The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-13
1yf BATTLE Of GETTYSBURG.
,, fyam Participants ir the rasle--
srisay'> is''--fhe fr'i '"s'".a 'ns""
,,,.-ybe Fighting IL 'ke 'Sa~e-onr Lass

..,,.J Ia ibis city ) ssuFdAy aud yesterday,
II, .siiva to the ba:t!e Of GettysbuFg We give
,1,y soae Of the particulars gleaSei in con-
4s-r -rs.,i0n with them
- eecEtPrI6S OF FRIDAY FiGHT-THE FIRST
4# yftaFNEA EHGISESf AT GETTYSBURG.
# Mach intetssl ls felt by the public in the fate
. the Iat YirsInis regiment, which was or
H@ ,,.s lzsl ia this city, aud 3 large ncnber Of
81 mice here are interested in tbs fate Of It's
men beis Tao first report from it after The
# t..ele 4. ettysbuss was the old story Of "cnt
81 10 pieces, and we deeply regret to announce
81 lta, ID the case Of this saiian. regiment va
u report is too true The regiment uumborin.
81 about no nior. the remnant o. the iino body 'hat
81 {. tlis ctg IN April, 1851 is attached 70 KEN
81 tet-s hrigadc, Ia p,ckstis division oi Long
II reefs corps IL had been near Chamber
81 .i. doing picket outy, but had been relieved,
81 AuI on Thursday the isl .agL., parched -
4 lea to Getty sburg, and went INFO b!youac
roar the to8n. Gettysburg was ths right of
. the enemy = centre, and was, of conrga, The
l.f. Of our centre The battle field as vieFssd
from our line may be described thus From
Ueifynbur. there stretches away towards The
4 sIyl high mountain, on which there is p!a-
4 : defended by Stone f1pcs. ihis was the
e.rlny posill9u Ga HE tight OF ibis wac
4.nlber ,ao0rtsin meeting it at fig sneiae aud
-o,ruljng cat towards 0dE lines. This noun
s I'm VIII also fortified sad occupied by iho
4 .uy 80 that + oGr tr0ops had occupied and
lrlJ the ul@iu ,oslii,n Of the hedarais they
auuld have been ezpoaed 10 p murdercns emf
4diug fire from the iiaak'ng mountain The
round IN front of the snemy's work Was ot II
loilug formation requiring our troops bret to
legend q eloIs EEd then ascend TO tbs attack
Sill this was t. bs doue under fso Oar artii'
r1y was IossssG III front of the mountain, aud
lrb,ni It our infantry was placed.
About . o'c'oeh friday morning the lnt Va
v.s .rdtfGi ;oi4il in aud with the division
iaueLoJ 10 She iigh! of o,;, centre, nearly OPP
.. -.ta the nankiDg mountain, and wss placed
t..n' E, yatde icL.Ld our artillery The can
.....iiua. 1pened from Or side about | clock
l.ad rtttf Two hours sh.in2, which w;.s 70
,y.,cuftt5 on the part OF the eusmy that voly
h.- Glsu II the Let were killed by il the in.
fltry uaH uideied 10 advance. THIS order
....s given 81 , o clock =. n, al The advance
,,4f commenced .he infantry maI aIcaing at com
non time ac.uas the field and not iiSin4 Il mus
h.t witt within ., yards OF tbb enemy e Woika
4. kamrers # brigade moved Up 1t swung
A.pugl tJ tie lrfi eai wss exposed to the front
hlr anl It's. kiuR fire OF tho fedaras, which
,,as very fatal This awinglhs around III
isastei part Of tho onemys force i've feei
Dea' being pushed out iroG ti4eir loft TO tho
attach. JueCily this force WAS uDmaskad oaf
h,lllesy opened Oh it with terrible prec.eion.
rs officer yyho was within a few yards of the
works Informs us that our ehels were throw a
with wonderful accuracy into the very middle
oE the enemy = column. killing sometimes as
many As 30 OF 30 at shot. This force WAS al
yaHcnE column Of battajona, and in at
tempting 10 change Gheir ostion. by marching
~ ths night, was thrown Into such cOl,-
tgsea by the bcathng ire Of oar artillery thas
lis slaughter WAS still rsore terrible. They
i.-ver rallied aud their five regimehtal tiags
we're scattered all about in the Gro Nd This
concentration OH the offensive being dispersed
uar infantry continued their advance upon the
vpIhs, v hon within about rs yarde they cpsu-
Il lie aud charged on the i0:os de Tending the
atlne fence A they mounted the fence two
oY three Auadred If the Yankees defending IL
iusew down their aims and ran towards our
me9, giving themtelyee up aB prieoasra. Many
oi thea ran entirely through Ksmpens tri'
sade 10 Tho rear. 4 good n.auy of them were
ti.let ia Frhniu9 forward TO surrender, our
lnon not understanding The neshing OF the ma
folFre. The ConIe, crates captured the works |
tnj ~ tea Of them paseei through the deadly |
tGe that not enough got insidr to hold chem
Il. .4inst the large force OF Yankees that All |
yaDcod to ro,ake them
Seven Confederate tage were planted on tho |
stJus fence, bat there not being enough men |
h support them were captUed by The advanc- |
iHE Yankee force, aud nearly all OF cur esvere- |
L wounded were loft in the hands Of the enc !
!
Tie l.. Virginia carried ia ~, M An, about |
tw aty i've having been detailed f,r ap,bu. |
lance and other duty. They brought cut be- |
tweeu thirty or forty, many even OF them be. |
iDs wounded There is bat one oiti :er in the |
regiment who was HO killed or wounded, |
ahi that Wac Lieut.. BalieG, who now com
mand. it Col L. T. Williams went into
action on horseback aaI was instantiy killed.
lie fell iorWard on being shot, and did not
speak Afterwards. Hs horse was hit three
nines Col. w L body il IN tire hands Of the
ehsmy. Amobs the Cihcers we have aseer
tained the following losses Company q,
i-sni Moti's, eomd'g, Capt Langley was sick
bat went into the light aud was wounded;
a'saea Woody and Morris, all wounded, com
pany b, color company, Capt Davis, founded
ma missing Lieut.. Paine, wounded, company
Y, Capt. Mailman aud Lieut.. Dooley, both
wounded snd missiag company u, Capt. Nor
ten, i1isuis Reeve Keipiugham, AMI Blair. all
Sosndsd, company II, Capt Watkins, Lieata.
uAsa and Martin, all wounded, company ],
AlesiA Ballpu and Caho. the latter wounded.
.Wa, Aitsh1il, son Of John Mitchell, In CON-
- a ~ color guard Of The regimAat. is
Nean6e1 and nisAing I4ieuk Blair, Of com,
- p spnnanded the skirmishsra We
80 - an1bls q 81 ! lils Of the privatss
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