Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-09-17

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The -hAlTlE az SATURDAY.
AT All carly huLr Lee'ai:d Lo"gsireet were
in tLn saddle ali'l on ltet',n;, INSPECTING the
! various commands: runiu t!Eg viii Su"Hdl-
nate Generals and making. c.r ii lal disp*s
ton "l ;r,ops.
through the centre Of he battle field rms
, the V arreulun Turnpike. terminating at the
Stole Bridge over Bail Run. In front "f the
Run, n..d ut hearty n parallel line, is n road
wi'icn crossed The old hattie grnind "t Ma
na>>.s, kmown as the Sndl.y KE.d. Seventy.
: t:r yHr';S hr:'in" i"is is III" il'"rs ti"''@e'
an"us Is o. i':ch'i'! he;r %E'ch i5"r',,w
ant bee ir!!, "r l''c - 81 J1i! lool !"
ilr lett. ai III III. r'' "i,s'., F;<',' IT, -
j lli;. i;.n's''t - 'rr,. 'i2%r'l Il ''hs'''. !"
/: l!'r lei rt ;he h,:'' ::!'''i ':'Wks, IN the
rear, IS The r'nirr: cs' t" Ahir!i lave letnr''
] rc.eirri as lie oraliiy "' 'h' W ash!ng'"n Ar
t!iery aud uther batteries. On the re. eht
n:r;.>,n however, 1t was occupied by eish-
I ten gums, under comm;sld Ut Col. Stephen
b. lFc, uf S';utf Carolina. The p"S!,ioii was
;.b ut the centre OF the entire army; ali" Ger,
tsiniv it was the most commanding ground
taat could have been selected Tor the purpose
Viewed t:o!h this point, tie country Preseli''
um undu!aling nppr.rarce, Eete risihs ~ 'ne
creStS "' hits, and There uroppinS aotup',J
Unto The winding raIIies. Ar"unu Tue nelos'
and "ccasinI'allY sh"oilng INTO II III harl""
ban'lS, are heavy wm"d'; hut the most h"!'y
Contested position nl the DAY i, III me '''a''''
an "pen rSlranse whicu DrSli's attne warren, en-
ton lnrnpike, and runs aHhg III front VI '"'
China ll"uSc TO the i,gn',
The enemy had ai! Tie strong points, anu
our advance was as oltchsup u'it aS uo" u"
nave saa :H''1 ."e 't'J rs ,s.t ~. Ls,,
a''Au,"S, anu ~ ''e '.,. 'a.i,. hn,r in ,bn
Wo,.:u eo'',,,."> TIa Il, ~ ,G nor,;ou Of ur
n',"l"k -" ne. sn,,5 .t,sr 10 rI,h, mud
u".ef.m, VA, f.a'.,m, rosdiu" thereafter, the a
,n,, ,.,.,.a,t .Li,,,i. hina in from. with its
.xc;,;"t ~ voil,.ys Of musketry. All conspired to
t., ,,,;, ;n,rras>;np 1, * nv own sur
- L,r..S.r , i,ased unon certain facts which
ms, u.s., Ito ,L., !, was not The ;;,ten,on
ei':' I:"" q. w. Tongstrcct to rive H.. enemy
,,,i' ~, ,h., a.v Imt s;mnlv n make a ieiut
,.t,rL and while thus .nc,av.d to allow Gen.
Jackson to slip out, continue his onward
movement on the LETT and towards the rear
nf tie Federal column, ana thereby secure
a p 'S;rn where say IL twen'!-'our u"utS'
the result "l u oa'''e "ou'a .aSe ".eu tuI ~
capture anu demoTai'%stioh "i the en.lre eu.
eral army. In th's, however, our Nenela's
wele disappointed. Alter waiting untii Three
= h no hir,SG.lF tnOk the
initiative. and marched boldly to the attack,
aiming their blow, as on the previous day, 81
tie line of Jackson. 1t happened TO oe my
fortune to bc Oh the heights occupied bY Lee 5
battalion Of artillery, and 10 witicss the open
lug of the ball.
an H. u,>;,,, ,,.o ,.a hoo, uotohino u
"a" .". ',s ,ha o.o,ur =, ,ha l.fi tho Iow
,Ia, io.L'"e assos @ ;n,nsd,.,v in fr,nt nf n, and
u'ueT ~. "I.' ~ Jn., f.n,n oI,uns ,nnvnr in
."e sao""' = -, ,,,;r ,>urnnsa Of ol,nce
:"e ;."' .t;s ,;n,. arn % h",,anas nara ,,itchino
,":.1 n,,j sheil.;-.n .ho F,I.rai ranks
t"e, ,;ra ~ ,n. ,r,;lIarv Nm the
".a ;,,.,o ~ ~ nnyr,;tssLill Sometime; il was
G,.rcn hut venar,llv L was \ deliberate, casu.
~ sIU iniercIanep Of warliks; .courtesies, as if
a.ch tnnL Measure in making the other spas.
! n,nflically uncomfortable.
"'O>''se
Suddenly there belehed forth from every
brazen throat in our battery volcS that
seemed to Stake tue very earth. For q mr
meut every thing was swallowed up in the
fiery grey mantle Of battle as tue sport
ING whlrlS ot smoke dr'ifeo away; me cause
Of The tutnnt was at once: ttfeaiso' n uense
! column Gi i:'i'n'Fy, several ,nonshio ''r'''e:
winch had been i'aSsed o"nl,'u a'u near
strip # woods, mad moved out :" '!, atlacS JACK
SOL, !" hose men were concealed oeulslo an eA
cavaIlHn on the railroai. as S'on As Ihe{
were discovered our batteries opehcu Will "itn
Tremendous power, opI Tue reusfais 'noseu eI
boldly forward uhtil tney sNne u vi ein iea.A
't "ur small arms wuere lot iai'S G n..eed ,h ".'
'''es ',ey re"'a',ieu oespetae'' se0 "'sI ,na
'uf iiiialIry.. tas .ne "sa' Rt',stss'@u' " o..
oli,' ''''s v;n - -" t..,, 80 49, e. G.,.li~
- '"e s"ppo'. u, .1's, !" ". tii,, ,,'
'hiiu t'.o i'"'. W o,,' '''D '''s " " 'on y"
-" u'' a.,u 80 .''',, ~ vi. - ,hs;.
s'.i.nE"ee" ~, ','1 ",'S5
c"'i'f"Nes ", '''u'
JacksonS inia;iiry raHea 'IeSc 'hree col.
umnS teTiloiy. h"peate''y u'u tney oreaA
ahd run, anu ra''y aealn uhder Inc eaeFssVic
appeals ot is'eir officers, Tor II was q crack
Corps OF the Federal army that o' 0ens.
Sykes ana MUrreil, .Dut IL was not III H:lnan