The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-16

The Great Bat ,le OF Erederachspufx
The battle Of Saturday, tssipg ,nso eassidsra
don The uumher Of men Engaged the auansay OF
artillery and other ensinss Of war esnrsoysd the
vaior Of shc sombatsns and The sill Of the Gene.
r,ls wss probably the greatest battle ever Tough.
On this Continent Il WAS fought by nearly sao,eeo
man ana several hundred reess OF artillery. IL Was
eou,es.cd Tor ten tcnrs II resulted Ia complete
victory e the Confederate forces We sAy Gem
plesA because although the ensmy's force as rot
snnihisA:eS--killcd captured, or alspsrses~-eee
fainre was entirely owing to tbs ressnsshoVf'
hood o. theis ssraagao,ds, to s~hca saay sso N3S'
th.y scura ,hemssives ens bic to saes our iofess
.nv longer in the field bad tae battle beea fought
twenty r,,,es this size Of the Rappshannoes river
,hsrs yvan,a have baea suth n reut ~ tae world
did rot vitaess Ia tie fo:ty six years thai eapse'
ha,.ssr the battle OF waserioo and the tfAi Dat
Tia az Manassas As IL was. |. has proved 10 ,he
Yankees that 10 superiority Of numbers or Of pre-
marathon can avail them In pitched battle With
the forces Of the Confederscy-a truth 50 patent
and 30 o.ses, exempiihed that we believe taes ars
she only people on earth who venture 10 decay IT.
Our loss has been heavy, bat bear. no corapari
son wha.s yer 70 that Of the enemy. We have 70
rsere; about 25oc Killed, wounded and misAirs;
while according 10 the report CT those osst shiA'
cd in making estimates of this description. hssr
loss dess no, ca.alnly fall short OF looo5, sHa 10
al, probability grestly exceeds It, This VIA no'
be regarded rs at all Improbable when we take
Into consideration the rsissve position of tbe OPP
pcsi,s armies Cha ConfeieTates were on tie
heights, which rendered them less seeessib'e 10
cannon. Tee Yankees were in tho low grounds
% o-4r5s NJ Ertltsefv syil
nuske.ry a. they ai9sncei. E'ery Shot ted.
sui those who Witnessed il say that tie slaughter
was awful beyond any thi-g Yet Witnessed IN tho
wsr. General LonssIse; succeeded ia getting
possession of long s'one wal, ca the outskirts os
Fredericksburg and in piscing T. whole division De
hind i. The Tsnkse2, with more boicaesS ihaD
they usually exhial. on such occasions attempted
- set possession of il, They were repulssd wifh
unparalleled slaughter in evsrF atiempt, and at
last broke snd fed IA confusion,
The Yankees, We pEesun,s. WI visit Ger tbs g.
TiSsl Of SigeTs corps, before t4ey try Their loes
again. What mey bs the siren -. OF this BODY Ne
Lave no msans Of deter!aini>g. Eat We feel coz
WINGED that ii is rot sufficiently great 10 alter the
result sud that # after It's s-riva al another attack
shsli be hazsrded, tbs enG will b- the same Tie
genera! hope hera Is ,hst the ;ral VIII be msae %
confident 81 IN she vs-or q Scr army ana ite
cousenlraats skil Of its CREST leader. i: seems 20
be doubted whether Gen. i4ee permitted TIE enemy
TO some over OF whether be could have pEeYensau
Il had lie tried il seems rs th..t he ts- every
reason 10 wish them 20 come over. He Lad Selected
his feld az battle ara lad thoroughly .ndied It
Napoleon had done tie fed Of Austsrli.z when be
fell back thirty miles % draw his enemy 10 il, eEd
rs Wellington is said 70 hare done e. Wsierl0u.--
He had Al army full of csnEi nee IA them-elvss
aud in Lin. The disparity atfogae was not SO crest
Is to render victory at a!l improbable vixen TIL
composition of the Two armies ane tae a1im sti2g
spin. of eacb g,e taken irto consideration II they
were determined to PAS, re could aaraiy have PIE
vented them, fince they h.d Possession a the
heights CT the St. II )rd si1e aad had crowasd l1e1
with ianulnersbie castesles. Nhat nay hove besE.
his mo,iyss it is .nposs!ble II L, o[ co&rse, to
., y; bu; we understand en5of his 0.dseF,very hsh
rank expressed Aslslli IL 5-r5ls terms. &a1lCaS
above al things .or thsm to eGE1a ser and ggy
.hsir fcrtune On ths very ground wi4ita lie
lhesue OF tEs battle, Several weeks aso
THIS is The tsn,h pisaasd ta.gs Il WHICH Genera
L-e las commanded, vsita.n 1855 thsa Eix months,
a-a in All Of ;leln lie has been yic,orioua ether
csnpsig.i except that Of Italy 1875, RIA t1a OF
France III 1914, presents sach L result oar people
ere shssred b. the reflection thg. t0eis ar.a8 sfr
commanded bg tsxc Generals who have 10 iigal in
the art OF war-Lse OF tbs RAppaaanrock, sad
Johnston in the Southwest. They as superior
to tho Yankee generals Ii every q74-4y list CjA
siitutes tIe military chief soldiers hey .ee3
sre 10 The the;yes and cat threats mat Ai1.olg
sent 81 sutiugate tLsn.