The New York herald., 1862-12-21

mounted rocks Of Gibraltar. BY daylight wero
~ their old camps The log foundations for tents
nto uss again. and nghs the more comfortably
sheltered and certainly they breathe fsesr than they
havo at any time for ave days past Nearly every tent
gives eysaence of the vis 70
china dishes, fine table knives and forks fragments Of
veivet rfeng, books, st uettes Of MARBLE cushioned
chairs, bed q Hts, &c
The abso bng pss sti is tho great battle Of saturday
. battle that VIII long be remembered not alone
from painful recollection Of tho many brave who
there lost their lives but for the vAor with which
our ToO fought against the terbie odds they had TO
encounter bach regiment s willing to accord ~ every
other egment lite proper need Of praise and there was not
ono engaged in the action c which praseworby words
are not uttered. New regiments acquitted themselves
with the cooes and bravery Of bose who have seen tho
hngest service Our generals showed that they were
msds Of the right stun and ths that inspred tho
men TO deeds Of personal daring and herosn General
Gr fRr de fearessy among hrs men while exposed 10
Ne b itest fire Of the enemy.
division, alike rcgordesf Of the enenys shclls and
bullets. He had two horses shot under hmm, as also mad
Colonel Swezer, commanding the Second brigade, and
both cane or the field with marks Of bullets upon their
clothes
looking hrough his glass at Colonel swezers brigade as
u was advancing upon tine cneny.
Secord brigade, General Griin's DIVISION replied
General Sturgis
"No troops ever behaved handsomer in the world"
exclaimed ,eneral Burnside. | qnte his language;
for | wss not Ave feet away when he asked tho
question ealing out his exclama,on And tho
men 4 this brigade did behave Handsomely. The
Fourth Michigan regiment, Lieutenant colonel Lumbard
commanding, tho advance They pushed ON to-
ward the eDemys position with the same datHtess ccr
shown every pattla on the peninsula and during
the late Maryland ana Virginia campaigns. AT the rst
nre upon hem fell their adjntant James Clark, youth
Cf uncommon personal and mental eDdown IS and
,h,osh ho ssap, While m bs regiment van s lag 70 The
battle through mistakng the ord given In m, they ad
vanced IN the wrong direction short disialcc, COM
pellIDg them 10 retiace their steps.
"You cowards,p called out Lieutenant Ross. of
General Gr,na staff supposing the regiment was back
ing out from the enemy's dc.
are a
Page the chaplain his proane indignation at this base
imu;aion " ca his regiment getting the start OF his
pety.
euf Col Hun who led ,hesixty second Pennsylvania,
and also Ma or lowre were a,stng lor gilauiry
the fed Capt Cozer, oi this regiment who Through
the Mexican war and mas pcen m fourteen battles tnse
says this the terrific battle he and
that behaved better. The Fourteenth New
York, commanded by Lieut.. Col Paws, and The Ninth
Massachusetts, Col Gurney have thsr share of glory
officers aud men fought with The desperate courage
marking their c)nduc. IN prior hard fought battles. Aud
the Thirty second Massachusetts regiment, COL Parker,
aitho gh for the FIRST tlne action went into tho
fsht with the same cooness aud bravery be veteran
regiments by whose eide they fought. | have said that
ei Ba particularly brave ami reckless 50 were
the regiments in his command-the Second Maine,
" hteen,h Massachusetts, Twenty-ffh New York,
Twenty scnnd Massachusetts, Thirteenth New York First
ch-an and One Hundred aid Eighteenth Pennsylvania
regiments heir record of loss tells its story They
marched in solid phalanx; their columns never
broken. What have written Of tho rst and Second
brigsdes o. Cen Grifns division can be written with
equal truth Of Colonel Stocktons brigade, made mp
II the Six,e nth Michigan, Seventeenth New York,
Eghiy-third Pennsylvania, torty-iourth New York,
1w eth Maine and Twelfth New York regiments. The
Twelfth and seventeenth New York regiments through
not hearing hc first cai TO advance, saved from
being hottest part OF the engagement thus
on with tfing icss. Capt Vickefs Of the bravest
officers IN the Army Of the Potomac, unabegreatly
To his regret and that OF the regueno DO with them
account OF sickness Lieut. Colonel We ch who led the
Sixteenth Mch an regiment ain happy 70 state ,was
ut killed as reported ~ the time OF writing my arst de-
spatch received the cOntT adicton to-day from MIN in
yerson The twentieth Maine for the lrst iiuc in act,on
ought spendjaiy. Col nci Amss, their commander as IL
well known, 10 veteran soldier having from the frst
rull run battle where he wounded--he is tho old
Captain OF Ancs ba,tcry-down TO the present time,
been in every engagement in which our srmy has Par
tcirated. Major Gilmore. Of Enlargement, has been in
over battles. Both prd of their regiment.
