The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-01-21


ear with their report The air was heavy and
,ultr,i the cloud vi blush vapnr rose like pillar
among the tall forest trees. The hillside, at first
dotted with lines and tets Of smoke, became over
cast. The fog dragged over the batteries like a
pail The two clouds enlargcd-spresd over the
entire field. From the forest nothing could be seen
but the curling volume of thick mist. The hill
was lost to view. The clouds near each other
they tcich-they are one; tue cannon laundering
the meantime as if life aud death hung upon their
excrtions All was cnvelcped fren the sight but
the was stuug by the sharp, wicked aud intensi
fed crack Of the pieces. Parrots seemed like IF
teen-inch Lincolns in the smcke. Stationing ones
self in the bed of the bayou at the foot of the
Sinai. A little before twelve O'Clock, and light
breeze gently rolls away the thick veil and discloscs
the vivid lightning flash. The men are running
and gallopping hither and thilher on the hillside.
We strain our eyes for an army but can see naught
out the DARK moving specks ABOVE tue long lines OF
new turned earth
THEGRAND ASSAULT.
twas about two o'clock as the firing slaekeped
During the terrific cannonadins. tr,ops had been
summoned To the front. General Steele as second
in commend had stationed h;p,selr nsar Tho renter
with the brigade of General Hoyev as The reserve
General Blnf's brigade. with the exception of two
rsgents had bpcn sent to the left across the Chick
assw won the previous night. Colonel De Courcv
was assigned the left of center with General Thav.
er behind him as support Colonel landrum again
ON his right General D. Stuart further to the right
and away 10 the extreme right fronting another
SPUR of the hills, was smith. The line moved for
ward There was a pause of a few minutes A
cheer long and loud and presently we could descry
through the vista of trees black line oftroops pour-
ing up the hillside. They were moving from the
lett across sIoping piateau they entered one end
oil llne OF rlnepi'S IN column oil Spiu'terlhg hre,
rs IN, vhe mass o' ISoe,S 'e II AT 'ne o'nVr.
lhe Noneys tu,cAeneu 'iS 1 S"h'ion vsivneu ou'
canister snr"Pis, "hsrMi aHe I"nns EAU ea plg
gaps Ill th'm' haSeu, enhla9ou ana cross nreo the
tVcus vi u nui,uIeu tohNe'EihS thuuuerooi'S' Yen
Thousand musAets 3hheu Al thSm; tnev crouch
tney ialIer' tuS! i",I. eM Nsu, nov ISW y run run
OF OF EUncr crawl up !he s"PT' 'nousanu n r"pluly
u"Ihu'So 10 hunurVu' We SEE tnc nag gong
upNaru' the cheers gro" 'ulh'er anu lain'er' rHN-
ono they leit near ciurnpmrl m WILLOWS Whleh swarms
win hoSu'S nusAo's. 5ue eo'oTS are ptah1eu
Close 10 tne i1ss lhv .. r'"e-p"S' Inc rooe'S are
running Ill All "ree"ouS'
REPULsE
tered and shocked by the murderous fire in the
hollow they are covering in the trenches All is
over The cheers like serpents' hisses ring in our
ears. The Sucmy cxults over our brave fallen.
dark looking mass ieS down the hill to the left.
IheY nave outnanked lew ot our men, ana are
driving them as prisoners. The next that is seen
is a tumultuous stream of soldiers pouring across
the bayous, merging through the woods, muddy,
stained, heated, wounded, bleeding, enraged, weep
ing, and frantcally curSing. Some of them are
they force themselves Dack to the rear In VAN
do the officers cry, ran IN men, Ihey answer
Indignantly, that they have been ensnared, nassa-
cred murdered IN a pltiall-a death trap. For
u" '"''u''' '''e' "'' "'''''''' "'i'o''''
inh "hNOf' Vt ihh SIM ""hH,
PRESENTLY down comes youngsh looking lndl-
Ndual on 1907, corh-husk cunging 10 MS saoer,
spashed TO the crown WIN mud; ne gives orders to
some officers, mounts horse and rides down the
creek. Inc men set up cheer as he departs.
no IS that oihcer = we asked. " Ihat Is Blair,
the last man to leave the MIL, was the answer.
His brigade did indeed move tar IN advance OF the
rest, anu accomplished by the far greatest distance
under hre over tue greatest obstacles. In the
midst OF the hal! OF bullets did Biar advance un-
olanched as II he bore Charmed HE. 1t was truly
a foriorn nope Tor then' vi the two regiments
winch followed nm to the top more than half were
The miracle IS that there returned man to tell the
story Other aeeus:
IL appears that from the east OF tue bayou they
hau TO cross slough III front OF the rlhe pits IN
WhlCh there were lour ieet ol water ana muu.
on the turther steep DsnK was growth OF young
cottonwoodS whlch had been cut ana heaped upon
each other 50 as 10 form the most lmpassabie bar
rer TO morse or loot. lhe distance from tins bayou
70 the upper ie OF rhe pts near Which the nag was
plahteu Is three hunureu anu MY yarus. HAD nlS
advance been sustained by the rest o the forces de-
hched on the service, the plateau could have been
won, iodgment made Where the enemys artillery
was PoNcrless, ana the nights taken IN all prooa-
Dihty; nat II was not, may not be the fault OF
."N oihNe ny "NiS N''' ~ wy" 's 0>O' "'iOi