Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-06-13

mauc by them ut terrible cost; hut the
promised succDr did not urrivc. and tn,
prize had to he abandoned, when II could
have been saved had an equal spirit of cou
rage and bravery been displayed hy thost
from whom support was expected
General Blair. On the left of the right
wing, moved his men forward for the bloody
work soon after its commencement by Steel,
\ volunteer storming party of one hundred
and fifty mcn-tcn from each regiment in
the Division-wcnt up to the cnCmy's work:
crossed the ditch and climbed the parapct
They were, for a time. afraid to show thcii
heads above the riilc-pits long enough at
Il time to fire at this little band of valian,
soldiers.
The storming party looked IN vain for til,
support which had been promised it. Tho
brigade which had been ordered to follow
it, hesitatcd. Finally. all but one of the
hundred and fifty got discouraged, and
sought the shelter of deep ravinc. Will
liam Trogdcn. II private of Company b.
Eighth Missouri, refused to retreat Il single
step. lie was color-bcarcr of the storming
party. When his comrades left him, he dug
a hole in the groUHd ,rW his boyonct, plant
,1 his ,fop.StoE ~ H. srdhia trsc,y v,,-1SS ~
tie encmys rifc-pits, and sat do,rn hy tie SID,
W his LoHHor, chere he remoined all day.-
Blair's men finally made charge, but were
rcpuscd with terrible loss.
General Tuttlc's division joined in the
assault on the sight, but shared the. fate
which bctcll the othcrs-was rcpulscd.
TIE RESULT.
I have attempted no !cngthcncd dcscrip-
tion of the carnage near Nicksburg on the
22d, for the reason nothing occurred during
the day, description of which would he
more interesting bccaIlsc more detailed. 1t
was nothing more than II single charge of
the cncmy's works, which should have been
simultaneously. but was not. II was unsuc-
ccssiul and disastrous, whether from bad
management or disobcdcncc of orders on
the part of those TO whom high commands
were intrustcd. or from the dreadful charac-
ter Of the work to be performed, will not
attempt to decide. There. appears to have
been Il want of cooperation between subor-
dinatc and superior officers and commands
Storming parties went gallantly forward
hut were left to perish for want of support
Regiments and brigalcs advanced nobly,
but only to be disappointed in their cxpcc.
tationS of receiving success and help.
The result of the battle has been disas
irons t0 us in the loss of nearly two thou.
sand brave men. We have lost no ground
and the army is not demoralizcd. by its re-
cent failure to take the strongest fortified
position in the South.
oUR LOSS.
\ correct estimate of our loss on the 22d
will place the figures at twenty-five hun,
drcd killed and wounded. IT is impossible
to get an accurate statement so soon after
the engagement | had Il disposition on
the part of every command to cXaggcratc-
At several Division Hospitals heard, YES
tcrday. OF a thousand killed and wounded
when less than two hundred would cover
their loss. Our loss was much less than at
Champion Hill on the 10th but includes &
large number of field and company officers
from the fact that the Rebels at Nicksburl
had n chance to pick their men," which
they did not have to such an extent on the
10th, when they had to meet lis on more
equal terms. Under cover OF u hrcastworS
there was nothing to hinder the Rebels from
selecting the leaders of our infantry column,
as they marched up in face Of ;hcr deadly
fire
Two companies of the Seventh Missouri
were taken prisoners. This includes all ouI
captured, ! believe, except those of ouI
wounded. who trll into their hands on tn,
Notifications.
PROSPECTIVE.
There i not much danger of an attack il
the rear. \ bearer of rebel dispatches was
captured day or two since, on his way tC
Jackson, with message from Pembcrton tC
General p. G.. Lee, advising him not to at
tack Grant in the rear with force of les,
than 10000 men. The crcDcls cannot muster
any such force within three weeks, in thi,
department. Loring has 10000 badly
frightened men ut lIazlchurst, and othcl
small bodies may be collected, to make an
aggregate of 10000, but no large: army
than that can be raised outside of Ncks
burg. without Withdrawing troops from
Virginia or Tennessee.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ali the seriously wounded in the late en-,
gagcmcnt are being sent to Memphis, where
abundant hospital accommodations will he
provided for them.
The negro pioneer corps of Logan's divi-
sion, Seventh Army Corps stood fire admi-
rably on the 22d. They worked all day in
front of one of our batteries which WAS con.
tinually engaged, and exposed to the fire
of the Rebel artillery and sharp shooters
Out of about forty, one was killed and three
wounded. One darkey was struck on the
head. but his Uranium was 50 hard that the
bullet glanced, producing only slight
wound lie tied his bandana around his
frontal turrct, and kept on working rs mcr-
rily as ever. There Was no evidence ofiright
or panic exhibited by any Of them during
the day.
General Grant had several narrow cs.
capes from bullets and grupcShot, hut cN-
hibited II total Indifference To II miss ofthrcc
inches from his head. lie is certainly
ccusunble for the manner in which lac
exposes himself ON the battle field SOME
times,
TuE LATEST TRi,H N SuorLIFTING.-m
Paris, one day not long since, SAYS the cgr.
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