Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-09-12


diately about one that fill ones ears
For an instant the great line wavered
this suspense was too horrible it mus
be filled with acts of some kind morta
men cannot stand it; for Gods sake lei
the great gap of inaction be erammed-
with death, if nothing else. "Steady
men !" A resumption of the line; but
also an increase of the adverse firing
Again wayer STEADY, steady, men,.
Aye, bawl till you are hoarse, brave
captains and lieutenants but these sec
onds are centuries you must give these
men something to do; you must steady
them by action.
And here comes enough; aids galop
down with orders that bring every mus
ket to its most threatening position
Then the cheering words of the com
manders as they dash down the lines
Then wild waving of swords by our
shoulder straps as the final word is given,
and the column starts forward. Slowly,
at first, and rather lamely-ioints stiff
with fatigue. But as the distance to the
foe is shortened, the pace is quickened.
Faster and faster moves that steadily
advancing column, till, on a run like a
deer's, with leaps and shouts like more
savage creatures, they hurl thems ewes
right into the midst of the expectant foe.
What passed there no man can tell
They are not more silent who fell with
death sealed lips, than are those who
came out unharmed. The excitement is
too great for memory to hold any ground.
all faculties are swept away in the one
wild thirst for blood We can only say
that after a short but desperate struggle,
the rebel foe fell back-not orderly and
meaningly, but in such confusion and
lawIess turmoil as only terror can create.
The day was won. The blood aud bra
very of Heintzleman's stout fellows won
it. The plaudits of a grateful country
be with them 1t was the boldest and
grandest charge Of the war. The honor
of all history must be with them.
THE REBEL ADVANCE.
Very triumphantly the rebel horde
advanced. A long experience on the
battieneId has convinced me that this
braggadocio of first appearance, betok-
ems one Of two things with the rebels
a feint, or reinforcement. When not
in superior numbers, or not re-
lying on some complex system of strate-
yic movements, they will, indeed, move
lorward-and steadily, too, but not with
such presumption as they greeted Pope's
Hearied forces on this memorable Satur-
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was equally impressed upon our con-
:ciousness that we must meet the ap-
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enough in body, and not a little dampen-
I'd by the thought that Sumner and /
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All the officers, from the Major General
to the bumbIest lieutenant
we're indetatigable in their exertions to
make energy and tact atone for the want
# those happy coinciding circumstances
which so often materially contribute to
Iecide the issue OF battle.
The men stood nobly up to their work. 6
POOR fellows Sorely tried were they.
AIDED to the utmost by their tremendous |
forts Of the previous day; yet now ,
allied upon to meet a second ordeal, and ;
ne far more terrible. '
In the stoutest hearts in the world j
here will always be engendered some i
leasure of decentralization by forcing a
acond fight upon men in whose ears are e
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