, 1862-09-22


vance, and kept It. General Rlchard=on,
~ shoade1 hs9G s xhs ia esaexa eScs
General Dana Of sedgEick's dlSision Vas
wounded, but not severely. Gen. Sumner
found himself obliged by this reverse to With
dfaH bis lines to their aret Posiloo, where
be held them firmly. H. had been exposed
during al the actisn to tho hottest Of the flre.
Col. Revere, Of his stat, WAS wounded In the
ann; Capt- Audenried fu the leg.
Gen. franklin arrived with his corps about
l O'Clock. sending Gen. slocum's division
to the LETT and IN trout. Gen. Smiths was
advanced over the eame ground which had
just been lost. His gallant Maine aud Yer
mont troops went In It double quick, driyiog
the rtbele before them, and on the fences md
beyond The woods, and again took the point,
this time not to be given up. This was &C.
compllshed By 3 O'Clock.
Meanwhile the forces In front OF the whole
line bad been gaining come ground. Hard
lighting Ill along the line has continued at In
ttrvals through the day. French and 6locum
were we'll toward the centre It was time to
hear from Burnlide, who had been long de.
layed in his effort to carry the bridge.
At o'clock, Mcclellan sent orders to Burn
side to cross at once, at all hazards. and cap
ture or silence the battery In front. The
bridge was captured In gallant style, hut with
loss OF Col. hingsboro and 500 killed aud
wounded. Burnside, when once ACROSS, ad-
yanced on the rebel right, along the Sharps-
burg road and up to the slopes Of the hill a
position Of great Importance was carried at
dtst By his impetuoua attack, but wAs after
ward abandoned, as the rebels were able to
bring ten heavy masses Of troops from the
centre aid lett TO oppose Burnside.
Our attack on the ief: having ceased for the
time, Sumner and Franklin were ordered BY
Mcclellan to hold their own, and the advance
rf 40 xrnc 1}a5r mi n Anrf6A fha 3ax
Darkness Vas near before he WAS over the
creek, and the forces against him too strong
for his numbers. He, therefore, was Obliged
to content himself with defending the brigade
and his position beyond, and the final attack
both sides died away eradn.1ly ,and It ! dciock
the battle Was over tor the day. Its results
have stated above. It Was everywhere very
desperately contested, and the loss on both
sides is very large. Ten Generals on our side
are killed and wounded.
The federal loss IN killed aud wounded Ia
ard the rebtl loss at 1900, including
sore prisoners It was beyond question the
hardest tought battle Of the war.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
Our men were obliged to toll up the steep
bill, wholly exposed. The encouragement Of
the almost impregnability Of their position,
and The terrible disgrace attending failure
TO hold it, together with q speech BY Stone
vail jackson 10 his division, IN which he drtd
aI their pride and 1Cd attachment by calling
the men "a his pets,'' as we learn from rebel
prisoners and descrterF, impelled them to
make hot and stubborn re=t,tauce to the
dets rnatpa'5on Of cur men to make the rebels
take the back track this time.
Rarel5 happens such . contest as the con
clndmg part of the battle. It WAS just twi.
light, and dusk added to the gathering DARK
n.ss dispensed by the woods Finally, the
opposing forc.s g could see each other only by
the light OF their guns. Toe rebels retired
step by step to feuce at the inaer edge Of
the woods. ard at the top Of the hill,
field ard 1eyel ground lay behind them. TIE
first would not give them the advantage of the
woods, and the leyel ground would give our
etu1dier mtn chance to run them down aud
give them the cold steel, with which they
never pretend TO cope. That fence line was
ward, until the forces came into very close
proximity.
Gen. HING Was absent, sick, and h1s division
vent into the fight under command OF Gen.
Hatch, the general Of the first brigade Of that
division; Si d. IN the ih yery Outset, Gen. Hatch
the division deyolyed upon Gen. D ou olcday,
second brigadier. he kept his division close
up to the work until his ammunition was
almost exhausted. He then made his 1n.u
Stop firing 8 moment. The enemy took the
bpi:, thought they mad beaten, and Ia the
darkness supposed Doubleday was retreatiag
or Eayering: The rebels rushed on, with
shout Of exultasion- Gen. Doubleday ordered
LIS men to reserve their fire until they came
within few yards. They we're then ordered
to fire, and instantly rose up and poured ter
rible yo!ley right into the face OF the res,els,
making great havoc anon$ them, and sending
however, and still kept mp their fire
Ricketts' dis sion finally relieved Donble-
day'F Just in tu:c to rave the latter from dis
as:.r tur want OF amn,uniti>p.
l. would be 4 weeks work to get st the CT.
act loss sustained by each Regiment engaged
That suffered by one regiment OF Doa 1fediy's
d:yirion mny serve as an example. Til. 9j.h
New York, balnr Pye commanding, reported
:5S Ten the day they went into battle, an1 this
morning, the second day after th- bar11e, ii re-
ported 153, to ~hich about tsenty were ad-
ded in the course Of the morning hy s!ragzlers
coming in-a total Of III men loss: Killed,
wounded, and ni-eing, IS mea. Tnls regi-
ment has suffered NOR severely than the ay-
craEc, Us il was in the ndyance, and hotly en-
gsged.
Tbs death Of co1nr sergeant Charles E.
Stamp, company B. 76:h New York, is worth
paragraph- He was a private in his regiment
up to 1ue 3Sth Of August. In the terrible
slaughter OF that day, near GlnesTiile, when
the Whole regiment seemed to be moved
down, the color oearer. aud with HIN tue col
orr, were brought to the ground. Stamp
rdthed forward aud re-hore them through
the rest Of the fight. The colonel immediately
promoted him to the rank of color bearer for
hls good conduct. In the battle Of last S4n-
Gay afternoon, Stamp vas proudly bearing
n's co'ord IN thy midst Of As TUCK show:r of
ne ene,n1's halls as be had dared in winning
tnem lie regiment hid advanced, bat vas
moi prompt enough or fast enough in con-
timing its advance in the face Of such fright
ful obstacles to suit his heroic daring. He
marched firmly forSard about rod il ad-
varce Of his rrciueut. and. driyiug bii t,r-
come up to that" But be made too good