The New York herald., 1862-12-26
oar white Oak Church Correspondence

THIRD DIVISION, SIXTH CoRPs,
NRAR WHITE OAK CHURCH, Va, Dec. Il, 1852.
Settled Do,cn for aLtale Rctropecons-7he Troops
.Juosla~t Oper Their Escape-7he NsD Regiments in the
Bottle Of he 13ut-7ouchin0 Seena-No Winter Quar-.
trs-Where Are We to Go Ner,S dc.
After the late dreadful struggle, to-day men
arvelousy fine condition Drills being carried on as
usual and with the exception Of occasional patterng
of musketxy right where the pckets firing at
each other the river there is nothing to be OBJ
Served would indicate the dreadful struggle in which
our forces have been SO lately engaged.
BY all can learn the enemy greatly chagrined at
our safe retirement from his trap. General stonewai
Jackson's negro who TO after the hight,
says that many OF the OF that Generals command
sboeess and haess aud very naturally expected TO
supply their defcience from the anticipated influx OF
Yankee prisoners "Goo de Lordl CALCULATED the grin
ming narrator in conclusion 'swhy dey only got fo'n
There are rumors here that the army viii certainly
move soon The folly pursuing present campaign
BY this avenue Richmond been, think fully de.
moustrated by the bloody events Of last week.
Time must be taken to reorganze our shattered bat
taoDs The ten thousand victims Of tho 18th Of Decem
ber must be replaced by fresh troops and then once
will move coward to new fields and fresh
defeats
Our new regiments acted calamity in the Gght Of the
1sth could notice no difference between them and the
veteran troops All fought desperately, as each had
IN individual incentive to urge him Never there
gailantry d.psyed-never useless slaughter
To day J. the sabbath and the have
abort respite from fatigue duties On all
sides, in walk through the camps, one
bears remarks these Hello Jack. aint you
glad you're over the rverfi "what were we dong last
Sunday this time"
Tho poor fellows are congratuatng themselves on their
unhored for escape from the slaughter peni ia which
they found themselves last week this time
And well may they do So for when look back on The
loug train Of probabilities and possibilities that were
there and then impending wonder that the enemy Al.
lowed us escape with small loss, comparative
a. even the slaughtered ten thousand Retrost econs
Tor us black and boodyet us be content lubi
liant with the fact that despite the sanguDary designs of
politicians only ten, and not fifty, thousand brave
were swept away at tone fell swoop.n
-he touching aud melancholy scene OF war IN my
mind after the battle when the shattered
rocns after having through their dreadful work
sembe by companies 70 note their losses and mark their
present strength Companies that entered the cloud OF
battle smoke 10 the morning with hundred men show
now perhaps total q but twenty Ave stained heroes
Then what be dreadful than at roll call when
acme familiar s heard aud the sergeants mourn.
fuI answer comes, "TeIl on the Geld of honor ~
war whom seen 10 the heat and excitement OF gallant
ssr,e hes all the ttnsel and glitter that might dazzle
man but when Viewed after the cannons voice gives
p,sos 10 tbs shrshs Of the wounded and the lifting smoke
showr heap heap OF slain then sad reflection
4 ap sasursd thA ve will not find winier ouartsvs