Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-10-22
THE tIFLD OF THE PERRSSViLLE
RATTLE.

. correspondent, writing of the baths ut
i.rrv>viIl', Civ. thr following description of
y, hattie field:
IN. work d. a.lth was tre1a ndous. We
r. -, over ~. hattie field. Thu. R'H-l> with
,ir. :, ICir snti:r iurC,> during the night lrly
49,, =. :, .-,.:i; hurry IN the direction Of iar
ra.~rIr- aro D:.n ,lll.. Thy secured uI'lr
faE-a--. trims ann SUri?r =. The scenes on
jl.,. !.ttIe-iiclG l"-@GlI ala description. Men
piled IL. heaps, torn by she'll and bail into
every con r'N;ihl" >hape. Tn poor Alahtln'I
,dI,s:riVts wrr" forced 80 he "aunnn's mouth
WIN tn >.rhT,- ut Rebel cavalry ~ their ira'k.
"" saw hoy, no. over fourteen, III the
.uid sic'l oi d"atl, nianrlrd by balls. Poor
boy DU- iiCi; Jay i'll l;ir-C nTiiiHT&, un;'tirpFt,
apuI III" ii"lt, though trench and grave dlG-
"I.; had ,osnn1"nred Tor the solemn work Of
1T; r:i !; ii lh, SHOES :.HG morris y.t'r. taken
from our dead, and their pora'ts turned by the
Ecls.ls anG rified. Thr Rebels had taken their
dead a',G y,oind",; mostly from the field.
Their dead can e found i'ilrd ell over the
wood, ia - stab ci putr-fact ion and trcompo-
sium. Tn stencil is terrible IN thu woods and
TN mes. In one place We saw twenty-five dead
E'h..is, horribly man-lcd, living III The woods,
wi."r, ti,t,y had |u,cu carried and left unburl"d
hy th'lr un2r.it' ful and hearrles> comrades AT
anulirr place w. saw seventeen piled together
II. Il r'tdr pea, drraGiri!y ntHgied, ;iii1 very
unct>i,r. Ia nne nous" on TIM roadside there
I"nty Rebels, dead and dy nag. ana ID an
Other near one hundred and fifty. Tia" country
H. liz In. o>l':i, and The woods iiiird WIN
l.u,,,.ried dead II l. d.iiicnlt 10 estimate. with
,
t;.Iur,. on riii;.r side. Beside Cen jackson
suc \; ting Fri. Gc-crais JOurfI, Lyle, Ter
TEL NcI,str,N' lost large number Of Tie Id Off
GERS
IIr Itt, OHIO. the I'D Indiana. the lst Wis
coii>ir, tHr assn Eri..ncky, and NEh WISCONSIN,
s,iHC rec, severely az both officers and men. Oar
los ir killed III reach between iM and 500,
Will, our total loss in killed. wounded aad
missing will nunlb,'r between 3,0GJ and :,0W.
W. lost, perhaps, more killed Oh The field than
Gld tie enemy. though their wounded and
prisoners lar exceed Ours. Their wounded,
too. Iriy wounded. ou Will die rai'liiy.
SEINE o. their r. gimcnls were almost ;tnnihi-
lated. The Ith Florida regiment WIS nearlyail
I TO pieces. One captain OF The regiment vent
INTO the battle. his company numbering 60; hc
lost all bur six Of his men, and was hiInsrlf
severely wounded. Several regiments and
paris OF regiments. which had been forced INFO
Tie rebel service. threw down their arms and
retired az The coDuncnc"mrnt OF the action.
Enough gums. most OF them loaded, werI found
down the rear Of tie spring 10 arm Two or three
rrgIm"nt>
Many oi t,is. rebel guns are Enfield tlcG, and
th, directions Tor loading, which | send you.
signed Lilly il Bro, London show wh"r'
their ammunition comes rom. i De flight o.
tine enemy vas precipi!a!e. though 1t must have
been orderly, as nearly all their heavy trains
and all tier artillery We're saved. We uovy
desire 10 call attention tc what may he called
Acknowledgements OF the day. While our forces
Were fiercely fighting the eneIny,s superior
numbers, the divisions Of Generals Smith. Van
Cleve ana Ward, of Critt"ndtn's corps, with
their artillery. were standing Ia line Of battle
not more than two miles of.
Nothing but the brigade of infantry and the
rebel diminishing cavalry before mentioned,
prevented us from joining III the fight. til"
corps OF CrittenGen could have swept along
the HarrOdsburg road, passed Prrryyillr,
turned the cnemy's flank, and fallen upon his
rear with crushing effect. Our subordinate
officers and men were painting 10 he led for
ward. Yet there they stood for four mortal.
hours, in hearing of the guns that were an
swerinG the enemy, and theirs that We're
moving down our comrades. We had over
taken the enemy, but were held back, and
not allowed to light. Had this corps moved
directly forward, the victory would have
been cOmpietr, resulting in the discontinue
OF the Rebel army, and the capture of their
supply trains and artillery. As IL was, they
have retired and safely conveyed their valti-
ables with them.
Now, you ask was the battle of the 9Th vic
tory We answer that we do not regard il So
Our fearful loss of life, the loss of battery and
the lives of SO many valuable officers. are hardly
enumerated by the capture of barren hill,
the killing of live or six hundred wretched
rebels, and the taking of a lot of guns
and prisoners Had our attack been in con-
cert and simultaneously, victory in all is
completeness would have been ours. We were
certainly not defeated; the enemy was forced
to abandon their positions, with the loss Of
several wagons and q large number of prison.
ers. The houses beyond our lines are convert
ed into hospitals for our wounded, who are
being well cared for.