all their
troops from view thcro was only the doubt
ful indication of columns of dust to tho
renr.
On tho evening of Tuesday, Hooker was
ordered to cross the Antietum creek with
his corps, and, feeling the lef' of the ene
my, to be ready to attack next morning.
During the day of apparent inactivity Mc
Clcllun had been maturing bis plan of bat
tle, ol which Hooker's movement was one
development.
Tho position on cither side was peculiar.
When Uichardson advanced on Monday he
found the enemy deployed and displayed in
force on a crescent shuped ridge, the out
line of which followed, moro or lest exact
ly, the courso of Antietum creek. Their
lines were then forming, and the revelation
of force in front of the ground which they
really intended to hold wa probably meant
to delay our attack until their arrange
ments to receive it were complete
During that day they kept their troops
exposed, and did not move them to avoid
the artillery fire, w hich must huvo been oc
casionally annoying. Next morning the
lines and columns which had darkened corn
field and hill crests had been withdrawn.
Broken and wooded ground behind the
sheltering hills concealed the rebel masses.
Whut Iron our front looked like only a
narrow summit fringed with woods, was a
broad table lund of forest and ravine, cov
er for troops everywhere, nowhere easy ac
cess for nn enomy. Tho smoothly-sloping
surface, in front aud tho sweeping crescent
of slowly mingling lines was all a delusion.
It was ull a rebel stronghold beyond.
Under tho base of these hill runs the
deep stream called Antietum creek, fordu
bio only nt distant points. Threo bridges
cross ii ono on the Hugcrstown road, one
ou tho Slmrrisburi! pike, and ono to the
luft, in n deep recess or sleepy lulling lulls
Hooker passed tho first to reach the ford
by which ho crossed, and it was held by
l'lcnsanton wiih a rcscrvo of cavalry dar
ing the battlo. Tho second was closo un
der tho rebel center, and no way important
to yesterday s fight. At tho third, Jiiirn
side attacked and finally crossed. Between
tho first and third luy tho battlo line.
They stretched four miles, from right to
loft.
Unaided attack in front wus impossible.
McClellan's forces lay behind low, discon
nected ridges, in front of the rebel summits,
all or nearly all iniwoodcd. They gave
somo rover for artillery, and gun were,
therefore, mussed on tho center. The ene
my hud the Shephcrdstown rond and tho
Hngerstown and Williamsport road both
open for him in tho rear to retreat. Along
ono or tho other, if beaten, ho must Ily.
This, omoig other reasons, determined,
perhaps, tho plan of battlo which McClcl
lun finally resolved on.
PI. AS OK nATTI.E.
Tho plan wns generally ns follows:
1 looker wns to cross on tuc rigni, csinuusu
himself on the enemy's left if possible, Hunk
ing his position, and to open tho fight.
Sumner. Franklin and Mniislicld wero 10
send their forces also to llio right, co ope
rating with and sustaining Hooker's attack,
whilo odvancinir nlso nearer tho center.
Tho heavv work in the center was left
mostly to the batteries, Porter mnssing his
infantry support in tho hollows. Ou tho
left Burnsido was to carry tho bridgo al
ready referred to. advancing then by a
road which enters tho piko at ShnrpsLurg,
turning nt onco tho rebel flunk and destroy
ing his lino of retreat. Porter nnd Sykrs
wcro held in rcscrvo. It is obvious that
tho complete success of n plan contemplat
ing widely divergent movement oi sepa
rnto corps, must largely depend on accu
rate timiug, that tho attack should bo sim
ultaneous and not successive
nATTI.E COMMENCKS AT HAWK.
The battlo began with tho dawn. Morn
ing found both armies just as they had
slept, nlmost closo enough to look Into each
others' eyes. Tho luft of Meade's reserves
and tho right of llicketts' lino became en
gaged nt nonrly tho same moment, ono
with artillery, tho oilier with infantry. A
battery was almost immediately pushed for
ward beyond tho control woods, over a
plowed field, near tho top of the slope
where the cornfield begun. On the open
Held, In tho corn beyond and hi tho woods
which stepped forward into tho broad fields,
liko a promontory into tho oconn, wns tho
hardest and deadliest strugglo of tho day.
