Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-21
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|, WAS nov orc o'c',o! 0Y men greatly .I
h,q.;,d: they had iougat eighteen hours and wishGl
al llr3. out little, hsv~g been engaged much Of the
,rsc-dug nsst ia searching out and t.kog Of the
,ouuded. Is evident, too that the ertmy had b.er
tryCT reinforced AID taGt each suc:eSd sck
o I'd, BY irc.h troops and overwbzlnlng nuHHers In
Vsr of Ihesc fac's aud N crir his msn, ard to
,rgytn A. o. n, { sSsry loss Of lie, Gsn. BoAureE ard
,T-.d him sell OF the iaii b3ck OF tie FederAs to
withdraw lila troops TO the eEcmYs line OF camp nsB
Savre We rested $! hight. Tais AbOu: mule ana
h,l' from :ae po.Gt Nhe.e The light comnsnced this
mcraiag.
Tae enemy hesitated for some time, hH' a'ly came
up s1d renewed the coJH ct. II, was met vi uldi.
ANS I'd courage and resolution BY tho Co1tederatss
Nao cisPayci the gNe-t'st psss'hle gallH1try. TIE
sl:e ragged o. and GIT alone separated the combat
ATT. A. length the enemy fell btcs, an so did the
O1l'ei-rstes both sides badly -orEed and severely
M i.hed. Har1e', HSo commanded tho front line or
corps ht!d his ground uoul the enemy vihdreE. Our
,s,sTves he'd bstn eug gei throughout he FAY, an
POLK BrsEE ana Hsrdse, each in his prop i,ld, and
abby co cpsra in the vol Of the day. They deserve
great credit - CO the brigade and reg ficeri
AID ths gallant fpTs whom they led to bs,te. Gen.
Breckinudc ps:. culsly distinguished bin seli TEouga
IA wjlil,rv nAC by procession, Gen BlauToEard i
roJ. ID - have sas shat he d. Ilayei great aptitude
al ,sg eity, AID handled his brigade with Sail AMI
iuigucni
Having id thu' nue. feel il my Gatv, faith IL
CD csr OF the times, relor to mater hers which
Ia controlling iLiaerce upon the fortunes Of The
d
Uuy stsGk yesterday ives 20 sudden and successful
that tie enemy found i impossible to his quar-
lerns,tir n c)mmhsRry styrss, or Cysn 20 tie
oIRg ,ge OF the mon Toe temp alton thus Of red
oD great for troops - resist. Sunday night large
aunbers Of them, sup lsiOg there would be no
dGrtng I 10 40 to gather up such spos tie Fed
cal eucsnpmest oontsiied There were trns over.
eolis caps shoes, sofss, sugar, proyi.iouS, nuuk-
1lsnkst lors, private letters En nuRberl ,ss other
things Shc, the enemy had been compelled to sb Irdor
oh Of troops NJ we're engaged n searching GU: the
wounded nj dad or were not resi- ,nsd by ssnse 81
du'J CauG Iei from thar rspsctiv. camps aud spsGt
mucl Ct the night 10 pund1rag. Orders bad BEN is
sued by 81 B,Aure.srd positively pro hisiag 10y hing
of The kind but many Of tito troop, aLs Ci
sai meu Wers aka estei q; our success aad cons
Ienty tie necessary steps MT taken TO enfo ca
tue orders o. the oandsr IN chief A;an early hour
mis- morning, the d thsir s'arci after tho
s1os Of victory, AMI may Of then were srplrsted 0n
tlor connInd'rs ben the enemy rsneSel tao b ate
some OF u en- had ev5n stared back q their camp
iosl'd With su h articles they mad been able I'd
Acr dcdlcing the killed AID wounded and thps'
who we're IN gag 10 renosiat he wcanied i. vouli
b, 40 eylgger. i)a 10 say tat 600 sJand S7d able
ned OIL msa NJ thus windeie fouI # line took
par. vhttevsT III the bs tie today Ga the other natd
tue enemy had bon largely reintoic
Tau with diminished force On our pa-t, We al TO
meet fresh troops and mora Eu nervous xrnT thIn tA
He encountered yea erdi'. AID u, tcp the spoil
nave Irtveutod from ayain driving tire enemy ck
in the Tenn see, notwithstanding grelt odd, in his
favor.
l. Eas veil enough, while Tho cctAct listed tNs, our
,r1Jps should exchange their sm1o bored MI aud
s1o guns for the splendid thrown a~y By The
tcostog Toe but there be sIclJs ter the dis
gracsf1l proceeding TO which have alluded
Ths spois Of victory are 70. o's zrg THAI de-
fa AMI dnss.sr ch j. the l. az tau mt by history
in all ayes the void, feom ID, tins WI Achlu vas
reduce by th" wodgs Of gol djSn TO he presan.
dy lis hep hn he ex)er enc, o. this day Ill not
be shr,su away s.ths: BY su' Of sss or soldier.
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