The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-05-09

An news received from The Army Of Tho Potomac ates
midnight viii be found on the seventh page.
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On the ten,h page win be found map showing NE ops
rasiOns Of Generals Hooker sedgwsk and sscrsnan and
extending from Kelly's ford 10 Richmond.
DESEETERs FROM THE REBEL ARMY.
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How They Feel and What
~ They Say.
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Organization Of the Rebel Force ~
$500 Suffolk. beea
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WHERE IS LON0STREET'e FORCE3
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Seventh Georgia regiment, Anderson's brigade.
picket seas Suffolk on Sunday, Nay 8. That night the
rebcs moved from that neighborhood 10 hurry and left
~ pcess 10 the Ehsridgs had watchod
for this chance for many day. and - IL csns In tho
night. 20 much the better. His regiment went on 70
glory and he never "caught up" He tired OF tho
service worn out woaried TO death .'whippng tho
Yanks." All tho Southern army, he soss, agree upon
point, and that point that an does good to whip
the Northern army; perfectly sure 10 como st u
again, and seems TO DO better every t'me.''
Etheridges experience Is in support u tho above state
lie enlisted in June, 1851. Tor twelve months, and
In the FIRST Bull run. In which battle no considers
that whipped out" bhcn no met US for u
cond time that nasty to place Lees mi on the
Warwick, whore Generals smith and Brooks bctween
them sent OOmpancsof tho Fourth Vermont 10 king
dom come. The sixteenth North Carolina wero in the
place rst and driven out then thu Seventh Georgia
camc they stayed there place Also after the
loss ~ lGO men, left alone Etherdge, except
picks didn't again until saturday June 20 1852
That the fourth OF tho days and tho
go Met again Sunday, and again left az night
Then tuesday, July at Malvern, no in the line
that advanced against artillery tho hail. Terrific
slaughter there tho Seventh Georgia. like every other
regiment lost heavily. That tme Is truo. we ddnt
leave iii felt like II, but as felt ke II tho same
night he may not be very unreasonable he claims that
they whipped us there.
Well that Is enough lighting for man, especially As
has the Of his last cup Of coffee,
aud on quarter Of pound bacon and eighteen
-four per daythe -four made into sapacks. No salt
10 the slapacks, and nothing else to No whi.ey.
Pay per uJsah eleven dollars each dollar being worth
about ten cents.
so, said, Etheridge 60, the disgust, and cams
over matter Of curiosity to what men eat.
So did twenty thirty II his comrades at tho time
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cules Of the case. He knew how hard Il WA TO leave
the Southern army ~ he had tried IL bstorsoien
ssr,ion good. Those pleasant people who hide
dseers a.ay nicely North not 70 be found
In Dixie. So the dessrter In caught wherever he H.
turned 70 HIS regiment and does whatever hard labor 10
DO done And then, you can't struggle, for Up
the guard. and there doctor whh a. sham
sick you may, on you must ~. pss shs saive Of
Maine "Yauk' In grain. and was doubtless sirag
sier equal 70 some In army, and be tried u
1 agaia
when the "rebsy moved from sarok at night ne fell
the<rst wood they to- hid behind tree until
regiment tho Twentieth Georgia. had gone BY and
then Ct three miles away from the read tha,
The guard should no. beat up his burrow. He bad
piece bread by fortunate chance he bis
supper and 70 bed Mex, day he got W the road
again bst hs had gotten bewidered 10 the wood and
turned zrouad He Started therefore, In the direcson
what hs wanted escape from That night hc had tae
good fortune to DO picked up by cavalry, and
pany oommsary served him Oh, his supper he though,
| IL was three days rs,ions.
NV. Rapcr Of the Ilevsnth Georgia, OF this party
says that 10 foagstreet Al Suffolk sunday, MAY
Thex account OF the force that 10 sur5k 10 ~
solows-It consisted Of Hoods and Pcketts divisions
with two brigsdes % Pryor's, all under Lonystrcei.
P,ckets division has 1vo bryadss commanded respect
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and Cor,s. Hoods division has three brigadcs,
nsnded respectively by Generals Andersen. Benninr
laws; and fourth brigade from Texas. commanders
a.as no, xscwn--psrhaps the brigade formerly CON
mandsd by Hood himssf
Andsrson's brigade ms tue Seventh, Eighth. Sinth,
Eleventh and rfty ninth Georgia regiments. Bsnnins
has tbs second Fiososh, Seventeenth and r~soticsh
I Georgia regiments. Armstesd has the Ninth. Pour
tesnth Thirty lghth, Fny third Fifty seventh viz
| snis regiments. Kenpsrs 10 slso Virginia brlgads.
| laws has Alabama regiments entirely.
Pickets division lot Frcdsricksburs aboit sr weeks
ago. aad the rest followed few days they marched
70 Manchester south II Richmond. fne,e foot Of
snow on the ground AMI many Of were siooi
from Manchester. where they staId few wcs<s, they
| marched TO Petersburg and 70 dowu W Suffolk Thsy
creased shs Biacxwaier on pontocn bridges.
They counted ~ ave days' march from Richmond -
suffolk and they -ft asnok only sunday night Of
impossible that thoae troops could bern
In the battles Chanccorsvie. Tho two dvi.
OF Lougssres Of which Ice speaks perhaps
oshsr divisions rvoors from sdcik apparently dh MT
| reinforce leo at Frsdsr,eksbsrs
0ns OF fellows thought The South and North 70
se,hsr could whip the world Hs ddn, think u very
isey they'd be together again. bn, thoushi The
| North mus, conquer " they kept on.
AUof these exceeinsly glad 10 got away frc0
tho scush and army They nearly all dressed W
the "aigssr cloth, by the Southern solisrA and
ccnsder that they have bseu harder worked and
used than nsxsrs ever were they have worn thu,
cl.sh
zoe appearances In respect 10 wardrobe, olsssnss,
&C., they su6csn,y miscfab Dot bui 10 ss
TO bone and muscle, they we're al, sboas ths'ys we'll
! sc,,ea up ios Of fellows.
suprems Couss.
Before lodge partoos.
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