For hall nn hour nfter the battlo hod
crown to it full strength, tho lino of firo
swnyed imithor way. Hooker s man woro
fully up to llieir WOIK. lney saw men
fiminrn nvnrvwhcro in front, never away
from tho fire, and all tho troops bolievcd
u their coiuuiaudcr, and loiujiit wnu a
Laboring Classes, and advocating the
will. Two-third of them were tho Boiiioj
men who, under .McDowell, hud broken at
MunassuH.
Tho hull hour passed, tho rebels began
to give way a little, only a little, but at
the first indication of a receding fire, For-'
ward, was tho word, and on went tho lino
with a cheer and a rush. Back across the
road, and then buck oguin into the dark'
woods which closed around them, went the
retreating rclx.'ls,
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just fled. Hooker sent in his nearest brig-
uuu iu uiuui, un-iii, urn. it luuiii nub tiu iuu
work, un caned lor aiiotner. mere
was nothing closo enough unless ho took it
from his right. His right might be in dan
ger if it was weakened, but his center was
already threatened with annihilation. Not
hesitating ono moment, he Rent to Double
day: " (Jive me your best brigade instant
ly." The best brigade came down the hill to
the right on tho run, went through the
timber iu front through a storm of shot
ami nursling alien am crasning iiin .s, over
t no open lie a ueyoi.u, aim siraig .i into
IUU tuillliuiu, iu.vmi un tnrjr ntub tuu iiuj
Kiits of three brigades, shattered by the
rebel fire, nnd streaming to the rear. They
passed by Hooker, whose eyo lighted ns he
suw these veternu troops led by a soldier
whom ho knew ho could trust. '' I think
they will hold it," he said.
Gen. Hartsuh took his troops very
steadily, but now thut they were under fire,
not hurriedly, up tho bill from which the
cornfield begins to descend, und formed
them on tho crest.
There for half on hour they held the
ridge, unyielding in purpose, cxhaiistlcss iu
courage
They began to go down the hill'
and into tho corn; they did not stop to
think that their ammunition wns nearly
gone; they wero thero to win thut field,
and they won it. The rebel line for the
second lime fled through the corn aud iuto
tho woods. Thcro was no moro gallant,
determined, heroic fighting in all this des
perate day. Gen. Hartsuff is severely
wounded, but 1 do not believe he counts
hi success too dearly purchased.
The crisis ol the Gglit at this point hud
arrived. llicketts' division vainly endeav
oring to ndvancc, and exhausted by the ef
fort had fallen back. Purt of Mansfield's
corpr. was ordered iu to their relief, but
Mansfield's troop came back again, nud
their General was mortally wounded. The
left, nevertheless, was too extended to be
turned, and too strong to be broken.
llicketts- sent word ho could not advance,
but could hold his ground. Doubleday
had kept his guns at work on the right,
nnd hud finally silenced a rebel buttery
thut for hulf an hour hud poured iu a gall
ing enfilading fire along Hooker's central
line.
To the right of the cornfield and beyond
wns a point of woods. Once carried nud
firmly held, it was the key of tho position.
Hooker determined to tukc it. He rode
out in front of his furthest troops, on a hill,
to cxnmii.e the grouud for a buttery. At
the top ho dismounted and went forward
ou foot, completed his reconnoisance, re
turned and remounted. The musketry Gre
from tho point of woods was all the while
extremely hot. As he put his foot iu the
stirrup, a fresh volley of riflo bullets enmc
whizzing by. The tall, soldierly Dguro oi
tho General, the white horse which be rode,
tho tlovatcd place where ho was, all made
him a most dangerously conspicuous mark.
So ho had bceu all day, riding often with
out a stuff officer nor nn orderly near him
all sent off on urgent duty visiblo eve
rywhere on tho field. Tho rebel bullets
hnd followed him all day, but they had not
hit him nud ho would not regard them.
Remounting on this hill, ho had not ridden
fivo steps when ho wa struck in the fool
by a bull.
Three men wcro shot down at the same
moment by hi side. Tho nir was nlivc
with bullets. Ho kept on hi horse for a
few moments, though tho wound wa se
vero and excessively painful, and would
not dismount till ho hnd given his lust or
der to advance lie was himself iu tho
very front. Swaying unsteadily on his
horse, ho turned In his seat to look about
htm. " There is a regiment to the right.
