, 1863-07-10
The PENNsYl VAEllA VICTORY.
SPLENDID DESCRIPTION OF
FRIDAYS FIGHT.
The Last Grand Attack.

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THE GREAT BATTLE OF FRIDAY.
Boom! boom! Two guns, deep and heavy,
ut four o'clock It was cloudy. .sultry
morning. The clouds hung thtcR and heavy,
more na % md then am4 ops e1s raPdy than tie tick Of
O pendulum, came the concossions. The
cemetery vas lid from sight By. the thick
6ulphurous folds rolling over aud oyer, un-
unfolding and expanding: There we're fl1shes
from two hillocks south 81 the tuInplke,
flashes in tho woods along Rock Greek. The
door which had been opened ngninst Gcary
last night was to be cloEed, and this was the
Without cessation, Increasing In force and
intensity, was the cannonade, breaking the
stiffness OF tho morning and drowning all
other sounds. Riding up the turnpike near
was going on. Gen. sickles, borne on bier,
was i5assing to tie rear. He had suffered am
putation. Behind him was large number Of
prisoners also passing to the rear, taken IN
the fight upon the left the evening previous.
Some were laggard md care worn, some In
jolly. II have got into the Union after hard
ticre.'7
There were few musket shots In the woods
upon the hill from the .pickets in advance.
Beneath the trees were Slocum's lines, pre-
pairing to regain whnt had been lost during
their absence. It was seven o'clock before he
was ready to make the attempt to close the
door. The men moved up slowly, but deter
mincdly. The rebels We:e in the pits and
furious fire began. 4 Gin veil Of smoke rose
above the trees and tloated away before the
morning breeze More rapid was the fire Of
muskctTy, more terrific the cannonade. Ew-
| ell Was evidently determined not to be driven
back. He held on with doggged pertinacity.
But In vain his oath, IN vain bis effort. The
door was closed, the rils pit, regained.
Ewtll was driven back inch by inch, up Rock
! creek, and the line was intact.
CAVALRY OPERATIONS.
A dzagoon came dashipg in from the Bon.
| aughtc1i roal with the Information that the
| rebel cavalry was coming down upon the
| turnpike to capture our trains. General
| P1eakantoE's compliments to Generals Gregg
| aud Fitzpatrick. He desites Gen. Gregg to
check Stuart on the right nad protect tho
down beyond Round Top, and feel Of tho
| enemy in the direction Of Fairfield Gap.
"TLatfs gcod-firet rate" is Klpatriek's
| exclamation. Tic rubs lis hands with salts
| faction, as you haye eetn children ut unex-
pected pleasure, Ills syes, gleam; His flee
| lights with smiles. Ills division Is close BY,
| and in five minutes you sec his long column
Of horEencn dcflling along Rock Creek, 0s-
ccndirg the bank, sweeping over the fields
| and disappearing In the Wo0ds beyond Round
Top.
a half tour passes, and you. sec far down
Of smoke rising above The forests, and you
| htnr the enl1eu roar from his light battery.
| He IL upon Lo1gstrcet's flank, pushing on,
nnd evidently troubling that General.
Gregg Ms gone north, aid Is Mt 1t with
Stuart. Riding up the Bo1auyhton road, We
| find him in position, sending shells over d
long 81. etch Of field into the rebel co1umn,
just visible in the edge ef distant forests
! Stuart replies aud re.ires. He would like to
| get at that long line Of Wagons coming In,
but he wil be foiled in every attempt. Later
| in the day be endcnvors to cut round Pleas
anton ut the Two Tayernf, but is thrust back
uncercmouiously.
| THE LAST GRAND ATTACK.
must pass over the two attempts Of the
enemy on the left flank. do not attempt to
! give history Of tho three day s engagements,
| Int simply an outline. Twice during the
| forenoon Of Friday there weru attacks which
were successfully rcpnlsed.
