The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-07-30

tbs hill. and began 60 cross the ussd apl@.
rchijy Wills ihe lutenliao ot sealing H We
saw column coming aava lram The iar-
lbcH pr pectgc au4 iog 4 moment Dr.
lieeel i 30 De- petition ot llenler p.s@
ion, and tlat e bad succeeded in complete
Is turning thc enemy rear A wild shout
rose iram us alL But aoon tie loek.oui.
SAYS thai its eusigns bore secession tan
ncrs. AMI we knew that johnson. OF somc
other rebel general vas heading horde 81
fresh trears against oaF united right asa
center Il Na tina for more regiments
20 be eui forward, and keyt WAS ordered
10 advance with the First Tyler Brigade.
The three Connecticut regiments and tic
Fourth Maine came on with q viii thc
First Connecticut was posted 10 reserve.
aud ,be other three corps swept up the
field, BY DC ford on the right, 10 AID the
struggling advance.
Al ewes we're now directed 10 the dis-
tant hll Top, now the center q the haht,
All could see The euemy's infantry ranging
darlly against The ky beyond, and the
first fines Of our men moving with fine de-
termination up the steep slope The can
nouadinI upon our advance, the Struggle
upon the hilltop, the interchange Of pos-
ton between the contestants, were watched
. by us. aud as new forces rushed 10 upon
the encmy's side tbe scene Was repeated
over aud over again. Il must have been
I here, think, tla the SXty.nialh ool, and
lost battery eight tunes 10 succession,
aud finally were compelled, totally az
hausled, TO resign the completion oi their
work 10 the Connecticut regim hts which
/ bad inst comes up The Third Connecticut
/ finally carried that summit, unlurled tic
stars and stripes above it, and paused from
the fight TO cheer for the Union cause.
7 Then the battle began 70 work down the
returning half Of the circle, which the en-
emy described during the day, driven be-
fore the desperate charges OF our troops,
until they reached the very point whore
Iylcr's advance commenced the actiou.--
Down the hill and into the valley thickets
on the left, the Zouayes, the Connecticut
and New York regiments, with the uHeon-
querablc Rhode Islanders, drove the con-
tinually charging but always yanquishcd
columns Of the enemy. 1t was only 20
meet more batteries, ealthwork succeeding
eauhwolk, ambuscadc after ambuscadc.--
Our fellows were hot aud weary most
had drank no water during hours Of dust,
aud smoke and insuherable heat. Noone
knows what choking the battle atmosphere
produces in Il few moments, until he has
personally experienced it, Aud 50 the
conflict lnled for little while. 1t was
the middle Of blazing afternoon. Our
regiments held the positions they had won,
but tie enemy kept receiving additions,
aud continued flank movement toward
cur lell--a dangerous movement for US, a
movement which those in the rear perceiy-
ed, and yainly cndoayored to induce some
general officer to guard against
lire was TIE grant 6ibidcn, or D6gor-
tine ofHe halle. A misfortune, that we
had no troops ii reserve after the Ohio
regiments were again sent forward, this
time 10 assist in building bridge across
The run on the Warrcuon road, by the
side Of the stone bridge known to be mined.
A bIunder, in that the last reserve was
sent forward at all. 1t should have been
retained 10 guard the rear Of the left, aud
every other regiment on the field should
have been promptly recalled over The
route by which il had advanced, ordered
only 10 maintain such positions ms rested
on supported, continuous line. Gen.
Scott says, to-day flat our troops had nj
leady accomplished three days work and
should have rested long before. But Me-
i Dowcll tried 70 tanquieh The South at
single struggle, and tic sad results before
u.s.
As il was. Capt. Alexander, with his
/ Sappers aud Miners, was ordered TO cut
through the abaltis by the side Of The min
ed bridge, IN the valley directly before US,
and lay pontoons across the stream. Car
|lislc's Artillery was detailed to protect the
wor, aud The Ohio and Wisconsin reserve
to support the artillery. Mcanwhilc, in
the lul which have mentioned, the thous-
and heroic details Of federal yalor and the
/ shameIe.sness Of rebel treachcry began to
reach our ears. We learned the loss Of
INC DTaNc Aaiut T0llf thS hDuHhHH Oi IltlHt-
zlcman aud Hunter, the fall Of llaggany
and Slocum and Wilcox. We heard Of
the dash Of the Irishmcn and their decima-
ton, and Of the havoc made and sustained
/ by the Rhode Islanders, the Highlanders,
the Iouaves, and the Connecticut Third
then Of the intrepidity Of Barnside and
+ Sprague--how the devoted and daring
young governor led the regiments he had
so munGciepty equipped again and again
to victorious charges, and at last spiked,
with his own hands, the guns he could not
carry away. The victory seemed Ours
1t was an hour sublime in unselfshness,
and apparently glorious in It's results
4 At this time, near A o'clock, ] rode for
ward through the open plain to the creek
where the abattis was being assailed by
our engineers. The Ohio, Connecticut
and Minnesota regiments were yariousIy
posted tbercabout; others were in distant