Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-02


ast chance he -Heh: give 10 the enemy whom be COZ
trives 70 dodge by hlTd living
TIE BATTLE OF LEESBUR9- NORTHERN AC
COUNTS OF THE FIGHT.
The New York Tim Of the 2bih has the following
full and dets;!5d Gooouht of the bstle Of Leesbrrg;
N RDwARDs FzRRY, UPPER PoTONAc,
Sunday, P. II.
TIE Union troops have commenced sheliae The rt bes
ON ihe Virgins ore across the river whether merely
% Give lhem out or preliminary advance, We
shGl probably know in the morning. Az intsad 20
mske letter, far possible, j0urnii from hour
70 hour Of whet actually tskss nl.cs uldcr o.
saFyein1 at1ll not sttemp TO anticipate movrmenif,
bu. only record That see and hear. The firing coE.
N need a. 35 tii- al.erncoI from Vsu All I'd b.-
terry C tEO Parrot ggu5-l22ogldt -;ia che Us gorE
vel over 20 tAc VHgi-il sda o The north o. Holi-
Cark Their explosion ia vesy 6iIincly Eesra. y yer
shells have been brovn within ten ugale=, Wi1outG .
erg sry rsseonss from cur friends ecro5s he water -
General Soc is directing tha movement. The tenib
aud eleventh shells fred we're locg rajge, the explosion
no. being heard for s-oond The next two e1plocCG
in FIVE The direction given the shells is ya.sed so Gs
ifpcsibc TO ld the location Of the rebels Eho sru
suIDcs 20 b. concealed in thick wood to tie s)nh
wet OF ihe hii, Gad apparently milo frcn the mon'b
! OF (i0O7a 0reek The iorrtfor,h sounded Ike sUio
shot and the j5rao following SHELF which made ltC-
explosion, brought 70 answering shot from the re7es
AZ five uiuC,pI 10 . ?. N the battery il chsrg O.
Lieu,eca, Firm situated in field 10 the S9atheasaac
some u-crttr Of na iISm the Ferry, slso orend wt'
shsD the b.ste'ie, keeping up the FIRE with rapt
iiy each missile eipg beautifully. jus; IS the suU
II going down the fret Nnresc'a and second New lcTk
come down over TIE bill eud take the road TO the Ferry
The se;s glor0usy ref citing hi3 rays iroIn the
thou-a-Gs Of Uayonets ghcl liDe the road The fling
re-eTei aga frcm bch Van Aliens and Ernks Bauer
les The t,Oop4 marching 10 the river With lho In
tenton either OF cgesGg OF making tiat to DO SO,
with view Of trying what eject the movement me!
have uron the enemy.
The air Is paFecy STILL and the close Of th, pleaf
ant Sabbath ia impressveig calm end beGu,iln. 1Ge
view Of the Virgiaia hills from where ssn5, near tue
battery, is almost enchanting. The echo'o each re-
port OF gUas is heard from the opposite bills IS dl-
timely as tho report tE and the report Of each shef
meks the third distinct r,por clused by ech discharge
Something wh:cl rtB5u.hss the souud Of drum corps
is distg cly heard lr5n the VirguiI side. the troop
are drawn u9'aoEg the bank in Opon order, ard mo
order Is nov agrn pIss'd along tho iao 10 Fall in
there goes bost load e .Eoopl Gcr0ss the river which
looks lke real movement.
Tb tHo comparies, af:er landing, we're recalled, but
a II oc.ack thr,e rsgimens crossed over, cEcuipiaE
o. rho vi eni. side 1hiz evidently dssg1ed Is -c
o2,ui-g oi tae camrsi,n IN Uppsr vs. yni', aud 10.
rioyro0 doubt, tire waoe force encaup Ie7r here
will be hr1sn Tasre is every prospect Of lively
hope not Of disastrous tines The rebels vii. Of. 60
anything wish lhom to- uos pTooaof 10 tne es sHi
usrr the M'Gocacy, 10 observe movements.
MoxDAY AoRSIXG.--The Gu gsgemeLt hast cen renewed
this morning. a, DAYLIGHT porii0us Of the Massachusetts
Tgen i,.t, CO.. Lee, and tho Massachusetts Fdtcsuth,
Gel Dcveua %! oger thre hundred in all, crossed ovo
.hrssqucrters Of mile beos Conrads Ferry. They
crosses tho i-land, which, this point, is Gbou, or
hunoTed and fifty yards vide. ard three miles 10 is sx
trtme length. These two companies, VIZ: and d. com
mauded respectively by Clpa DS Bartlett aud Glowing
SHIELD, met with opposition on landing, ann prsnsc
Oh until they he'd reaoled tbe open spaoe THIS com'
pauy (H, Of the Fifteenth Regit1enf) vert ahead 81
skrm:shers and NJ. 10 open field by COZ Fln!
of seventy rebels woo fred thu first volly, woGnoiat
aud taking two prisoners. TIE company cbsfgad o.
them nd drove thsm back bat were in return driven
bck by large cavalry force, besides Mississippi rha
company.
