Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-07-15
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Tie i:iclwc:,d Gr"!tirt- nag special al
,:cc:. Aal-,: ;.n1il Winchester July tn, Whit;
give . sumipsry CT the tour da.e battles at
G.t'ysbnr-. Tie si.naiion is described as
fellows:
g,here has been fm, days' fighting rear
Gsd. ShurG. commencing on Wednesday, July
Is, aad c;iiing on Saturday night, July 4th.
1t is reported here thaEA. p. Eli, Early and
.Ehties fought the enemy principally on
Wednesday, tegiuning at one o'clock and
las.ing two hours. We drove tie enemy
through Gettysburg ard two and 4 half miles
b5yp:ni. At Gettysburg We Captured their
wonu1cd-3,i30 ia nnm1er..
Tho cucmy are said 10 have fought well
their position was on a fortified mountain, up
whioh CIR mcn repeatedly charged, but were
!:j.en bsct.
il tie igt,; on Thursday orr whole Ina IS
|. sail 70 have becn engaged, the line oT battle
extending six MD 8 in !orglh. The fighting
continued until u very late hour of the night
Of Thursday, md 1as renewed again on FRI
day and lasted Eli day and into Friday night.
1t IS also reported so Lave begun again on
Saturday aud erGcd inte Saturday night by
Cur men capturing the immense Notifications
CT tue enemy.
Our loss is estimated 1T ten thousand. Be-
tween three and iour thousand Of our wound
ed are arriving here tonight. Every pre-
p~aratien is being made 10 receive them.
Gems. Scales'and Ponder have arrived here
woutGed, this evening. Gei.s. Armiste.d,
Barksdnle, Garnet and kc,nper, are repor-
ted Killed. Cons. Jones, lleth, Anderson,
Pottisrew, Jeakins, Hampton and Hood, arc
reported wounded.
TIC Yankees Say tl'ey had only two corps
in tue iignv Oh "Wednesday. which was opsn
field lighting. The whole of the Yankee io,ce
vas engsgeGin The last three days 8shting.
The raIaber is estimated at 10000.
The hills around Gettysburg ere said 70 he
covered with tbs dad ard wounGeG u the
Yankee Army Of the Potomac.
Tic fighting of these fonrdays is regarded
as he scverest of the ws-, aud the slaughter
unprecedented especially is this 80 O! the
clclr;,,
The New York aud Pennsylvania papers
a'e reported TO haze declared Tor peace.
Unofficial Dispatches iro,a toe s~upcrin
tsli1enl ii tie telegraph to tic Secretary Of
Wa, dated Nar.iasburs, 9TH, say ,h2.. from
reports received, We gained !. dec:2cd aud
telling advantage over tie enc,ny, at Gctrys-
hurS, Oil Wednesday and Thursday. On Fri.
day, We charged his works ara took them,
but were unable to hold them, and fell back
towards Hagerstown. There has been but
little fighting since tiie,.. So far, the victory
is on onr side. We tai, now hear canaonud-
ms: aad The report is tbs; the fight is ROW
going un ncar Nagerstown. Everything is
20 indciin!:c that it IS impossible 10 foriu =
correct ;!ea G! he fight. 4,0GO prisoners &c
Mt "iliiall<pcri, or ileir wsy 30 Rich
nond. :Iany slightly y wounded were raroled
MAEr:ssDuA.: July Cur artay Is st
Ilaserstown. Al! quiet there to-day There
was e cavalry skirniSh Yesterday. No infor-
oftho Yankee army, Maryland Heights,
bocc rreoccuiicd rs u. small force Of
the cnciny. hu ordnance train las Just pass
to Loc, wlt. ), waiting iar it,.
h%aKrINs&aaa, July ., vi.. Stauaton, 10TH.
There WAS a heavy cavalry tight yesterday.
Grove The enemy seven miles. capturing
n,rnher of pris ners. The army is quiet in