Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-16
The Gettysburg Battle.

We are happy to have the opportunity to lay before our readers letter recently received in this village from FHEn. LAW OIMsTEp, Esq. of the U. s. Sanitary Commission; which let ter is of course, now first published, It was not written for publication; but it is expressed in clear, business like sty le, and conveys just the kind of information that every one will be interested to read, and which seldom gets into the newspapers. It confirms what has else where been intimated, that our victory vas nearly defeat at one stage of the battle. The compl ment to the l4th Connecticut" com- ing from such quarter, will be very gratify- ing to the members and friends of that regi- ment.
 BALTIMORE, July [. 1863,
 left New York oa Saturday night. I passed the Sunday ip Philadelphia where received the first conclusive and circun,stantial account of Gen. Meades victory, and came here by the Sunday night train. Here, at the Eutaw House, we have score of slightly wounded officers mostly Massachusetts men. While in Philadelphia, We bought several tons oi fresh eggs. butter, mutton, chickens, fruit milk, &c., which were delivered on San day morning to a refrigeratng ear (wtll a ton of icc0 that we chartered for the purpose. Coming here, in advance of the car we bought a lot of large camp-neeting tents and miscel- lancous furniture, loading another car. Last night we got our ice-car over to the North Central Road, and both cars attached to the first train through to Gettysburg after the battle. MT. Bullard and seven men went with them to establish a Home and Relief Station. Several others, with Mrs. and Miss Woolsey, and another car full of stores went up this evening. We had fifteen men there before, with wagons running from Westminster and Frederick. Douglas also went up last night to draw off most of our regular force and some of the wagons to Frederick.
 Our regular wagon force was on the ground during the battle, and the wagons visited all the field hospitals as fast as they were estab- lished, and hours before they received supplies from other quarters. We have to-day pur- chased four pairs of horses, and four suffers wagons, which will start tomorrow for Fred erick. shall go there tomorrow and load the wagons and send them securing all the country where our troops have been skirmish- ing.
 have arranged to receive and take care of uoout lOIty toIS oL ouPploD ua1iy, Ioi thO present. if the people furnish them, as think they will.
 The l4th Connecticut is glorious regi- ment. The sooner Connecticut sends another like it, the better. l am pretty well tired with day and night work, but I am well. Lee is not routed by any means; and our army, when the battle was over, had hardly breath in it. For fully half an hour it was within hairs breadth of terrible defeat A single addi- .tional gun in the hands of the enemy might have broken our line and all would have been gone. But our men never behaved SO well, and believe they fought better than the enc my. They were cool and steady, and showed every good quality of veterans. Probably, this was the best fought field of the war. It's mor- al effect is incalculable. taken in connexion with Vicksburg and Tullahoma. And what is better than all, If true,( the report of the Presidents draft of 300, 1000 men-only, wish the nu nber were larger. now think we can hold up our heads again, with a good con- science.
 Yours, afectionately,
 FRED LAW OLMsrED.