Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-07-06

(the Eleventb) arrived upon the ground
during the early pa-, of the battle and
fought with gres: fury. The strength
Of the enemy enabled hem to drive our
forces through the toga 20 a hill in the
rear, where the battle resied for the day.
The main body Of The Army of the Potomac
anne up and were put in position for
Thursdays battle. General Reynolds was
killed The loss on both sides was very
heavy. -..E.|.s
On Thursday no fighting occurred until
about four O'Clock P. Il. At that time the
rebels made furious attack upon our left
and center, and for four hours the battle
ragged with terrific force. General Sickles
was wounded and had his leg amputated.
The enemy at length fell back after fear
full slaughter, Meade remaining victor Of
the field.
On Friday, the battle began at Z o'clock
in the morning, the attack being com
menced by the rebels on our right. The
battle lasted all day and the loss Of life
was absolutely frightful. A dispatch es-
Inmates the rebel loss at 10000, but this is
of course an e1aggeration. General
Hancock was shot and General Gibbons
badly wounded. It is said that one thou
sand prisoners we're taken.
The experience of these three days was
enough for the rebel General, and he be-
gan a rapid and demoralized retreat to-
ward the Potomeo. General Meade did not
sit down, as Mcclellan did, after the battle
of Antietam, and let Lee escape across the
Potomac unmolested, but followed up his
victory with swift pursuit
In regard to the number Of prisoners
captured, accounts differ. General Meade's
official dispatch of Tuesday night reports
5000. If anything like forty thousand of
the enemy were Put hOrS du combat on thEt
day, it answers the purpose fully as we'll
as if they had been captured. Of course
the loss of the Federals in officers and men
is very great But if Lees army is only
destroyed, the end is worthy the price we
pay.
We present below such details as have
come to hand of the successive battles.
THE BATTLE OF WEDNESDAY. sah
A correspondent of the New York Her
aid describes the death of General Rey-
nolds: .-.s
Major General Reynolds was plssing his
men when he WAS fatally wounded, and
urging them on to the support of General
Buford. He cried out in his enthusiasm,
81 For Gods sake forward, my brave boys
forward p And forward they did GO
that iron brigade of old Colonel Meredith's
which has never failed since the war be-
gan. Just then General Reynolds received
his fatal wound, and falling over upon
Captain Wilcox, his aid, who was riding
beside him, he exclaimed, HGood God, Will
cox, an killed.
The correspondence Of the Philadelphia
Inquirer gives these particulars:
This morning early the First and Elsv-
enth corps, which had been during the
night encamped near Emmettsburg, sd-
vsnced.
During the day this corps had been nm
der the direction Of Major-General Double
day, General Reynolds being in command
of the right wing, comprising the First,
Third, Eleventh and Twelfth corps.
When some three miles from town, and
while quietly marching along, the sound
of heavy and rapid cannon firing was
heard, coming from the direction beyond
Gettysburg. Almost at the same instant,
Captain Mitchell, Aid upon General Rey-
nOld's Staff, come dashing down the road,
with orders to the various division COM
manders to push forward their divisions as
rapidly as possible The ord was given
TO "doubie o cpick which was instantly
Obeyed, and kept up until the intervening
space, where cur batteries were engaged.
was passed over. Inese batteries, two in
number, were q part of the artillery be-
longing to Genera, BG.oId's division, and
were stationed soIue half mile TO the south
Of the Gettysburg theological Seminary,
while the opposing force were stationed
and strongly intreneied upon the east side
Of Marsh Greek, GIId nt shout the same
distance from the Seminary as were our
own troops.
The latter were the first to open fire, and
were for time compelling our batteries
to retire from their position. This they
we're quietly doing and in good order, when
the division Of General WadsWerth came
to their support, the two able regiments,
the Second Wisconsin and Twenty fourth
Michigan regiments rushing up and driv-
ing from in front of them the infantry
force who we're making desperate efforts to
capture the pieces. When these supports
arrived the batteries again tsok up a con-
msnding position, which they were enabled
to hold during the remainder Of the day.
In the rear Of the position SO taken up.
and to the right, the division Of General
Wadsworth was drawn up in line Of bat
tie, with The division Of General Robinson
holding the second line. At the moment
these formations we're completed. the
rebels, embolden by their partial success
In driving from position the batteries. At
tempted another charge, with the object Of
seiEing the pieces, when thebi igades of the
Second division, with fixed bayonets. made
a charge upon them, and such as were not
killed were taken prisoners. Two entire
regiments, a Tennessee and Missouri reg
1ment, we're then "bagged."
tuneulAtely aIJer the arrival and going
into position of the First Corps, the
Eleventh, under General Howard, who had
been IN the rear and marching on the same
road as the First, made their appearance
marched directly through the town, and Al
once formed line Of battle on the right of
the Chambersburg road, and some 6aIf a
mile west Of the College, which is located |
at the extreme end Of the town. Alter |