The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-10-17

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away and we were in possession of the
mountains. II was here that the brav,
Reno fell. Our loss was heavy. The
rcbs Acknowledged lass Of scvcn thou.
sand.
Two officers who came in the next
day, under ahtg oftrucc, (or the body Of
6 en-. Garland, killed at this battle, made
thc acknowledgement. We took obou,
seven Thousand prisoners, aud twenty
pieces ofcaunon, The next morning at
DAY light, we pursued them on the road
bwSras Ilagers,own. At Doousborc
dcy took the road to the loft, aud to.
yards the Potomac. Large uumbers of
thcir dead and wounded were s,rewn
alsngtis road. We moved on to Keats.
willie that evening.
Tho enemy wore in force upon the
heights along Antie,Sm Creek, reaching
from q point near lIogorstown, to poiat
near Harpor's Ferry, distance of nc,rly
II miles. The mex, day was passed. in
'kirm'sh.s and artillery du.ls, roconnoi.
tering the cncmy's position and strength
aud arranging the plan orthc ensuing
battlc. The sholliug of each others
camps continued until 0 O'Clock T. 81,
wben all became still aud quiet, the
sounding Of the tattoo seeming to be tho
signal for the cessation OF all hostile
tmonstrations ard soon Thereafter the
camp was wrapped in quiet sleep. and
the embraces Of the dream C I'd, mfin.,
pleasant fsncies of home, friends aud
happiness in he breasts Of the thousands
who, on hcmorrow, should behold the
last rising OF the sun. On tho morning
of the 18th, the men arose fully cunsc ou,
of the impending struggle and its import
snce, full Of confidence and determine
to1, having b.cn flushed with succ ~
he previous day.
ltwss one Of those clear, sercac, sun
/ ny mornings, aud the sun had never look
cd down upon more beautiful landscape,
dotted with cottages and quiet little
homes aud farms, whore fields and orch
ards were laden with fruits and grain the
bounty Of benifeent heaven, 40 soon tc
b. drcnc.rcd IN the b st blood of the Ma
! ton, Oh! TINT God had stayed this dos
pcrate slau.htcr aud that rebel men NIGH
sre the fallacy of their cause. The ar.
ti'lory ofthc enemy opened flee early in
the morning. I'D th r shells came whis-
-ting and bursting in our ranks, along our
whole line.
Burnside commanded our left, Sumner
the cent e,with the commands of Franl
lin and Hooker on onf right. The ines
impctuous'y dashed forward 10 their das-
peratc work, within close range of oach
other, and the sharp crack of musketry
shut out the terrible roar of ARTILLERY and
the screaming Of shells. The enemy's
artillery was ofled upon the bank ofthc
Antictam, and in strong position. Our
infantry lines dashed forward across the
creek, under cover of the most terrific
fire of our artillery on the heights in our
rear. The Kissing and screaming shells
passing over our heads and those Of the
enemy falling and bursting in our ranks.
Our three lines Of battle showed up to
within two hundred yards Of the enemy,
thon mGssed in an orchard, and the de-
scent of the ground gave US advantage
enough TO fire from the three lines over
the heads of lhs front. Here the work OF
death commenced, and after an hours fire
the front line was so completely decims-
ted and what few there was left, htd
shot away AL their cartridges, they were
ordered back, and our line ordered to
charge, which was successfully done,
driving the enemy over a hill an d into a
lane, so washed by the rains as 10 form
u natural breast-work, in which they
crowded and were reinforced by fresh
trosps who pour,d into us a most deadly
/ fire.
Our brave boys, SO decimatcd as were
our ranks, never wayered or shrank an
inch, but stood up to their work with un-
daunted courage. In the meantime our
artillery had crossed the creek, and was
reinforced by battery Of flying artilery,
and took post lpon the high ground in
our immediate rear. The hottest fire OF
the day was at this point, which lasted
about two hours, at range Of less than
one hundred and fifty yards, During this
fire-at a point Of low ground, ana from
the weeds, there CINE out strong line
of infantry on our right flank. Il am
speaking of our Brigade.) As we had
driven thoss in front of us some Distance,
they were nearly at our rear. General
Kimball ordered the 9th Ohio and 18th
Indiana to change frent and charge up
on them, which was most successfully
done, driving them back through the
woods and then resumed cur old position
in the line. n,r
The remainder of our brigade hal suf-
fcred desperately in our absence, from
the Ceiling fire Of the enemy in the lane.
Here il was seen that something must be
done, as our sixty rounds Of cartridge,
was well nigh exhausted and the enemy S
FIRE as fierce as ever. With our then
thinned ranks the day looked gloomy
But orders were then given to chSrge up
on this stronghold and dslodge them, at