Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-12-18

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Doubleday, and Gen. Mead by Stoneman.
Afterwards Gen. Newton's division moved
TO he support ofthe 'lcit,' When Che firing,
ceaseJ for a shlrt time and broks out with
greater 6ercensss 10 the center, where our
troops were exposed 20 plingipe 6re'from
the enemy earthworks on the hill.
All along the whole line the battle has
been tisfoo AL day. with great loss to both
sides.
10 night each army holds its ffe t,osi.
ton, except Slight advance Of oufleff.
Cannonadingiis still going on and mus;
kerry breaks out at ipterIsls quite fsrcely.
Gen Bayard waa hit in the hip bys
solid shot while conversing with General
franklin. a-sai.., ',,,.,s5-e
Several hundred, prisoners were taken,
who report Ices whole army is in the Vi
Hilr. tpop. started down the river thi.
morning, but returned. >
Gen. franklin tonight is opposed to
Stonewall JACKSON ~
It is impossible to form. an accurate ides,
Of the loss on either side. The city suffered
terribly from tho enemy 9 artillery and is
crowded with our troops, the front extsn-
ding but short distance beyond The
fight will probably be renewed TO morrow.
a balloon has been up all day. About dart
our forces carried the right crest of the hlf
occupied by the rebels, driving them fr, m
he position with slaughter. This evening
the rebels have been skeling Fredericksl
burg, endeavoriug to drive our troops out,
without success. .sv'f
Advices from tho army state that Gen.
Me,tdith commands division, and that
Col. Cutler, Of Mich ): commands his late
TSs Herald ba. an additional iii IL cas-.
u,ltics. Killed, Lieut. Col. Dickinson.
commanding the sth u. s. artillery.-
Wounded, Gen. Meagher in the leg, Col.
Nugent, 69th New York badly, Major Jen-
nings 26th New York, CsptinI Cameron,
g.h New York, Captin Carpenter, 94th
New York, Captain Hart, A. A. G. to Gen.
Tyler, Captin Andew Mshens, 18th Massa.
chu.etts arm and breast, Capt. Il. Dunn
do thigh, Lieut.. Newcomb, do both legs.
SATURDAYS FIaHr-ADDIrfoNAI. pAyrIc.
~ ULARs,
WASHINGTON, Dec l4.-Up to midnight
no intelligence ofimportance i'd boon re-
ceived from the army. Occasional Il i,p
during the day but of little ounseousuee ;s
results. The taking Of several riffs pts YES.
terday evidently gave ri.e to the report of
of the first line Of the enemy works having
been taken. ifN-.......... ,i1nHH s =
A number Of wounded arrived to night
and were conveyed to the several hospitals
and another boat load is on the way.
. The Herald says Of Saturdays battle it
ragged 6ercely through the day aud even at
ter darkness, Sighting IN our Immediate
front and by Summers grand division.
| Shortly after o'clock the 81 corps of
Gen. Couch moved out from the upper part
OIL the city with stray detachment of skir.
mishers The enemy yielded with great
stubhornness and tor some time the e.rattle of
mnsketry was inces an. AT the same time
the movement roiiimcnc "a with batteries Of
the division It toned in bluffs aci oSs the
river and open.d with shell to cover our ad-
vance. The rebel infantry having fallen back
heir hrst Inc ofintre c.,ments and rifle
pits, their batteries opened with vigorous
and rapid fire upon our column, which had
now come to n temporary halt, awaiting the
result Of the artillery fighting.
| For some time our artillery on bluffs kept
up heavy fire on the rebel batteries with
mnch better success. Batteries OH Taylor's
u nearly opposite Falmouth were sisncel
during this time The rebel artillery al
mos. devoted to sheliug our advanced
rOops. N rrt fEFFs .I.s4
Hancock : division had the advance, sup.
ported by another i 81 nj # the corps, while
the 9lh corps, Gen. Wilcox, remained under
arms in town in readiness to advance -
Soon after the whole corps dsployed into
line OF battle and moved forward to attack
and storm the rebel right batteries while
from the enemy's works terrible shower of
shell, grape and shrapael tore through
Their bleeding ranks, Notwithstanding,
which they steadily rushed Oh to rife pits.
within short distance Of the first line of
a k, Al.
drove the rebels. making prisoner, Of some
while the remainder took refuge behind
carlhworks This was saccumI,lishsf afierr
most heroic aud long continued Efforts uni
der CALLING and innr,ierU,hs fire, Unable
to h0id our against the terrible iir~they now.
encountered, ihay finally retired in good orr
ler, carrying away ,heir,wouuded cosAxailss
They fell back to thea. original line OF piak-
es, thus holding the grUlnd which thy
first occupied, aud which they held until
morning, When they were relieved by S,oue-
man $ command.
just before the advance OF Couch's CORPS
heavy firing and dense smoke on the left
Indicated Franklin was advancing upon and
hal already engaged the e,e,nys right,
ntnk. Ioopen communication with hiuh
therefore, Wilcox dstachs his division un-
der Gen. Burns and sent it to the left by,
tue lga ofti;e river with instruction, to-
advance U lier cover of tbs river bank uni
til he could plac himself in Gloss proximity
to Franklin's right After hard ishting,
Couch $ division being unable to carry the
rebel works, the tremendous Gre from their
batteries rendered it necessary for them to
retire, which they did, when the order had
been given for the third time. 1t was now
dil X and the division fell back to It's ,origi. p
nal position after being six hsu under fire..
after severe fighting on F.auklin's loft with
varied success until d.. h. Relative posi-
tion of the forces about the same as in the
morning, except that We had gsined half ..
mile or'mors On the lcfts '-<'.s'ss '-s' . ~
LATER PROM FkEDERIcKsBURa.
HEADQUARTERS AaMY PoroMAc, Dec.
lb.-Ths weather to-day hss been clear andi
warm, the roads are in avery good oondi--
tlOn. I'm Tl mn N1s
The position Of the two saniesi remain
nearly the same. f.t -@s8f r1T z
There was not much artillery firing this
M, BY either party. Those shots the