Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-09-09
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raIAELs Gf IIIa SAI4LSS.
:, ,.7e iks pleasure {; Presenting t. our
;,-s .o-iay, ID another column, g letter
:..- :sr Lse, TO thu President, ci date Sept
:: .an7; ;:nins further inforRst,cH ss taths
,.,s:.1f,- 2i Go: SrSly nsar NaaSssaS.-
-s,,..ss ILL.," A..theaitoalJ i Ado known. re-
-, liz .->es;t rioueuGs inprsssioIs
;isin saa sI<iiSaS Inaccurate, reports.
:, Ill - sesn ;fiat tns hsstc.. .uenly fed by
:. ,u.s :eat tsksIi hr thar lred-osssora Of
T.,v ,S6,. oi Gen. Lsa'a ope eiat!eas, after
,,... .!us ...i cha Using them at German
al d,ivi1s then through fairixx Court
H., e lis .a:!:r sivos as &c account We
..,,.r.s: sscsied, however, thar our consura-
49,. "a energetic ;snerai ard Sis brave sni
,,-dy sr,ops y, Ill p1Isas ,theis .ady41rss,a 10
:. il :Eest F-act.c1ols verge. ofthsir rlsn5
=; :s,.rs a,oroEan1- Il you'd aot bs proper
,.,ssk. until lhey asTs been ds7elopsd by
s,.al 5|7ff3'I=:.te.
Sys1 thousand pIIone1s siis.dy pa:oled
-! s.:.. holaa bealaes tie vast nultiruies
;;.,j k7d w;und'd thst culnherod the BAT
=. ds. haze been lost III tbs enemy { array
= ,ls victories cv4E which ws rejoice
;,ra;u, tia stTassers snd desertsre, we
.,ns :ae snecny 1nusr have lost at Lease htty
:,o,ssad oi AIS ~sss7an sraaps by the battles
!: Lex sat S,:I:a:la,. We dare say the
,.rssr : sTen considerably larger. The
g.: a.i4 l. -titioEo captured viii prove also
y:!..hia addition e nur supplies.
:, [:snerll Lor's lslta- ari the aficial
.,rssoci.1crce :hith accompanies 4, re
.,..c3 r..t - -a..rsct RIA sttaution OF our
...js.s l.. s.:;GlGA 10 tho facts thsrs nsjs
Cow, hc-;"!.;. = afs enabled 10 give suiae
,c;e,sst;2.- ie.sll- Of the battles, which We
I'VE !scs!v,d iron: AZ olis=r sai gendsnsn
II ,as highest 1sspsccabiGtT and intelligence,
nc wh3se 5:steInell15 IRE entitled to the i,nst
,crI,;i rrsSit. tstLu:s ol tIs f:aSiIs Ct close
III. ss4t.su.n. as is knnwa 10 US, i tho
,arsaIy acquainted VITA tbs scene OF the tai-
:..s .ra:. Lis youth. lie commanded also a
company il lest yosr's Manassas battle. On
ne yre:=Dt occasion he was u Spectator oi
=. SATURDAYS tsh: from the 7:il;Le encs occyi-
o.; ,? ,1e7ers. Lee; AID on tn- nuzt daE.
:. co:4ls1y With & number Of Others, Is Dc
-:,es siS hours TO ride over the battle Geld.
The Ss:iiy,. II Thursday and Friday we're
- ioaasht "a che reishborhood Of Sudle7,
there jaoksoa held position. and p mere ne
,:::ll Tss y: Saturday morning.
'e,r lire et battle, GO Saturday, was a, Oh
;1;s cis>cen, ii snaps, and st least Ave fu;ies
.:..S. Iackson's lire, which formed QUE ls!;
,s7.,ca>a from Sudley, On Ball Run, slougtae
cs.:l- sx zavsssd track Of the Manassas Ilde-
;+7is;1e ;ine >: -ai!1osd, ior 3 portion CT ,tts
zly. I'd thence towards Pointson tie Var
:s-na TarcFike, sbou. nile eui .a-halt il
,s.r u West OF Gro7eso1,
Lonsstrees's command, which torius1 our
Isl wing, extended roo tho Point on,tns
:an,.Ee o. ~hich Jackson right Hank rssS-
=, sod prolonged LIE line Of tt..;;e tss TO the
s~!Ssru!h6 te- Si:H >uS i'-i> az 1hT -Ae.-
1sssss Gap railIoad-
lis shus sesn that point ou lEo WaTrta-
30 Turnpike, d nil. and a-hal! Vest Of Grove
:ca, ~sa ,h= ce1tre CT our position, ard the
syes of our creacenr, whose convexi,y wss
:owards .hs Vest. II wss here. in sn inssr-
rAI S.c~Ael Jackson's right snd Longstreer's )
Ii: ihst ors artillery was plseed- Eight
.a.!s;iss ws7s planted On q commanding
s!s7ssion aSi we5s greatly distinguished
es.!? il tie battle hy tneir brilliant e1scI-
:ioc
Tie sI,euy'S line Of BATHS con:orned itself
10 ours, end took, therefore, 8 c1eacert form,
!: whIch RE centre OF moro advance por-
:oa Tss Al GroTeton, whence the wings de-
..!R-i 3bhs >.ely Il iEe risa: All left. Their
es:.erl;s Ters II .ear of their infantry: and
occupied re NILS .;7ssi:n they bad held II the
a:a! :! Jpl5. 1851. bat pointed diffe7:ntiy.
E..;;;- *ss joined between lie .stilery
49,; =, 'siock; aud $50 i.saale execution
oi.G-s %s= a-ideaosd by tie Ioaesled eoTpses
q .;.s .asI.y waica cur subsequent .dTance
disclosed Z number Of them Ia: III the
:oai Il Grov:soI, and On the kills a15und,-
S:: long after, jaskson's wing became sI-
sAsei, s1d stou1 O'Clock, F. ", tn: o:s;1ls
@as ra:iHs lionE TIE 0hole iiue.
The bearing 9; our troops, ss rheJ p's5scl
:1:".rd to tlo battle, il described "a insSnih-
ssat. J.ci:soa' q left advancing uo-s rapidly
iiaa - right, swept around By the Pittsyi.
'scis Blouse ana pressed the snsny back 70
"arc, Ito turnpike; Thile Longstreet: max
II SO analogous no7s On his wing, crowded
:'sk Hose IL i-o1t II hin towards the HenTy
his
Rosi's B,isEae foinsc LonssIee.'. left,
Az, CT redrse, charged ns7-t the turnpike
l. ia track il mNt Sicl!es Excelsior BrigAds,
'aa kii5v;s sncioila.sd IL. The ground vas
sl!91 ~,,h ms slain. P:cLstt's Brigade wss
% Lie .i.;.; ii Hvod'E. next came Jenkins
S7ss1s. and next Fas Kenper's, which
Charged near th= Conrad House. Evans aud
Anderson : eTs tie reserve, and aubacquert-
! ea1.e into sction.
lhra r2e'Lhz, ouT sTIcy dove che enemy
9a oots ~iass: pressing them scross the Henry
aud Robinson Tidge and through the Pi1ss ana
eope.s hsycad. and scroas Bull Run. Long
A''Sf -'satfail our artillery wGs still thunder
'1s o. ihs retrsh:in: enemy- Itis 4 remerks-
'e colncidsblt that one Of the nunsr"us bat
'sfie' fs";uTA' hy orr army, was taken ."
sc !H'EcisH .pri ~hete Ricketts, bstserF be-
cane olrs "n July 2lst, 1851. The guns. as
ssio7e remarked, pointed, how erer. in different
tssgtioas NJ the tTo ocsasions.