Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-09-17

onen field, We travel OH towards the front.
From an elevation we obtain view Ut
considerable portion of the field. Hood and
Kemper are now hard al it. and ns they press
forward, nevrr yielding an inch, sometimes
at double quick, YOU henr ttlose u''n'lS'aks-
lie Wells, which tell OF Suu Lern Charge or
Southern success. Suddenly We stumble
ever the first reminder ul the opening sklr-
mi,i.. |. is III. body Of Is Texan, bleeding
frvrl ghaSL wound IN the breast. Ihe
eyes Of Tie puor fellow are ulroaty set III
death-i, is useles to Waste sympathy there
You now see scores of dead and wounded
all Cunfe,irrates, fIr the fire of the enrlny's
>Larp>hooters has Teen final.
Reaching the vicinity Of the Chinn House.
the eye aL once elnbrac:s the entire vista OF
ba,lle-at least that portion Of it which Ii
going ON in front Of Longstreet. S"tne OF
cur .Ecl, arc in tue woods i'll the rear, and
Sume in the open field which strechrs its
| undulatins SURFACE far away towards Bull
Run. The old battle ground is plainly dis
cerluhle less than two miles distant, and to
the right and left as we'll us in front, the
country is comparatively unubstructed 'hy
heavy wnuds Just before you, only three or
nuHUTcQ away orc t'S ~
the enemy, and at various points in the rear
are their reserves and batteries Between, the
armies, the ground is already covered with
the dead and wounded, for distmnce length
wise of nearly u mile.
Our own artillery arelkewse upon com.
ruanding positions and you hear the heavy
rush of shot, the terrible dumps into the
ground and the crash OF trees through which
they tear with resSiless furce, Oh every side.
The Federa1s, according to their ow,. state.
ments, are under command of Gen Mcdowell
on the left, Siegel in the centre, and kearney
on the right. Their troops ore the best dis
ciplinel in the Yankee army, and for Il little
while most obs,iuateIy do they contest every
inch Of ground over which We advance. Moth
in. however, can withstand the impetuosltv
of our boys Every line of the enemy has
been broken and Dispersed, but rallies again
Upon some other position behind. Hood has
already advanced bis division nearly half Il
mile at IL double quick, the Texans, Georgians
and IIamp,op Legion loading aud firing as
they run, yelling al the while like lnadmen
They have captured one or two batteries ard
various stands ul culcrS, and are still pushing
the enemy before them. Evans, at the head
Of his brigade, is following on the right, as
their support, and pouring in his effective
ynlIies. Jenkins has come in on the right OF
the Chinn House. and, like M avalanche,
sweeps down upon the legions before bin
with resistless firce. Still further to the
ri:bt is Lungstreet'n old brigade, c" l7nsed OF
Virginians veterans of every battle ;ld-all
of whom are fighting like furies. The First
Virginia, which opened the ball et Bull Run
on tue 18th of July, 1861, with over six hun
dred men, now reduced to less than eighty
members, is winning new laurelS; but out of
tue littl-, handful more than q third have al
ready bit the dust Toombs and Anderson,
with the Georgians, together with hemper
and Jenkins, are sweeping around on the
right, aanking tke Federals, and driving them
towards their centre and rear. ESchclman,
with bis company of the Washington Artil.
lcrY Major Garnett, with his battalion Of
Virginia batteries, and others Of our big guns,
are likewise working around upon the ene-
my's lclt, aud pouring an eniilading fire into
both their infantry and artillery.
1t was task of almost superhuman labor
to drive the enemy from these strong points
defended as they were by the best artillery
and infantry in tie Federal urmy, but in less
than four hours from the commencement OF
the battle oar indomitabc energy had ac-
cnmplShed everything The arrival Of r.
II. Anderson with his reserves soon after the
engagement Was fairly opened, proved time.
| " acQuisition and ,ho Luns'senas iA-"'..- 49,
which hr brought his troops into position
showed the cool and skillful General. Our
Gcurrals, Lee, Lohgstrcet' JACKSON, Hood,
kcmper, Evans Jones, Jenkins, and Others,
| all shared the dangers to which they exposed
t:ler men, How we'll their Colones and the
subordinate officers performed their duty is
best testified by the list ofkil!ed and wound
ed. South Carolina alone lost four as noble
spirits as ever graced the earth-Ex Gov.
Means who fell while gallantly leading his
regiment into action. Coils, Gadberry, Glover,
and Marshall; while Coils. Moore, Benbow,
Edwards, and MCGOWAN received wounds
wIiicu disabled them irom further partcipa-
liou in the fight. have, however, forwarded
several lists Of casualties, winch renders 1t
unnecessary for me to pariicularze them tur-
thcr at this time.
The battle ragged in the manner described
until after dark, and when it WAS impo>ibe I"
use iirearns, lie heavens were Int NJ by the
still continued uaSneS OF Tue uIilii'lEI am
the meteor flight of shells scattering tfeIr
iron spray. By this time the enemy had
been forced across Bull Run, and their dead
covered every acre from the starting point OF
the fight to the Stone Bridge.
THE FIELD AFTER THE BATTLE.
This is portion Of the history Of the day
which pen cannot fully describe. But if the
reader can imagine himself standing on the
heights around the old Henry tiouse, and
looking across tho country in the direction
from which We advanced, over the gullies,
rayines and vallies which divide the opposite
hills, he viii see dead and wounded lying by
thousands is far As Tie eye can reach. The
woods are likewise full Of them. 1t has been
remarked by every one that the enemy On
this vast hecaomb outuumbcr US five or six
to one. They lie thckest upon the slopes
and SUBMITS where their batteries were plant
ed, and the infantry were drawn up as sup
pprters in many instances rs many AS eli ghtyv
nr ninety dead marking the place where
fought single regiment. 1t is one OF the
singular cnincidences If this strange battle,
that Ilpnds brigade encou"'"rh nr' Saturday
precisely the same tronim w""In ire, n"t at