New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-03

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era of Col Krzyzsnowsky!s brigade IN so advantage
ons IA rosiion, that few discharges suiiiced 10
| cause a bac ,WGrd movement Of the enemy III front
/ If NV left. Now the whole line advanced with
oreai alaeiiy, and we succeeded in driving the
coeuy away from his strong position belad The en-
her k,eut which then fell INTO bands nay left
alec.
VILE Til was eoing on, beard jrcl1 lire to
tine very heavy firing 10y lef', where Gen. Nil
ROY stood. The sound of ! e musketry was swaying
/ forward and backward, indicating thst the fight
was carried on with alternate tucCeSs The connec-
lion OF ny Left with Gen. Milroy- right wGs lost,
snd found 10Y left uncovered. However, We sue
c,e3ed in loldLg the position OF the railroad en-
/ bunkment aloIg my whoo front until 2ocioes r.
H., when my troops, who had started as o ciooA
in the morning not,ly without brt akins', had oeon
under fire for about eight lours Lad been decmated
/ by enormous losses, and bad exhausted nearly al
4 tioir ammunition, were relieved by number o.
REGIMENTS kindly sent by Gen. Hocker for that pur-
pose. These re-euforceMens arrived IN my lfoD'
. between aud 2 O'Clock. According TO your oicois
! I Withdrew my regiments, one after another, as
their places were flied by those Of Gen. Hooker.
Thus tbs possession Of that portion OF the WOODS
I Which ny divisign had taken and held Was
: IN good order dilivered TO the troops mat
relieved me. / called ny two bTisades behind tue
I'LL On which the battery Of tie ID Brigade hao
been in rosiion. Here tie men took new supply
of AZ intuition, and for the first tine on that day
they received something 10 cot. From there you
ordered ne to take position in tie woods on the
ght of q open ground, where we encam!ed Tor
the night.
III two mountain lowitzers which had done such
excellent service In the contest in tie woods had
left in position 10 cooperate with Tue troops VINO re-
lieycd uc, ana I'm sorry to report tuat one Vi 'heh
was icst when these troops were temporary driven
back from tho ground the possession Of which we
haJ delivered 10 them
Exhausted and worn down az my men were, my
division was unable to take part iu the action ofer
: . dick p. M; nor was called upon TO do so
: Heavy rc.eniorcemeIts were constantly arriving
and ol TO tie 'front.' If a these forces, iDstead OF
being uttered away in isolated efforts, had CO.
operated with each other az my onc moment, inter
common plar the Tesul. Of tie day would have been
far greater than The nero retailing and occupation
of ne Ground we had ready taken and occupied IN
the morning, and which IN ihe afternoon was Tor "a
short time ii lsGst lost agaln.
NV men, with but very lew exceptions, behhv.
well. Tho line my wesk regiments had to take
and TO lo,d was so eAensive, that double the num-
her of tlcoTs would, under ordinary CIRCUMSTANCE,
be- hardly considered sufficient to perform The task.
That they lid perform during many hours. without
hlsching until tho arrival of ample Ieeuiorecment =
made their relief possible, speaks well for theh
: courage aud inigepidiiy.
OF ihose who espec.ally distinguished themselves,
have 20 ineLiionihe two Colonies commanding brig
a3es. Col. Sslimnelieunig commanded my rehl wing
with that cool ard daiing eour4e, and mai adnia-
bic Judgment, which he had 81 ilhyed already o.
former occasions. and which eninchty ~ lin for
commands Of great responsihihty; while the gal-
laatry with which Col. El@yzanowsli, Oh tie len
wing, wths.ood and reFeed the frequent and fierce
assaults Of the enemy, command. the lishe praise
Or Col. Soesrs conspicuous bravery, have alre ady
; ! SPOKEN above. lie members Of my san, MAJOR
. Hoffman, Captsins SIIaul, schonofiki, and llese-
mann, as wen is Maj. Koenig Of the ooth New
. York Temporarily attached 10 me, performed their
dangerous and delicate duties with the great,' fear
: lessness aud PIE ison; can j speak TOO highly
: Of tie valuable aid and assistance rendered 20 Inc
d during part Of the acton by Your able and ex'
y cellent Aid.de-Camp, Capt Asrnseer.
