Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-07-13
THE YANKEE O s

asked for.
THE YANKEE LOSS.
The Yankees suffered terribly, according to their
own confessions. The list of their killed and woun
ded, though partial, fills up several columns in their
papers. A dispatch says:
The entire loss Of the Second brigade is CSC, They
went into the fight with 1,13O men.
1867 killed, wounded anu missing from First bri.
gade, Second division. First corps.
General Meredith, bruised on top of the head by a
fragment Of shell. His horse was shot under him
aud fell upon him, bruising and injuring him inter-
nally.
Among our killed are Brigadier Generals Paul and
Xook.
Among the wounded are Generals Sickles, Barton,
Graham and Warren.
General Sickles' leg was amputated on the field
1t was taken off below thc knee.
Gag oftrucc arrived on the 7th, at City Point, but we
are without any Batter dates from the North, the authorities
positively refusing to allow any papers to pass. From this
unusual and extraordinary circumstance it is supposed that
they contained intel'ifcnee ofthc defeat of the Yankee ARMY,
and that the authorities suppressed them as " contraband.
All tho detailed accounts given above, and on our first
pa@e, are drawn entirely from northern sources, and though
containing many f~alsehoods in order to cover their disas-
tors il the four or five days fights around Gettysburg, do
not DISGUISE inc tact that the grand army of the Potomac
has hycu badly usod. The. accounts received from
Southern sources are worry meagrc, hut enough is known to
render it certain that " the greatest army on tho continent"
as Hooker hoastfully called his hired minions, has been
70 crushed a. to leave it in the power of Gen. Lees victo-
rioua heroes to 90 whitharsoever he may please almost with
neutrality-suspicious. it be Philadelphia, Washington, Balti-
more, or elsewhere.
. Beside tho telegram. given in another column, the Rich
mond Enquirer Of Wednesday last, has q special despatch,
from which we CLEAN the following. The despatch is dated
Winchester, July 9TH:
In the fight on Thursday our whole line said is to have
been engaged, tho line of battle extending six. miles in
length. Tire lighting continued until a very late hour of
the night Of Thursday was renewed again on Friday and
lastedal day and int Friday night. 1t is also reported to
have begun again on Saturday and ended late Saturday
night by our men capturing the immense Notifications of
the enemy.
Our loss is estimated at tea thousand. Between three
and four thousand Of the wounded are arriving here to-
night. Every preparation is being made to receive thom.
Generals Scales and Pender have arrived here wounded,
this evening. &c erals Armistoad, Barksdale, Garnett and
Ketnpcr, are reported Ailgd. Generals Jones, Heth, An
derson, PetuSrcW, Jenkins, Hampton and Hood, are repor-
ted wounded.
The yankees say they had only two corps in the fight on
Wednesday, watch was open field fighting. The whole of
the yankee force was engaged il the last three days fight
Ing. The number Is estimated at one hundred and seventy
Eve thousand.
Tie bfHs around Gettysburg arc said to be coveredwith
To HgaSns 5fhesJrour uays il fsgSTdea as the sever
est of the war aud the slaughter unprecedented especially
is this so Of the enemy. r. pip.
The New York and Pennsylvania papers are reported to
bavo declared for peace.
The Petersburg Express of Thursday says-throueh the
kindness of friend we were permitted last evening to copy
the following from the Baltimore American, (evening edition)
of Monday 9th July. II will be seen that Gen. Lee is rep
resented as having been badly defeated at Gettysburg, and
mt last a ccounts, was in full retreat. We have no means OF
ascortaining the truth or falsity of these statements, and
therefore submit them to our readers with the single re-
mark, that the American is the vilest Lincoln sheet in all
the North, and has lied more in behalf of the Lincoln dy-
nasty, than even the New York Times, or Forney's Phila-
delphia Press:
THE RETREAT OF LEE-We publish this afternoon a
number of important dispatches from tao Army Of the Po-
tOmac in relation to tho rebel retreat. 1t seems that Gen.
Lee, after the terrible repuse of his army on Friday, found
tho armv of Gen. Couch aud the late forces of Gen. Milroy
in his rear, Gisputng not only his passage 20 the for4s at
Wnhamsport. but also to tho upper fords in the vicinity oil
Hancock. lie consequently was compelled to retreat on the
roads through Emnittsburg and Creagerstown, probably
towards the South Mountain.
Tho following was obtained Monday morning from the
uenaouarters in Baltimore
Cen. Meade has telegraphcd that Loos armyis retrcatine
in wild confusion. Every available man in Baltimore and
Washington, is being hurried to Frederick to intercept
Lco's flying and demoralized troop. n great battle viii
probably come of to-morro Is, which Will doubtless BIO
fnolity. as Gen. Meado's forces reinforced by Generals
Couch, Schenck and Heintzelmau, win be nearly double
Lees army. .
The rebel losses are estimated at $1,000. Our troops In
excellent spirits.
Idncoln has issued o congratulatory address to thu
conntrv, and the American is jubilant at the narrow es-
cane which Baltimore has made from the hands of thu
rcbels.)
LATEST FROM THE BATTLE-FIELD.
From partios WAC left the battle field at u o'clock on Sat
urday morning, wa gather the following particulars of thC
nihht Of the enony:
The hattie of Fridav was the most terrible to the rebel
of the three days conflict, and his repuLse so complete anC
DISASTROUS that Cen. Meade and the leading officers pro
nounccd it to be final and decisive.
The enemy slowly retreated befero our cavalry and infan
try. and by midnight we were in full possession of tn
town and the battle field without opposition. During tn,
night scouts arrived reporting that the enemy was rapid
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