The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-06-12
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arms all nighrlOng Ibo entire linz ofac.
ton, prepared for file rensgaI Of tho & fbt
the next morning. DurinI thenieht dle
enemy bad advanced fully pp + Jtns FIR.
thest point made BY them tbe dag before,
and we're strongly yposted on both sides OF
the railroad. General Sedswick.s diyis.
ion had arrived on the dghto 8n:nfiay
evenings TOO Iate. to take patl ID illa al ion
Ct thatday, but fresh and saesf lof tba,
approaching. During the night Birncy's
brigade bad beenGposled stlh6n& advan
tage Of position than, had baen !ile fortune
ofodtf tfbops.J occupy ying lkh ahf Sttlc
adjacent| etOanas Soff lhe 2daS beSFe;
aud with thef determinatioRlto redeem
tbe losses Of SATURDAY irspiritipG, on
selire !g,3 line, tho acIi9p eopmSpeea
bruut of%dhe battle ofelp ixsesfel = f,osc
Wirish.liad not sulerSd nuehid the icon.
test Of ths dayi A,Gore, yal.b6dgraIRo of
llentzslman's corps. OF Hook s s. ,snd
Kearncy's divisions, qnd Keyest corps'
we're represehted ffi itD i caimof sayy 1tiilast
aby organized body HON 1Cassyrs taiSi
sisu participated IN Spuday smoTk > stFtie
affair is yet 100 yreeept TO adiniy of fadrr
scription IN fAi that youId, dp
justice to SdI ne plftieF deserving
especial mention, and 10 mention
part might doiniusticq To others. Two
brigades. however, whose spheres of &C.
tion were Within the field Of my personal
observation. | do not hesitate to mention,
although Others may be equally deserving.
There can be no question that sickles'
Brigade, in Hooker's, and Bifhsy's in
Kearney'S Division, covered themselves
Iwilh4Glorg iD their se4er&lSehareus.
leach against a force g.Meeh n tbeif
superior in number. Unfortunately
for himsrp, Gebs Bhney was ordered un.
der arrest eaIly in the morning, for some
ihfFaetioH Fof CrdefS. and tifs F'ohirtianf 81
his brigade yaTOiv ed on16 16ol1G{lls4IoBaa
Ward, of the Ssh New Yvrk,g Ubderfbis
gallant officer. this brigade. consisting Of
the Ssh, and 4Qh New Xofk aud the 8
and 4th Maine, and towhichSthe 7th Mas
sachusetts had bsen temporarily attached,
drove much stroOgerfofoe;of The enemy
1thr9pgh 9 beAyy YSolsd lsyambi 'sout of
the woods inio..an open ield, where two
regiments Of ths, brigade we're posted 80
rs TO give them Calling fire that soon
campeled them to fall back, apd when
Col. Ward ordorcd The bayonet charge,
The entire brigade gave diem S.ksi point,
and drove them for nearly milsin a Der,
feet roat.. sickles' brigade also gaye tbs
enemy tast Of The bhyonet, aid drove
them with great slaughter out of the rifle.
pits from which they were dsaiing death
to our troops. These successes, followed
Iup with courage aud promptness, and sus.
tanned by the hard sighting 10 SsdgMick's
division, settled the fortune ol The day;
and changed what had been the closest
contested and severest engagement east
\ Of the Alleghenies into a substantial tri
umph Of our atms5 The rebsls fell back
all afternoon, and Reconnaissance to d ~
discovers mona Withinsa distance ofAthrde
miles of our position OF Saturday, 4, gEf ~
The conduct Of the rebels in the engage
. ments of yesterday, and ihe. day before
was worthy of better cause. Genera
!, officers speak of some Of their charges or
. Saturday as eplendid but. they were il
strong force, the attacking party, and had
the lchoieeCof9efo ndLt6ree points ii
, Il cir favor; and if they had any good
y 6glrt in them, il should come out uudei
such citcrmslances. They outnumbered
) our troops about five to one, according tc
the best recop9oissancs that: could b,
: ma!e-6ve distinct lipes o battle, lyin!
, |, in order, supporting each other. Thei
! loss must be greater than our own il
killed, perhaps not so great in wounded
They used cartridge of one ball an,
three buckshot-most effective in shor
!, raugs, aud more destructive than tn
= most prised rifle ball. as they wound NOR
i than they till. ..t.
y From prisoners taken yesterday ! hea
ofons Alabama regiment that went int
. the engagement over 1890 strong on Sa
% turday morning. Sunday morning it re
e ported only 156. 4GoFouel Brattou of tn
10 LIST South Carolina, taken prisoner b.
u Berney's S Brigade. confirms that statement
u and gives similar reports Of other cases
His own regiment had mors than gift
Fl killed by one fire Of one of our regimentt
VI armed with the Austrian riffs, ,,l 8
- But our own loss was very heavy. pal
- = Iicularly 10 wounded, and fully up to ii
~ day before. Birney's brigade suffered
- - killed. and Wounded less than 200, mOs,l
- - in the 81 Maine rnd 4Oth New Yorh
= The latter has not yet been able to asce
y tain the names the killed and wouhde
- -, The 3S,h New York suffered some b.
~ ~ not to the extent Of either of the sothe
7 i1namedywiIeltlleS4h Maine. bsinS pos
~ y ed near the railroad track. and using
-, :" for brestwork, lost but very few, and /
y OF its wounded bsIng slightly. " ''
"a ~, !. Butin ,Sedswicks Divis ion tho 10
Z was very severe, the number ol wound
J. y reported being near 1,0oo.,, These a
y, now being brought over for removal
y, ~ cars 10 White House. all>of the wound
81 1in Heiulzleman's COrpI having been Sc
: OH, The cars inoye'but slowly, and wh
= waiting fo, return trains, the grow
90 90 around headquarters is covered with
H. Il, woundsd--hundreds of ,hem'without sh
~ y" ter; ana 10 add to the horrors Of their s
" uation, r,wo have had severe thand
s;. storms for two nights in succession,
w which these wrstched sufferers are
eso o. posed. ,,......,,. ,,,l,..l4,u
~ To night the divisions on Tie let, L
u"s 'So posiii6R S&ayaScO, yet nOt as isr as \