The New York herald., 1863-11-09


when his brigade, conposcd Of the Fifth w'scossn,
Colonel Allen Fih kane Colonel rdvards strh Maine,
Colonel Harris, and the One Hundred ana Twenty
fret Now York, Colonel Upton, were ordered 70
charge the rife pits end earthworks npJn both fanks
Led by General Russell In person, they went steadily
and silently onward nshtlpg they proceeded, iii
nearing tbe works they fxed eayonsts ana pitched IN
with cold steel.
This was too mn.h even 10, the no~s, Of the
army. for II she much Wanted louisiana brigade
that they found there, and after short hand 70 hand
they turned fee toward their pontoons which
were lying directly their But here they were
foiled boys hsd already secured the approach to
the bridge, and they had alternative Do, surrender
swim for H. Some Of shem tried tho latter but was no
easy matter and .hsy yielded When those ON the op
po.s shore found that held this end Of the bridge
they set Gre 10 their side and destroyed portion oft
This eosed at dsrr Of the mos, brilliant sctons %
The var II Was fought BY the troops tbs, gal
lantiy carried the heights OF - Mares az
the second battle Of Fredericksburg.
Prisoners SIN coming IN, tmidnsbtJ, and u vii 10
safe 10 that their whole number exceeds that OF
force which actively engaged in their capture
Although Generals scdgwick, Wright aud Tyler, With
ths sans present and active, ell agree IN award
ing The credit oi ths pr:- achievement principally 10
General RosseIl sud his gallsp, troops
General Meade has TO General scdgvc. su order
congrAtuAinH bm ana MS Uopp- Np"h 'ptH r"S''fs h
this preliminary movement
lee Is supposed 10 be At calpepper, Ewei Al Brandy
Station, and Hin between culpeprer and cedar honh,sn
We are preparing to cross at dsybress
Mr.. N. Davsdsom's second Despatchi
RApriB.sSocH srAno,, Nov So ~
From present appearances our bssss n the acton ~
yesterday were smewbat updsr-ss,in,sted. The killed
will b. nearly one hundred the wounded three hun
~,x~lx ulsa lsfstp hand
We have 6rteen hundred prisoners, instead Of twelve
hundred ipcIsdpe one hundred three missoned
ofBceIs
9bere heavy fos on the river this mornins which
decays the Arisck Our batteries oil IN portion. how
ever, end tho attack viii be made ~ socp - the "a
rsDes. ~~-s
Mr.. y. De Wilson's ThtsA Dsspateh.
wABnuros JUNCTION, Nov. s-Noon
rpop nf,ius the fog forces commenced
ing and found little opposition. They presing
forward toward Cupeppsr. an on again for The fros,
and % the railway fpsbed nrlhsr than this pom,
shall have express twenty miles BY horse
The Second division Of The Third corp. under General
Prince, creased the river last evening ~ Kellysfofd
and eAptored hundred ty Of The second aGd
Thirty eighth North Carolina regiments The prisoners
cay their orders there and Ggh,
desd taken prsopers General Princess boys
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prisoners had TO wade beck. The Twentieth New YORK
militia, Lieutenant Colonel Bsrdspberg commanding &C
companies the prisoners TO Washington ss On sscort
rhs wounded are svrivipg here, thsIv wsy 70 wash
pgcp Cars also ordered .for fifteen hundred prison
ss Too hundred and nfiy Of the latter were taken by
The s, wing, ecsnma maDdes BY Major General French
The prisoners are nov arriving. They chiefly from
North CArolina ani Louisiana. rbsy say 10 oyr boys
"Yog al could have taken had bad bsyobsis
- nstx <~f,r.-
"ob. ssmmo1; that's played cot. We Eli the same thing
s Ffsiericksosys, and can always 90 H. our orders
we're 90 INTO ,hose works and should have done y
bsyobev ssyouev. We never though, sf Them iii
70, cose ap The redoubts, and then nxed them
Tbs stoiosm of the Fsth W soonsn boys when wounded
~ remarkable. Three poor fellows, Who lay with their
faces tOwsrds Tho enemy and Who hsd fallen ~hs chars
ps up the hill upon The redoobus beng ssksd they
| wne dead, repiiei. "DeSdf No; worth tvo o.
srss dead yet" Zach had . brosee 'es sri they
cooIly remarked, "1bus salw
| mr. william Yswng's sseeaA Despatch.
| lpsy I'm porDs.c. Nov. =, lss3.
without ss0mns ths prophetic powers u the seers'afy
Of s'Ae shoas pr.den are stt " be flGllei have
repeated by iehrsph lh., The readers ;ne iiEA,tD
would be .isidsned by most gratifying inisl.gs
! from The Army o. the Potomac. iLo GOD
udings Is beyirnibs r. ~ hsra'des And more
10 10 BE- communicated. sach vn force al
the psope 10 The oonve,ion s, III, Army = ,he Pcio-
4 mac ben defeated for The lest time.
The brilliant sfsb Al RAppshsnDoek s,stlou, yh'ch
has ssdsd Asr.s ,hs sirio.s sr,h e0rps, con.
mspcsd 81 forsy.svs mlsgtss past tro occs yss,srfsy
Afternoon, vhen the aYnshsrs q ths sscend srf
/ THIRD wssf@ ~ ibs Fsss ti,si0n fofcsi
the rsssl p&ssp bass n tsr es'srces
Prom TIA, tine un nsa,iy sars osr uoos. g.liss
10 position a. near W The srsnys ~crn tbsy oosa
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