The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-12
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fnstant, mas another letter from ITS speci.l
army correspondent, {" Psrsonne, y dated
Leeaburg, October -. which far surpasses 4,
o'hers nom tho Pen OF that gentleman. iii
vivid description and intense, nl-,hrIliins
language. Below will BE- found r,me az
tracts, which are richly worth the room shey
occupy in our columns:
syIDExcss OF pzsrRrcfIox ARorsp fHE szsrrs
In passing over the ground, the fret thing
which attracts attention Is the shattered con
mtion OF the trees and bushes. Limbs hang
Dy mere shred: in many Instances true r
are perforated with dozen balls; the baIk
mas been torn of by CHANGING bullets, and
occssionaiiy You see great biots Of blood Wnt.
nrnn t splashed around, where some unfor-
tahate leitow has taken shelter 70 secure s
snot. In one hawthorn bush no taller thai.
man. ana not more than three feet in dinma
,. .er: none OF whose limbs were larger thap
your tnumo, counted the marks Of feyty-
SIX bullets. In . double sapting not "a "A ~,
as mans body, behind which Yanke. hsff
concealed MIN self Just on In. edge Of mi
Wooos, counted between the first limb a,t.
the ground thirteen bullex; while under
large oak tree. whose foliage almost touches
Inc eArth, 4 completes carpet is formed a.
leaves and limbs which have been shoa
away.
GEN. BAkGs's uoKsE-sus BrssIss rREscxEs, &C.
A sh ,rt dis tsnce perhaps two rods frs.,n th
edge OF the Cliff which runs down the river
lies the horse of Gen. Bsker, in a guiley b
hne bay animal, shot through the bod, il.
several places. The same ball that killed tn
one IS said to have also en- tered the other =
Farther down the brow of the decliyity ar
four more horses stiff in death, " hich wer.
used to draw the howitxsrs and riiied cannon
70 tneir positions IN the Held. Another oo-
Ject eloquent With the horrors Of war, is il,s
long broad trench in ose OF the gul.eys whicl
contains the Yankee dead Here lie the bodiss
VI husbands, son and brother, all mixed il
n q ~
resting place, no word of record TO tell th.
living age or name. Bloody, d,sngureei. ais
gusting corpses, they have been rolled in an.
covered from the sight with the earth theiI
steps nave polluted and their arms woulo
have soaked with the blood of It's rightiu
owners. Lord, have mercy On tn. ir wick-
souls
TIE YAEKEEs IN THEIR RETREAT
In speaking of the cliff down which tn,
Yankees tumbl-d in their precipitate retreat,
"Personne' says:
The appearance of the place rs as If an ava
lanche had passed over it. The ground i
torn up, bushes torn down, rocks dis
placed, shrubs are 1r-mpied out Of existence
while portions OF clothing, cartridge boxes
oayonets, straps, stu, kings, shoes, caps, co Is
snlrts, bread, crackers and ham, are scatterc.
In profusion en- every hand. Carloads o.
these articles have been, aud are still beil.,
gathered. 1t was ut the base of this Gilt
where a large mum Der of the prisoners W.r
taken. Their boats Were drawn up ami the,
attempted TO cross after tae surrender wa.
form ;ily made, Dut u few we'll directed shot
brought toe recreants back to the shore
Many stripped naked, threw their clothiii,
upon the en- bankment and swan over other.
carried their clothing with them, and yest-r.
DAY found q dorm PAIR or more OF shirts ant
drawers lying in u field upon the isiana
Many OF the prisoners, as we'll those WI
escaped, threw their guns into the riy.r, ant
probably three or four hundred have bee,
| since rescued from their wateTy bed. ] say
several Drawn out with p,,ies forked at TIL
| end, while large numbers of overcoats, bl.,n
kets, and Announcements hSye been aided
| our previous stock. La fact, almost ever
| man in the brigade is now armed with
| handsome Belgian or London Tow CUR
| and covered with g.. Yankee oy.rcoat Tn,
number of guns captured is not yet knowI
IS they are indiscriminateiy scattered anon,
| the troops, but it is supposed that We hay.
twelve or fiftren hundred.
