The New York herald., 1862-12-18
Dur Army Correspondence.

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HEADQUARTERS, Army THE PoroMAc,l
Dec. It, 1862. !
.Skiymishirg-Tn Rebel Works Sreng.hened-Tse Suffer
ines Of the Woundea-74s Body ef General Jackson
Rife Pits for the Officers Us-Incdents of the Battle
Sharpshoote,s-Tae Pennsylvania ReseroesTheir Hsary
Losses Fredericksburga Complete Ruin dc.
Nothing of importance has transpred along the lines
to-day Skrmishng has been kept up necessarily, both
by artillery infantry and few have been killed and
wounded neither army has advanced recedsd from
its position.
During the Dghtthe enemy connected their batteries
by formidable shain Of rife pits, and apparently
strengthened their line of infantry. About midnight
heavy fire Of musketry opened just beyond the city
lasting about fifteen minutes. The day has been
ably and the trains Of the enemy constantly
visible bringing up ammunition and removing the wound
ed. Their drums distinctly heard this morning at
reyele, and have been quite noisy at intervals
throughout the day. The lines Of skrui'shers
| not than one hundred yards apart, and
| the lines OF battle less than five hundred
Hundreds of dead and wounded still remain upon the
| field. Every attempt to remove wounded draws
murderous fire. and OF course long this priv ego ia
| denied us cannot allow the enemy to theirs
night the cries Of the wounded for help terri
out food water, their agony must be ndescribable
Whenever ventures out to relieve wounded com
rade he Immediately shot down, and a-sharp skrmish
Of several duration has repeatedly brought
| on by these barbarities
Yesterday flag Of truce sent out from the left for
the purpose Of getting body General Jackson which
| still lies upon the field. AS it was necessary 10
submit the communication to, Stonewa Jackson, CON
| siderable delay occasoned During the
| tion Of hostites Colonel Ganin and others Of
officers sopversed with Of General Hills aids. by
| whom General Hill sent his compliments com
mander, with the statement that he troops
withstand such an enhlading Gre they the rebes)
were enabled by the position of the lines pour into
request for permission to get the remains of &C.
| neral was denied; but few Of wounded
! ed during the interval.
To-day our troops lying upon the field with arms
stacked, the ranks Sand carrying forward ra
tiops upon ther shoulders Some of the generals had
small rife pits constructed behind which they took their
meals and transacted their business. The artillery
mains in the position taken Saturday night Most
Gen. Frauklns guns protected by embankment at
he side Of road; badly exposed aud have
Suffered heavily. During the fight the enemy planted
whitworth gun their extreme right, at dis.
tance of two miles from our lines, and threw
q number OF shells with great precision among
our troops the FIRST shots falling within circum
ference OF FIVE rods. Their artillery practice has been
very good but superiority Of calibre enabled ST.
lence their most destructive pieces in few moments.
General Gibbons old battery, commanded by Lieutcn-
ant Stewart, had horses killed, eight OF them by
single she'll fragment of which clipped the
other horse 81 smoothly though done by knife.
Captain Garrish OF the First New Hampshire battery,
was wounded and had eighteen horses killed. Halls
Second Maine battery had caisson blown up, piece
disabled and number killed and wounded Both Stewart
and Garrish suffered In loss Of men, but not heavily
Hail. shot from the enemy struck Of sharp
shooters knapsacks cutting from his back and hurting
its contents considerable height In the air The
was unnjursd sergeant Of one Of the batteries
decapiu,ted by solid shot, and another cut
completely In two Captain Crawford aid-de camp TO
Colonel Phelps commanding First brigade, Doubledsys
division had horse killed by shell, and Of
men were inured--far in tho rearwho considered
entirely out Of danger.
There IVES very little c.ano-sdng yesterday On the
left The enemy opened upon twice with
single gun and responded toby three Of Two
Of their front Of Franklin OF three guns.
the other or ten senccd saturday and have not
since opened Another Of their batteries the hill back
OF the city, which siege guns replied To in the nght,
has also been silent, Notwithstanding artillery has
opened upon II repeatedly since.
Our sharpehooters, Second Bcrdan, Colonel Post did
good service and picked of number Of rebel oicers.
The Twenty fourth Michigan new regiment, and recent
attached to Gibbons oid brigade, behaved spenddy,
and has been highly complimsned In fact all the troops
performed admirably, the Pennsy vsnia having
been under terrible Are for several hours and cut
an anost unprecedented before they fell back
glance at their list Of killed and wounded cannot hut
relieve them from the odium attached to their
Many Of their dead have been Inferred in graveyard
near the battle field and to-day the soldiers bu-y
engaged planting myrtle upon the mounds aud ercciug
neat headboards A number have been embalraed
aud sent home, and fine collins frequently ot
upon the deld, awaiting the removal OF the dead
Frcdericssburg has suffered extensively from The
cnemys shells since the ight several OF our hospitals
having been opened upon "pca.cdy The soldiers have
pnged syery house and carried OF furniture Of al de-
scriptons Musical instruments rich furniture valuable
books clothing. silver plate, in fact everything that
could be removed has been taken, and the town l. as
empty OF property though had been Inhabited
The RUNS Of the buildings burned Thursday still
smoking, and few houses have been consumed since
Troops are crossing TO and fro continually, and the
greatest activity prevails There disorder and bot
very little struggling. The troops In remarkably
good spirits aud ready for another Hsht The hospitals
being rapidly supplied with stores. blankets, straw,
&c. while the weather renders those still out Of
doors quite comfortable Several hundred wounded have
been taken away on the cars and sent to Washington.
The ralread bridge the Rappahannsck s progress
ing quite rapidly, and will soon be completed The water
in the river Is quite low, and cavalry ford Ia
places the city. heavy storm is brewing how.
ever this reaches you may be up knees
in mud Tho character OF the soil such that little
rain renders locomotion almost impossible and with
large army upon a low nat Of poughed ground and stub
blc We should he in y sorry predcamcnt indeed
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