Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-08-26

part az tic white population will be visiting
! UIi rcin. aud Washington aud applying 20!
i CT.
w. respectfully,
G'su. 1.c,i;sat servant.
!:$is; BE@S,AmlI Heorn,
Major General
70 II : i:::2zs # tbs E7Gr:rr:
E,1Itog, lug. Is. 1862.
| uen,le1peu:--Pleass publish the enclosed
| and otiise marry friends il :Torth Carolins;
| yoa-E cAlouINA 0fs IHE FIELD CO RATTLE
TIE nsrs been favored With very inter
est:rg letter written Sy he brave ard Gistir-
! guished Colonel OF the LIST Maryland Reg
| men,-B Badly 7. johnson, who has besa n
| nearly all the battles fought IN Virginia since
| the var commenced 1t wsa addressed 70 $
| North Caroline friend and not intended fOc
| publication; but it is SO graphic il its ca
scripticu OF bsttle-scenes which he witnessed,
aud so just to the gallant troops from onr
good old State, that we have obtained permits
| sion 70 make liberal extracts from its con-
| tents, TO hich We icv!te the especia! s;sen-
,;sa os DIR readers.
| 81. johnson is, in al respects, comps
tart sul unprejudiced judge, whose coprsge
ha. shown corspicuously on every osttle-
isla. AMI wtoso skill has plsced him IN tho
! fscr:l rank oi COMMANDERS.
2zraAc7s ssoN COL sas;:'soE's L1CTrR.
you know !; was my :ol.Iae SC fight the
! ,,a1:M Fl F?on, Rorai by my sclf, having only
Wnsa.'s I,gs.. with ne. We IN al no; 5oV
-tha, ...sy rad ,wo pieces Of artillery. 1'cs
| q shct as iice! b. Infantry, except nay reg"
.nsnt Els. Inaac', L,en; aud a!ter a. thrae
! ho"-s IA: W dove the enemy, and the csv-
a,rg ce,,ured ,aoes We left, Forty escaped
me rest ,eero li,led or captured Of course
| W., hsd 4ai:e i number Of congratulations,
and IL: :: r.::i:e oi o2e lst -iaryland regln1elt
hy ~,.o:;,: y a. considered "a our army a
! clp!..l 'oS2. Ho'sever, early Sunday morn
,n:. ;;SL :; On :iisnt was ordered 70 tue front
gain. ,5-rs .ound kirkland, and the 2lst
! MI: TINT, .ylo h2a occupied hill ever
: l.,.in.ue ,,iuvn,sler since midnight He wSs
..>.i.,, Il IN -, iE~e'sj right as skirmish hers.
i ,.s - Take ...e same position on OUT lett ana
! y,,xn .n;ugnua.cation With Jackson, Tho WAS
=: a;.;r".yl.tns ~ tie Strssburg road. The cTso!
,.; hiE ~ ,s.1up:e<i sweeps aiong IN sea,-c:r-
FL, s.,.,.a.s: Il winchester, overlooking the
.rs:r. .r.> aaf nils fru1r is suburbs. As
tho MS q. .ne iao:Gng ulelted before the I'd
-auc.nS jisG.. boxed ovaT towards the North
Jar.i;inAas. -no wes. Cesi:ng thei7 va? dowr
re i.;;t siuHiy-Sur 18th the reguisri;J
AID precision. o! veterans. Soon trey formed
!:7v .: ID die, ana, viii tt:Ssa,' charged ~
= rvu. iid the 53st could TO beat then.
nut i:isl as &c: Oh their dark, Some hundred
81 Yards 70 -hei- LEFT, b.:sade OF Yankees
7cSr f.oia behind stono wall anc poured into
t.-l i. sheet uf lend an3 fire wnIcE nothing
coui,; withstand. kirkland vent 2own--tkc
Lieursa,l,, Co,J2si i.jl, the font rank ~as
s;c;leT.G nas wcvc Oh = Tock-but still many
KEEP; ~, wiz: i Shut and gained tie wall
0a.y &: .as"t death rhsres at Iae -uuzzies d
INC y,,a. 1C il,~ concealed iot. rsn on TO
;urn tie hank u GhvT posi!ioD-go. there
;.:st in Yin. 10 &c seen, AMI IL tins smoke
[ winch Vas tuyu NJ t5;:k yor could aes uota-
iur tel 7aTds oi!. tte enelE retired al
iriGs c.aso:2 ;nr iiIlsru minutes All when
t.e curtain raised irou the field, the wal was
:lser s7i ne makes had gone. Banks
A6iutslt Geaera!, u an address 70 Mnssa-
chCisryg sgd, IL tina "a Mass retired te-
Cause. q Isrce ieTce SUD inc.y appeared Get;u1
tLeta 70 heir right II r:Sa only ny small
regmeut-hu. the truth Z they had no
STOMACH sc- sncshsr charge from the North
Caroiiaisas, Tina: chsTse was the clo2es. /
have ever aea2-some OF the zen we're nor
ten yards from the enemy.
