The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-07-10
lCorresponderce of the New York Herald1
Battle of GettySburg-..Further Par
tiCulars.

battles fought in front of Gettysburg ant
the noble victories won. When Wed
nesday fight began we were at Unior
Mills, tive nty-three miles from here w,
marched all that night, and at daybreal
on Thursday were on the battle field
Notwithstanding this long march, anc
no sleep, and a march of twenty-nine
miles the day previous, and one of TWEEN
ty-five miles the day before, the mer
were In the finest spirits and ready tC
fight. A determination to drive the reb
el cohorts from our soil, and assurance
of victory, gave birth to this wide spread
enthusiasm and eagerness for battle.
During the forenoon, and until after
the first battle of Thursday began, our
men were held in reserve This was to
| give the men some rest before going into
action. At three P NJ began the at.
tack. The roar of artillery was terrible,
and told of the fercest fight in our front.
The rebels was making every effort to
turn our left
BARNES DIVISION MOVING.
General Barnes division was sent to
counteract this movement, when orders
from General Sykes to take this position
I on the right of the base of Rock Hill,
two miles to the left of where they had
been lying. When the order came the
enemy was making this point the center
of his attack. Expedition was impera-
tive. At double quick the entire column
pressed forward. Battery c. First New
York, Captain Burnes, and I, Fifth q.
). artillery, Lieutenant Watson, were al
ready in position, throwing shells into
the woods at the base of the hill From
the enemys batteries came responsive
shells, some of which fell among our men
killing and injuring several The enemy
either .knfwrff 0rgaue, Colonel Vincent
f6GpEmR ff6SGmpmRaRaaiWPG aRaaiWP OFF, PGS6i6RgI Rice; Sixteenth
Michigan, Lieutenant Colonel Welsh,
and Eighty-third Pennsylvania, Captain
Woodward, were on the extreme left, and
the second brigade, Colonel Switzer,
comprising the Sixty-second Pennsylva-
MIA, Lieutenant Colonel Hull; Thirtysec-
ond Massachusetts,, Col Prescott, and
Fourth Michigan, Colonel Jefferds. The
Ninth Massachusetts, Colonel Quincy,
was absent on picket on their right,
Colonel Tilton's brigade, composed OF
Eighteenth Massachusetts, Colonel Hayes
First Michigan, Colonel Abbott; Twenty
second Massachusetts,, Lieutenant Col.
West, and One Hundred and Eighteenth
Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Colonel Gywn
acted as support.
The order being not to lengthen oil
weaken the new line, but to make it short
and powerful, to make and repel attack
our men had not time to force their line
before the enemy bore down upon then
in close columns by divisions.
THE ENEMYs CHARGE
Was bold, swift, and terrible. Our boy
were shaken for an instant. 1t was bu
for an instant Col. Vincent saw tn
deep danger. Shot and shell flew fur
ousiy. The dead and wounded fell b
scores. 1t would not do to fall bach
The fortunes of the day depended o
their standing Don't yield an incl
boys" he cried out in clear, clario
tones, brandishing his sword, with rest
lutte determination to stand by then
, He was brave to rashness The groun
was wooded and rocky, some of tn
rocks eight or ten feet above the groun'
Mounting on one of these rocks, he ha
only time to repeat his order to stan
= firm, when a rebel Mimic ball pierced h
left thigh, shattering the left joint, ar
= compelling his removal and putting
end to this gallantry.
DESPERATE COURAGE OF OUR OFFICERS.
Col. Rice took command of the bri
ade, and still the work of attack, and
sistance, and death was going on.
few minutes developed many heroe
S, How can | name all? Officers seiz
the guns and cartridge-boxes of de-
privates, and hurled death and defan
;, into the ranks of their assailants. Co
:, nels seized their regimental colors, a
lr' by the magic of their valor kept th'
Elk men from retiring. All the brigac
were Jointly working to hold the pc
ys tion. Col. Sweitzer showed the sal
- GOODNESS and bravery in handling
brigade as at Fredericksburg and Chi
= cellorsville. Col Tilton was pre-el
4 nently heroic and self-possessed,
I Col. Rice inspirited his brigade W
y like enthusiasm as that insplrlted
Col. Vincent, while the staff of all
e their duty with soldierly fearlessnt
: Gen. Barnes had his leg grazed by
= passing fragment of shell; DIR. Shift
J division surgeon, had his face blackel
- with the powder OF pursuing Dothp,
a Capt Barnard, Inspector General.
Il rim of his hat torn off; but these salt
Il tions to the General and staff did
dismay them. 1t WAS old music to tt
q all. The rebels rushed right into
midst of our men in the Fourth and
Il ty-Secoud Pennsylvania regiments.
was for time through our conntersc
4 of bayonets. 1t was hand-to-hand {
u flict
- REAL FIGHTING WITH BAYoNETs.
4 1t was from bayonet thrust that
onel Jefferds fell. 1t was in the th
Il est of the fight. A rebel officer
seized the regimental colors. Col
n fards shot the rebel officer dead with
q revolver, took the colors in his own b,
reared them aloft and cried out, h