Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-10-04


CURED poadon directly under tie eye Of General Lorg
street, he saw the valuable part IL was PERFORMING ~
defending the centre that cicer dsmeuntsd bins If
from his horse and assisted b. bis Aojutant General
or Sorrel Msor Fairfx and General Drayto1, work
ed one Of the guns until the crisis was pssed 10 see
General officer WELDING The destnns ct get asht
with its care or responsibilities upon lis stould,r par
forming the duty of common soldier 10 the tbokess OF
the conflict, IS q picture worthy OF the pencil OF an
ar list &C.,. $3.50. 1890 Dr. .--..-.. q. ...-..
The result of this battle though At time doubtful
was finally decisive. The enemy wers driven scros the
ryar With daughter that wss terrible. Federal 'tf-
Ger who was wounded and Afterwards taken prisoner,
observed to one of our officers that ne cpud count al
most the whole of his regiment the ground around
Tim. cid not 20 over the Fl Id, but gentleman wso
cid and who has been actor in all cur oatues In.
formed me that be never even upon the bloody I'D CT
Manassas, saw so many dead men before. The ground
was black with them and according to bis estimate the
Pederals had LOST eight TO one. Happily, though
our casualties very considerable mes. OF them are
| in wounds .--.-...--- .- -- 20 ..,r-- 80.
There now ensued ren,e Of two hours, broken only
BY the occasional discharges Of artillery l. was sort
of breathing time, when the painting combatal:s er-
hsus:cd by the battle stood silently eyeng each other,
| and making ready-lhe ore to STRIKE and the other TO
ward Of another s.aggaEi7g bloS-
THE FIGHr on THE RIGHT.
Il was now about oelotk in the afternoon, but not
wiGbs,ardng the strange la in the storu no ons be
iesed It would not be renewed before night. lltli.
Vence had cone from the that Gel6rll +. Hi
was advancing from Hsrpss Ferry with the fore which
J,cksoa had left behind and every eye was uraed aux
cu.ly in that direction. 10 little while saw som,
Of his troops moving c,u.iou ly under cover OF the
woods and hills to The tFo1 and In an hour more ne
| W in position On tho right. Here about iou' o'clock
he enemy had made anotle. bold demonstration. Fit
teen thousand OF their troops in one mas', had charged
our lines a1d alter yarlT resisting hem We were slowly
| giving back before superior numbers = '-- sea
ouc total force here less than six thousand men,
and had il lot been for the sdmrably planted artillery
under command o. N jJr Garnet, nothipg until the
arrival OF reulorcemens could have prevented an ire.
trieyAbls defeat. know less of tits position OF the
field than any Other bu, from those who were engaged
heard glowing tccouuts OF the * client behavior o.
,nklrs' Brigade and the 81 ard 20 George, tie lat
GER uader the command Of Col. u nni lgs Too last
Two repim snts have been especial sui cts OF co
because Of the spl ndd manner in which they successive
" met and defeated seven regiments Of tho enemy, Who
advanced ACROSS bridge and wsre ing 10 Gu q
position en- this eide Of the river They fought until they
we're nearly GU 10 piece and then reslsa only because
hey had red their last rould /; was at this incuTe
that the H. IN ,rse Yrkee iorce crossed the river and
made the dash sgsin.t our line which wl nigh proved
suc,ess The timely arrival OF Gen. 4 T. Hill howevef
with fresh troop entirely chlrgel the fortunes OF t1e
day. and after obstinate contest, which lasted ram
five o'clock until dark, the ouemy were driven mo ana
ao-oss he river with great loss Dtics Ibis 6gl the
ierals had succetd.d III a,Lking sn1 cap:ufil bl.
,ery beouging a. eara, D tie brigade OF GENERAL
| Toombs ! slsutly d!su OInting from lis hoFse and
rlacipg hmss at the head Of bis nnsnd toe General
in his f.cye way, bi ~ 'o1 thom that the battery
uust b. rstakcn If il cost the lie of every msn 10 his
BRIGADE and tIeu ordered them 10 fglsos HIM. Follow
hra they Did into What seemed iho very jaws C. dc,
stIuc o. 'ana after shor: bu rec Struggle they had
the sGsc ion OF capturing the prz' aud restoring II 10
! the original Iossess' RS
Throachou. tie day there occurred mluy instances Ct
persopal val0r aad heroic nee no psrs OF both
oil e-s and men but at this early hour is impossible
T. gtacr from crude stat me:t, those ;lu tli nara
| ives which ought 10 sdorn tie p7sd # history.
S5Toe reslt. Uf the bst mar b. bieAg slLmsd ur.-
JuJg.d by all tue rules OF rl'isfe, il vas victory 70
ogr sIms !. We failed to rcu Le enemy, it Mas Only
bcc1ue the nature Of h, ground prevented him from
\ running Wherever We HtlrPtd him No 1ithT Grove
him sgsi st his own massIg on tic i'gh'g Il eod cen
ire or 0Io the moun'sinsi AID sgails TIE hte' poi
toa SJud have been mPos Joe u cp rats 50 cCs iul
v, Nowhere cid he gan any permanent advantage oven
the Come ler4tes ling Is may taya been tae sue
Z sses OF the T. 10y tit rs intact, p'oSeui A. q
eql masters OF the Gtld : h our antagonist. Las
ht We we're inclined 10 believe that !! was drawn
ua.ts aud the impress iol GENERALLY oSaL among th'
ma thst, bee.uIs t. 81 h'd no: n eir ii stye
tie enemy to 'unuiIg, uey al gained : sdSSuisge
but 10 day the real ACTS coming 10 light, and se te
that Re tavc indeed achieved Gaohcr 'iet'ry. TTeuE
| thousand I'd iio1a men uli no', under the eireum
| q snces 10. m-ds Il more cgmlllte.
We tCoS ieT Est'ul.IS. LOs --''S 'l'H - 1~''
| huadr,d in Ell Toe FsGera,s 'crga- T,il ard -er'
hlr ed in 1's,ely manner, be- ~ ir lsses have b'fu
imuense-pr,b by not lssl than tsen thousand kled
and wounded PGey he'd the adTartagA rot ony d
numbers but of position fsom Viii they could as
sumo a. ca pfye or defensive aliuds at vii btsider
which Their tisua Stations o. the B.ue tgS command
ed a view Of our every movement We could not M Ike
ma or .yre in front rear th was not instantly r.
veaed 10 their keen l3rk CUTS and rs SON az the oteR
sence {, nd be comuuI ieaed thI' Ia teJiss teo",
ho: a. sh, we're lAuucacd asI MT the Wig Ia nnf
| IL was / Information conyoyei By The i ! fl 60 upor
the norman top ,hA. no dou-l oIeblei tie eseny 10
concert a'e biz o &C sglls tu' We kest nts aud
couat rae; the 4 L OF shaeSer sGl.r movements may
have ben attempted by u. Or las Is varIusly ts