The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-12-24
LATE WAR NEWS
The BattIe nt Fredcrichs sburgh-
GFent CnrnRge on Oar Sfde-

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Grent CnrnRge On Oar Sfde-
Our 4 oss from II. 900 TO 5000.
Nav TuBx. Dec. Is The correspondent
Of the Tribsae thus describes the carnage OF
Saturday;
Ut is not using too strong sn expression to
say that 10 this battle we were buiehered
The loss Of the enemy in comparison with
our own must be Insignificant. More than
half the division Of General French were
placed Aors dH cuss6zf before they had hred q
shot. Having orders to withhold their Ere,
charge bsyonets, and rush upon the intrench.
ments.. they anticipated no obstacle until
they should meet IN hand to hand fight for
the crest Of the 6rst range Of hills But how
little they know the Zoe they had to deal
with. Lying close upon the soft earth be
hind low stone wall and haif destroyed
fence, which we had not taken into osr csl
culations as Obstacles, tho eDemy watched
the approach Of French until every man tn
battle line came under the aim oi the best
sharpshcotsis 10 the rebel army. In an in
slant, altnost before the fence itself was dis
covered TO be IN obstacle, Q long, thick line
OF fame and smoke streamed above the ence
and wall, and at the moment the first volley
was fred sixty pieces OF artillery. charged
with grape and canister, sent their internal
contents straight through our advancing lines,
raking them in front and upon both hsnks
Destruction SO terrible never before heen seen
during this war. French went int tho battle
with 1000 men. Two days alter the battle
only 1900 neE have reported to him. The
entire loss OF the corps oi Couch, consisting
Of the divisions OF Howard, French and Han.
cock, and which on the morning OF the bat
tie contained forty regiments. old and new,
amo uniting to at least 10000, Is 10000.
think official reports will not vary from this
estimate inoIe than 500, over or under.
The loss in Reynolds corps Of Franklin's
grand division, which was at first supposed
10 be but 1900, is TO night considered by
some OF Franklin's staff officers as nearly
1000.
The following, based upon official reports
as far as made out, and upon estimates o1
those who have the best facilities for Judging,
is as near correct as caa be obtained up to
this time: Right grand DIVISION Summers
second corps, Couch's and Howard's divisions
$50; Hancock's division, $500; French's divi
sion, 1900. 9Th corps W ilcpk's and Stur-
CESS divisions, 925; Casey's division, 400
total 75O0 Center, grand division Of Hooker
iah corps Butter fields and Humphrey,
divisions, 1900; Griffin's division, 1900
Sykes's, $50; total 2050 Left grand divi
sion, franklin, first corps Reynolds and
GibboDs's divisions, 800, Mead's division
1900; Doubleday's division, $50; totol 1850
9th corps--Smith's 200. Total right grand
diy,sloo, oooo; total center grand divls'on
Iso0; total ie" grahd d,siSlon' oooo, arano
TOTAL ioooo: IL Is oeneSeo mat 'hese ng
ures viii 'ail under, Iatner than exceed TN
otncial reports.
yys,at ,,c Editor Of the Circiuna
ii Com,mcrciat. Who Witness
cd fl,e Rattle nt Frederick shurc
sof 10.
rFrom the Cincinnati Com .nerciai of the l7,h
THE BATTLE or SATURDAY BLUNDER-
MENDoUs Loss.
left Burnside's army at eight O'Clock
Monday morning. The battle Of Saiurda,
was shocking blunder and disaster. Ou
troops, who had occupied Fredericksbure
were hurled against formidable natural po
silion. held by an army Of rebels OF about 80,
,, COO and covered by redonbts mounted witt
srige guns The whole hill side is full {
rifle pits, and the eEemy were also protecte,
by stone wall, o deep ditch, and marsh.
Our artillery was ineffective. Batteries on
the north side of the river, were unable l.
do execution upon the enemy, owing to tn
position OF our troops and the fact that tn
j shells were defective being contract mad
I and exploding too soon saughtering our owl
men. Our troops fought excellently bu
hopelessly, and were crushed by the enemy
overwhelming artillery. This refers to op
eratons on the center.
I, Franklin's battle was fought on the lef
u four miles down the river. He was to attac
the enemy to SUI port the charge In the cen
. ter but was first attacked by Stonewall JOCK
son. The battle between Franklin an
y jackson was long and bloody. Jackson wa
G driven about mile, but the crest of III
ridge which he held was not taken. Frank
u lin took three hundred prisoners. The gen
" eral result Of the fighting IN to show that tn
j. enemy's positions on the hills south Of Fred
ericksburg are almost, il not altogether in
~ pregnable unless assaulted in flank or
regular approaches. They can not be take
y !. by assault except with loss that we can NJ
y afford.
: We did not gain single position Of in
" portaDce on Saturday, and our loss was 81
| . 1890 'S' sS
= COUGHS corps Of Summers grand divisio
~ lost seven thousand killed and wounded
>. This was the heaviest loss sustained by al
% corps. franklin lost about four tEousai
men. presume our loss in killed al
!, wounded viii not be found less than twel
- or fifteen thousand = counting the straggle'
y, - Dur immediate loss in electives is more.--
v The loss OF the enemy is comparatively sms
though they were destroyed when they can
out Of their intreDchments.
T. The city OF Fredericksburg is an enormo
trap. The rebel artillery commands eve
= - honse and every street. 1t ought to be
:. . vacuated at once and lift is net, worse v
/, - come TO pass.
!, Rebel Less nt Frederick sburg.
~ Thc Battle at Kingston.
New YORK, Dec. l9.-The RichmoI