The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-07-17

Ieorrerpondents. We take some of the most
striking points Of interes, in the late battles
rs Gettysburg:
i The battle of Wednesday, began by the
advance Of Reynolds Isl corps through aud
i t.eyond Gettysburg. Skrrnishing began
al fifteen minutes past ten O'Clock. Send
| ing word TO Howard to send up at once his
! ] Ii 4eaEps, Reynolds slowly advanced for
ward His corps consisted OF WadsworthS,
Doubeday's and Robinsons division.
.WalsYorih's is mainly Wes;ern troops.
| Meredith's and Cutters brigades. Having
positions, Reynolds rode forward TO select
line OF battle, and fell pierced by sharp
sho ter's bullet Doubleday took command,
Ia tie exigeney, without orders. Meredith
and Cutler wheeled into line Of battle on
the donbIc-quiek Cutler, in advance open
ed battle. closely followed BY Meredith
A short, sharp fight repulsed The enemy.
and secured three thousand prisoners, with
General Archer.
The LIST corps determined to stand their
iground, advanced and held the rebel posi-
lion. though their long line wavered occa-
sionally in the contest with numerically
superior force. The Eleventh came to the
aid of the First corps, as did Ewell to A
p. Hills two divisions
AT l o'clock Gen. Howard took com
mand. and ordered bis corps into position -
At half past two Stone wall Jackson's men
filed down on the York pike. to the north
east of the town, hence up from The York
road. debouch through the woods. and
again charge the 18th corps. They fall
back resisting stoutly, and without confu
sion Till they reach the town when they are
LII. E
Guilty on the nights to The southwark =
Twelve hundred prisoners were lost in 90
minutes.
At hall past three, Hill in concert with
EwelI, precipitated his whole force on the
line OF the LIST corps. In single brigade
(Cutler's) in twenty min utes every staff Of
fcer had his horse shot under him some of
them two and three. Ia thirty minutes not
a horse was left to General or staff, save
one. Gen. Cutler himself had three horses
shot under him.
Few troops could stardit. All Of the LIST
corps could not. Presently the thin line of
fire began 10 WAIVER and bend and break IN
der those terrible volleys from the dark
woods above. The officers, brave almost to
a fault. sought TO keep them in. ne-his
i name deserves to be remembered - Captain
Richardson, of the 7th Wisconsin. seized
| the coiors of retreating Pennsy Ivan ia reg
iment. and strove to rally The men around
their flag 1t was in vain none but troops
that have been tried as by fire can he re-
formed under such q storm OF death but
! the G ,ptain, left alone and almost in the
re bels' hands, held on to the Haunting col
ors of another regiment, that made him so
conspicuous a target, and brought them
safely off.
The right OF the corps gave way. The
fierce surge of Ewell's attacks had beaten
to their front and, added to Hills heavy
fire, forced them slowly back q;
Wadswo rth still holds on--for few min
utes more his braves protract the carnival of
death. Doubleday managed to get three
/ regiments over to their support Colonel
Biddle's Penns Wv nia egiment came in and I
behaved most CALAMITY. Colonel Stephen
son. who all tba day had been serving in |
the hottest of the fight as aid to Meredith, !
] relieved a wounded Colonel. and strove to I
rally his regiment. "Meredith himself, with (
his An,ietam wound hardly yet ceasing to
pain him, is struck agan-a mere bruise, !
however-on the heed with piece o. she'll |
At the same instant, his large. heavy horse |
falls, morally wounded, bears the General
under him to the ground, and beats him
there with his head and shoulders in his
death commissions.
When the II th corps fell back the flank
of the 1st was exposed when the right of
the LIST fell back Wsdsworths flax was ex-
posed. Rebels poured in on front and
TANKS of his brgades. Twice they cleared
their lines of the Rebels, but were repused
and fell back, few brigadcs only in order.
Howard met the crisis, reforming on Gem.
eteay Hill. just south Of the town, as his
center. Troops were reformed in the rear,
batteries hurried up, and ere the rebel ad-
vance was half way through the town
,hunderbolt of leaden and iron hail leaped
from the whole line, and crushed them
gle saved the day. and Howard held his DO
sition.
Meredith's brigade went in $50 strong.
and came out with TOO men, near 900 of
them killed and wounded. Cutters went
in with 1900 men, after the fight had only
40 officers aud $40 men.
The contest between Ewell's corps and
the l Ith corps was at a disadvantage Of
25 900 agains. 1000. The IIth lost heav-
lily. The 18TH New York lost eighteen
out of twenty six officers, and three fourths
of its men. The sad Ohio lost eighteen Of.
6cers. The goth Wisconsin. which ioined
Seel last fall with full ranks, lost all its Of
ficers but one. and come out with less men
than the quota OF company. The 74th
P.nnsy lvania brought off sixteen men
The total loss of the l1th corps that day
was 5000.
The cloud of battle lowered dark, but it
had silver lining. A correspondent of the
Herald notes ihsi-While we were retreat
,ag the lasiies of Gettysburg came upon the
sidewalks with composed though anxious
faces, and offered our soldiers everything
needful in The way OF refreshments The
shot were ubis,ling mean while bnt thew
appeared elevated by noble impulses above
the sentiment Of fear. They took the most
tender care of our wounded as well as those
OF the rebels who were captured during the
day.
The battles Of Thursday and Friday
we're fought from the position selected by
General Howard; our line ranged in con-
centric arc. the rebel line longer, and neces
ssrly presenting a concave front bieh In