This oaded the contest for the morning; bu. strag
gliug Ere kept up On both sdss rnii 1870, p. II
when the rebels renewed the cement with great fury
Ta,y attacked in front and toe Tgb, flank A. thi-
time General Barker's Brg'ds srr.vog. Taey con
ss,ed chiefly of the Philadelphia ZiulVes, under com
mauj of Col Baxter.
Colouc Vaughan of tie Rhode Hand, had also
rived and with the greatest difficulty succeeded in got
trg one OF his 6.pOuuder guns Up the ascent beirg
obliged frat to dismount the gun. The piece, with 10,
two mountain hogi,zIs belonging to the Tsentetb
EassGchuse.,s al the heavy guns on the field. TIE
IRE was KEEP M fscm tho right faux aud front witt
great ACTIVITY, too rebels raining perfect stern Of ball
upon the Union forces The TTor;ieih, although mcs
" raw rccfui:s stood the enemy'5 IRE ike veterans
They m the brow Of che biz, delivered tseir flee
and ony fell back 70 reload and reTcit. Tbs coutnu
ed until 5t p. NJ the CsiCn forces an aning tleh
position steadily egsiess the deadly, rekag cfossh;t
from the frog: aud left Of the woodp
A. this iuBGture, lera Baker, Who had cismounted
from his horse and advancing at the head OF bis
comm md coo,y tu. resou.ey encouraging his men, 10
cycd bl through Lis head, killing bin instantly-
Toe Ge leI5's bOOdbtspat!ered Captain oroThngsmeio
sho stood hesi e him az the moment. lie never sp ke
His body was immediately taken 10 the rear by bis men,
who fcely wep al iheir lcss He was placed IN scoa
aud rausr ried 20 the island erd thence 70 h. Mary
land shoro Bis rmain5 were sent to Ltwa'c's Fsr''
and thence 10 Pco'esyiie Hs horse which had bi'n
eCt ardinc Ws4 afterwards shot smal a lYaSs SAL
chsl containing his papars saw in tho bands o. yoone
ma1 20 Sho they we've delivered tboTy before he io
This was the tulnrg point OF the bi'ir. TIE reos!-
were five one OF The Union force, aud the later were
finally ordered 20 leave t5e 6s!a Zee TeJeat vas made
after the Bul RAJ patein, With slgat mp7oy,inen",
the men reling sliding aud almost turting summer.
suits down he hill 20 escape tie ealing hre Th:el no~
as Id ihem from oil points. Th3 rtbcs were coaslan
y reinforced fcrtarnug like fdlits Al each onset
fnrsretrsaing they thrcE tbe sxpou1der down me hill
into tue river Tic howi,zrs left On the ID ano
lell into the encmY's hsIds
The Fifteenth and Twentieth Massachusetts, Regiments
sU I'd yery eessfsly lotng large part CT Their tun-
bers n killed Gni wounded.
The q',,ni.5y Regiment coye,e itself with slorJ.
O,o. OTelr5 often rsied he command, throwing d. f.
aoc, iD,n yry teeth Of Oh ey, and showir the re-
b,ls that cgul6 scream eQual 20 the worst OF them
Olp,air OAsat ook ch1sgs cf the landing and refused
the let any cut w0u,ctd men enter he b'a' orierns
to sound lroops 70 90 back ead pfPor therete@ DC
n3act was ye,y ge l,nt throusbost eyindng airuf
o.ry eogra-c Gienepent Nesssr teck ecnrasd OF tbs
. sslw. aid coatndsd 70 fry ever tic woGa3ed, whc
poured Down the ti Several times che Tebels a;ed up
On lin as he " as croaing with ID wounded men. The
foutth boat lead cps by tae men rushing iao
ia zoo ere nun Jes ard the whols party, about fftS
IN numter, well nd vsuodei, we're ? eel pi'a.ed ,hs
stream. fou Of the party, at least, were drosnCd 4
grem miny ,rei 10 swim the river aud sunk fs3m ex-
hausioa. 0ao he!s OF tnose who are missing were
: Z. -. TAI e.. hos
Nv Of our men have fallen into their h,nds The der
siructic Of ne has ben for greater, IN proportion 10
N. ssus.5ars ea5agof ttnnri BRll Run. q
Wlo1 siblr, Gompsry q, Fftcsnih. Massachusetts.
swsui th5 srsem by aisicc Of officer who plonDget
n AID went ahead whsa .hsy gos bali ray acrcss,
ADD in ao strongest Of the current .lIe rebels
fred et hie Hs their movement anil dsed at mo
a,sh and thus escape.i THAR bullets. Tbe oiicef vas