Order it forward! Crawford ond Gordon
are coming up. Tell them to carry these
works nnd hold them nnd it is our fight."
nOOKFB WOl'SPKI) PIT WIN'S.
It was found that tho bullet had pusscd
completely through hi foot. Tho surgeon
who examined it on the spnt could givo no
opinion whether bones were broken, but it
wus nftorwnrd ascertained that though
grazed they wcro not fractured. Of courso
tho severity of tho wound mudo it impossi
ble for him t keep tho field which ho be
lieved already won, so fur n it belonged
to him to win it. It was nino o'clock.
Tho Gght hod been furious since five. Ho
mhzht well leave llio llelil, tiiliiKing mo
battle wa wou that Ai buttlo was won,
for I am writing, of course, only about tho
attack an tho rebel left.
I seo no reason why I should disguiso
mv admiration of Gen. Hooker bravery
...til m.l.lliirlv IlllllllV
Kcmuining nearly j
all the morning on the right, I could not
help scoing tho sagacity and premptnoss of,
bis movomouts, how completely hi troops
wcrf kept iu band, bow devotedly tbey I
.. (.-.uu u.m ... I emisy yu.i an. iuiiowbu . , nn(j commanj Ag J rode
hard and fust -followed till they came:0M.r tuward lhe ,cft , met g th
within easy rango of tho woods, among ,ica(, of hig C0,uinn tt(lvun(;i id,
which they saw their beaten enemy dump- lhro 10 timb it0 wllcttre rjrawJ.
pearing-Nlowcd still, with another cheer, ifordwilR ,, TrtCTM G ,
and Hung themselves ogamst tho cover. I war ri(Ji ulone , the forert fa(. M f
But out of those gloomy woods caoie, ,lis bri gad e, his hut off, his gray hair and
suddenly ond l.cnv.ly tt-rriblo volleys-vol- )eard aj ,nll(.tad,e t , 'contrasting
leys which smote, nnd bent, nnd broke, in ' Ilh the fire in ,.yc9i nd' ,;8 raartIllh,
a moment, that eager front, and hurled ; hc Lu.rit(1 ou to ffLm tho buttg
them swiltly back for hulf the distance they wcrc tlilckr-st
had won. Not swiltly nor in panic any! Sedgwick's division was in advance, mov
further. Closing up their shuttered line,, , forwnrj tQ rt Crawford nud Gor.
they camo slowly away do) Kcbel reinforcements were approach-
In ten minute the fortune of the day , , d th, gtr (f fof tL'e' roaJg
seemed to have changed-.t was the rebels lwus iB t0 1)0 renewed. Sumner gent
now who were advancing, pouring out oflforward tw0 divisiollSi Richardson and
tho woods ... endless hues sweeping through j French or) llie ,ct scd(,wick movi, ,
tho corn held from which their comrades Lillmn r Hit-i.inn iWh .u
aide of Truth in every issue.-
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No. 28.
trusted to him, how keen was his insight
into tho battle; how every opportunity wus
seized, and every reverse was checked and
turned iuto another success. I say this
the more unreservedly, because I hove no
personal relation whatever with him, never
saw him till the dny before the fight, and
don't liko his politics or opinions iu general,
But what are politics in such a battle?
81'MNKR TAKES COMtfAKO.
Sumner arrived lust as Hooker was leav-
l J- "
rcaPi depIoycd aud BdvanC(.d in line over
j QQrn field
To extend his own front as far as possi
ble, ho ordered the Twenty-fourth New
York to move by the left flunk. The ma
neuver was attempted under a fire of the
greatest intensity aud the regiment broke.
At the same moment, the enemy perceiv
ing their advantage, came round on that
flank. Crawford was obliged to give on
the right, nnd his troops pouring in confu
sion through tho ranks of Sedgwick's ad
vance brigade, threw it into disorder and
bauk on lhe gcc0ld ond Uird linpg
The
cm.,ny n(Ivancedi lheir Cre jlicrcasihgi
Gen. Sedgwick was three times wounded,
in the shoulder, leg nnd wrist, but ko per
sisted in remaining on the field so long as
there was a chnnco of saving it.
Gen. Dana was wounded. Gen. How
ard, who took command of the division nf
ter Gen. Sedgwick wus disabled, exerted
himself to restore order, but it could not
be done there. Gcu. Sumner ordered the
line to bo reformed under Gre. Tho test
was too severe for volunteer troops under
such a fire. Sumner himself attempted to
nrrcst the disorder, but to little purpose.