4 There are many officers ana soldiers whose con-
i duct deserves special notice, bn; to whom cannot
undertake to DO justice in this report. In regard 70
those would resi- cctuly refer YOU 20 the reports
D Of tLe brigade and regimen al commanders.
On the morning OF the 3Oth Of Augus yen did
me the honor to attach TO my division Cob koiiess
brigade, consisting of the Coth New-lOrh tie 2yib
Eow-York aid tie 73d eInsy lyauia together with
= Capt. Dnpers battery. Capt. HaInl toms battery
{ was placed in the reserve.
behind he woods had occupied FOR the night, and
{ willie was Cepoy ing tie division received iGi.
Their orders 70 march go or zoe yards 70 the rear al
Y left, ard 10 rla:e myself behind Gen. Schencks d.
D vision ON tie open ground not fer from DoSGn's
d FARMHOUSE front toward Groveion. There tho d.
vision remained, quietly ling on their arms. until
O'Clock p. II. For several hours VIC observed dis
nety dick clouds Of dgs, at distance II oar 'front.'
indicating movement OF heavy forces fthe enemy
toward our len.
Dor petition was TO be that Of general reserve.
5 Before Us We bad F.z John Porter On oar night,
center aud night in the woods and Cen. Reynoh3
on tile hil ats IN front and slt IL corps was
really intended to he general reserve, lis position
was too lar advanced, FOX iOuni tscu from the be
ginning within range OF tie enomys artillery, hd
it was evident that If tie corps III front me. with
any reIulsc, we would be entgngied IN the light,
one brigade after Ancther thus losing our liberty Of
) action and lie possibility OF throwing our whole
power ul0n the decisive poilt.
About o'clock, tho fire commenced IN the woods
occupied by Gen. Porter, and also on OR In, where
Gen. Reynolds stood. Gen. Scheucks Dlsison
wee drawn forward toward Dogau's farm, and re-
ceiyed your order 20 o ready az moments notice.
The artillery and infantry fire IN our center and ls,
Lad ineaav bile become quito lively. Ii was abont
@ clock when you ordered me - adyarce toward
Dogsus, and take position Immediately betiud Gen.
Stalls Brigade. 1 did 70. The regiment. formed
in column by division night IN iront-Col.
Scinmellennie's Brigade on Tie right, Koites On
the lett aid KrzYzaaowlh behind the interval
little TO the left. Capt DIger's Battery followed
Tie right aud took position the crest Of the bill
no, far from Dogan's. The artillery fire OF the
enemy had now become quite seveTe, aud our troops,
denseiy massed upon the olen ground behind Do
gans farmhouse. were greatly ANNOYED by the shot
: and shell dropping among them, but remained per-
little after I O'Clock we faw Gen. Porter's
! troops, who had been engaged in our front, leave
their positions ana retire in the direction OF the
place we occupied. You ordered Col. Mclean 10
occupy the Iald.headod hill, in our lon front, and
Col. Stalil forward to receive and support tie
treating troops who then passed through tie inter
walls Of my division. Gen. Reynolds troops, who
had occupied the nights in our front and loft, fell
back, and the enemy, after having obliged them 10
retire, planted battery upon the high ground ADAM
doned By them Immediately 10 our front, and opened
n most disagreeable lire upon my three BriGades.
ordered Capt. digger TO move bis battery lille TO
tie left and to open on the euemys battery above
mentioned, which was doue.
When Stahl Brigade had become engaged you
ordered me to seed Col. Koltes forward TO the sup
pOrt Of lis loft and few minutes aiterward, sesing