Bat stewards, On the Peu;usula. The:
must have dcce even better Echtiog, though
I did ~: T:tness il. and only judge frnm the
Ss:d Z':ar to: battle.
AT Cos: Ntohor ray iaan wcr. !ying u0v Z
t. src,d terrific fire from l. bs:;er? and III
iahtTy fe1 a notnea:, preparatory &c charging
il, when regiment cacae rnpn,nS bech IN
disorder. i,e tried II Tsiu 10 rally .ns H.
Sword and rife we're unsvailiDg, ana the raen
had got far beyond control ny word of con-
mauG. again this happened. but this req
tnenu stopped san formed. Then CANS hur-
ryiuy back tive sir2i. he-3i:s # ueN, esoh
viii; 1sttls-51s. 'iFhc ere your T cc:oG
out: 'Tle-aad--No North Cercliua,' ~as tie
ans1er. forget the ruiabers-tne 9Th vas
enc, think. Co. McRaa ordered Us TO
take tee. house, Gut most Of our nleH Sre kiil-
I'd and We are obliged to AL back 'Hsltn
Z shouted; by. the love you bolr the Oh
North State, rally and cha-Ea!' 'Hurreb
foc -: old North SKATE = they sent up with
suou. heard above the din OF battle, and III
the murky smoke oT.v re dad and dying,
the two No-Sa S;e,e Sags lyiog slozi in the
Io2r Of battle, these two Little bs.teEops,
remnants ofNorth Csro!:as regiments, march
ed straight ana steady into the hottest o. tie
Ere. McEas was in conmsad Of bis regiment
O. brigade elsewhere, bat he OF sny other
brave soldier would have been p.ouG to sse
:i:at.r.lly and charge.
'sTne sosue at Malvern Hi ought to DO i'm
mortalizei ~ the artist ana transmitted to
cour rostnr;ty. | have been on ali the hard
fa:Sht fields ~aesyt Seven fnss,' and moth
in- anrw here, that have Eeon, is even CON-
p1raele TO il Early in .heafternoou Of July
LIT, rod. Tor srard win ny adjutant general
s-.i '.tidCAnt o. the regiment, beyond where
Generals Js2ason aud Eweu were in the road,
towards soIrc heavy firing, and a quarter Of
mile !n ircrt ne: George Anderson, lste Of
the 4Eh North Carolina. nov a brigadier gene
ri, endorsed, WITH not company around
HIN, he mad, With two Of his regiments,
Charged ioccs twenty tines his number at
been CO: ali 10 pieces We .:aen gal.opsd
ahead sal soon came &c sct:e dead and
wounded, sri rsu right into = Gae uf Tao-
ices, hus escaped ny quick tn.H I'D hard
riding. did noe get TO the posi,ioa ass;r
till after dark, but was orde; 81 - l@S- atill
and take the ncs: Internal artis:t- ire that
ever YES hs27S CO this side OF ehs :?'a:sT,
from 50 To ~ field pisces, in addition
to which those tremendous go rife sasus
FROM the s1,2h:stS, came all she zine crashing
,hcough the srses, telling timber larger than
.nSn. and filing earth and si1 VII on and
lad. 4, dark, thought wa:; ?=dsrsd up
and pushed beyond the position attacked bv
Anderson. the ground was covered with
,Eo,th Ca-oiinisns, and during tae long night
n;:7 esrs were illed with. thor piteous cries.
TUcy would cry out 'li.n n. c. I'd y. c.
&C., and twas dawn before many could be
carried of. Daylight showed the dead he
ross ami W nat they ND done, ana shst SUI
fered. In front OF country house, On hill,
with 6 road running in front OF it, had been
this enormous park OF artillery. Or either
side CT The ene.ny's guns, their lie Of battle