If u-nc HtmfWeili!., In hnlil Iia nswitum
Gen gllnmcr withdrew the division to the
rear, and once more the com Geld was
abandoned to the enemy.
French sent word he could hold his
ground- Uichardson, while gallantly lead
ing a regiment under a heavy fire, was se
verely wounded in the shoulder. Gen.
Meagher was wounded at the head of his
brigade. The loss iu general officers was
becoming frightful.
At one o'clock affairs on the right had
a gloomy look. Hooker's troops were
greatly exhausted, and their General away
from the field. Mansfield's were no better.
Sumner's command Imd lost heavily, but
two of his divisions were still comparatively
fresh. Artillery was yet playing vigorous
ly in front, though the ammuuitiou of many
of tho butteries wns entirely exhausted, and
they had been connielled to retire.
Doubleday held the right inflexibly.
Sumners beaduuurtrrs were now in the
nnrrow field where the right, before Hook
er, hnd begun the fight. All thnt had
been gained in front hud been lost! The
enemy's batteries, which, if advanced and
served vigorously, might have made sad
work with the closely massed troojis, were,
fortunately, either partially disabled or
short of ammunition. Sumner was confi
dent that he could hold bis own: but anoth
er ndvance was out of tho question. Tho
enemy, on the other hand, seemed to be
too much exhausted to attack.
At this crisis Franklin came up with
fresh troops, aud commanding one division
of the corps, formed on tho left. Slocum
was sent forward along tho slows lying un
der tho first ranges of the division of rebel
hills, while Smith was ordered to retake
the cornfield and woods which all dny had
been so hotly contested. It was done in
the handsomest style. His Maine and Ver
mont regiments and tho rest went forward
ou the run, and, cheering as they went,
swept like au avalanche through the corn
fields, fell iiHn the woods, cleared them in
ten minutes, nud held them. They wcro
not nguiu rclukcn.
The field nud its ghnstly harvest which
the reaper had gathered in those fatal
hours, remained dually with us.
Geo. Smith's attack wns so sudden that
his success was accomplished with no great
loss. He hnd gamed a point, however,
which compelled him to expect every mo
ment an attack, and to hold which, if tho
enemy brought up reserves, would take his
best energies ami best troop. But the
long strifo, tho heavy losses, incessant fight
ing over the samo repeatedly lost and won
inch by inch, nnd, more tlinu nil, perhaps,
the fenr of Burnsido ou the left, and Por
ter Iu froal, held the cnomy in check. For
two or three hours there was a lull even iu
tho cannonade on the right, which hitherto
hud been incessant.
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Up to 3 o'clock, Burnsido hod made
little progress. His attack on the bridgo
had been successful, but tho delay had been
so great that to lhe observer it appeared
as if McClellan's plans must havo been
seriously disarranged. It is impossible
not to suppose that the attacks on tho
right and left were meant In a nieasuro to
correspond, for othcrwiso tho enemy had
only to repel Hooker on the ouo band,
then transfer Ins troops ono piisn mem
against Bumnide.
Here wn tho difference between Smith
nnd Burnsido. Tlio former did his work
nt once, nnd lost nil hi men at onco
that is, nil whom ho lost ot nil; I nrnsulo
seem to have ottneked cnntiously, iu order
to snvo hi men, and sending successively
iDsufiicieut forces against a position of
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jMiriod of tunc, but yet lost none the less
in the end.
Finally, at four o'clock, McCle'lnn sent
simultaneously orders to Burnside and
franklin; to the former to advance and
carry the batteries in his front at all haz
ards and any cost; to tho latter to carry
the woods next in front of him to the left,
which the rebels still held. The order to
Franklin, however, was practically coun
termanded, in consequence of a message
from Gen. Sumner that, if Franklin went
ou and was repulsed, his own corps was
not yet sufficiently reorgauized to be de
pended on as a reserve.
franklin, thereupon, was directed to
run no risk of losing his present position,
and, instead of sending his infantry into
inc woods, contented liimself with advanc
ing his butteries over the breadth of the
fields in front, supporting them with heavy
columns of infantry, and attackii.tr with
energy the rebel batteries immediately op
posed to him. His movement was a suc
cess, so far as it went, tho butteries main
taining their new ground and sensibly af
fecting the steadiness of the rebel fire.
