, 1862-09-24
THE FIELD OF ShARfS3u2a.
The Day After the Battle.
EXTENT OF OCR LOsSEs-ARRIVAL OF
nE1NF0RCEMENTS-T EVENTS
or THURSDAY.
Correspondence Of tho N. 7. Tribune.1
OK THE FRONT. Thurfday,
Sept, Is, 16G2-1Q D. m.

thousands OF WOUNDED to Df1uE from the field, |
day standing on the line where the battle |
:'oeed-ot i0tesmittent saarpshooting, oc-
discharges Of artillery, but no gem
'ra1 diminishing attempt to advance on |
,ither side.
The enemy Is still here, apparently In strong |
orce- Scrsly pressed back yesterday, to-day |
1e could not attack. and we have not This |
:orps not engaged yesterday, we could have
brown sc, COO or 1000 new men into action. |
Ne have been waiting, 1t Is said, for the troops
o rest, for some kinds Of exhausted ammuni- I
ion to come forward, for reinforcements to |
'1riye. The troops arc rested, the amnu-
nition Is received, the reinforcenea;s are here.
The newly arrived divisions are sent up to
the front; Tonight We have planted nav Bat
'eyies and the general belief is that we attack
ia the EoTning. VIII the enemy be here for
smother life or death struggle, or will he adopt
bis old policy, and Improve 1he leisure We
have given him, by stealing away in tho night?
he has 10 empty breastworks with which to
with shot, drenched with blood, and thick
with dead.
"A great victory" said Wellington. "ls the
most awful thing IN the world except great
defeat It yesterdays battle was not a great
victory, ut least it had terrific feature ofone.
Commander-in~Chiet estimates the total Of
our Killed and wounded st 10, 600.
Many Of the wounded hare been taken back
to Frederick, eighteen miles. Keedysville
and Boonsboro, with every house aud ba n in
the acjacent country, nre full of them; and
large numbers are carried to Hagersto IN,
Harrisburg, Pbiiadc'pbia, and New YorS.
On the whole our troops behaved admlra-
big. No great army ever cid better Every
1o1alist who saw how steadily and solidly they
moved forward to encounter that terrific
- YA r.fk !. 3
with pride.
TIC opportunity for seeing the ba.tla was
unparalleled. L single stand point command
nearly the whole field from dawn to dark,
No one who looked upon That wonderful
panorama can describe IT,; neither can any
who saw forget Contrary to his usual policy,
tile enemy n.et Us in open country, and hs
was pressed back. Bus every hill and valley,
every cornie1d. grove, and cluster Of trees
was fierctIy fought for.
The artiiltry was unceasfng we could often
count more than sixty Guns to the minute;
AID the 1uu=ketrS Ta5 like the paster of rain-
drops In I'll april showcr. On the great
ing men; clouds OF dirt from shot md cx-
plodirg thells, long dark lines Of Infantry
Kwaying two and fro, with columns of smoke
rising from their muskcts-with flashes and
white put1s from the batterics-wi:h the sun
shining brightly On all this scene Of tuui1}t,
and the clear blue mountains, flows the P31o-
mac.
Amid all the screaming of shot, and thuu.
derinE Of cannon, and wbistsing of balls, with
the tvartul carnage they brought, I s4w no
considerable breaking aMcng our troops, save
vision, in Summers corps Thy fell back in
confusion, losing considerable ground True,
IL Was grouud We had won from the enemy
and Franklin atterward recovered the most Of
it, but not atl. 4 narrow strip is still within
tie T.bG1 lines, aud more rcnlaiAs disputed
Territory.
To-day, on the front, has been devoted
mainly 10 the buryipg Of the dead. In front
Of Richardson's {Uow Hancock's) division, at
4 p. H., flag Of truce WIS raised. and the
sbarpslluotiug ceased. Ga the debatab'e
ground bet~een our line and the eaemy's,
Gems; Hancock and Meatsshes rode over into a
cornfleld and met Gen. Roger a. Pryor.
Pryor stated that the FLAG had been raised by
us, and asked If we desired permission to takt.
off our dead and wounded. Our generals iu-
digualtlg denied that the signal for truce
came trom Us, rs VIC claimed the ground.
They. informed Pryor that we had ocen en-
gagged during the whole day IN bringing off
and caring for both onr own wounded aud his,
and suggested = cessation OF sh1rpsnooefuE
until all the suffering conld be removed Tuts
he oec!iDed. though the ground il 60 exposed
to our advance that the rebels line made no
minutes the I'll ng rsopeped.
In front OF C0nch's lines, BIZ common con-
SENT both tue rebels aud our own soldiers
were minglirg freely, taking away the wound
cd. One Of our regiments was within quar-
ter Of q mile o q reb-1 battery, AMI the ground
near it vas covered With spectators from ou'
lines. Whenever the enemy detected AMI
one using field glass on his camp or battery
his hbaspEhoo1ers wop11 ut once r.. open, not
withstandiug the informal truce. A. D. r.
