Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-12-23
The war In Virginia.



Monday night All tbs sick eni wounded
were removed during ghe day 10 hospital
tents on shis side. Burnside inspected the
position OF the troops in the afternoon. and
general activity indicated that another
b1ttle was imminent. Surgeons were or
dered to be in readiness TO care for large
number of additi nal wounded.
he withdrawal Of our forces, however.
was determined % at a council of all cerps
comma nders dur NJ the Cay. The under
taking was regarded as a perilous, bur. If
successful, would rescue the army Frora
smother battle. which would Accomplish
little except the destruction os many +sI
liable lives.
fbe troops had received no inumasion /
Of retreat, and had laid do~n on their
arms Tor the night. When the order was |
gwen to fall in, the troops supp0 sed ii was |
fer night assault on tie enenry's works I
aud were not undeeeived TIL they found
themselves on the pontoons crossing the
stream.
high wind and the darkness prevented
the rebels from hearing or seeing the
movement. Pranklin's division moved as
soon al It was dark, el7o Snmner's aud
1iooker's, from under the very guns IL the
enemy. Many officers aud sal,iefs ex
pressed CREST resrst. say ing they preferred
lying 10 front Of The fnemy's haiteries.
Very te" Of ths n u4ded were leFs so the
isld
Two brisedes occupy the ipwa a. ad
ta''eei pioSetS, ard cur arti si.fv on the
hig5yr ba'k vii ca frsrais il. kse, iiag nor
session # The town. 0as lieasy NJ .sansI.-
slisIla liseSEehf hsttisrs as-n-llv ~ ssoris
inx, eitoitihg ~ le response.
TIE Tines correspondents has describes
ihO rsbsl position cur forces we're expected
to storm and take:
There is bare plateau Of a third Of a
mis- which the storning party will have 60
/ cross. In dolUs this, they w.ll be exposed
10 the ire Of the enemy's shaYpshooteYs
posted behind stone wall running along
! the base Of she ridge, double rife pits on
the rise OF the crest, heavy batteries bebipd
strong picket works that stud the zoo OF
the bill, powerful infantry force now "
ing concealed behind thsse, of plon.i6o
hre from the batteries on the lower range,
and oil dJuble enGiading FIRE fIoz tbs
cannon 80 abe left OF them.
Ssbastopol was not half so strong.
Philadelphia, Dso. 10.
The Washington Star has an article
pointing out the mismanagemept in regard
30 the pontoon bridges and repairs to tue
Acqnia Greek Railroad. and asks for an
investiga ton by Congress, to ascertain who
Is to blame for the delay that has rendered
ed "oortlVe the plans OF Burnsile's COM
msnd.
Gen. Meagher's wound was slight. lie
was struck by spent ball in the thigh.
1t is reported that Brigadier General
Lyle, otshe Nineteenth Psnnsy.vauis, wa.
killed.
The Philadelphia Press publishes a dis
patch from Burnside to ualieck, received
at nine O'Clock last night. Gen. Burnside
says:
Feeling fully convinced that the posi-
non IN front could nos be carried, it was a
military necessity eithsr TO attacs or re =
treat. repuiSe would have been disss-
trous under the circumstances. The army
was withdrawn without the loss of a man
Or Of property"
HEAD<rAErEss AEsr ~ Poroa4el
FALMOUTH, Dec. IL. /
Yesterday morning the enemy seemed
asEGunded to tnd Us on the other side Of
the river.
About 9 in the evening they advanced
sklrmlshers along the entire lins. estaI,.
i'hing piGkets very near she bank of the
river.
We had large mum Der of dead on what
was regarded Is neutral grcuud. The
feo3is were plainly seen robbisg the
bodies.
A Il o'clock ladies were seen walking
IN the streets Of Fredericksburg.
Ga Monday General Franklin sent fac
OF truce Tor an exchange CT the dead which
wsa done.
Yesterday Lee sent flag 10 Burnside
asking him to detail men to bury his dead
III front OF Summers division. Durtur the
nag OF truce the rebel General Stuart. in
answer 70 question, said Banks had rome
South, but he did not know where.
Onr entue army is now encamoed on
the ground previously occupied. The army
has been considerably reinforced. The
opinion Il military men is that if we had
taGen the first ridge of works their onnor-
tunity ior slaughterng Us would have
been greater than previously. No froops
in the world could Withstand such c,nce1.
trA.ed and destructive Gre Of ordnance and
musGctry.
Dec IS.
The burying party which went over
Yesterday N accordance wish the fac If
truce continued their lenln Iabor5 during
the day e
Col. Walton, chief Of L,ngstreet's arsiI.
lery, informed some of eur officers that the
re6,l Intautry force engaget on Summers
front on Saturday, was only two brigades.
but the had large reserve nesr by. LIE
sand our men exhibited the greatest brave
~ Dut he considered the rebel position
Impregnable, and that a free Of 500 600
men would md 1t impossible 20 carry il
IN the lace of their batteries
The rebel loss was small, compared with
ouEs' iFom the fast that tn ay were protect
ed by stone walls and rife pits.
: Our Losses as reported heretofore, have
oee0 cohsldeTaLly decreased by the arrival
of stragglera.
The enemy took 500 prisoners from ne
considerable portion Of whom we're al
sent from their camps when We evacuated
tue south side Of the river. The prisoners
VINO nave taken the oath on both sides have
been psrcled
1t is stated that Lee and Longstrse,
came down to-day and held conversation
with some of our men,
/ he flag of truce will DO Withdrawn as
soon as all our dead are buried.
December 10 evening.
al has been quiet to-day, exesnt two
sh''S' hred to dispense the gathering Of
bands of rebels on the plain opposite. The
enemy strongly pioketed the river along
our front. n
Official reports of our Losses in The late
battle make the number less than reported.
being less than l,4O0 killed and s 900
wounded. d large portion Of the wounded
were 0nly slightly hurt. We lost 500
prisoners, and took about as many.
Washington, Dee 10.
Reliable sdvices from the rebel lines
show tba loss of tive Brisadiers-Tbomaa
Cobb Q! Georgia, and a Mississippi Gensr-
al whose name cannot be definitely learn
ed. In addition to this, the enemy have