Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-20
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charge was repeated. Still the foe stoO
firm, opening CALLING hre from two bal
teries whose presence had not before bee
known. Our troops we're thrown into cor
fusion, and three companies Of infantr
and Col. Ellis cavalry we're ordered 20 si
lenee the destructive guns.
Like lightning our men leaped fort
prompt to the word, ahd ragged about tn
rebsl batteries as raVenous wolves around
sheep fold, w
EVeryWere the strife roared everywher
the smoke crept; everyvere the grouni
shook.
The sunbesms glanced OF from tn
swords and bayonets but they ceased /
shine for many eyes on that blood stsine,
day.
Carr column SdVAnced and fell bsel
and advanced again, and beyond them, ul
the hill, The cavalry end infantry Weru
struggling to capture the detested guns
The regiment which protected the batterie
met them fairly and freely, and, for half al
hour, the two o0mbatants were 80 oommin
gled that they almost failed TO recognize
I one smother
"oat nen baEs Che baftsriesp vas an,
ncunosd and the FsdeFals rent the Felkir
with their hu1zas.
Yes, it2Ras sol
I Through the blue curling vapors our men
could be seen dragging the guns after them;
Ere they had gone o hundred yards the
rebels we're behind them struggling like
Hercules for the possession Of their pieces.
Blood stresmed anew, and shouts, and
j creams, and prayers and curses went up
With the gigantic forms OF smoke in the
upper air.
ApprOpriste incense to watt the elements
Of battle 70 the skies.
No noise now. ~
All as silent ss when men are holding
their breath for q deadly purpose. The
suspense is awful. 1t cannot last. =
Do you not hear thousand heats beat
ecrOss the plain Anxiety has made the
roar Of battle almost insudsble, so keenly
is the sense upon the rack.
Five thousand threats are roaring with
triumph. .-.r 3 =
Brief triumph. The batteries are lost.
Oar men have been oVerpoWered by mum
bers. They retire, and blood marks their
progress, and many dead ere abandoned
The re-eaptured guns are revenging
themselves. Their shot and shell are tear
ing up the ground, and tearing open brave
bosems, and making history and peopling
graves.
The batteries are sought once more. We
win them back with blood. We are hurry
ing them of. The rebels stare like demons
out OF malignant eyes, and curse through
firm set teeth,
Triumph is about to crown eur efforts,
when large force Of the enemy, repulsed
-by 9en. Davis from that secti n Of Pea
Ridge known as LeetoWn, througs ta the
rescue. A dozen oombats over the guns,
and the contest is still undecided when the
darkness gsthers, and through the night
the enemy are seen bearing off their twice
captured, twice recap p!ured guns.
Nature is no longer an impartial witness
She draws the curtain, and the osmp ffes
blsze along the roads and light the trees.
Map'es Pandemonium is profRning the holy
night
Midnis ht comes; sndth scattered words
OF The sentinel are heard; and the Federal
lists and rebels are sleeping on their arms,
dreaming, 1t may be, of the time when
they were friends and brothers, and Amer
ies had net become one vasl military camp.
The stars, too, are keeping watch on the
battlements Of Heaven. They challenge
no one. They seem to say to all the
EsETy and worn, 'Oome hither Here is
Speak they, or be forever silent, th ere
are many spirits in the sir seeking the
peace thatis not Of earth. u
THE THIRD DAYS BATTLE.
At six o'clock our guns opened on the
enemy, and our Ere was returned from.
twenty pieces. The firing did little harm.
The enemy's shot passed above our heads. 1
Our cause Was growing darker.
This dsy must win OF loose the battle.
As yet the fortunes Of var inclined not to
our side. We have reason to be alarmed,
but hope and courage srs strong counsel
ors, and add strength to Weak arms.
Sen. Sigef observes new. positions for
our oPers6Ons. I'VE plant six batteries At
different points commanding their prinoi-
pal forces, a IRE of ball islshattefiDg the
space with It's roar.
The enemy's list Of mortality is swelling.
They do not understand 0ur great advsn-
tsges. They turn pale, and hesitate to sd-
vance. No time is given them for refee-
ton. They are siesed in their souls per
plexity, while Judgment tOsses in feYered
sleep
. Our army moves forward.
Our entire infantry is engaged. The
rebels meet our drssdfsl volleys Of musket-
~ for quarter Of an hour, but their fr-
ing slsekens-r p gqIH TETtl
Still our batteries are forcing the YER
dict Of the outraged nation into their star
tied souls, ,5zaTa No5 nE7lt 'la'AA
The cannon ansRereSthe musketry-the
musketry replies 70 the cannon.
q every inoh Of ground sppesrsalive with
troops, Every tWig and dry leaf seems
biAse. Fhe balls are flying like the large
drops Of 9 summer shower. The Pentecost
Of war is descending. --
al The rebels can endure no longer the
sheet Of fsme cut Of which 70 aesth and
pain In q thousand forms. They have lost
their faith in their bad cause and themsel-
yes. They are panic striken. They fly,
and roar Of victory follows them ss the
waves Of the river the lean and hungry
shore.
They turn not back, Two Of their Gen.
erals have received their mortal wounds,
and the word is: "Save himself who can
The Yankees have beaten them, and thor |
star bss set over the YeFdureless ridge of
this ha d fought field.
The birds tWitter over head. The sun
shines warmer and clearer. The atmos-
phere Of blOed Is purified BY the feeling
that It Was shed in sacred cause.
Sec. CkRse 70 9en. Fremont.
Gen. Frauonf il unvT in tha aaTna mai. |