The New York herald., 1862-09-21

suffered in o similar proportion Ricketts, division con
tnued TO Aght N s position untl relieved by ether
| troops.
| GENERAL DOUBLEDAY'S DIVISION,
When the rebel battery suddenly opened IN Tho morn
ing az the of the action The division now
commanded by General Doubleday Of Generals
Patrick's, Gibbons and Colonel Phelps' brgadoRwas
within a few hundred yards OF u, and lost quite
number OF men. The rebels appeared TO 20
short Of artillery ammunition Of tho proper kind,
| for they frequently threw gold shot when shsll
| would undoubtedly have been usod had they
good supply One shell thrown amcrg Glbbons brigade
OF this DIVISION they getting into actoa exploded
among the Sixth Wisconsin regiment, moTsay woundng
one man and eerouey wounding six or seven others in
Company A. Three brigades OF the division went into
tho action regular line Of battle, General Gibbons
brigade preceding, followed BY General Hatehs, under
command Of Colonel Phelps leaving Lieutenant Colonel
Hoffman, commanding Doublsday's old brigade, 10 sup
port the batteries, little TO the left and General
Hatch wounded in the battle Of South Mountain and
Colonel Phelps assumed command Of his brigade.
GROUND oBsrNATuy coNnnrD
by the enemy The rebels in large force supported by
strong reserves driven nearly milo beyond their
original position by the right wing In which Doubedsy's
avision participated. At the close OF the action
than sixty Of Of the brigadss could be
mustered but many have since In. Among the re-
gmens especially commended for their splendid conduct
was the Brooklyn Fourteenth which behaved in the most
gallant manner and suffered severely.
General Gibbons brigade moved up in column and do.
ploysd in line ints the woods. Gen. Pasricks brigade
| came up Immediately ana formed tho right In
support Of Gibbons. The brigade commanded by COL
Phelps formed partly on the lett and partly on the
right, in the rear, reserves. The dre in front
Of Gibbons brigade fearful but tho. troops
held their ground until than half the officers
and men were killed and wounded. They were then
| relieved by General Patrick, and retired 20 the
foot Of the hill where they reformed for future action
After getting the timber at the commencement OF
the fight where the action scvercst, moving 10
the 'front.' enhadng dire Of the enemy lid considerable
execution among his men. They returned 10 with yigor
and effect bat in order TO escape the drcedlu consc.
quences Of . fanEing tire the brigade changed its
front and led Of under ledge Of rocks tho right OF
tho road fought in that position, where the
troops who had from the front recognizing,
until all the ammunition was expended but six ten
rounds. Al that time the fire Of the enemy
dous and other troops wayerng the front Gene
raj Hooker had given Instructions hold position y,
whatever cost In the meantime General Hatchs brigade
had pushed forward the and engaged and
fresh line OF reiIorccments sweeping mp poured rcgu
lar fre into the rebels, who retired and
left us master Of that portion OF the field. For
moment u seemed II we MIST entirely
renauish the ground which had been 80 braycy taken
on the night before but jus, at tina. critical
Rs1MogcsMESrs sr1isT.
This had the effect 10 rennrate the troops, whose
ranks had become terribly decimated and Several
regiments which recognizing, although they had
not been repsnished with ammunition, dashed the
nght behind the reinforcements fought until they
expended every round Of ammunition.
In this encounter the right large member Of Tags
were taken. Gen. Patrcks brigade has five Of these
battle fagsone for each Of his regiments and spare
one for battery of artillery.
Br RKBEIs.
A. our victorious troops passing hill they
suddenly upon OF rcbcs lvc Elk thousand
strong in the hollow This rebel force had been quietly
awaiting just such opportunity presented
They Immediately arose AMI poured some murderous
yoeys and with flashing guns snd fixed bsyonets stood
like wall Of fro and steel before They drove
our men back considerable distance to the cornield
where such fearful execution had been done among the
rebels al an earlier stage Of the contest.
rm oHARsg Rssrrssp.
Al this interesting moment Captain Clmpbers
battery opened On the rebels with double case
and canister at close range, and moved them
down in heaps in that fatal cornhcld. AZ the time
a portion Of the division up the cneiny's Hank
ana the onading from artillery and infantry
more than the enemy could stand. They fed III con-
back from the ground which lad taken, sti held
the position where The aghtng had commenced in tho
morning Captain Campbell severely wounded in the
shoulder After this encounter the was relieved
by General Summers corps.
Rsuyls ptYorEsrSG oJR WOUNDED.
Lieutenant Haskell, Of General Gibbous' stan,
while riding on the battle Gcld returning from
delivering an order came q corporal the Second
Wisconsin regimout. The corporal WAS badly wounded
Tho Lieutsnant asked him h0w ho came 70 sot such
ugly wound in the breast "Wss pieco of shell that
hit your, The dying copnrJ IN feeble tones replied-
oSo, was wounded arst by musket ball, and after.
wards rebel thrust his bayonet into my breast
now n.Hp
ia not poss BILE to estimate with any degree OF aceu.
racy the number OF losses or the losses OF the
enemy 1t Is certain that ne harder fighting
ever secn on this continent, not even IN the
bloody battles Of the peninsula. One two instances
in this connection win he sufficient 70 Illustrate the
fearful character Of the contest That OF Gen. Duryoes
brigade already mentioned, is The second regi
men, OF the United shsrp~hoosrs which had
previously reduced death and sickness 10 hundred
aud twenty men, lost over half their number, among
them Colonel Pos, and Adjusnt Parmaee. The regiment
il now reduced to less than lhe number Of single
pany and IL commanded by Captain Soughton, the only
osptain remaining on the fcld after the fight Five cap
,ains however were the sick list aud were absent
Al the hospital The ranks Of the Brooklyn T. r,eenth
we're slso greatly thnned
aFsrR.i HooExs WOUNDED.
Pretty early 10 the action aenoral HOOKER, who was
avays in the place where HIS services we're needed,
sounded IN The foot by mlskes ball. It was a matter
~ s,p..re regret saan, general that he com.
pl,cd 10 rsnqush his scat in the saddle, upon which he
,cc.sa go graceful d not youchssfed tho privilege
a. leading his In tho contamination cf the great
work which bad bccn assigned him in ,hs morning.
caperai HooKsr In o soldiec in tho fullest sense
of that military term of commsndlpg form handsome