Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-05-23
BLOOMSBURY, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENNA, SATURDAY,

with the better quantities which his corps
exhibited, saved the further progress of
the panic route, and the evil was tempor-
arily stayed. But the poison was infused !;
the other corps had witnessed The utter
confusion and panic of one full corps, and
their enthusiasm was from that moment
dampencd, and the confidence they bither.
to felt in their success under General
Hooker was lost in the reflection that they
could place bat little confidence in one an
other.
The gallantry of General Hooker here
shone out conspicuously, and every one
will admire the self-sacrifce with which
he threw his own life 10 the extreme oil
peril TO restore the confidence of his men
and put an end to the panic which had
been created.
But little ground was lost in this event,
yet had an ill-bodied sense of fear that our
men would not prove reliable and that cur
success thus far were but to prove fruitless
in the end. This roulo of the Eleventh
(formerly Siegel's) corps was the crisis
This was the turning point, from which
our succeeding mistortuncs can be most
distinctly traced. Saturday closed the
operations of the first week, with doubt
g., ,ro,ro.,. of .h, fro, no.,l. o.1 81.
brov;ous snocos,;or of ,bo r;rbt ~; no saon,
od dos,iroa 70 ord IN d;.ostor
Sedcw;cb with tbo s;vtb corrs bod a.
,b;s ,;no v;tbd owr - tho Eost ha,l, or
tho r;vor t.Lo, ~, his br;Jres ord ,on,oood
tbom ,coin diroctIv in front of Frodar;ol..
brro and ,ron,rod for nm ,ssor,. ~, .ho
marrow of ,ho oor,bwor,.s h,,L or IT,
town.
-,
"o "''"0,' ~ VI o'',e,", "''s"''A' upon
'''' wv "'' y, 4 i1''' It N''u'E' was oo''''
''"'"J '"o' aug "a N0''
bo~n moJ~ No non "ey eyor "'',.n at,a.,,n5 I'D M tha
forti;ca,ions Of an enemv with mar. on
,hpsio am or v;gor Tn, bork wa. stoc,
,bo fra of .hot ,rd shon VIVA ,orr;G. ond
tho slo,rh.,r roronol S,,rnor., oonr
four mon,bs aoo o,ve ,tt,o nror;so or s,o
oos, IN o,r,o.t oor,,;, dao,h .ho na,,
ohornos =. ana oo.n:oa ,,,o m..,.. ,n...
tbo or,;,orist, rrom tho;r curs c,r,nrsd
two,v. nj i.,os Of ,bo host onl bo,v;a.t ,r
.illcrv. and manv prisoners Of war in
,bo;r tron,,,,s Wi,b tho bcov;ost loss,s
S,lpwi,k (ouowod nm his success with the
boldsst onor,v. ond nursuod tbo enemy n.
ward Chanceloryillo with the purpose Of
uni,;no with General Hooker at that
nIoc7.
But this brilliant success came too late
for the enemy held the nlapk road which
the rout Of the Eleventh Corps had welded
to them on the previous pigbt, and the en-.
emv was enabled to throw a sufficient force
against him 10 prevent his junction with
Hook r. This was speediIv done, and
soon sodrwick's fine Corps, the largest
and perhaps the best of the army, was
cut off from communication either with
Hooker or with Freder, ,oksburg. and. Tins
isolated, was compelled to fall back mon
the river at Banks Ford, whore briicos
had been thrown over bv whicb If 60.
yerely pressed bo c,n,d moro socs h;s ro
treat pnross tbo Ronnobonnock ocoir
~, r,I.,
..,SI,. ',':n l.. 0 w..
tho cordnrt ot tho o;s.roonts w5, h,d a,d
fror, thoir oosi,ior on tho nror;ons ,,;aht
a,,ro-. ~. e....na -
prt ano,,,on n,n,,,,o m., s,a.o;noa ~
surd " morripc bv tho orn,v ro,r Chan,
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