Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-07-07
From Gettysburg.

,..;vs through Northern papers day later intel
rvsDee from Gettysburg The battle that was begun on
"wednesday was renewed Thursday afternoon oy the on
f.ssrss and again at daylight Friday morning, andWas
nm % the latest moment Of intelligence, still raging
THURSDAY nshtthe Yankee commander teegruphed thar
be had repulssd US at all point; yet it seems at p NJ
Friday we still held Gettysburg, which was as Tar iO
ward as We have any account Of our forces having al
v.pe,d The "repulse" therefore, was probably only
,bs dscounuance Of the battle on our part for neces-
sary rest, or for achievements to come up Az
o'clock FAday morning General Meade does not cam
10 have derived any benefit from the assumed rePue Oh
the evening before, but mpaFs, as the best news lie
has TO communicate that have made no impression
ON bis position Three Of his Acknowledgements faui
and Jok-had bssn killed At the time oil ms desPA'e'
70 which the Baltimore American adds TWO o'hers-
Cross and Webb-and four others wounded, the no'o-
rious Sckles osiuga leg The entire number oil Pr
sop.rs taken from US he states sixteen hundred instead
Of SIX thousand, As The first accounts represented
The sta.ems of a newspaper correspondent that
General Lee had sent Tag Of truce asking cessation
OF bo,ttes for two days to bury his dead IS most hkey
an invention since there does not seem to have been
any NJ ssy for truce to enable him to perform that
d duty He occupies all the ground upon which be has
At ,py time stood aud bis dead have been at all times
within his reach and could have been buried even WINE
tue battle went on.
Il is a E.t.e significant that the newspapers when
rrobably did not 50 to press before o'clock Fr'-
d.y morning had heard nothing from Gen. Meade since
o'cocs Tuursday morning. We have right to inier
that nothing bad happened IN the Intervening nineteen
boprs that Gen Meade was Cnx,ous TO have known to
,bs,p5e 1, Is not impossible that he had matter IN
hand much more mminen; and pressing than the duty
CT muncating with the public, perhapsWas engaged
IN sauce y4 pes, movement that allowed no ime Tor
bulletins.
Al any rate our faith il victory as the result OF the
engagement remairs mistaken. We kROU that the
troops that Gen. Lee led the Potomac if united,
could not be beaten by any army the Yankees could
send against them Our theory is that the battle was
begun by the corps of A. p HILL and perhaps not even
the whole of that corps At least have information,
private bu. reliable that on the 29h LOugsreets corps
were At Chambersburg, not less than twenty-five miles
distant from the battlefield and the mountain
EWels corps was ttreatenug Harrisburg at the same
time and therefore certainly not enga ed in the battle
In its early stage We think Hill sustained the engage
ment Wednesday Thursday afternoon ills probable he
vas strengthened by accessOns from LOngstree aud the
combat was resumed. Friday morning 1t IS likely there
had been still other accessiOns and the combat was re-
opened with the intention, doubt OF making It de-
csve on that day BY the morning OF Friday or during
that dsy Gen. Lee must have been able to mass what
ever 70 &C be considered necessary TO accomplish the
result be desr,d do lot permit ourselves to doubt
that the first intelligence We receive from him viii be
that he has gained erowning and glorious victory.
LATER.
T. has comet At least the stirring prelude to what is
to come Is heard in tie despatch from Aartinsburg-
that informs Us that Gen. Lee defeated the enemy in
the battle Of Friday last-that they rereatsg to-
wards Baltimore aud Lee pursuing. This is great news
What may it not lead 70!
We have to lament the fall of three brave, high
spirited aud devoted Generals Barksdae, of AssissiP-
nj. and Ksmper and Garnett Of this State. Fresh be
their memories ever in the hearts Of the people they