Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-05-15
BELLOWS falls Gin,es.
bellows FALLS, MAY is. 1888.

The Great Rattle nt Fredericksburg.
g We give in addition to what we publish
ed last week such particulars and incidents
of the great battles at Fredericksburg and
Chancellorsville as have come to hand:-
There was no battle on Monday. The
enemy continued TO feel our lines from ex-
treme left to right, making vigorous feints,
driving in pickets, picking off artillery hors-
es and officers on horseback. In one Of
these forays, Gen. Whipple was moftally
wounded in the spine, while standing agains:
tree in, his own camp, supposing himself
to be in perfect security. During the en-
tire day. Gen. Hooker continued to strength
en- his position with second line of rife
pits, a, d contrary to his expectation was
not attacked by the enemy. ,
When the Eleventh Corps became dis
organized en- Sa,o, day. private io the 25th
Wisconsin was detached from the regiment
and continued TO dodge the enemy, and
Travelled through the woods until he arrived
at Fredericksburg, where he joined Sedg-
wick's command. He borrowed a muskei,
and aided .in The capture OF the place.
When the enemy tell back, the solitary sol
der moved forward along the river road,
though mostly in the woods. aud rejoined
his command near SCOTS Dam, on Monday
evening. He saw no enemy save wi en- in
battle, and was neither at Fredericksburg
nor at Charlottesville challenged by the
National pickets.
In the hot,cst OF the fight on Sunday, =
battery attached TO the Sd Corps had all its
horses killed, aud only one man, sergeant,
remained with the battery and continued TO
fire one Of the guns. Gen. Meagher COM
mandinc the Irish Brigade, seeing the sit-
uation, ordered one OF his regiments 10
.. haul away the guns" The order was
promptly obeyed, and five guns we're drag
red from the clutches OF the enemy. The
other five had been removed by another de.
tacbment. Hsm'&s1 al
The rebel prisoners reported that jack
son ordered to he shot all stragglers who re-
fused TO reioin their regiments promptly
ar d continue in tie fight. He told his men
tbey must break the Union lines, capture
their supplies or s,arve. The canteens OF
the privat.s were filed with raw whisky
before the battle opened. af,f
Ii Is a little singular that Gen. Sckles
and every division commander in his corps
should have been struck by the missil-s OF
the enemy. A spent piece Of she'll struck
Gen. Sickles square in the breast, but did
no more than forc,ply remind him of his
situation. f
Berry fell dead in battle, Whipple was
mor,ally wounded ty sbarpshooter, and
has since died. Brney WIS also hit by
piece Of she'll but received no injury.
The 1.-the Corps which unfortunately
broke and ran from the field on Saturday
night, burned for an opportunity to ~hiPe
away the imputstion' Of cowardce, under
which they rested. They alleged that they
I had been led TO believe by information
brought from the headquarters of'ihe army !.
that the enemy was making in a south-rIy
directon; and that he Was therefore rather
! endeyoring to escape Than to fight. They
/ said that their cavalry having been taken
away from them, they were unable to learn
the true position Of the enemy in their
front; that he came upon them suddenly
from an unexpected direction, tl.eir first
knowledge OF his approach being the driv-
ling in of their skirinishers, and the capture
of their pickets. But ten minutes had
el ,psed from the fist alarm, b. fore Won
j Gilsa's bigade, which was in position on
1.-The road along which the enemy advanced,
. retired in great confusion, his artillery run
ming ieng,hwise through Gen Schurz's en-.
ire division, breaking his lines. and throw
lug his command into such disorder that it
also fed in cotiueion. On the left Of the
Ill,h Corps. Gen. Devens fled after making
but slight resistance. - rs3 k3a 2
The reserve artillery under command OF
Lieut. Col. Schirmer and Col. Buschbeck's
brigade of Stpinwehr's division held the
enemy in cheek until all the trains aud bag.
gage of the lth Corps moved 10 the rear.
and until all The batteries, with the excep-
lion of eight peices, we're taken off the
field. Gen. Howard and staff, and Lieut.
Col Dickinson of Gen. Hooker's s'aft did
all that was in his power TO induce their
men TO make stand, but all ieii panic
stricken 10 the rear.
An officer who went within their lines
wi h flag of truce, on Tuesday evening.
:. reported that the rebel officers claimed 10
, have defeated our army. but acknowledged
that their losses were far heavier than those
of the National forces. During the battle
the enemy frequently threw themselves IN
masses in the direct fire of our artillery,
and were cut down in fearful numbers. In
the charge of Frerch's Division the woun-
ded rebels called to our troops =" Push
on boys: push on and defeat them. for
Gods sake, and end this war J" 1t is he
lieved that ano'her rebel victory Of this
sort would annihilaie Lees army. gs
Gen Berry was shot while walking in
front of his division, before the fight COM
menced, as he was encouraging them to