Great credit is given TO General HUM hrsy troops for
their salanliy IN front rrodorics burg Being nov
troops. and having been IN fyh; before they
particularly fortunate IN havng their leader such
a brave man as General Iian,phrey has proved him.
sell 20 be- lie leader III tact, and not D aone.s
He FRI Mt OF his 70 the field and headed them
in their bril- snt bayapet charge upon the cnemys bat
who wero sho. by his side, ard two horses, which were
Ghot under him. Genera Tyler aud Coorel Aaback,
cornnand'ns tho two prgsaes, in ia ing emulated the
bOdneBs and heroiHm Of General humph ey. Their
aggregate loss heavy. After tho coors U the One
Hundred and Twenty ninth regiment had been down
Ave times. Co,one frck sei7ed colors rode
front Of the regiment, bearing them his hand might
multiply ng words Of praise uf every commanding
officer All behaved sallantly, of GERS ard n.'n alike
General Sytas divsin vas not the great battle, al
tho gh suffering from the encmys shcs, shown In my
report OF casualties in tins division heretofore forwarded
n,uagenent them while in action, General Hooker and
evsry officer in his corps spenk n terms m the highest
but Al displayed Ike caIas,y to manage corps
9 brigade.
number able be removed, we're sent To Aqua creek
to day thence be taken by steSnb~at 10 ssbpgtp
Those remaining in comfortable hospital tets ana
well cared NEST Of killed had 10 e left unburied
on the bH:te feld r.~rts.
j send herewith an adcnal lis. Of ueSss 81 the KILLED
and wounded IL this corps masng with tho names here
tofore sen nearly complete list Of tnc losses Of this
serps'
HSApooAKyss, FIFTH ARxY CoKrs.
FAIsoUrB. Va. Dec. IL, 1882. )
Our B,liyal Pcrties Under Fdg Of 7TuaThe Late Ba.
ue Ee!d-Hosc Arpcoye--qxe Dstrss o}sa Bosie-0ssr
7ru7ps in Their Old Camps, &c.
The barsi OF dead lett the late battle field has
been leading item Of interest to-day Tag otrucs ask
ing permission to bury them was cent 10 the rebel head
quarters from General Couehs corps. snd favorable
response received Prom this corps large deputa,on Of
men, equipped with shovels and picks, went across tho
river Fredericksburg sd thence, uniting with smi
details other ccrps proceeded the OF the
late ssnguinary conflicts Fredericksburg
And how shall describe thss vast and extended
battle neld covered with unburied dead. Who hsd
CALAMITY fallen in ths defence Of sheir country,
no fsld Was, indeed. vast, and tbs dead wore
scattered thicI,y about. Not msa was there o.
oars whoss eyes did not cash angril5 and chse,n
burn with ndsgnstion si tue s;ght prssested -
view. Every dead body had been sfrtpraa The srsr-
wss horrible hear siokcnins enough "brins tears isv
hearts OF stone. Every imaginable wound chat be
mnds By shot aud sben bad ift It's bloody and ehssy
imprint on those forms Of iusansa clay Dead Acrsea
fragments she'll shattered fnu>keks broken swords
snd limbs of trees torn from thsr supporting trunks by
tho u,addened missiles VI destruction n w The pic
,urs. lew days ago and there marTe1 osdies
animate with life. and the spirits that animated
them broyan. with he; the full fash Of rsny vigor
then msniied their cheeks they went forth 10 battle
with sinewy aad strong Of will and purpose they
tosgh, heroes light they fell as heroes fall.
An day the cannon thsndcTed
And bslched forth sbo; and .hc!l:
Quick flashes yearned frcnl their iIr.d ,hrosts,
Ana hy hundreds fell.
All day the miskets rsttied
And poured forth ieaieE ball
OF there other way sf burial ihsn 80 dig
long lines Of dtcs bnryng the men IN them. And thrs
many lie except In fex eases win Of future
recognition Dut such i war. Although their iorls viii