The New York herald., 1862-10-15

rear nearly by the panic stricken troops
Of Terr and to left and repulse the rebel right
GAlLANTIY OF IERRLL's FORCES.
All Of Jackson's division except Terriis brigade, re-
manned in the Down the road TO Benton
Terrl advanced n gallant STYLE forming north of the
road the angle the west Parsons battery in his
centre and the One Hundred aud Twenty third Illinois
formed his right This brigade was three hun
dred yards in the front of Colonel Harris and
TO bis left, and tho numerous dead and wounded
this part Of the field tell how desperate was
their short conflict and how terribly they paid for their
gallantry advancing far The rebel right advanced
a Of human beings. Your correspondent standing
in the Of the One Hundred and Twenty Illinois,
from behind his the several lines Of the enemy
they advanced TO the attack. The sight most mag
ncent He felt If the single brigade OF TerriD would
be swept away The fire opened rom the rebels and
replied 10 along tic line. The One Hundred Twen'
tythird Illinois suffered terribly. The rebels
advanced rapidly dischargng terrible Gre, under
which the raw troops Of General Terrl wavcred The.
horses Of the battery Parsons foil every voley and
the this morning lie sin about the single left
OF the battery
DEATH GENERAL
Generai jackson, seeing his waveriDg, advanced
front line, and waving his sword, chcored and
urged them While thus galanty displaying the
courage for which he has before been noted Gene
raj Jackson struck in the right breast by piece Of
exploded shell and fell from his Lorse 1t is said by
those him that Lc said only "Oh, God'' snd died
without struggle His body has been recovered
stripped entirely.
IERsni.
The line waverod when Jackson fell moment or two
after Ter struck the lett shoulder by round
shot and mortally wounded. The no broke. The men
fed confusion. The artllersts deserted their guns
leaving Capt Parsons and lieutenant 10 load and lire The
last gun The whole column soon in inoxiricsbe
confession and rushed 20 the 20 PERCEPTIONS the
fight that found myself far the OF the one Hur-
dren and Twenty third Illinois, and has tily fed fool
leaving my horse fellow in frgh ned gaop--frghi-
ened probably much his late rider.
sJARKwEATngR IlSg
Finding Terrill wavering, General Ro.seau bastily
got starkweather into line the left Of Col Harris and
Immediately IN the Tcrrlps late position. Capt
stores Frft Kentucky and Capt. Busb's Fourth Indiana
batteries were planted a b.l locking down upon the
valley far the front The First Wisconsin, Lieutenant
Colonel Bingham and the Seventy ninth Pennsylvania
Col Ilambright were posted TO support them. Tho
Twenty hrst Wisconsin, Col. Sweet in the 'front.' Of
The batteries, deployng below the hl and the Twenty
fourth Illinois, Capt Maui commanding, 70 the right Of
the Seventy ninth resting The left OF the
Benton The panic stricken troops OF Terr del
past them and hardly had they done than rebes
charged St;krkweatber ana were D0OdHy fepused
They came up in overwhelming force, First Tcnncs
see formerly Col George Manry tncw the brsadicr
mandng this brigade making the charge), beng
in tho lead The Firs, Wisconsin and the Seventy.
ninth Pennsylvania, with the batteries alone,
repulscd this whole brigade Of Maary. The
First Tennessee colors were captured by the
First Wisconsin, and Brigader General Geo. Maury and
the Lieutenant Colonel commanding the First Tennessee
were killed By the Twenty fourth Illinois woods
the left General Maury General jackson fell in tho
part Of the neld.
IyTiE's ACTION ON The RIGHT.
There work tie right, where Colonel
Iytles brigade posted Looms and Smonson poured
schrapnel spherical case into advancing columns
driving them back several times. The Tenth Third
and Thirty third Ohio covered themselves with glory
This morning along the ridge where their had
been. In line Of six hundred yards almost perfect
parade the dead sti lay shot down their
tracks. The position OF each regiment could be dsiin
gu,shed by dead the hgurcs their caps revealing
their regiments.
GENERAL RossEAu, IN TrR NEAT or rns covuIcr
on The lcft sent word to Colonel Lyle that he
would leave the lighting Of the brigade to him, and
splcnddly did hqt gallant officer fight the brigade.
Three several times Did the rebels advance overwnem
ing force and az many times were they rcpulsed with
drcadf ui slaughter.
rIfR nAvsER RsGiSRNT BEHAVED.
on the right the Third OHIO suffered severely, and the
Colonel wo-d Coloue Pope ~ the Fifteenth Ken
lucky that he must fall back fur tion. The fif
teenth instantly up md relieved the Third Ohio and
marched under the calling FIRE Of the enemy % the posi-
t,cn the road 10 Pcrryvic. Hero he Fifteenth stood
hrc the hottest Of the field To-day the regiment Is
ported than af destroyed. Tho Colonel tells me
but three hundred left out Of eight hundred.
II dcuh believe H. anless looks in the hospitals
and the battle field In officers the regiment has
suffered badly. Colonel Pope wouldcd, and his lieu
tenant colonel. major adutant, senior captain and SO
veral lire oaiccrs arc either killed or wounded.
cAiraSrRy cArrAix FOREMAN
Captain J. n. Foreman, OF the Fifteenth Kentu sw,
ports that he as left In his company Captain
Foreman " reported by all his companions in TO
have behaved most galans, and IL BY his hand that
Colonel Lewis Of the rebel army, killed, and when
his color sergeant killed rescued the colors and bore
them fiom tbelcd. The snslls Of the enemy falling In
front Of the Fifteenth Kentucky FIRE barn. and the
heat Of the Gre compelled The regiment TO fall back Tho
attercs wanting ammunition and Colonel Ltl