New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-25

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that deadly shower. Nevertheers we stood hopefully
by our cause upon that hill aud most anxiously cid
Ivy to gauge the fortunes Of the battle by watching the
rosd on my right hand TO if any hasty courier
coming back for reeniocements. Occasionally the fire
would slacken and for few minues almost stop, and
during OF these pautes could by long coil OF
dust 10 the distant road which bay behind the valley of
the fight that the enemy being REINFORCED from
the direction Of Manasses. 1t was evident, also
that the re-enforcQmeut was powerful one.
When this body reached it's destnasi n the vgor Of
tho battle was resumed, and the roar Of artillery
the distinctive feature Of the contest Tnen suddenly
il ceased, and along he road, which ran By our hill
side, theirs could be seen coming toward us single
c',H OF dust which hosIed toward US at high speed
We couo not for few minutes tell what il contained
but nearing the turn Of our position puff OF wind
revealed withinit IN orderly at full gslop, who we
rightly guessed bad come back for resuforcements-
Another and another followed and going down 70 the
road we learned from them through the officers who
inerrogated that We had suffered s.deraby in the
euggg ement but that the fight would be reopened as
soon as the eenforcemens could arrive, troops at
the ground having in the meantime Withdrawn them
,elyes Ia the screen of woods ont Of the eDemys fire
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as it lad me- that Col. Richardson OF the Michigan
volunteers had command of the reconuosance, and had
entered the eren ground in front of the wood which
conces.d the masked batteries Of he enemy, with -four
companies Of tho LIST Massachusetts forming bis e Col
Cowdn Of the ID Michigan forming the right, and the
New.York l2h (volunteen, under Col. Nalrsth, hav-
ias the center. The main battery Of the enemy was
u, ons slight emnenee in the center, gumding the
yasssge and there were two formidable bsttcres Oh
the night and Left
As troops proceeded toward this fearful line The
Massachusetts men we're furthest in advance, and the
rst of course to strike the Ata fringe which
TO be alive with ire At length, when the whole line
was trailed before the weapons OF the enemy the
word was given and the central battery lei fly gun
followed Ny fire Of musketry, which rsked our entire
line. Our boys however, received IL with fortitnde,
and then dashed forward with shout to charge the
enemy. The r.n wss too serious, however, TO ensfe
them 10 penetrate the wood, but hey stood their
ground handsomely and despite the CALLING disadvan-
tsge they endured and returned fro for ire seyeral
times
They then fell bsek, whereUpon apart OF shermans
Battery, served by Capt Ayres, unhmbored, and ran
forwsd and took up he battle, the reinng movement
Of our infantry beingSupported by couIay Of United
States Cavalry, under Capt. Brackott. This battery
was served ia the most spirited manner and though
of The horses shot down in their traces and
OF tho guns thus placed in danger whirl Of the
Dragotnf protected the men tbey Gus lie horses
loose and ran il in iheuselyes Finally, succeeded
in siiencng their batteries entirely, aud the pane
ensued which we had noticed as being occupied BY
muske.ry alone our men now firing from II screen Of
woods which they had reached, in the same
the enemy. Presently the acknowledgements Of the
enemy arrived being received the part Of The Con-
ederHtes with Shouts and thus furnishing inc hint ths.
IL We wished TO contlnue the struggle with any hope
whatever we must follow suL
By tho timo we hal tins collected the sate Of affairs
az far az il hsd gone the bsyOnets Of The NswYork
t9th came sparkling in heavy line from ,he bill down
into the hollow where We stood. They, with The 79th
and the ID Wisconsin volunteers bad been reused from
their slumbers in the adjoining valley and called upon
10 20 and plunge upon thoee roaring guns and Intercept
those showering plaiO0na, which lad already laid low
~ many OF their cUmrua-s 4crusiUisi thom closely
ss thsy marched and Knowing many N th~ss rAnts,
had &c wave good fortune 70 hem " hey passed.
Tnsy swept along eagerly and al double quick"
cheerful sIae ii, MP every face thai necosted, and
thoy looked IKE brdcgrooms going 70 their nap
tia favor than geekng the DARK embrace Of death.
The lsst hand / grssped along the line that Of
Jhomss Francis Meagher, whose company brongh! up
the rear and never was the Irish orators handsome
counfensnce adorned Sith loier lish. than when be
returned the pressure which accompanied my " God
bless You"
Following the 6e,h came the scOtchmen from New
York their tall ssier Col Csrneron irctting brslly
al the head ia order 70 give 10 thsr oyeresgor
step. His face cheerful, but theirs rigid and
NJ liked ~ stone. Not = word was epoken except BY
tho Captains Of "hurry, hurry, bOys" until some
lookeron, unable e. command himself exclaimed a. Go
/, aud Reekiel" Then Of sudden wild scream, or
rather Shrek burst forth like explosion ana rsns
again and again along their entire line.
And high ssd Wild the CsEneros's gsfb>rins -ose-
r.. W.. ut: q I'D hsSSi: 20 S. nv VA
Il extended IL impulse 10 the Celtic column in advance,
and Likewise set the Wisoonsonsns on hro, and the
tbree regiments wea forward from thst moment with
one continuous shout, which had no meaning but
mere rage FOR battle.
This was the irst opportunity atoded mo 10 reach
the scene and nay friend and fell in, and followed on.
AZ wo nearcd the place Of the conflict, the cannonsdo
began again. end We could hear tho singing Of rided
cannon shot, and now and then see them plunge into
the earth or smile upper branches Of the trees along
our line. The woods near the edge Of the battlefield
we're already Sled with wounded and exhausted soldiers
and occasionally We could soc . wOuuded man in the
arms Of bis comrades, who carrying him 70 somo
piece Of srade or seadying him or horseback, till they
couIdbesr hmo some prng. The universal cry ofthese
unfortnnates was for water and even the unhud linen
nay even t.ss who had MOI JET been engaged, Were
parcbed with the consuming fooo Of tho terrible ex
element.
When We arrived Sherman guns wero sill engaged
in playing with the batteries Of The enemy and the IN