Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-07-06

don OF sfirs the close Of the fight on Wednesday.
evening 10 have been still more favorable and promising
OF successful issue than the previous information
had received. They state that the rebels had held Get
tyshurg for some time previous the approach of cur
army, and had not only occupied but az commenced
terrifying the bills we3t OF the town where they pre-
posed to check advsrce towards Che 5ersbug ard
| the mouth of the Cumberland Valley.
TIE movement of General Reynolds aud ne ratid;ty
with which be advanced after entering the east "a
| the logn took benrsomewhat by SUI Prise, aud he 81
obtained the prominent position which the rebels
fort f,iDg Toe fighting through the balance Of the day
was in futile attempt their par; to regain this i'm
portsnt position, from which they frequently
| pulsed.
Early in the afternoon both Longs.reet and Hi
combined their forces for q grand effort TO turn our
right fox, when GeaersI Hosard's llih corps, (Ite
| Duic5 ,orps0 which broke and a. Chancellor
Vile shed in regain their lost laure and mot
nOby did they repulse these t9o veteran corps cf
| the rebel army. The repulse 20 complete tag
| no further a tempt mide by the enemy durtg
the balance Of The day. and night closed ia with Gu.
holding the position chosen by the enemy TO give ~
battle from. TIE Sd and 18th arEy corps also camc
GU the field after the last epuss of the enemy, but
owning the fall Of General Reynolds, and the latc-
Eess OF the tCuc as well as the exhaustion Of tile
men, and the desire to take OF the wounded it was
determined NOT 70 push the enemy for rene'raI Of ne
conflict.
When our informant left the field yesterday (rhu,s.
| day) morning, General Meade Lad arrived and tho
|
pub the enemy so day should dawn.
Gettysburg is JUST twenty-five miles east OF Clam.
| bersburg fine cling country most Of the Nay,
which will doubtless be The Of the great battle Of
| the rebel invasion.
From one Of the officers who came down in charge Of
prisoners who arrived last night, who left GettySOug
Wednesday afternoon, have accounts not so fa0Or0-
bic as those given by other parties He describes tie
tight that day rdher UntdUOrdbe TO arms, aud
stqfes that the enemy hids feLa at tie close of The dqg
| 0fIsr Of
nold that TIE attack of the enemy SO sudden and
Unexpected that both the corps OF Fill and Longstreet
we're for time engaged with Gen Reynolds corps and
that the 18th corps took but little part IN the battle.
| SECOND DAYS FIGHHAG.
The American learns from parties that left Gettysburg
at Thursday, that up to that time everything
prog ssing favorably for the Federal arms 1t says
Up to that time they assert that over sir thousand
prisoners had been cdDhed at sent to Union Bridge
| for transportation to Baltimore. At nine o'clock lst
night train with 800 prisoners the first ms ament Of
those captured arrived at the Baltimore depot and
shortly after Gen. Schenck announced from his head.
quarters that those then Baltimore and at the Relay
House, which would be ia bis posse ion Amounted
10 800 We learn that nerly lOOOof these prisoners
were captured Wednesday evening By the llth army
COZ pi in their gallant charge Longstreets corps
They said TO have at first slightly ialtered but h,
officers cried them remember Charlottesville"
When they rushed into the fight with fury that IT,
| ressb'e, and the whole line OF the enemy gave way
| before them.
During the carly part Of Thursday, up to noon, II.
which hour informant left, there had been gene
raj battle though heavy skiTmiseing had been going on
all the morning resulting in heavy loss to the enemy
and the capture OF nearly 5000 prisoners. In 81 these
skrmishes which conducted under the direction
Of Gen. keade our arm; were entirely successful; but
| the enemy sudously avoided general engsg.meL'
and it was thought there would be before today
when said 10 be the intention of Gen. Meade 10
press the enemy along tue Whole line.
The prudence and Kill displayed by Gen Ecsde In
the management Of his army, and the strategy eyncei
by him in coping with Lee had already won the conf.
dence OF his troops, and bis presence along the lines
drew forth the strongest demonst. atoms of attlchmenL
The army eyinced determination TO win at all haz4Id
aud had been strongly impressed by their officers viz,
the dreadful consequences that would ensuc to them
and the country II disaster should occur TO our
in the coming conflict.
The enemy rds r0pidy concentrating lis troops yes.
terday from the Cumberland Valley towards ChaInbers
burg a General Meades ,0oie army had reached tie
MD Of battle. Ii General Couch presses the enemy
town the Valley with his troops from Harrisburg which
il confidently expected, We may look for glorious
suit
IBR FIGHTING OK THURsDAY-FTRrKER PARTICULARS
CORE .pondent of the Philadelphia Inqurer, vii.
ting under date of Thursday, July 2, o'clock \. n,
says:
Tiis morning, early the First and Eleventh army
eorps which had been during the night encamped near
Enmettsburg advaneed-the lst corps marching in the
following order lst DIVISION under General Wadsworl
I'd DIVISION General Doubleday these followed by five
full batteries under Colonel Wains wright; bringing up
the rear was tie really splendid division Of General
Robinsonthis corps havirg been in the advance Cdug
| the whole time of march from FaimouLh were the
first fore, OF infantry to resoh Gettystug, and
| up with and fight the enemy. ..
During the day this corps had been under tie Ct.
rection of General Doubleday General Reynolds be
ing in command of the right wing comprising tie
| al 3D. lth and l2th CORPS
| When some three miles from tosn, and while
quietly marching along, the sound Of heavy and rapid
| cannon firing heard coming from tie direction
bevond Gettysburg. Almost the same instant Capt
| Mitchell galsu, aid upon General Reynolds staff
came dashrg down the road with orders 10 the vaIi.
Gus division commanders TO push forward their dyi-
SONS a. rapidly possible The order given to
double quick, which instantly >obeyed, and kept
up until the intervening space where batteri.s
were engaged was passed over These batterie-,
two in number, part Of the artillery belong
| ing to General Buf0rGs division, and stationed
| some af mile to the South OF the Gettysburg
theological Seminary while the Opposing force were
stationed and snugy entrenched upon the East side
of Marsh creek and about the distance from the
Seminary our own forces. The latter was the
first to open fire, and were for time compelling
| batteries 10 retire from their position This they
| were quietly doiog and in good order, when the d.
vision of General Wadsworrn canrt their support
the two able regiments, the I'd Wisconsin and PATH
Michigan, rushing up ard diving from 10 front of
them the infantry force who making desperate
efforts to capture the pieces. When these supports
arrived the batteries again took up a commanding
position, which they enabled TO hold during re
day.
In Of the position so taken up and to the right
the division of Gen. Wadsworh was drawn up in line
of battle with the division OF Gen. Robinson holding
the second Line. At the that these formations
completed the rebels emboldened by their partial
in driving from position the bItere attempted
another charge with the object of Selling the piece
when the brgades of the second division, with fixed
bayonets made charge upon them and such as were
killed, taken prisoners Two entire regiments
"A Tennessee and Mississippi regiment-wetc then
bagged.
Immediately after the arrival and going into position
of she first corps the eleventh, under the amiabe and