Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-24

About = "r''''~ ! craszal Il. p.-
/ pahannock on iie alirr fa..,a- 5-.
and passed il.uu-s tlle tow, rsr 81
ricksburg, along tie MAN stn.,i
time brisk skirmishing WA, ua
the outskirts of he town. the nj. ..
shooters stubbcrHlv cUu1estinr .,.-
OF the ground a. our skirui>.-.
ced. Caroline. or Main strcer mn.
pied 10y General kimbaIrs. Gar.--
rero's and acting Gen. Zao,-. ~
with portions OF Hanccck's dfyfs-
latter, with his artillery. lined rlzr
of the river IN the ngi-t.bs-.aa. n.
middle crosSiE-. which Is ia>. ~.
railroad bridge. Other troop, -
corps of General Wilcox am C-1
cupied the other streets Of The ro--
the line Of advance. Our la.-- n
I Piled across the river. cUve-in- tle.7--
of our forces.
In the meantime Franklin l-r
a couple OF hours bri-E,v er-
the enemy on the lstt TIL.
! Fredericksburg had driven .l.-..-.
Of the suburbs uf The town a.5
their column on the canal TEe--.
now come TO attcmp. an alyn,.
( rebel position
The orders were 10 move ----
char-e up tLe hill and tlae .I.a f--
at the point OF the lasHa..
/ easy TO give, hut, ah Law la-i d
c,I;ion,
The line of hattie was
/ Couch'- corp, rhe second, comps
tine divisions OF I1mrh. II-.Es
/ Howard ihe left of lae llae aE-
Stur.i-' division ot WIcaE- r
min-h-) The first advanced rv~ u
composed II rhe lr-al- E E
Morris ami Weler, -a,f.-r.1 l.E
cocks 5i.i-ian. CONSISTING ul ... Ill
of CIIw,L. look ami 1is-.
The masa ut they .Nr.=.. .--.-
an the rz5.r.aL forth .r--- -.r
haaL From the rilia pts r.m.
5erau-,r AHMED missile t-
t,.ig-. tier above ti.r. GA .'.r.-..
I planes uf fire. from a.. .a.
Distributed on the age a. . q.
miles IN extent, came ,7..s S.
shot and she'll
Across thc plain for q rel...ar.
under this t,ltsi fine Th.v w-
moved down- Tho ba--.ia- -
great caps Ia tlair ranks lr- .
presently filled by lhe ~ la-.nE 2
sIe lime. For fifteen imma-a l
least they remain under Ills 5.r
Onward they press, thuu-- r
grow flarlully thin Ih,E -
over a great part of the inter-
almost reached the base 90
brigade after BRIGADE oi r,ia, 4
p I the crest and pour IN fresh E-u-laE= "a
kerry nj short RANGE. Ia la.-
shrough the giaSz, lcoEei oa, ass
perilous siZht indeed Fie~a a
could not endure l. IT,
shattered ami broken, aula s-.
wells from tisc cu-ur-
Gen Erguch'S- GiE.=ira went |
p fight -ix thou-aml strong la-e a.-
told rac hc could coun- ia- a
dr-d,
At daylight. ia tgrc.~ rrnl.-
left grand division ut the .rlE
. drawn up IN battle army ea
? plain below FREDERICKSBURG .-.
g. the Rappahan0ock-
At carly morn the IalE--fa
10 chusetts. Pennsylvania EHcs----
n or three other r-gimenrs. "--s
= In front a. sk.rmi>Agr-. a.,w
# and the rebel sli-7ui~l.Fs sons
n firing took pace Captain lll.>
C (Sccond AIai } planted az ta.
.c Gibbons divisions, opcual fin. q
rebels,
. Artillerv firing ROW h-.aus
-, along the whole lime, wl.ica Ha-
:, 10y the robes Orders raw came
n vance. and about @ O'Clock. 1-.
n AIeade's divisions commenced
,c slowly forward
p Gen. NeaIc'S command. o.-
j. the PENNSYLVANIA B-=rs-- "
,o the following order: Fir-.
bracing The First. Seco,a"- ON d
n and Tw,nty-iir~t and Sixth -.-
v the left. Second hriga1e- .-1.- Q
n Seventh and E,ighih, centre
/, Third brigade, l,IaeS~un'-1 nh
>, Eleventh and Twelfth, al iht '-
Considerable Resistance ".7
n, vet the forces coutinu. to I.'.
to until at midday tAs --.a %.
5a ihree-quaricrs OF a mile in a
on where II had been al ..le '
"a now came the reserve fire .i .
Il with terrific force Shot ~-s.. 81
l. Ter were poured INTO cur l5..'
ous points. while the r.ha la
~ pearinr. fired with raIi3.y-
or continued 10 prcss on N-',-'-
ns moved forward III The sane
- troops saw the cnmy gl'H=
q after cheer rent slie ai-
N About l o-clack- Con NO."
~ a charge. which was wei aA..
.r men pressing on The od-s