The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-08-03

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s'on or scme other Rebel General was leading
horde oiJresh troops against our united
right and centre. 1t was time for more regi-
ments to be sent forward, and K,ves was
ordered'to advance with the FIRST TYLER Bfi.
| gade. The three Connecticut regiments and
| the Fourth Maine came on with a will; the
FIRST Connecticut was posted in reserve, and
the other three corps swept up the field by
! tie ford on the right, 10 aid the struggling
advance.
All eyes were directed to the distant hill
top, now the centre of the fight. All could
see the enemys Infantry ranging darIly
against the sky beyond, and the first lines of
our men moving VITA fine determination up
the steep slope. The cannonading upon our
advance, the struggle upon the hilltop, the
interchange of position between the contes-
tants were watched by Us, and as new forces
rushed in upon the enemy's side, the scene
was repeated over and over again. 1t must
have been here, think, that the Sixty-ninth
took and .ost battery eight times in sncces-
sion. and finally were compelled, totally OK
hausted, TO resign the completion of their
work to the Connecticut regiments which had
just come up. The Third Connecticut finally
carried that summit. unfurled the Stars and
Stripes above it, and paused from the fight to
cheer Cor the Union cause.
Then the battle began to work down the
returning half OF the circle, which the enemy
described during the day. driven .erore the
desperate charges Of our troops, until they
reached the very point where Ty S advance
commenced the action. Down the hill and
INTO the valley thickets on the left, the Zoua-
yes. the Connecticut and New York Rrgi-
mentS, with the unconquerable Rhodes Islam
derS drove the continually charging but
always vanquisiicd columns of the enemy
1t was only TO meet more batteries, earthwork
succeeding earthwoIk, embuscade after am.
bnScade. Our fellows were hot and weary ::
most had drank no water during hours of
dust, and smoke. and nsulierab!e heat. No
one knows what choking the battle almos-
phere produces in few moments. until he
has personally experienced it. And so the
conflict luiled for little'whilc. 1t was the
middle ofa blazing afternoon. Our regiments
hcld the positions they bad won, but the
enemy kept receiving additions and conin-
ned flank movement toward our left Jan
gerouS movement for US. a movement which
those in the rear perceived. and vainlv cndca-
Vorrd to induce soma general officer 10 guard
against.
Here 7"as tie grand hmder, or misfortune
o. lie lutte. y misfortune. that we had no
troops in rcsery. after the OHIO r,c;n,a,,,
were again sen, forward ,his tir.o 70 os,;,t -
building a bridge ac,oss the ru, an III, Wa
r,nton road, by the side Of tho s,n,o b- a.,
know II to be mined. A bIunder N tbat tSo
last reserve was sent forward At ali 7,
should have been retained to ruar1 the rcor NJ
The left, and every other rerimrpt n, tho
field should have been rrompilv ,rcaIl,L ovnr
the route hy winch It had advanced order,d
only to maintain such posjtious os rested on
supported, continuous hue. General Scott
says, to-day, that our troops had already
ACCOMPLISHED 1.-Two. I,rs,
have rested long before. Rut NIrta,,r,n,
trlcd TO vanquiSh the South in sincla strn,.
ale, and the sad result is before ms.
As ii was. Caplain Alexander with III,
Sappcrs and Miners, was ordered IN on,
through the abattls by the sId, of the mined
bridge, in the valley dicc,lv befor. ~. ond
lay pontoons across tn, stream. Car,,sla's
Artillery was detailed to nro,,ct tho u'o,l,
and the Ohio and Wisconsin resorvn to enn'
port the artillery. Meanwhile in tho I'm
which have mentioned, the ,hous,nd heroic
details pi Federal va!or ard the shamelrsslpsS
OF Rebel trcaChcrv began to reach our a,rv
We learned the loss Of the brave r,mor,r
the wounding Of icin,Zclman and Hunter tho
fall Of Eagerly and Slocuu, and W,Icox W.
heard OF the dash of the Irjshmcn and thc;r
d.cmalion AND Of the havoc made and sns.
tanned by the Rhode Islanders. the IEohLn.
ders, the Zouavrs. and the Ccnnrc,icnt Thi,d.
then of the ntrcpidlty of Burnside and Snra.
que how the devoted and durlnr vouno GOV.
crnor led the regiments he had sn nnnit;cen,I,
EQUIPPED again and again to yic,o,ious chory..
aud at last spiked, with his own hands Tho
guns he could not carry away Tho vic,n,y
seemed ours. 1t was an honr snI,i,,s j.,
unSelishncss, and apua,,,tlv ,l,rions IN ;,s
results. e'''' ''
At This time. neor4 o'c,oc,, rodo c,ru,~d
through the open plain to the creek whera
the abattis was being assailed by our cne;.
uccrs, Tine OHM Gnr,no,;n, 5 Viz;
Ia regiments were yar,ouslv nos,od ,hero
about; others were in distant nnrt;ons IF Tho
field all were completclv rxhopstcd and
partly discovered no General or diy;s;nn
except TYLER. could he fonnd Whoro , ,rora
our officers Where was the r,e2 via
knew whether we had wo. or loct2
The question was omcl<lv to he dccided far
US. \ Sudden swooi ,nG h,dr of nn,,ir,
rushed down upon our cI,n,nrs ,oa, ~,
bridge, They came from Tho woods ~, ,ho
left, and infantry noured ont h,bind ,b om Wv
TYLER and his siafl win tho reeo,ra ,,,,o
apparently cut off bv the onic,, marIorro
succeeded in ca:nine tho noc;,;o Nd t.,
left, there witnessed phe ra,,tr,o nr ~ rIira',
battery in the nl,,n and sa,r an,,,a, n,oa e
cavalry and infantry pouring INTO the road at
the very spot were the battle commenced, and
near which the South Carolnians, who man.
ned The In e,,a,o,l l., H. .,.. -. /