I could bear at tines, far of to the north,
dull report Of artillery, and could See little
handfnls Of smoke Ii the air In the direction
| of Carlisle. 1t was not Gregg, neither Kill
patrick nor Bnford, Tor they we're elsewhere.
| Who then? Couch or SuIith, coming down
on Lees flank? What he has to do must be
| done quickly. He will hare now foe ut haud
| Tomorrow. There are signs Of the coming
struggle-ammunition going up to the butter
les, boxes Of spherical case shells, grape and
| canister.
,,nee'ot1nons fosing nos;tinS ] @ snnt', NJ X
ScHnmarbsrse Ths torenoun masses: B..
twern one and balf.na nnc, n rrhel battery
north Of tic seminary tires gun, and then ali
along the rebel line, from the right to tue left,
nncr Worar,l's nositionl Thn lines rover m
HHrndred aris eirfty degrees nf tbe circlo-
Tn1,,, 1.-r,:r,o,,
1nHins 'sthSf1os'
Their intention Is well undcrstood-to e.
|-lcnce uo~ard's batteries because they chill
lade the attack1pg force Etad} 10 move over
tic fields toward ths cent:e-nur weakest
polht. II lsey can give 10 the living quiet
as profound as lEa1 Of lug sletpefs beneath
the sroubd, moldlns TO dust, then they may
hope to break through the t1un unc OF me1 ct
the second corps.
But toward IS not q man 10 be Eept silent
at such a time without cspee.ai cause. 1t
rams, haiis, pours upon Mn; hls oa'tefS
ho1scs are knocktd 10 pieces: the tomb stones
arc knocsca over, 1on ratings TORN. shrubs
anu tfees CUE uo"E, ne'E anu tuefe map
damaged, but heis not tIcnccd. Lie Keeps at
1t coolly AID sptr1teciy.
mol only AoWafd.t, but on tue batteries
along the lines Of both armies. are In full
play. .--.--,....- --..--
HEADQUARTERS HOT rIAcE.
TIE rebels have evidently discovered that
tho American fIafr flnatfnr fyer ,}e little mi.
tagc IN the Tancysown fsad, Is the headqoar,
tiers flag. Gen. Msade Is there. surrounded
~ lis fta1. hundred horses are Standing
in the dooF.yhrd tethcred to the pal1ngs, OF
nbblirg tac grass BY the roadside: Engln'
GERS ore down on their Knees examining
maps. Neatleu correspondents are m4Kine 1o
notee beneath the shadow OF the ga1le. There
Is IN ominous SILENCE gu along the ltnes. Il
tegins-llc internal din aud uptoar. a shell
screamed oSer thu house, startling those
there. Another-a third half dozen
twenty-oyer the house-thTough lt-lnto thf
yard-buryiuG themselves In the earth-cx.
plodlpg in the air-tcaring horses to pieces
Meade quietly remarked that they had bette,
adjourn to tie barn. but the barn was equally
s3posed. Some officers walked hastily into
the grove near at hand. Some went down
cellar with couple of correspondents: One
CORRESPONDENT mounted his horse with com
road at a tremendous rate, runii:ing tho gaunt
, | LET If IRE Tor half mile.
ksI remember the cannonade At Antictam ani
1t Fredericksburg, Int never hare I heart
such roar Of deld artillcry-thrce hundred
gurs firing with the utmost rapiaity-the reb
cie to disable and sile1ce ours, while their In
fantry moved across the fields to attack oul
centre. They lad tried the right and the left
bad failcd, aud LOW with MI energy, power
desperation, madness, they were 10 attemp
our weakest position.
TIE MOVEMENT.
u o,,o,-aa 80 - ~ .,',.,. .xo. .,,or,,;
r;nned ~. M tc u ~ .aa ine5 ~.
gas ~ eG ~ ,aS S I'M aals has eo'ae lux Ae' Il
'lsso st',d e +hen hr W. .,!or md 1o, son,,
o,cna 1he I;nc= crose ~ eaaoSs aH y ecr
enE .ne Ky hne1 @ oss 1; Inc 1Sa nG
ing hsoa h ths %uoo se',' y 1eD no u salf'n'9n
II nhtnI ~ rn., 80 the first attacking torcc ant