The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-10-30
THE BATTLE OF LEEsBURa.

millions of the Lincoln war loun, at 81 per
cent.
THE BATTLE OF LEEsBURG.
additional Particulars-Ihe Reyinaenis
E"gaged-TerriJls Fsghting-Com
piete Rout Of The Enemay-Bravery of
our Troops, dc.
We arc enabled to lay before our readers
| some Interesting particulars Of the great
battle near l.eesburg, received from gen.
tleman who was in the immediate vicinity
of the fight. These statements it will be
remembered, embody observations made on
the evening of the 2lst., before the full ex-
tent Of our victory was asccrtained. The
battle commenced early Monday morning
! and lasted throughout the day. The Yam
KEGS crossed the Potomac the previous
night, and continued to come over in large
numbers as the fight progressed. unit. from
eight to ten thousand were landed on the
Virginia side. They were met by the for
ces under Gen Evans, viz the Sth Virgin
ia regiment. Col lIunton; the l3 Missis
! sippi, CO.. Borksdale; the I7ta Mississippi.
Col Featherston, and the 18Th Mississippi,
Col. Burt. The engagement verv soon be-
came general, and the fighting was terrible
on bo.h sides. the Yankees being protected
| by a heavy forest and having the ADVANTAGE
in ground and position. They were routed
three distinct times at the point Of the bav
onet, and as often heavily reinforced In
one charge the 9Th Virginia captured a
splendid brass battery, and put its men to
inglorious flight. The enemy were finally
pursued TO the rivers brink, vi here. bei:u
unable to recross with facility, lhev made
desperate STAND, but their doom was seal
ed. Our brave volunteers charged them
and scattered them like leaves to the wiads
and waters. Oar informant state, that they
were cut all to pieces, and that the battle
held was thIrkIy strewn with their dead
and wounded. The prisoners, Of whom n
great number weie taken, said without hes
itation that our gallant troops fought like
devils"
The loss upon our side had not been as
certaned with accuracy on Monday evening.
though our telegraphic advices have sine,
reported it at three hundred IN killed and
wounded. This, however, is not compnra
Bile To the loss of the enemy We huv. nj
this Time no particulars, except that Col.
Burt, of the 18TH Mississippi, was badly
wounded, and Col. Tebbs, COT what repi
ment is not stately slightly. Our infor
mant saw 300 Yankee prisoners marching
by, and upwards Of 200 NOR. were CAP.
tu-ed. These men reported that at lea /
300 OF their comrades were drowned while
attempting to recross the Potomac
Our troops fought under great d -advar.
| tages. They underwent heavy mach on
the previous day, with but two meals
slept on their arms in the open mir all night
4 NIL int. L.t, q
with but an apology for breakfast. They
fought all day, without refreshments Of any
sort, and without reinforcements, against q
vastly superior force, to which constant ad
dltlons were made from the Mary land shore
Truly, Providence has once more prospered
our cause. Our victory is glorious and
complete. Not one man on our side ex
hibited any signs Of fear, but all tough,
desperately and bravery to adopt the Ian
guage OF our informant "as only gentle.
men can fight"
The object Of this mo ovempnt OF the Fed.
eralists seems TO have been to outflank our
army on the left, as part Of McClellan's 8
plan for nm advance upon our lines The
| result was 10 di-astrons that the n pirinp
Federal General may have to draw largely
upon his strage,ic scienc, in the adoption
of some other method or possibly he NAV
be superseded in consequence Of this great
reverse mt the outset OF his career
| Olher verbal accounts OF the battle on
Monday represent that the scene at the
river, when the enemy attempted TO recross,
vas fearful. The rattle of musketry, and
the sharp crack Of the Mississippi rifle,
mingled with shrieks of drowning men.
and the panic was scarcely less wide spread
than that Of the 2lst of July, Just three
months before. The Federal prisoners
numbering 523, were under quad on the
battle field of Manassa yesterday morning
-RichmOnd Dispatch.