Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-31
Reserves-sacrifi-
Ced &gaiR.

been go roughly used and fought 20 wen
from Drainsville to Fredericksburg, the |
Lancaster Inq,tiTe7' says:
Il will be seen by the Geographic ac- |
count published in yesterday ; extra, OF |
the battle at Massaponix creek, that the /
Reserves led the extreme advance and !
orsenad :. the ball"-Nearly all the gen |
erals killed and wounded belong 10 that !
oorps From this, it Is easy to estimate /
the slaughter IN the ranks. The gallant /
men. the - heroes Of n hundred battles, /
have again been pat forward IN the ad- /
vance to do the same deeds OF herolsm +
and clory. We presume this fierce bat
tie 7viH leave so few that the reserves will
live only IN name.
To be deprived of all the comforts of
life 10 undergo unusual hardships and eX-
posures, and &c risk not only the chances
Of battle, but the pestiience which Is be
gotten IN swamps, would seem TO be
enough to ask of our soldier, without rob
ting them OF the credit due to brave men
for gallant conduct. The Pennsylvania
Reserves. so long under Gen. MCall but
now led b. Gen Meade, has deserved rs
we'll OF the country as any command in
the service.
From the time of the Drainsville fight,
on the Peninsula, at Sharpsburg, at An
tietam, now a. Fredericksburg, the Corps
has taken a prominent part in every en-
gagament of the Army of the Potomac;
and sustained without support the as
sauli of the rebel forces three times rs large
as itself Some OF the gallant regiments
which left Pennsylvania year ago with
fun ranks are now 80 sadly reduced that
tnev are regiments only in name, and by
virtue OF their glorious deeds When
they reached Fredericksburg, the advance
Of Gen. Burnside's grand army, It was
sadlening enough to see their dress
parades Three hundred or three hun
dred and fifty batttle-worn, hungry Ill
clad veterans were all that a'llutants
could return rs fit for duty. The rest
filed bloody graves won at each of the
Peninsular battle fields, at Sharpsburg,
Antietam, and now seal their devotion ct
fredericksburg, or had fallen victims 10
disease-But when the line of march
from Fredericksburg was taken up the men
stepped out rs briskly and talked as cheer
fully SIS if the regiments were marching
TO their first battle.
In the battles of Sharpsburg and Antie-
tam the corps performed prodigies OF valor,
charging the enemy over and over again,
driving superior forces from chosen posi-
tions, and contending for hours and hours
with fearful odds. Their bravery may be
measured by their losses, which were
more than enc seventh Of the force en-
gagged.
\ correspondent of the y. y Tribune
writes:
Massachusetts, New York. and Penn
svlvania. have been fearful sufferers. and
the old regiments that fought in all the
battles on the Peninsula, and from South
Mountain to Fredericksburg are now bu
corporal's guards. and it is literally trI,
that some OF them are so small that they
have been assigned TO the duty Of specia
guards at headquarters
While at the headquarters OF Gen
Meade. who commands Meals old divi
sion of Pennsylvania Reserves, to-day, Il
obtain an official list of the killed an,
wounded, was informed that false state
ments had been made with regard 10 TIA,
conduct of those old troops on the battle
field. They are charged with having TIL
after the first severe volley from the Ell
emy.-Instcad of this being true. ever
intelligent correspondent must know b,
this time that Gen. Meade's Division wa
really the only one that captured q Rcba
intrenchment along the entire line ui tn
army from right TO left, and that II It ha,
been properly re-enforced it could hay,
held It. l have known this division o
n,
date of its formation. Last Spring. whcr
under Gen. Mcdowell, and encampe,
upon this ground, 1t was considered b
that educated soldier one OF the finest di
visions in the Army OF the Rappal!ann, c.
and ii was with deep regret that Il
learned. when he returned from lhat I'M
portant campaign 10 the Valley OF th
Shenandoah. that il had been taken iror
his command, and sent to Gen. McCiel
Ian. We all know how well 1t Tough
at South Mountain aud Antietam, and I
say that it won those laurels only to los
them upon another field, is a libel upo
the previous hard earned record of the d
vision.-l was not upon the left durn
the battles OF Saturday, but believe
from q knowledge of its former bistory
and from the reports of those who sa,
the division In action-;hat il did nOtl
ing 10 disgrace itself; but on the contrary
performed al that it was possible to 4
under the circumstances.
@ The wife Of Enos Davis. of s.
Clair township, gave birth to three sor
and one daughter, on last SATURDAY,
One of the sons died on last Monday. II