Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-01-07

along the bank OF the river. Ma@ruder.
commanding the right wing, was on ac-
count OF the swampy nature of the ground
he occupied, ordered 10 hold himself
merely on the defensive. General Wise
took command of Fort Darling ON the
,lamcs river.
McDOwEIIS NAC1NITy--A GENERAL Al
TACK ORDERED.
All these military offensive operations
and the two preceding fights must nave
given General Mcclellan knowledge of
our intention 10 change our inconvenient
position - Richmond, and 10 procure for
ourselves more space and freedom of mo
tion. He should. ;lcn. have instantly
ordered Tia army corps of General Me
Dnw,il. which for fonr months had laid
inactive mar Fredericksburg. to make a
demonstration aiun" the Richmond road.
i}y such u NOV Ncncut even the flank march
uf General jackson would have been rem
dcrcd im,nactic;lbir B,it Genera! Ne
Clcllau must have been deceived In the
character of General Mcdowell for
nu .witli~taGding all the communications
IN reference to cur combined maii". uN re-,
j iI,.. latter remained with iniIsrturbablr in
Ill -i,.'.-irc la III secure Position. and left
General Nct tlriiun's army. which. hah
~ufi.-r.i greatly hv sickness and l:-~,rtion.
"A prey tu ihr heavy cou,-,:~>iuil~ nf oar az
l;,..5. Scarcely. therefor. h.I General
l.. rrr'iN Il reliable. Intelligence Of Nc
D..wgif~ inactivity tlan 81 GENERAL and
f simultaneous attack Ell NrC Ci.il;u whole
in WAS resolved upon 10 soon. a. the
arrival OF General jackson at Coal II.ur-
Irr WIS reported IN, Commauic--in-
Chief. with hi staff. repaired to Gain =
Mil and ordered the divisions oi' Ander-
son. Hill Ctir>,l. I.ongstr,.t and Pickett To
attack Before these columns got into
motion tine Thunder of artillery on our left
announced that General Jackson was al
/ ready at work Thi> called forth in our
troops the utmost enthusiasm
rNrrIE oF GAINES MIII-iIEEoI~N OF
T!u. HisiI I;IIGApE-, FfNE IurTrNI;H
PICTURE.
General McClcllm'> position on that
day WAS remarkable in the highest degree
With one portion OF his troops lre had
crossed to the south side of the ChicS;-
ahominv, and there confronted Magru1cr,
while, ;.i:!a IL. l,..-2r i..:-.i1:' - his f"r"r
he had taken up a position more /" :he
rear and nearer TO the raiload. where hc
w.Is resolved 10 :ccept battle. His dis
positions revealed comprehensive fore
thought. talent and coolncss- The differ
ent divisions of his army took their posi-
ticns with admirable precision and awaited
our onset with tirmnc-~- 1t was the first
. time tnat the two hostile armies had, III
relation To numbers. confronted one ;Ii-
other with force 80 nearly equal but the
miomSt~ had tine advantage of Il better
protected position. while our troops hat
"a expose themselves To the hostile fire
The attack was opened bv the columns q
Hill Gst) Anderson and Pickett. Thcs'
: gallant masses rushed forward with thun
dering huIrilli, upon the muoketry of th'
. foe. ~ though it were Il JOY I" them
: Whole ranks went down under that terri
! ! bile hail. but nothing could restrain then
7 courage The pillows OF battle ragc'
t tierceIy onward the struggle was man t.
I man. eye 10 eve. bayonet tu b;ivonet
: The hostile Mcamhcrs brigade compose,
l chiefly of Irishmrr Offered heroic resist
, ancc After Il fierce struggle our pcopl
began 10 give way, and at length al
e orders and cncourugcmcnts were vain
4 tlcv were falling back IL the 2rc;ttcst di>
q. order Inturia:c, foaming at the mouth
4 barchcadcd. sabre in hand. at this crit
=. c.,l moment Grcn. Cobb appeared upon III
: field. n the head Of his legion. and Wit
!. him the Nineteenth North Caro-
i lima and Fourteenth Virginia regiment:
If At once these troops renewed the attack
=, but all their devotion and sell-sacrifiic
= wcr. In vain The Irish held their pos
IF ton with determination and ferocit
n that called forth the admiration of our ow
i" officers Broken 10 pieces and disorgam
n zed. the fragments of that fine leeio
n. came rolling back from the charge. II
= Nineteenth North Carolina lost eisl
/ standard bearers. and the most of the
= staff officers were either killed or wounde,
I'll Again. General iIili Os) and AndcrsC
- led their troops To the attack. and son
- regiments covered themselves with immo
b. tai glory. Our troops exhibited Il cp
" tempt of death that made them the cqua
nt Of old. experienced veterans for. np
nf with-tandmg the bloody harvest the Il
: >frovcr reaped IN oar rank, thar dav.
-, disorder nu Iiinid bg;lin-. revealed ia
A., many ot the regiments We're Uudnr Il
III and -luclt ~IupowdT T then .;.s ih. III
ID iiue. B.t .;isa ,.rmv. u..'r....'s-