The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-05-15


on, and at midnight It was done. Th
storm kept on pelting pitilessly upon thI
iaces Of the dead upon the battlefield
chilling the wounded. and drepehing til
troops.
The Enemy Expected on IN,
Renr.
The gloom and sinking Of the hear
occasioned BY the retreat WaA soon for
gotten in the fear that the enemy woulG
discover our movement and fall upoI
our rear. Pine brush were streWed up
on the bridges TO prevent noise and every
pFecaution was taken TO secure o safI
removal Of our army. Sykes division
of regulars was detailed to bring up thu
rear, the columns fled out into the road
and sorrowfully marched down to the
river. Steadily and in silence the darE
mass surged on, stretching in one un'
broken line from the intrenchments
through the woods, out upon the hills
down across the river, and up again in,
to the almost Egyptian darkness, Of th,
gorges among the pines aud cedars. -
Daylight came and still the enemy wal
quiet. Six O'Clock, seven, eight; aut
still there was no shot to indicate thai
we were discovered, nothing but tn,
tramp Of tho soldiers and the rush Of thC
swollen river. Nearly all of the army
had crossed before the enemy found oal
that we were leaving, and then he follow
ed Us with a few piecesof artillery. 0uI
cannon on the bluffs drove back his guns,
the rear guarG hsstensd over, the pom.
toons swung around in the current, and
the other side was abandoned. 1t is
painful to reflect upou the sacrifice oI
lives and treasure, humiliating to con
template the enormity Of our disaster
but the Army of The Potomac still
Eves. .Nis not crushed. It's spirit Il
not broken.
There is no repiniDg, no desire tc
give up the struggle, no thought Of aagh
but ultimate success. Rest, full rations
and q word of cheer from their com
manders and the people will nerve then
again. Victories like those of the pas
are yet to be wrought The. corps arr
very little broken up, and q few day
will suffice to put them in 6rst rate con
dition. General Hooker has ALREADY
commenced the work Of reorganization
and we may soon Look for encouraging
intelligence from the Army Of the Rap
pshannock.
Our Losses
Are extremely difficult to determine. -
Sufficient time has not yet elapsed 10
correct reports Of casualties to be mad,
out; bnt it Is evident that the loss il
much less than was anticipated, not ex
ceeding ten thousand. Eleven pieces o
artillery were taken from the Eleventh
corps, q great portion Of their traiu ant
supplies was captured, and large mum
ber Of prisoners taken. But for thi
our record Of disaster would have beel
much more brief. An unusual number
Of officers have fallen, many of them in
to the hands Of the enemy. Those no
seriously wounded will, doubtless, sool
be exchanged, and will return to thei
commands.
Our Wounded
are being sent to Washington as rapidl
as possible, and comparatively Smal
number now remains. Those IN tn
fands of the enemy will receive atten
tiop at the hands Of our own surgeons
sent to take charge of them, and will
doubtless, prosper almost as we'll in th
hospitals at Richmond as elsewhere. -
DR. johnson, Medical Inspector Of tn
Army of the Potomac, offered to remai
upon the other side; and organized
corps of surgeons to attend to the want
Of our men, but twas deemed expedien
TO delay such proceeding for II Shor
time.
The Loss OF the Enemy
has been enormous Fighting us in ou
intrencbments our men were enabled +
fire with much more deliberation, all
the reports of prisoners are to the etfec
that their casualties have been terrific
We have captured several pieces of Of
tillery, taken number Of stands of col
ors and nearly three thousand prisoners
including one hundred and thirty on
commissioned officers. One hundred {
the prisoners took the oath of allegianc'
the remainder have been paroled for eS
change. They are all evidently well fec
though ragged and dirty in the extreme
II is folly to talk Of starvation in til
rebel army. 1t is true they do not g,
such rations as our own, but they z,
enough and that Of good quality. A
are intensely hostile, with the exception
of a few from North Carolina, Georgi
and Louisiana, anlexceedingly con6del
of the success of the confederacy.
Another correspondent of the Heral
T. M. Cook, gives the following accouI
of the stampede Of some Of the regimen
and of the grand fight
The Panic. -
/ must frankly confess that / have I
ability to do justice to the scene that fo
lowed. 1t was my lot to be in the ce
tire of that field when the panic bur
upon us. May | never be witness
another such scene. On one hand W
o solid column Of infantry retreating
double quick from the face Of the enem
who were already crowding. their real
on the other was dense mass Of beinI
who had lost their reasoning facultie
and were flying from thousand fanci'
dangers as well as from the real dang
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