The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-09-27
T~ FIELD OF sHARPsDURG.
Y. TEE DAY AFTER THE BATTLE. 3

1.-THE FIELD OF sHARPsDURG.
&C. TIE DAYsAFTER TIE BATTLE. . {
'4' csrr.sr ond.nce q IL. N. Z. Tribune s +,
| tsei Nv Is on THE FRoNr, Thursday, !
l. go, ia i Sept 49,. .ls62,-l0 P. NJ.
T. A day of rest-such rest as can be found will
three miles Of dead men to bury, and thousandi
Of wounded to bring from the field. day
standing on the line where the battle closed-o
intermittent sharp-shooting, occasionally dis
charges Of artillery, but no general skirmishing
f--D0 attempt to advance on either side. :
The enemy is still here, apparently in strong
force. Sorely pressed back yesterday. to-day be
could not attack, and we have not This norm
ing, with the fresh arrivals, and one full corps
not engaged yesterday, we could have thrown
sc, 900 or 10000 new men into action. We have
been waiting it is said for the troops to rest for
some kinds Of exhausted ammunition to come
forward, for reinforcements to arrive. The
troops are rested, the ammunition Is received,
the reinforcements are here. .19
The newly arrived divisions are sent up TO
the retreat; to-night We have planted new bat
teries and the general belief is that We attack
bin the, morning VIII the enemy be here for
another life or death struggle, or viii be adopt
his old policy, and improve the leisure We have
given him, BY stealing away In the nighti he haS
no empty breastworks with which to endow us,
but be can leave us q field ploughed with shot,
drenched with blood, and thick With dead. ''s'
"A great victory" said Wellington, sis the
most awful thing 10 thee world except . great
defeat. q If yesterdays battle was not . great
victory, at least it had terrific feature of one.
Our lose in generals is unparalleled; and the
Commanderli Chief estimates the total Of our
killed and wounded at 10, 900. shggasbat IA ygts
Many of the wounded have been taken back
to Frederick, 10 miles. Keedysville and Boons.
boro, with every house and barn.i the adjacent
country, are full Of them; and large numbers
are carried to Hagerstown, whence they will be
carried By railroad to Harrisburg Philadelphia,
and New York. -,,..-.-'r,
On the whole our troops behaved admirably
No great army ever did better. Every loyalist
who saw how steadily and solidly they moved
forward to encounter that terrific storm of iron
and lead felt bis heart swell with pride.
Tie opportunity for seeing the battle was IN
paralleled A single standpoint commanding
nearly the whole field frown dawn to dark. No
one who looked upon that wonderful panorama
can describe it; neither can any who saw forget.
Contrary to his usual policy, the enemy met US
in open country, and he was pressed back. II But
every hill and valley, every icornfeld. grove and
cluster of trees was iercely fought for, rhine.
The artillery was unceasing; We could often
count more than sixty guns to the minute; and
the musketry was like the patter Of rain drops
in an April shower. OnSthe great broken field
were riderless horses and scattering men; clouds
Of dirt from shot andoexploding shells, long
dark lines of infantry swaying to and fro, with
columns of snoke.rising from their muskets-
with flashes and white puffs from the bstteries-
With the sun shining brightly on oil this scene
ofstumult, and beyond it; upon the dark, rich
woods, and the clear blue mountains, flows the
Potomac
Amid all the screaming Of shot, and thunder
ing Of cannon, and whistliDg Of balls, with the
fearful carnage they brought, ! saw no consider
lble breaking among our troops, save with sew
sral new regiments Of Fsench's division IN Sum. |
hers corps. They feh back In confusion, losing |
considerable ground. True, it was ground We
had won from the enemy; and Franklin after
ward recovered the most Of it, but not ALL A |
narrow strip is still within the rebel lines, and
more remains disputed territory % q
To-day, on the frons, has Deeu Devoted mainly /
% the burying of the dead. In front Of Rich
'rdson's (nov Hancocks) division, At 4 D. NJ,
lag Of truce was raised, and the shaIpshooting
ceased. On the debatable ground between our
inc and the enemys, Gems. Hancock ind Meagh-
4 rode over into : cornAeld and met Gen. Roger
!. Pryor. Pryor stated that the Gag had been
aised by us, and asked if We desired permission
o take off our dead and wounded. Our gener-]
ls indignantly denied that the signal for truce
anne from US, as we claimed the ground They
Informed Pryor that We had been engsged during
he whole day in bringing of and caring for both
ar own wounded and his, and suggested ces-
alton Of sharpshooting until all the suffering
ould be removed. This he declined, though
be ground is 30 exposed to our advance that the
ebels' line made no attempt to bring in their
rounded, and in ten minutes the firing reopen
In front Of COUGHS lines, by common consent,
9th the rebels and our own soldiers were ming.
ng freely, taking away the wounded. One Of
Or regiments was within quarter of mile Of
rebel battery, and the ground near it was COW
red with spectators from our lines. Whenever
be enemy detected any one usinga field glass
q his camp or battery, his sharpshooters would
once reopen, notwithstanding the informal
ruce. 20 t-,. AID. R.
INCIDENTS OF rzr BATTLE on rHI LIFT. ga
Correspondence Of the New York Tribune.
.s,a.s.sst sf KEEDYsvnDE, Sept 1s, 1862.
Burnsides corps. composing our left, in com.
non with the rest Of our army, rested upon the
round they had won, inactive al day to.day.-l
he silence Of the rebels to day, 90 strikingy in
contrast With the almost unceasing boom of
annon, shriekipg of shell, and rafting of mus
retry, naturally impressed one with the feeling
hat the enemy had skedaddled in the night; but
cautious feeling and looking about during the
10y has convinced our generals pretty satsfac-
actorily that he maintains, in silence and IS
much secrecy as possible, the base Of his original
inc the long belt of woods, and the village of
. mile or 90 in advance of our main 4