THB CAPTURE OF pRrsoxgRs.
The capture of prisoners continued unit
nearly two O'Clock on Tuesday morning: il
| enc instance a com pany of forty men, consis,
| ing OF volunteers, among whom w. re Ga,
tains, Lieutenants, and other officers takip,
| two hundred and fifty OF the FeGerais In on.
body. About ten o'clock ON the morning o,
| rus sday, Captain Vaughn, OF Providence
| Rhode Island, appeared with a fng of true.
| and thirty men, asking permission to bur:
for seyeLel hours they were engaged in th.
| work. Some seventy nye or eighty are sal.
| to have been buried on this side Of the river
| and about forty on the island near the shor. .
! Their am bulanceS were running scro.s tn
| island all night, AIRY ing the wounded Cap.
| tain Vaughn himse Ii estim ated that the nm.
| Der OF wounded was greatly disproporuouau
| 10 that of the killed. He thong h I thar las,
| prisoners taken. How true this is we hay.
| no means OF knowing, but tire ground was
strewn with bodies from twelve O'Clock until
the final charge at sundown, and they wrr,
| removed a 81
| admit.
| HAND-ro-HASp ENCOUNTER BETWEEN 4
| e0NFEDsRATE CAPTAIN AND YANKEE orr
| GEE. A 50
| One personal encounter is worthy of record.
As Captain Jones, of company B, 18th "a isis.
sippi, was passing through the woods vt ii g
| head of his men, he met another party headed
by an officer The two halting instantly upcn
.nsir nS soIe prosimity Jones
1 quick-friends or enamies-who are Won, :
The other replied, 1--WE are friends, and a,
| the same time advanced. A little boy namet
Joseph Ware who was behind the M,ssissip
plan, Instantly cried out, Captain, they ar,
| not friends don't You see they have not gun,
| ike ours. They are Yankees-let me shoot,
| Again Jones exclaimed, "Who are you
Speak quick, for can't keep my men mon
firing" "lll let you know who we are yo,
| id rebel" said the Yankee officer. for sue,
be was, and, sniting the action 10 the woro
| he sprang upon and seized Captain Jones n,
the collar. For second or two q scuffie e,
sued between the officers when the latte,
broke loose. At the same instan mt one Of III,
| Mississippians dashed out the Yankees brains
| with the butt OF MS musket.
THg HOsPIrALs--AH AFFECTING INCIDENT.
! Turning from the locality after the battl
the hospitals are the NEXT interesting featur.
OF visit. These are three In Number. or,
| being church the second an academy an.
| the third an old hot-l. Here are confined th,
most desperately wounded. but many hav.
h0an rom nyfAf fr,rS -
in town and the neigh boring country. TIL.
| Inhabitants, and especially the ladies' have
done, and ara DOING all that heart can wish
Iney ace as nurses, cooks, or in any oihsr ca
pacfty In which their services may be r,
CURED young and old uniting in the tns.
of atleviating the sufarings Of the soldiers. =
Posing through one OF the departments }
saw the old gentleman, Mr. Farr, to who a !
| alluded in n former letter as having bee,
taken prisoner by the Yankees and shot i,
| the back while bringing flag of truce from
hem 10 us. lie WAS bolstsred np In bsd
being unable to lie down, and by his sid.
st cd a young lady Of twenty or twenty .twt
| summers hoidiGg a bouquet OF aowers and, =
| salver OF Refreshments Which sh hahad broue b ,
IN ma !eW moments previous. l saw. too. thar
she watched the feeble attempts Of the stlyar
l haired patriot, now I" three score and tan =.
to help himself to the dainttes before him,
as he laid his head bach unon the Milo ~. fes
him a. gently and tenderjy a. q mother
| would nurse her chiia. Il was q scene
simple In itself, but In its beautiful lee
Is tndellibly impressed upon my memory.
"pAr" AxD HIs rrps. @
II II related Of one Of tbs wounded prison.
ers here, "a brath OF = boy" from the HouId
country" that when he was shot he had =
pipe In his mouth and was pu1lnx svav sooet
indusuioualy. Unsortnnaseiy Tor him. nov.
ever. the bullet g, entered Vie corner Of oas -.