The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-08-15

sweeping along, with its green banner
waiting CHE only one of their left to th
relief of Griffin. Flushed with their sue
cess with the woods, the Mississippian.
watched them from within their covert
and let fly heavy volley, and ther
charged. They we're bravely met and
checked; but while being driven back, g
sudden desperate rush of a company o.
Rebels. who bad fancy for banging up
the green banner as trophy for their
armory at home, succeeded in tearing il
from the standard bearers hands, and
bearing it away. The turmoil of the
fight was very thick, and bat few saw it
who were in its midst. Luckily, howev-
er, Captain Jack Wilday. of the Fire
Zousves, observed the misfortune from a
distance. and mouing a handful of
his company to follow. came tearing for
ward for its rescue. With an irresistible
vigor, he and his comrades penetrated to
the center of the etreatipg, Rebels, and
by number Of we'll delivered shots and
blows succeeded 10 Wrestling the talism n
from its rossessors. Iu this fne exploit.
Wilday killed two of the Rebels with his
own hand, and plucked from the side Of
one of the retteating captains, sword
for his maDte-p piece at home.
1t was now Desrly four o'clock, p. a. .,
aud the general battle seemed to have
subsided; nay, almost entirely to have
ceased; and nothing but an occasional
great gun, and isolated firt of musketry
proclaimed its continuance in any quar-
ter. In their ignorance of the extent of
the field. the Federal forces imagined
they had won a victory. They bad
sbowo greater dash aud steadiness than
the euemy from first to last; and while,
BY far, the most exposed. bad inflicted
uuch heavier sIaus hter than they had
undergone themselves. The whole as.
pect within our lines, or rather within the
boundaries of our trigades. wore the look
Of triumph. Our enemies. wherever We
bad met the u hsud to band. in anything
like open opportunity, had sunk before
u; all their batteries Immediately within
our reach bad silenccd; but, what was
Infinitely more conclusive to our green
appreciatioDs. General Mcdowell, our
Comm ander in Chief, DOW came jingliug
On the field. waving, first his glove, and
then his hat, calling us brave boys"
and telling us with the grand air of
Caesar, that We had won the day. He
passed away like splendid dream
"A big thing" in glorious uniform, and
brauohing uew regulation bat.
After our joyful shouts had gone down
the wind after him, our tried legion
fupg themselves, by one accord, upon the
ground, to take q brief snap at their hav-
cracks, and to catch a few minutes re-
pose before making their final disposi-
tious for ibe day. Perhaps no army
sbich had woD victory vas ever more
fatigued, aDd the men as they lay upon
their sides and rebearsed the horrors of
the dag, wondered how they bad held out
SO long. Many, however, bad not even
this repose, for they were bearing off their
wounded comrades to the hospital, and
others we're searching for their sworn
brethren in arms among the dead
These lay about in the most fantastic
shapes. some absolutely beadless, some
represented by CORY trunk alone, some
with smiles, and some with rage upon
their lips. as they grasped their bent and
curiou-ly twisted weapons, and some ao-
tually rolled up like a bali Whoever
would study the cceentricities Of carnage,
mi ebt here have graduated through all
the degrees of horror, to full experience
at once.
Nearly the whole Of our arny was now
grouped pretty we'll together. The bri-
gades which had made the circuit against
the eDemy's side had been joined by those
which had fought straight an; and a
glance at the field showed that the whole
breadth of our battle had not spread o.
yer mile aDd half. Had We been up
10 Professor loves balloon, We might
have seen at once that. with all our Prov
ess and heroic daring, We bad merely cut
hole in the smsll end of the enemy's
plateau of batteries, aad that bis rear.
which our General imagined he had turn
ed. overbuug Us in massive wings, which
still remained untouched. Our plan,
therefore, was, as | said before. too small
for the measure of our customer The
coat which had been chsIked 10 concep-
tiou OF boy. would not inclose the pro.
portions of man, and we were destined,
ss is often the case with new beginners,
to have our work turned upon our bands.
This truth cane soon; for suddenly, as
we we're resting, the roar of battle broke
out again in every direction, and bate
res We had thought mute forever, now
opened with redoubled fury. The most
terrific yells FROM the enemy accompa-
MED the renewal of the conhict, and it
became evident that, instead of having
Welded to the untoward fortunes of the
day. they had only been refreshing them
selves while pouring new regiments into
their lower works. The Sherman Br-
gade, astounded by this new assault, was
forced to retire from the position it bad