Maryland free press., 1863-02-27
FROM RICHMOND, VIA LONDON.
Another Lettes from the Times Goa.
feierate Arinyl Correspondent.

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a., Nv % iuie W pi vsiu 'ili't upoi
& ~ Nv wv l''ss 20 Vi tlo suocsss wGh
nsu DeSn gunou oy tne o9iileuerates ne was iui'y
anu h.g n,S w iaei'
~ mas h1Peu anu peIieFo tn"t S9h1ay, tle
is.n, "ouia mi'ness rehe"ai oi lhe euerai
$500. en- ,L.o to - ~, ~ "a snH io'n anu sIo
se4ue1' hsnts were ousi'y elhpioyeG ny the
en- .I .h ~ tneir iorlllI"- %
Cons.dara.a oo,tr .TeI Hs on stio
thr,,.,n ~, tIasa ~ IT, - 9, nau onl9
Canar,I r. TO- w -, S eAI la u
ia II sbonId hnve " S,rnd u. sn1
;rha. = mo,'a,I s .L ESy E,uSS.y "ulo i iI'o'.
hawa bao,, m',st " Az. at'"eA Gouiu
g. oven n1I,' mnss uisssalous 10 .ie ass%iiants
fclt bS +ha Sc,f I'"nt" w stH'o - mas
tae ~ uoI"'e senui"is tiat ",tIi
80; ~ 5;paI i ~ so' ,3"s 'sssaIit M3ul1
aSd omnIo nro,,i;nss 80. AZ" ~ s;, sn'a,
the beayv ons,nuCht uhi.h ,iit,I !, ,ra .nt n5
,yo,ld on ,ba n,,,r.o, h - " 80; 80 =. 20 ! 80" ~
n IaaI,a,S ~ ~ ,'i"He 1is 1s.'nst reie'
~ . ~ 70 On 'no on.Iuci"tc 1 ~ ut
aos,e+; H., IL Vi .iin' % eoielaI more
and wL;,s L. artas;t 80 $500, en ga "'uiu Ivy y
hns;nass,, , a, thn sa sonts' "PPu"iou W nieth
ecnfassnd +hot ~ ,,1 pe. ~, ~ i'ost pe
ate ba;cv"d ,ne "ii,1 m .no ouaM o, 'ne
on ths iatb tber. 49, no" ,na. =, NC Ts,j
60 o,i -, 80 ~ WIZ ny waning CohiTu-
tr"on mlo'' preSGl9"ce toIu mem that
would no I;ttfe 49,; e. ns,n,, ,L, s"
49,, 49, - "pS ~ iosn'no tnc u'ieis'
hnrr sd L III. Al. II
be NJ fesh .Itl h. ~ IIiS .a,i'S Uu.iN
federato Ii,,es oe oii ;i.o or
borse srtiIIcrv +tnro a5 "nSm miS
mv's fant was nrobabi rnUm -. ete ans
inthe GanoraI,I MI t-'O'' 'l''' nis n'
Wben snndau ,ho ,,,b o .,.-,.
rnl coniirmat;" ~ % Gnonai h Stiv, II otoag'
The dnv was clJar and calm and ,yor,,, q. 4,
predecsasor, Init totally Jav";J - h,1s - " goo.
The Yankens, on thnir ief, "on5 no1,4ro rs,
passed the night in tn. plan. wbera arsngss @
overlook them, without blankets. without
fires, with only half-rations. The day wore
away, and witnessed no Federal advance
There was heavy skirmis sbinr hetvepu tho
pickets in front of General P HIM. diyi..
ion, and occasionally the boom of a bn.vy
piece of artillery, fired from one or the otter
side of the river, struck mon the Q. =. and
sounded as n styauon cnptrStt "a the ;rcsss,,,+
and continuous roar of the dey befnre, on ths
nighht of the litb prophecies that the Ysnkpps
had had enourh Of s. and wnnld oct hail
across the river Us best they could were more
abundant, and when the morning of the 10Th
broke, and still the fedelas failed to advance
it became incontestable that the Federal army
was in perilous strait, with n deep river and
three pontoun bridges behind, and with VIC
torious and elated enemy and 800 pieces Of al
tille1y in font
AS the afternoon Of the 18th advanced there
was the same coauettiug OF, the mart of the
Federals as to asking remission 70 burv tb.ir
dead and carry off their wounded "a bsd been
dispIaved by them nm the feid oF sh .-"sh~r,
At Sharpsburr. as has been many TINES nrs.
viously remarked, the rrunnd on which +h,
battle was forrht va, held hv the Cnnf .dar.
permi, SION TO burv his dead wnuIa bove .,-;,
eusIv discrn6;toI Canal M.SIa,t,i 80 ~
ted tsIecrnms ths, Io bsJ rainad
ry. 1t 6-"amo necessary ,bersfare n h. 70
recource to a. fee. ana far oftrmre wss'snt ~.
in by one OF tnS :nf,rior iSo3aroI oa.on.I
GtlnneI1' Go1 NJ NJ Clellan himse.aye recognized by
here !" have been the secret tpch is believed
Sharps burg Hag of truce Someory of the
came XII was attempted On the afte; OF the
;peiISuTool ~. ~, MIRO was every dlspG@ OF
aI,ev;,te ,ho 49, Snetiis s .h W s1rln po htI
who had now lain t4ree %o"1eo 15o s15s JGeta
Gen, Lees resolution fiat M a,r nf t.uo NV
should bo copied nnlcss sent bv Gen' Burp
sine to himself was final and inexorable.
A flag sent in, as was believed. b. Ge4eral
Birney was therefore rejected. Ever, posi-
pie effort was made by the Confedsrats, to re-
nIte tne soherlngs OF those wouueo a. men S
SaiJ. h .neil e:ln anl0ns haa TOT vi nv Itts
;nd;r;5' .' as 10 usual ot. ouon tarrhIo IA IA
hesrtrend;n% srchn scenetsa bsttIe-fniJ
presents dining thedrst nicH after battle il
woul bafls any portal pen to describe. In
addition to the ,gonizin6 cries for water, and
to the groans If tortured and dying men, may
be heard veGes, constantly growing fainter
aha iainte;, nouIias W. the nc! iiIiies ana mum
oers .;r o. D1ar oaJas , III .ne noP? 'nas some
~ tbat a nrrtv from tbeir nnr,r,daa 10y -,,s +
lave been sent ont 70 fetch in ;te wonn,
dSd men. "I4th Massachuseitl' "lOith
Pennsylvania!" "47th North Carolina'-
Such are some ofthe shouts which ring through
the night air, and are never likely TO be for
so.son oy .nose on whose ear they tals'
But in the meantime, on the night of Mon
day, 1t was determined by the Federal gener-
ais not t" risk another day without putting the
river between themselves and their victorious
zoe. more favorable night for their pur-
poSu ouiino' Se cohce'Veu.-on the afternoon
ol nioHuay the wlha oogan TO rise, and by
seen IN the evening and during the night il
piew nurficene from the south, SO that all
souha IRON Tue Federal army was carried
away 10 tlo north IN direction eontrary t.
the posluon occupied oy tne o9niederates. AT
ehe game tiine there feil deluge of rain.
Ireat credit Is certainly due to the Federal