The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-10-01
THE FIaHr AT snARpsBuRe.
From The Richmond Enquirer Sept. 2ad.

OF the sanguinary battle III Sharps5urg, and
concerning which 30 many painful rumors
were aHOat on yesterday. We have the
qualification OF being able to announce that
the battle resulted IN ono Of The most com.
plete victories that has vet immortalized the
Confederate arms. The ball was opened ON
Tuesday evening aboat six o'clock, all Of
our available force, about sixty thousand
strong, commanded by General Robert E.
Lee in person, and The enemy about one
huudred and City thousand strong, com.
manded b. Gen. Mcclellan 10 person, being
engaged. The position Of our army was
upon range of hills. forming mi-cirele,
with the concaye towards tie enemy; the
latter occupying less commanding pc.
sition, their extreme right resting upon a
height commanding our extreme left. The
arrangement Of our line was as follows:
Gen. Jackson on the extreme left. General
Langstrect 10 the centre, and General "A. r.
Hill on The extreme right.
The hgh, on Tuesday evening was kept
up until O'clock a, night, when il subsidized
into spasmodic skirmishes along Tie line
"Wednesday morning il was renewed BY
Gen. Jackson. aud gradually became general
Both armies mainiained their respective
positions, and fought desperately Throughout
The entire day. during this battle Shafps-
burg was fred by the enemy's she'll. and II
one time the enemy obtained ! position
which enabled them 10 pour d RANKING FIRE
upon portion Of or EFF wing, causing il
10 mavcr. Al this moment Gen. stsrke, 81
Miss, who had command uf JAekson's Diyl.
sion, gallaped 20 the front Of his Brigade.
and seizing the standard rallied them pr.
ward. No sooner lid tic gallant General
thus throw himself in the ian than four bul :.
let. pierced his body, and he fell dead amidst
his men The effect, instead Of discourag-
ing. 6ted them with determination aud &c.
scnge, and they dashed forward, drove the
enemy back. and kept them from tie posi-.
ton during lhe9est 81 the day.
II being evident that Tie Young Nspol.
con-" finding lie could not force us vay
through Tie insincibie ranks 81 our army ID
that direction, had determined upon a hsnk
movement towards llarper's Ferry. aud ih6s
obtain a position IN our rear, General Lee,
with ready foresight, anticipated the move
ment By drawing the main body Of bis army
back on the southside of the Htbmic. At
Shcpherdsiown. Virginia, whence lie will.
Of course. project The necessary eombina.
tions foe again defeating bis adversary.
The enemy's artillery was served with
disastrous eHce, upon our gallant troops !;
but they replied from maskei. howiizer and
cannon witt rapidiiy and viii thai carried
havoc amidst the opposing ranks. The bat
tie was one OF The most severe that has been
fought since the opening OF the war. Many
Of our brave men feli. AZ dark the firing
ceased, aud in the morning Thursday our
army were ready 10 re-cummenee the en-.
gagement. the enemy having been forced
back the evening before. aud the advantage
Of the battle beng sill on our side.
y Firing was consequently opened upon the
new position Supposed 70 be held BY the en-.
emy. bu, no reply was obtained, add il was
then discovered thu, lie had disa ppearrd en-.
tirely from The field. leaving many of his
dead and wounded IN Que hands, and about
three hundred prisoners. The report cur.
rent "a Yesterday that truce occurred
on Thursday Tor The burial Of the dead.
was unfoanded. The prisoners stated that
their force vas more than hundred ihous.
and strong. and that Mcclellan commanded
the army IN person
.Our loss i estimated at 5000 in killed,
wounded aud missing. The prisoners state
that their ranks were greatly deeimaied. and
that the slaughter was terrible. from which
We NAV infer inst the encmy's loss was fully
as great, il not greater than our own.
The following i list Of commanding of.
acers killed aud wounded 10 The engage.
ment:
sons division. killed.
Brigadier General Branch, Of North Caro-.
lima killed.
Brigadier General X II. Anderson, wound
cd 10 hip, not dangerously.
Brigadier General Wright, Of Ga flesh
wounds in breast and leg.
Brigadier General Lawton, IN leg.
BriSsdier General Arnistead, in the foot
Brlgadisr Genetsl Ripley, in nsek, moi
dangerously.