1NL1DENTS F THE BATTLE ON THE LEFT
correspondence Of the n. i. Tflbune1
KEEDrsv11LE, Sept IS, 1867
| Dnrnside's corps, composing our left, il
| common with the rest OF our army, reste'
upon tic ground they had Won, Inactive al
day to-day, The silence Of ths rebsls to d "
SO etrlkiugly in contrast with the almost uu
ccasit e booming Of cannon, sirieking q
I shell, and rattllny OF mu-kttry, naturally in
/ pressed one with the feeling that the enenl,
mad tkcdaddl. iu the nikht; but caur,ou
fet1ing and looking abous during the dry ha
conrlnced cur generals pretty satisfactoFi!
TINT he maint aims, In silence and as mach 81
cresy as possible, the oase Of his original liu
the lory belt Of woods, aud the village {
Shartsbnrg, . milo or so In advance Of or
main line, and perhaps hall q mile disar
from our adrance position. 1t may be askc
Why Ee didn't rrsnme the attack this NOR:
ing, End fight him If here, or pursue if he ha
l
did answer In that doubtless would be, til
we want time TO rest. too; aud We want tin
to bury our dead, collect aud tre9t our Vouut
ed, replace the officers disabled and fallen. t.
IL truth, the enemy gave US a big days ~orl
Work Cannot be continued Very we'll tw
days consrcntiyely ut that rite. The rebe
| fight With perfect seif-ccrot1oD. As long
iht fr officers will lead them aad comma1
them, 1hc rrbt1 rank and file will obey
anything possible to selt-sacriGcc, while tn.
hare bfr:4tb. 1t is not fer love, howev5
much as they prutess it, Of the cause. L.
have becn educated to hate us for generation
By I'LL the art and as"itu''y Of their eubt
, , masters, the elavrh:,laers. But mainly it
In slav:sh fear of their officers. They a
rultd with thu most rigid Tyranny, aud Il
| least 1nfrAction is visited with the sp=ed,g
and cruclest repression 4 rebel soldier ':
set Upon and abused hy his company ottl:
10 he strceis OF Middletown. before we dro
the last Of them out Che soldier p7esum
} | to hay That II his colonel were tner: he wou
not treat him TINT way; and the otli:er C
hiaA In the neck with hss sword, gagged hi
. riaEe wagon and dragged OF! We nlg xut
> that it is much sater to Fl ght stubbornly uud
r such di7cipliue tha1 to snirk. Struggling
1 | certain death. Desperate fighting giVcs ri
:, cAancts to one tor his life, though It N
4 have to be drsEgcd out upon one leg.
Tie ground we took from the enemy +
tclds. may be fairly estimated at about nat
mile in width, on an average, the va:
+ length Of tbs lice; We have therefore be
Is hu' led with fhc care OF numbers OF the q
e my'e wounded in addition to our own. II
/. IL especially misfortune to us, when, as
mal} cascs, the lives Of our ovn wound
!. are endangered, and in not q few cases &
III surgeons. Ny heart has beea eosclS p.t1
IL this day. 10 hear oar 20 ,r fellows app .aitng
es NE aud other hsataucers TO trs to get =
=. glon To come aud look at their wounds tw
II ty.icur hours after they were Inflicted! l.
ed 1hanklDg that some surgeons might ex
themselves little moro, when i Dr.. o s
brigade surgeon, by couftesy-tor there Ia
such officer, he1itve, provided tor in The
IN. nlatiors-of Gen. Mariind1le's brigade, &
i<ousy told me That he did not want ma tt
u tin the bazn) taking the names of woun
nd !ysrg around on The floor; I was iu the v
&c; when the least spark Of humanity @u
have tanght hin. tnat uothiog ri ice
NJ. wounded so;dltt'a a heart more than to 81
person Rho N1l}1cl his distant friends OF I
Of ard that noting so relieves those dial
fritnds trom torturog tuep.nsa Is the C.
Euntcation VIC make through thasc list
nsmts.
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SAN FnAsc1sco, Sept 2s-Tae stea
Pacific has arrived with $54 t}f0 ia gold +
on Oregon The Wa]la Walls Statesmen OF
hat 1tntteenth says gold exists Throughout all
- mountain ranges in the Upper coautry.
~ reass That aelds will be Developed mort
LeHis and Clafk's pass a hundred miles Ia
tept, tYaai IN richness 10 any discovered Il
Of CalitolniA
The superior cour. OF California has dec
Nv TINT the poll tux Of g. 50 per monta on e
-, ssn Chinamau, is constitutional
Tile 4 Asword valued at e. GOO win be ee,
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pc. SAs Francisco. Sent. a2-Thn sfe