New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-19
The Isetrc~s Is cross TIE Rapr~haaEock- -
How Ece Was Outwisted-Lo~ass Of
thc Union Army-Rebei Beli.RiaSers -
Loyal Refu gees frcm FrederickshIrg =.
The Woasdcd-TaIIs Win IseheiPiciI-
cts.

Loyal Rest gees from Frederich.hIrg -
The WoasGed-TaIIs Win IsebeiPicir-
grom Our speo.ssS respondent
HrapersRTEHs EIGHT GRAND DiviooF Dec Is 1862.
II the advance from fredericksburg was a. Of 81 &C.
:essful, the retreat certainly was Gen. Lee, for
once bas beer outgeneraed. lie expected to al nj
Ailate tie Army Ct the Potomac, and probably nd
have done 50 Il Gen. Burnside had persisted in he
attempt to cary the Rebel stronghold. Had g. IN.
Lee had the iaiRi st idea Of what were abe ,ut
last night lie world have opened HE whole Inc of
batteries upon. tie city, hurled lis infantry fr BIN
saeir hid.ng-plaoes upon our rear aad fsek5 I'D
rendered tie SAFE -etTest Of the whole army alb
lutely impossible. lie could, with ease, have q VA;
many TO tie grave, the hospitals, aud 20 bis
Irl ons in Richnnocd as he DID in the battle O. the
18th. But, from IL appearances, he knew uO.a' ng
o. what Gen. BC-nslde lntegded 10 40 wltG ss
aESy. Even ~, kets, not fifty yards from u be
eDsmy's aud nots0O yards fro Vi the suburbs o. he
eitg, knew nothing Of the ttstlon rntl Daylight
ana fifty Of them were taken IvisonerO beoTei sy
We're able 10 reach the pOntOon isldees.
The retreat commenced al o clock let eF IN d Z,
and before daylight this mornin The entire tsI e'
and ammunition trains, and all se cavalry, we're
safe upon this eide of the river. Not s1gle = u
toOn plank, or coil was lost. Al the budge'tre
safe teyond the reach Of shot or shell / .
our los M the movement The night wa ;he 'Sst
favorable possible. \ strong south rinl tlslpg -
stiff gale a. midnight, carried the 70 Und ci TIE "a
tiery and trains passing over tie riv y away ir th
the Rel 81 army, aud the darkness ana ran, ".
one might Ietu ally think obstacles 10 ~ cSt IL
undertaking, contributed 70 It's success.
The three grand divisions occupy near V TOO SANE
relative position they did before they ericsson tLe
river Gen. Sumner IS still upon the fgN',c ou'
reaches further up, and rests near the nv ef Gen
Hooker has the center aud occupies bis oil Gu ping
grounds. Gen. Franklin Il on the lett, b u u sew
eral miles in advance Of his old position Ieh';
B gel and SlOcum are where they Can eith " 20 VI
assistance % Gen. Burnside in another mo Won ~,
or render a ID to Gen. Hentze Imam in the de- tlSe 81
Washington. 90
Ihe Army OF tho Potomac is still mag ,sAee1i
one. Ii is 70 be sure smaller by sixteen IA WA.
than il was Il week ago. but larger by fifty tho NtAp'
men than Gen. Lees. We have not Lost aAB-t
piece OF artillery and believe, not single IL " a.
the guns. O0E cavalry in numbers IL Et!il Tie T. V2'
But sixteen thousand men have fallen, VINO " &c
not pauiC stricken, who did not run, lying Ell ,h
dead and unburssd upon the battlefield, or III '"
hospitals or within the liues of the Rebel army.
am satisfied that do not over-estimete our loss.
A rOmDent Olbcer, whose special duty IL Id 10
know, told Inc tbls morning that my estimate was
toe mall by two thousand. The battle Of tredei-
jekslurg was one oil the most singuar on record
The .o.s | dm satisfied, was nearly al upon our
noe Inc ensmy's dead AID wounded, do not De-
Isye viii exceed TWO thousand. Gen. Iae brought
20 bes, az .iust us shen rolud shot, grape, CAMS
ter. Mirie balls aud buck.hOt. Opposed to tbls
stoliu Of every variety Of ammunition we simply
use4 the bullets and bay0nets OF our ina ntTy'
Uader the tremendous fire from the eucmy's ' FORKS
upon the hills It absolutely impossible TO OF tam
positions ter artillery. Ten batteries, 1t 10 t.'ue
were constant action upon this side Of the NV en-
but the Rebel batteries they commanded did Us
celpn 10 return slot until Sunday.
Al that succeeded in doing WAS 10 keep one o.
tEe OF TIE eufnys gus commanding our extreme !
nght, silent IoE al hour or two 10 NOT believe |
We Disabled single gun in the Rebel intrencLments
The los Of klsteen thousand will be distributed
as fOllOWs: In The corps of Gen Couch the night .
Gen French Lost 1OUO, Gen. Hancock, 400; Gen. I
Howard, J, wv. Gen. Wilcox Commanding corps
IL the ramo Grand Division, in all his bkirmishes on
Sunday aud Monday, probably lot 800. Gen. But
teried whose corps was aleO upon the right ai- I
though OF HOOkerB Gtsud Division, and was in the !
city on the lslt u Gen. Sumner, lost nearly one
thousand. Gen. Nnipples division OF Gen. Stone
Geu's corps was detached, ana during the battle
WIS under the command Ct Gen. ButleIGed. Ills
oss by sziIDlsliTg and picket duty will not ex-
ICED 100.
On the left and wo miles below the city Of Fred
.ricksbuTg, Gen. FTaA kiln, WHO, In addition to bis
awu corps lad two divisions froil the corps of Gen.
ooneman Gems. Brney and SlckLes lost 4 900 die
Lnbnted as follows: Gen. MeaGe, commander of the
Penusy lvanis Reserves, 1900 Gen. Gi0bon 600
and Gen. Birnsy 900.
VA tie morning OF the battle, the Amy Of the
Potomac was really divided into two armies. The
ste ~ rredencksburg, cOusistmg Of Gen. buMper's
kf-Iu uNlaOn, the corps ol Glen. Butiefdeld, and /
.ne y 'ison Q! Gen. Wblpple, from Gen. Stoneman's
~ ~ aii, Ten divisions. Two mica below Fred
,iI.AsDafg, and entirely separated from tie right,
M rf-Di.h moved with the corps OF Gems. Smith
ana Reynolds, constituting bis gTauo division, and
''O''s'ons Of Gems. sickles snd Brney, under the