Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-09-02
TIE ENEMT i ACKEOWLEDGE 4 81,
TERE WHIPPITG.
7aET gEsoET 10 I:lae TO RiLLT TIE SIX.
"BRAyERT OF TIE HEBEL TROOPS"

. TaET gEsoET 10 LYING TO EALLT TIE ME:
nBRAYERT OF THE PEBEL TROOPS.
The Yankees, as =iii te Seen b. die ioi
loving, G1e sometimes rompsllec. sS5r; 5
their WILL to tell the truth. The suhjone,
/. article. from its Rperisi correspondent, ap
peared in the CINCINNATI enquirer oi Al
gust 18th:
The rebel army ms,le TWO attacks, Oh
| from ,he right anil ono from the left; nutl
! were equally determined and lieTcc, but m,
one on the right wsa By far the shortest, gu
the most magnificent After 6riTlnr in on.
sti7raisbers on the right, COMPANY 7, from
New Hampshire Sharpshocte.aD tie rebel,
sheiied US terribly. For an hour it was hel
PaTSonrIed, but to oas who has never beer
under lire of batteries, shooting these mos,
internal Of all coorrivsnces. shells, i; IS I'll
utter waste OF tine tn attempt 10 convey 6
realizing sense OF what the words "bei7i
cheled" NEAR. All at once tho oombarling
ceased: and ali omi1ous silence e16ued. From
experience We knew what vas comlag nnc
.nzously gaSed at tls woods to zee from
what point they would emerge EYER nerve
"ae brsced fpr the Coming hand-tG-bap5
dead!g ltrugga, IL S norzent rs il ware
Inc woods on IN. right wrfe iiiirt with Il
dense jnsaa oi human beings, and il sno:hsr
u."peut & long steady line advanced firmly
and quickly into the open space. y hat dar-
ing What madness! Infantry charging
ininena- batteries st + i1istsnce OF half rule
orel level plain laked by nearly forty can.
non. Throwing aside sll aid from their OK 4
cannon anu cavalry, they desperately iotma,:
III ah open plain, and pittsd Themselves
against our infantry, cannon and caTaIry- 1t
vas subiinc-sHd forCetfui Of ali else aa:c
thar bourdless Courage and dari ny nwun,
2C hat and cheered till the tears raj from,
my eyes.
Ths yoneEt lhey ho7s in 7;sr;. ,~ciya
Tarrct Suns ana itu7 large hoTize7s nagu5
the drea liu! wo1E OF death sud destruction
coveTtd With dust wbois companies, as i;
were, going down At tTery diechaIsa. tnc can
nnn pIs!ing quicker and faster; slil th.T
closed up their shattered ranks, sni advanced
further and further into that s'iu sr,il at
certain death shot and shell, caui,tcr ..r,
craps, moved then, down, Yet, iiTru!:; a. sTcr
did la, ;eterana of iIapo!acn. they advanced
snd iaitered not. Already the reInnsnt l.ad
reached SC ucaj that the load, clear t2res u
the officers could be distinctly heard, anr, he
batteries seemed doomed. Thousands wsfe
Ei.icd. hut hundreds survived. IGa si5i7
were DOOMED. ] held my breath, " hen ia.
right from under their faces in tho long GRASS
cei,.e volley from cir Tailsnt men. who up
TO that Time hsd laid concealed iu littis "a
vine, or rather ditch. Flesh AMI blood t.;ui5
s;.ld nc rt1re. They brcke aDi Eei ana
ouI men la down again !hiia tEc ter..hi2
cannon hurled destruction INFO tbs iieerE
m-,., ThTee-fourlha Of thst brigade wer-
lei, oc that ield, and all have rzis led iii ro,
occupy more than tel minutes. II muGt h6
confessed that their discipline equala OURS, i!
il is nat suparior, AMI hTareI nacn i!.an their
officers DO not live. Ti,ia talk about he re
bells not fighting il played out. In iSct, tie
while North has been hviubugGri %IIh -tii.
psndous jalSehnGds concerning the Soutk.
Why should they not fight as well = w= -
Are they not one and the same This SIS
TEN ui misrepresentation has gone far enough.
We we're whipped at Gsines' NfilIl 4ni ou7
army rabble- The cavslry appeared en- n"T
right ard appeared anxious to charge on the
bridge in cur rear. They could hare do1o it
easily. Then the whole arny would hare
been ruined lid the Southern Confederfcy
4 nxed :ses 1t was the mcst critical moment
o; the bnttie or the war. = beaten ARM, a
bridge sad 1noTasa in tbs ra?, sta-Tppde,
add TO that charge by three thousand cay
airy ON the bridge: and any ono mas sce the
terrible result Tc Col. Berdan IS die the
must oi ihe credit OF saving ti,r aTln-, Rs
living tbs men, forming i nucleus, he hcgsD
to inspire the nlru with the idea that all was
not lost Still they wa7crci. OTie5rs and
ulen wera forced into the ranks; others, as
sured by the Colonel, assisted him in the Ter
Tible struggle. not IL win the day, but to save
tbs army. At length eleven lines were form
ed, and at thil critical juncture the cavalry
appeared on cur right. They mad not secn
our rout, and supposed the liI1s more TeiH-
Iorcenents. They TeTe not decided. and ap-
peaTed to he calculating the chances. O"
their decision uereuded the fate of crery-
thing. Col. Bcrdsn seeing this, ordered ell
aid to the rear and galloped up announcing
that Richmond was taken. lie did so, and
the effect was magical. The men cheered.
flags wera waved, and the cavalry, thinking
our whole army was there, halted, ana We
we're saved. I2han they afterward learned
from prisoners the real state of the csse their
modification WAS excessive. General McTel!
thsnked Col Be7d.n, and gave hin tk5 c'edit
Of having saved the army, as he indeed had
doae,
It vas the turning pciGt. Generate in tue
front could not have seen it. Luckily, Col
Borden was eGusl u the emergency. it is
impossible 10 portray the effort required 10
stop the tide Of ten thousand retreatiDg mar
You can only comprehend that it was done
thu cavalry charge averted, the bridge EcPr
and the army saved
Tuesday night we slept Gn che battle noiu,
No meat mad we seea-nothjng ett naro
bread foT Ave whole days. The nigh: va
as cold as the day was waTm- He hal Ii
blankets nor ovsrcosts, our clothes yer;
ringing yet with perspiration, hnd how III
most frozen upnn. us. But soon cams tar
sSIne sad scenes CI the ChicEakoD!ny; lsSF'
ire our wounded comrades. At 9 =. II. NJ
were aroused, and began our Tehf7 hsTch
10 Hsrrison's Landing. AS left the hfid-
| =" az one Gf the very lsst--the ~ounded haa
just begun to comprehend what S'ss GONG OF
"Are you going tI leave lis " "tsn'l We
hold the ground 20 they asked. Wien an
swered that tbey ware to be absu,ianei, 'heJ
set .up 8 most miserahls cry They wsr:
prs7ed, blasphensd, and besought us not t'
leave them. No one even to give tneif fever
I'd bodies irop Of water-no one To CAV;
ior them. pass hastily 07er this Seems, ou
| never shall forget the p0oT boys raising uE
{ little and gazing at us with eyes expressing
only utter despair, as We flied slowly out L
sight. Gt is but justice to add TO this tba'
tbs rebels. ss far we know. treated 7ui
Iouadei a: we'll as tI5y c6ald.i
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