New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-02

Hill from which Scnufz was gong lntO actlOn, COi-
,nn bearing down upon our right, and at first sup
posed them 10 be Rebels, Tn .ccountaoly, they car
ned high over .heir heads sundry white flags ard
~, cared to march s0gsinsly, and il was soon seen
they We're unGrned.
They proved TO be G3i prisoners taken by Jackson
when he appeared at Manassas three days before
now released on parole The enemy could not feed
them, and would Themselves staIvo unless re-en-
folcements ahould push to them with supplies.
little after Siroy, Sehun became en-
Gagged. They drove the enemy mile or moie,
and rested from outright fatiget. During this time
Schenck bad been engaged on the LETT, bnt not hea'
~. Tough old Helnzelman arrived at TINS june
,ure from Contievile with Lit whole corps. Schur~
was withdrawn Tor Kearney and Hooker to take h'
rleee. Reno arrived soon after from the same drec-
ion. Stevenss division Of his corps marched to the
lefl to support Schencb, and the attack was once
sore alorg the whole line. / should have stated
that some time before the cessation, MilroY, after two
hours OF musketry in tornadooe, was driven back,
much en-: to piece, and replaced by sielnvebr VINO
was assisted by Schonck at his left.
l. IVES now O'Clock. Sigel corps only had been
engaged. aud we had Oh the whole gained ground
o, tie lsh. nearly a mile. II was reasonable 70
sl,rose that vita the assistance OF Ieno and lieinI-
ell. an and most Of the day before us, we should ut
.erly deuolsh the enemy. l. has eince appeared
tha, simu aneousy with cur re-enforcements he re-
ceived larger oncs LOnGsireet's whole command,
whose passage through Thorouehfare Gap Ricketts,
lad disputed the day before, had now joined Jack
con and Ewell, whom we hud been lighting hitherto.
Lougstreet would naturally join Jackson at his
tight; II was upon our LEFT aud occasionally our CEN
ter that we were most severely pressed the remsin-
der OF the day.
Up to this time Sgel had command of the field.
He rad made the dispositions before the fight, and
conducted it successfully fix houn. Pope arrived
from CeutIeyille about noon aud assumed command,
but wisely and generously deferred to Sgcl the rect
of the DAY. as being bos &C luanted with The position
| AT . O'Clock the fight raging along the whole
line terifcaly, musketry like Gaiues's Mill, and
artillery like Malvern IIls. There was not ten
minutes cessation at any one time for the next
three hours. We advanced not q step; We retired
not "A sep. The eugiuery of war, men, guns, and
vlla1ous ssltpeer, ed equal. each side to the
other At O'Clock Schenck ordered back from
he left aud the artillery OF that wing fell back to
the next emiuence.
During the three hours, scarce regiment OF the
three corps on the field that had not been into the
thickest. Promptly and sdillfully, az a command
would become exhausted il would be replaced by
another, but only for brief rest, then 70 up aud at
it. TEese splendid "passages of lines" as such
movements are technically called, seem TO me
feature that ought not to pass uDcommepded.
Gainess Mill would have been a victory had such
movements been made promptly and orderly.
The withdrawal Of the left was not giving up Of
the battle. Troops We're rushed to the hight, and a
redoubled onset made there. Again the enemy was
forced back His left was swept upon his center-we
| took him "endways," in flank While the infantry
f ucht those our artillery, eleven batteries in line,
played stunningly, each gun pointed well to the lott,
that 10 urlucky shell nil ht harm friend
We could move the Rebels no further than their
CENTER Musketry in rolls, in crashes, sounded out
Of The spot Of wo,sis whe.e our advance stayed;
Low tenacously the enemy held their ground can
not hope TO adequately express. How chun fought
ask any eyewitness Of the conduct Of hs men, lei
| by tie orator fighter.
1t was O'Clock. The enemy not only held bis
center, but advanced upon our left. II was critical.
OPPORTUNITY, McDowells corps appeared coming
to our relief Two bIisades iiaichs and Double
day'sj Immediately me; the enemys advance upon
our len, and although suffering terribly, stayed him
until DARK
/ The day's work was ended. We held more ground
than in tie morning, but not 30 much at noon.
Waking in my fence-corner sleeping apartment
At d. light Saturday morning frtt walked 10 the
summit Of the Lii to ascertain the sitiOn Of Affairs
Everything indicated renewal OF the battle. Al
ready columns were marching in every direction
men at the left being brought 10 the right, aud U,oe
rc,54, being brought from front TO and from
rear 10 front, Generals with stats -I. ody guardr
riding over the field, each, Of course, with pnr.
pose hut to an eyewitness seeming, with tie other
movements, ike confusion wore confounded."
Every few minutes a shell from our battery iur,hest
to the left replied 10 as often n guns whose smoke
couded in the far western horizon, made question
whether the enemy had not retFeated Wlile my
horse was eating my hay bed had speech with rev.
era ,sjoI- Generals staff ofcers aud they psriici-
pa;ed in the fear that the enemy had sprung from
under our finger.
The day wore away until noon with a continuance
of desultory hell;ng tbumin," the butternut prison.
ers cali IT, Gen. Pope on horsc the whole time, CIV
ing orders rapid and imperative, each carried instant
" by pallopng aid receiving reports fromall parts
Of the field, and never OBTAINING the messenger long
FIR lis reply, from each eminence sweeping the
position with bis giass-he was evidently ascertain
Ing the position Of the enemy, and determine 10 fight
if he stood or If lie rap.
The division commanders were seeing that their
men were provided with rations, made difficult
matter by the forced cross-marchings Of the week
vel Itch prevented 0uarte1nasers from know ing where