That being once accomplished, and all haz
nrd of the right being again forced back
having been dispelled, the movement of
liuruside became at once the turning point
of success, and the fate of the day depend
ed on him.
How extraordinary the situation was
may be judged from a moment's considera
tion of the facts. It is understood that
from the onset Bumside's attack was ex
pected to bo decisive, as it certainly must
have been if things went well elsewhere,
and if he succeeded in establishing himself
on the Shorpsburg rood in tho rebel rear.
Generals Hooker, Sumner, and trank
lin, and Mansfield, were all sent to the
right three miles away, while Torter seem
to have done double duty with his sincle
corps in front, both supporting the batter
ies and holding himself in reserve. With
all this iimnmense force ou the right, but
10,000 men were given to Burnside lor
the decisive movement of the day.
Attacking first with one regiment, then
with two, uud delaying both for artillery,
Burnside was not over the bridgo before
two o'clock perhaps not till three. He
advanced slowly np the slopes in his front,
his batteries in rear covering, to some ex
tent, the movements of the infantry. A
deperate fight was going on in a deep
ravine on his right, the rebel batteries were
in full play, and nppnrently very annoying
ai.d destructive, while heavy columns of
rebel troojis were plainly visible, advanc
ing, ns if careless of concealment, along
the road and over the hills in the di
rection of Bumside's forces. It was at
this point of time that McClcllan sent
him the older above given.
Burnside obeyed it most gullantly.
Getting his troops well in hand, and
sending a portion of his artillery to the
front, he advanced them, with rapidity
and the most determined vigor, straight
up the hill in front, on top of which the
rebels had maintained their most danger
ous battery. The movement was in plain
view of McClellau's position, and ns
Franklin, on the other side, Bint his bat
teries into tlx field about tho same time,
tho battlo seemed to open iu all direc
tions with grcuter activity than ever.
The fight iu the ravine wns in full pro
gress, the batteries which Porter supported
were firing with new vigor, Franklin was
blazing away on the right, and hill top,
ridge and woods along the whole line was
crested and veiled with white clouds of
smoke.
There are two hills on the left of the
road, the furthest aud lowest. The rebels
havo batteries on both. Burnside is order
ed to carry the nearest to him, which ii
the furthest from the road. His garni
opening first from this new position in front,
more entirely controlled and silenced the
enemy's artillery. The infantry came on
at once, moving rapidly and steadily up
long, dark lanes, and broad, dark recesses,
being plainly visible without a glass as
they moved over the green hillside.
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The next moment, the road in which the
rebel battery was planted was canopied
with clouds of dust swiftly descending into
tho valley. Underneath was a tumult of
wagons, guns, horse, and men flying at
speed down tho rond. Blue flashes of
smoke burst now ond then among them, t,
horse or a man or half dozen went down,
and then tho whirlwind swept on.
The hill was carried, but could it be
hold? The rebel columns, before seen
moving to tho left, incrensed their pace.
The guns on the hill above sent in angry
tcm)cat of shell down among Burnside
guns nnd men. no hnd formed his col
umns apparently in the rear angles of two
fields bordering the road, high ground
about them everywhere except in the rear.
In another moment a rebel battle line
appears on the brow of the ridge above
them, moves swiftly down in the most per
fect order, and thoutrh mot by incessant
discharges of muiikotry, of which we plain
ly ace the flashes, does not lire a gun
White spaces show where men are falling,
but they close np instantly, and still tho
lino advance. Tho brigndes of Burnside
arolu heavy column; they will not (rive
wav beforo a bayonet charge in line. Tlm
rebels think twice before they dash into
theo hostile masses.
There is a halt; tho rebel left give
wav and scatters over the field; the rest
stand fnst nnd fire. More infantry come
un. Burnside is outnumbered, flanked,
compelled to yield the hill ho took n
bravely. IU position is no longer one
of nltnck. He defends himself with un
faltering firmness, but ho sends to Mc
Clellnn for help. McClellnn'i glass, for
tho last hnlf hour, hns seldom been turn
ed nwny from tho left.
Ho sees clearly enough that Burnside Is
pressed; needs no messenger to tell him
that. His face grow darker with anxious
thought. Looking down Iuto the talley