New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-22
Fran GEN. McCLELLAN'S ARMY.
Continued from First Page.

n,ou ttt open hills clearly visible with the naked
ave from the nights Immediately beyond Keedysville
A vascloud of dust floats on the enemy's CENTER
notwithstanding that he is straining every nerve 10
bring 10 his re Endorsements Skrmishng with tne
ckes has been constantly heard since daylight, but
40 valleys of muske;ry and no cannouading. we
have been burying our dead and carrying OH ''ie
,auk field our wounded. have just returned from
Che .ickeping spectacle. Soldiers who went through
sll the battles of the Peninsula say Fair Oaks ana
Malvern Hills were as nothing compared with 1t.
The dead do lie in heaps, the wounded are comingin
by thousands. Around and in a large barn about
half mile from the spot where Gen. Hooker en-
gagged the enemy's left, l counted l, 40 wounded.
ouc the same road and within the distance OF two
miles are three more hospitals each having from ooo
10 ZOO in them aud long trains OF anbulances stand
inV in the road waiting to discharge their bloody
Loads. Surgeons with hands, arms, and garments
,overed with blood, are busy alnputatng limbs, ex-
.cting balls and bandagipg wounds OF every ma
are in every part of the body. Rebel soldiers In
sTsat numbers lie among our own and receive the
aane attention. / saw Rebel officer of the 9th
Alabama Re- iment endure the ampuiation OF his leg
without the use of chloroform. Every muscle III
Ais face was contracted his jaws looked as If in
death spasm but no sound OF pain issued from him.
The saw and the knife did their work, but they
could not wiring from him an expression OF ply seal
agony.
Keedysvle, Boonsborough, Middletown, and l
presume Frederick rapidly being filled with the
wounded from the battles of Sunday and yesterday.
The inhabitants in all these villages are laboIng
night and day to relieve the dying and the suffering
A more Christian people, in the practical significance
Of that word, never saw. Every private dwelling
is filed with the wounded. Carpets are torn up,
costly furniture removed and comfortable mattresses
spread upon the floor awaiting the arrival Of the am
balances. And much Of this preparation for the
wounded is without word from the Medical Di-
rectors in regard 10 1t. In the pleasant village of
Middletown especially, have seen nothing in the
hospitals in Washington that indicated much
thoughtfulness and devotion. All the ladies in the
village are spending night and day with the wounded
To return TO the battle of yesterday. The great
est loss of life and the greatest number of casualties
seem to have been by Gen. Hookers Corps. The
original Corps of Gen. Mcdowell, which passed
through three days hard fighting upon tie old Bull
Run battle-ground, and was supposed by many to
have been annbilated, constituted the command Of
Gen. Hooker. Gen. McCalls Division formerly be-
loDged to Gen. Mcdowell; but your readers will
probably recolleet that, at the request of Gen. Nc
Clelan it was sent TO his assistance, and partic-
pated in that terrible seven days fight and retreat
1t lost Its General then and nearly all its most elf
cient officers. In the battle of South Mountain last
Sunday, this division commanded by Gen.
Meade, and the admirable manner in which he di-
rected its movements won the admiration Of all who
wei he plab 70 .bo of
the mountain, and drove the enemy down into the
valley, without leaving in its line single stragger
TO indicate the direction it had gone. Yesterday
decmated it was, it again went into action with
the same boldness ard mauliness of step, and fall
tered not until the enemy took to the stronghold in
his center and left the battle-ground to his foe The
Divisions Of Gen. Ricketts, and Gen. King, the
latter commanded by Gen. Doubleday, in the alb
sence Of Gen. King, also reganed in reputation al
they lost upon the battlefield OF Manassas. The
Brigades of Gen. Hartsuff and Gen. Duryee deserve
special mention. Their ranks are fearfuy deci.
mated and it viii be long while before tLey will
will be able to go into action again. but not a word
to their discredit have / heard from any one.
They were fairly tossed from the earth into the air
by the severity of the enemys fire, but on they
went through plowed fields and corn-felds, through
valleys and up bills, till every Rebel in their line
was driven from big hidng-paee, and compelled to
seek shelter behind Lis artillery.
Msny companies in the brigade Of Gems. Harts1ff
and Duryee had no officers to command them. Gen
Hartsuff himself YVES dangerously wounded in tie
commencement of the fight. Gen. Duryee had two
horses shot under him. Capt Duryee, brother to
Gen. Duryee, and upon bis staff was dangerously
wounded In the side, and is now lying in private
dwelling in Keedysville. Gen. Duryee displayed
great gallantry and judgment in directing his brig
ade, and WOO, what s the most difficult thing in the
world for volunteer General to gain, the admiration
Of the West Point Generals who were fighting bv
his side. The corps Of Gen. Hooker went into &C.
ton almost at the break of day-iudeed il NAV be
said TO have been in action all the night before for
constant struggle was kept up between the con.
tending parties 10 obtain the most favorable position
for artillery. Gen. Sumner who held the center
came to the relief Of Gen. Hooker, went into the ac
ton about noon, and continued in the fight until
darkness closed over the field. In this corps have
heard the divisions Of Gems French and Richardson
more frequently spoken of than any Others although
all fought WELL The Irish brigade, commanded by
Gen. Meagher, fought with great bravery and suf-
fered severely. The original 18th has hardly a cor.
poals guard left The regiment has been trans
feed from the field to the hospital and to the grave
where sleep SO many of the Irish braves who have
fallen in this war;
have this moment left Gen. Kimball. His brigade,
from the number killed and wounded, must have
suffered more severely than any others. Gen. Kim
ball estimates bis loss at 1 300 The brigade when
1t went into battle carried $500 muskets; it was
one Of the largest in the army, and when in the
hield