Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-10-02


for more than half an hour against great
ly superior attack. His men behaved
most gallantly. standing on this exposed
ground firing steadily and never wavering
once. 20 70 amos hna r. 1''iue3a = n efT"
Gen. Hartsuff was very soon severely
wounded. His troops retained their posi-
tion. and finally. by the precision and ,ra-
pidity of their fire., compelling the enemy
to retreat instantly, advanced in pursuit,
while they had been engaged. Hooker or.
dered up Crawford's and Gordon's brig
ades to their support. Hartsutf retained
the advance. and Crawford and Gordon
followed in support. A rebel battery on
the right. which, had been most annoying
by an enflading fire, was about the same
time silenced by Doubleday's guns, and
Hooker ordered his whole line forward.
The rebels were driven throughthe corn.
field again into the woods beyond where
they could not easily be disloiged without
artillery. Gen. Hooker who all the morn
ing had kept himself under fire and gener-
ally in the hottest Of it. rode forward to
examine the ground in front in order to
plant battery. As he rode up the hill
he became conspicuous mark for the reb-
el sharpshooters; their fire increased very
suddenly and Gen. Hooker was wounded
in the left foot. bullet passing entirely
through it. The wound was excessively
severe and painful. and he was compelled
to leave the field. Three men were shot
down by his side at the same moment he
was wounded.
sa Up to this time the attack had been a
success. The hardest fought ground was
the undisputed position of Hooker's troops,
and his last order as be was borne from
the field was, that Crawford S and Cor
idon's brigades should Immediately advance
and carry the woods TO the right. The
whole line had gone forward with the wild
est cheering and rything looked like a
complete and speedy success. At this for
tunate moment, Gen. Sumner arrived on
the field at the head'of his veteran corps.
Pursuing the forward movement he led
his men immediately against the rebel line
and to the support of Crawford. Sedg-
wick's divisions the flower of the Peninsu-
la army, advanced on the right, Richard
son and French at consideral interval of
the'left.n The firstvolley from Sedgwck's s
troops was tremendous, but it was answer
ed by heavier one. r,..
Crawford had found the rebels in great
force in the woods, and was already in
need of assistance. Sedgwick's flank also
became exposed on the left in consequence
of the distance between him and the other
divisions. r.f ~ .9
The rebels perceived their advantages,
and at the same time pressing Crawford
and attacking on Sedgwick's broke Craw-
fords line, which fell back in confusion on
Sedgwick. The 34th New York on the
LETT was forced to give way at the same
time, and the woods were yielded 70 the
enemy. eIaa-.-
Gen. Sedgwick was severely wounded in
the shoulder, leg and wrist, but refused to
leave the field till his division retired.
Gen. Howard then took command, and
ordered the division in the rear. Major
lSedgwich. aid of Gen. Sedgwick, was shot
through the body, but is not mortally
wounded. Many of the. regiment suffered
severely The 18th Massachusetts, lost
nine out of seventeen officers, whose names
are given in the list annexed. COL Kinks,
of the 10Th Massachusetts, was killed
Col. Wistar, 1st California, was severely
wounded. The 34th New York could
gather but thirty -four men when rallied.
French and Richardson meantime held
position well to the left and less in ad-
vance, and kept it, General Richardson,
not long after. was severely wounded in
the shoulder while leading boiling regi-
ment. General Dana of Sedgwicks divis-
ion was wounded. but not severely. Gen.
Sumner found himself obliged by this re-
verse to withdraw his lines to their first
position. where he held them firmly. He
had been exposed during all the action to
the hottest Of the fire. Col. Revere, of his
staff. was wounded in the arm; Capt Aud
enried in The leg. 9roaf oai .A-Aa9s
~ Gen. Franklin arrived with his corps
about l o'clock. sending Gen. Slocum' s
division to the left and in front. Gen.
Smiths was advanced over the same
ground which had Just been lost. His
gallant Maine and Vermont troops went
in at double quick. driving the rebels be-
fore them. and on the fences and beyond
the woods, and again took the point, this
time not to be given up. This was ac-
complished by 8 o'clock. III 10 ala3iii
I Meanwhile the forces in front of the
whole line had been gaining some ground.
Hard fighting all along tue, line was con-
Itinued at intervals through the day.
French and Slocum were well toward the
centre. 1t was time to hear from Burn
side. who had been long delayed in his ef-
fort to carry the brio ge. eag Iad3o 81
j zAt4o'clock, Met Clellan sent orders to
Burnside to cross at once. at all hazards,
and capture or silence the battery in front.
The bridge was captured in gallant style.
but with loss Of Col. Kingsboro and 500
killed and wounded Burnside. when once
across. advanced on tliesrebelqright. along
the rShsrpsburg road and up TO the slopes
of the hill. A position of great impor-
taoce was carried at first by his impetuous
attack, but was afterward abandoned, ss
the rebels were able to bring ten heavy
masses Of troops from the centre and left
to oppose Burnside.ssai GO 10, sd ,'not
!. Our attack on the left having ceased for
the time, Summer and Franklin were or
dered by Mcclellan to hold their own, and
the advance Of Burnside wss relied on to
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