The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-08-08
them, for We never afterward lost the
brow Of that hill I'LL the general eonclu

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one OF their wounded drew his pistol. and.
steadying it upon his arm, wa. ieveiliDe
it upon Lieut.. Oakley. when that gallant
officer, catching sight OF the performance,
ran quickly forward, and, with bis sword
ran tue retel through. The bowitzers
of the list and Rhode Island battery all
the while kept 10 play, and in ten min
utes more the rebel battery breaking of
at the completion of regiment, as We
had boped, but still pouring on. and on
and on, till one regiment had heightened
into teo. Even then the stern tide did
not pause; for one Of its arms turned
downward along the far side of the TRAN
gle, and, the source OF the food thus re-
lieved poured forth again and commenced
liniDg the other 10 like manner. Sill
the solemn picture was silenced.
The cnemy's lair being thus swept OF
its cannon and its forces in this quarter.
aud the enemy being pretty we'll exhau-
ted with the strife and heat, Burnside
came forward aud ordered the fist to
fall back into the cool shadow of the
wood, with the remark that the brigade
had doue its fun portion of the days
work, and was nov entitled to refresh
ment and repose. The list most gladly
obeyed the order. and left tie field with
as much regularity a- if oD dress parade
The cost of the strife thus far was seven
teen killed and twice that number woun
ded, but its consolation wa the conscious
ness that it had doDe its duty, aud made
twice that number of the rebels bite the
dust. Under that cool aud grateful co
vert congratulations we're exchanged, and
compiaents paid to those who bad earned
them most. Among them, the brave
chaplain and the gallant Col Thonasson,
formerly mew Der of Congress from Ken
tucky, who had cone upon the field as a
volunteer for the occasion, received their
share and enjoyed the admiration of the
rcSiment Privates Du-tau, Winthrop,
Kcttlctass. Clarke. Storer. Emmett. Udeli,
and large number more who hal sigma
lized themselves, were iikeEise we'll re.
wardcd.
While the 7lst thus refreshed itself.
the 69th, which, With the Scotch Reei
neUt. the Wisconsin Den aud the New
York 18th, bad been wading through
bstteres since their arrival on the field.
marched past in splendid order, their
banners flying as i! upon review, and their
faces sternly set on the advance. They
passed down the bill obliquely to the
right Cd their road to support Grifhn's
battery, which was within tao hundred |
yards Of the artillery Of the foe. Though /
sileat as they passed. shout rose in
few seconds afterWard FROM the direction
they bad taken. which every listener could
mark for theirs; snd the spiteful one
which responded from the retel battery
was soor queiled by the volume of their
nu-ketry. Mot prominent among them
was Meagher, the Irish orator. who FIRE.
queDtly. during the contest, of their tur
bulent day, waved the green banner of
bis regiment up ard down the hottest line
Of frc.
The sherman brigade had thus worked
its way deep into the uemy's position, DO
part OF 1t doing better service than the
I'd Wisconsin, and the staueh l3th.-
Wherever they, or any of them, bad net
The foe oD foot, they had buried him back
and driven him headIong to bis cover
With disgrace. Indeed, this superior
pfowess of the Northern rank and file was
he feature Of the day. aud in 20 portions ,
Of the field, and under DO circumstances.
could their exposed aud suprorted in
sntry stand Tor 6Sc minutes against the
!ssh aud har3ihood of ours
L must now turn hack TO the general
'rozress Of the hanking column, from
'hich the Burnside brigade had been the
rst to curse in TO the attack. Porter.
rigade, which caEe iumediate1y in il. :
ear upon the marsb. passed luther on. /,
I'D leEeled itself against tie triangle OF .
be enemy. at biz her point. The bri. ;,
ane oil Wilcox. compo-ed Of the New
ork -tb. Michigan lst, New York 3ath. y
nd the Fire Zouaves, 10 ade the widest
aDklDg circuit OF them all. aud conse :
uently .iruck the enemy's broadeniug
ank o! batteries to the extreme right :,
he brigade- Of Franklin and Howard.
ompri-iDg respectively the Massachusetts
To, 5th aud LIT Miuue-ota. and the Sd
10, Maine, and I'd Vermont. acted for
ne as supporting forces, but soon be 10
ame plunged 10 with the rest, selecting. B
scb for itself, 10 thu general confusion -
I'D want Of order, its series of batteries 2
attack. and is isOlsted perls to en- ~
1re. The rude diagram. which | have
ade to accompany this letter. nd which.
Ithout pretending to do more than to
ford aD spproxiU ate idea OF the general Of
'aracter of the epemys position, mas ry
bere referred to. in ilustra alton of wba; or
hoe expedition we were on. vi
Porters Brigade N sde its flank attack fu
nediateiy to the right of the lit. go. tb
into the battle about / o'clock hall tic
hour later than the Burnside Brigadel Of
ID performing its first duty By driving ru
enemy out of piece Of woods and br
rsuing. him, with less, to a beayv bs, mi
y which had partly raked tie position th,
the 7lst. The l4th particularly dis m
guisbed itself 10 this attack. and re. of
we'd It's highest enconiuDs from the Po