The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-23
LATEST FROM The NORTH.
FURTHER YANKEE ACCOUNTS or THE
FREDERICKSBURG BATTLE.

We have received Northarn papers oI @he 18th
instant. They contain L very interesting account
OF the battle Of Frederick ana sol.e alEa'g IL
;e-esting comments oi .ls pTess tae Same. We
give below so.2s extracts from Them;
Az :NTEREsffNG ACcOUNT-~A FAILURE ACkHCW-
.-~-"" LEDGRD.
A correspondent of the Now York Tribune an
ior date .: " Frederick sburg, December l4th, II
!? NJ ;" thus vvritep:
It liz no pleasant taGk 10 coo ardon PES ,i;s-
appoint higa expectation ~edict tL6 GCfui.l
Elan. Of fond wishes = SRI realities 1au never
be recognized toe il order 10 enable US To pre-
pare for taair possible cnuseq lencss; a..d hence
trust will EJt ba blamed for the revelation OF the
,iisco1fagiES facts pertaining 10 the CONDITION u
which the army OF the Potomac is Oh this mora
ing, sitter Yesterdays saHGUinagy. ali but fuitiess
struggle
Undertakings Of sly Kind are measured by the
power employed to carry ttem ont and the result
realized by it. This rule apple. 70 yesterday =
bloody worh Of o1r arms one car"ot he p coming
- the conclusion that they came short OF success
The main object Of their efforts was lie dis cdg-
rnent Of the rebels from their ert-saehed position
Oh the hei@hts, thu possession Of which gave them
control Of all tie roads leading soutuF ard from lie
Rappahannock. But although every means OF
~hioh the character OF the task admitted used
neither the whole nor any portion Of the line
pied by the enemy al the opening ef the bajt.a is
. day in cnr hands
The causes Of opr fsiIare are 80 p.a;u tha. thsY
csan3t be mistaken by even tns 1851 unproEa8-
soanl Of Observer We hSd 60. tie ATTACK suEs
riorty cf Numbers and aILlar4sat. T15 former
w:.' lot only More tAaa balanced by the strength
al The eCenlys position, bat also alia0e to It's
full extent OF momentum, oNi1g - the uniavOra
be ground from which we moved is the attack
Au individual, hcveyeT strong n Elgacie Caoc9t
successfully contend with a. adversary if confined
10 space as 10 prevent the free use of his
arms.
our right, although sufficiently powerful in point
for - s-r1Hs il
cluded from full and Simultaneous dspiay of ~
strength by being cramrned into tbs streets Of
Frederick sSurs doubt whether the history OF
wars affords another instance Of an army attempt
ing to combat ..cm W thin Z town with anGther
Joy ing the full freedom CT motion given by euud-
dance of space.
Tie six divisions Ct the Right Grand Division
were crowded into theas streets 80 thicAiy that
duriug Saturday / ieht thee troops had haT5 5ly
sleeping room. no corps Of the Centre Grand
Division acting tteir reserve, 7rsH SEPARATED
from them soon stter the battle G-d tY the Rep
pahaa- k-snoIher rsI1ar tsu - cEGnf tGrce bear
ing destructve,y upon the Ope.,A-~1Le cf iLa day
As 90 our preponde-ance III artillery, he irPra3
csbiJy Of making il tell upon the fuGianss OF the
day deprived "a almost wholly oF lba benefit at &c
th3 right DuiiI- The entae s'rugSis on anal
portion OF tlo lines 81 bu, pTo Of the batteries g
t.casi 1, the Rigtt G7sad Division and Butter
iiei corps etoJd U1"Zop9Tea on tue lower streeis
Of the town. Our batteries "a. The hsights cn tie
right bank of the river could also render ~ psoteo-
zion to our infantry, az jleig fire would haze done
ss much dalnags to our own roops az 10 he enemy
after the former lad ulovodto the attack
Our left did net glH~T Ike The rigat from t,Is
draw beea of want Of spafe, 81 it nauruVcel on "a
high place and bottom. Ye., both wigs iabored
under the disadvantage Of lighting from low 3sjast
tha enemy on high ground
The otstruet oug Of the seems Of tie action On
our right; in the form CT walls, fsncas snd bouses
uuayoidabiy confined tie moveil mt Of our troops,
81 they successivey advanced TO the 'front.', 10 the
streets, which were 80 constantly sna completely
blocked up during The afternoon that it WAS iIoIos
Eb!e for the amIauniii0n trgiDs TO reach the d,vi
siona OF French and Hancock, Sfter they were re-
itsved by Others and supply taeI, with cartridges
They wers thereby virtually placed hors dc combat
greatly weakening the force OF orr attack
Whatever ths results Of the battle may be termed
check or repulse IL Is certain 1st the failure TO
accomplish what attempted ID not the only oVil
fruit of yesSrisy. have spent several hours TINS
morning in visiting The field and The positions hetd
by our troops and found the most nnmistakabie
evidence everywhere tha; the expenditure OF
Strength has been 20 great ~ TO produce exnans
ti31 to degree that viii render the resumption OF
he offensive part impossible, not only Tor
~ day but for several days 20 come The extent
u oar less in killed and wounded is not ascertsiied
az yet With anything like deGniteuess lhave seen
enough, however, 10 satisfy me that 1t will be even
greater than il was supposed last night Ii 6.U00
viii cnver that Of the Rfsht Grand Disisisn. shall
be gratefully disappointed The fact that many OF
our men have been taken prisoners has only become
known this evening. But II ID not Ia the casualties
alone that the army nss oeeh "e1ksneh The Ia
tsus and exposure OF the soldiers for the lss three
dsvs has been very great, they have bsen stand
in9 under arms In the mud and cold. Upon the
whole. Il IL my deliberate opinion-and know II is
shared by many Of the general ofii GERS have seen
thst tbs army Is not ft for the immediate renewal
of hostit,es and that II requires rest mpsrstively.
Il IA Likewise evident that the unsuceessfnl tight
Ing Of yesterday, and the hsrdships endured, have
not cny effected the bodies but also the spirits OF
both officers and men, and time for mental rseu'
,nentIon ssems also TO be required
no one would bs giaddsr u reflect the bright