The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1863-11-20
Further Particulars Of Meade's Ad-
vance.
Rappahannock Station. Nov. 7.

Rappahannock Station. Nov. T.
Maior General Sedg wick, commanding
the right wing Of the army, consisting uf
the 5,h and 9th Corps, left Warr,nton th'.
mo. ming with orders to proceed to Rapps1
hammock Station, and take and hold that
position. The ch VAS rasid one, and
he frs! division Of the Oh Corps. unde.
the cothmanI Of Brig General David 4.
HusselI (Genersl Wright being ia COM
maud Of the corps.l reached the heights
III. SIDE ef III. ha2p.hannoek about one
o'clock and drove in the eneInys piukets.
tisises' second division OF the Same corps,
or Rus ellis right, con tnerced skirni ,hiRg
soon st.er. and drove the enemy before
them. HE fifth corps. under Ma or Gem
era Sykes formed their .hirmish line on
ne sor,h OF ;hc Orange and Alexandris
Railroad. stretching down towards Nor
man Ford. Early. division and Ewe'l's
rebel corps occupied the heights or thia
side Of the river, the work upon which
les had SO turned a. to make them do.
f-nsibIe from attack from this direction.
The work. were cohsnucted by our forces
ia-, summer while We occupied the line Of
th- Rappahannock.
The enamy, however have strengthened
them bv digging a semi circle of rifle pit.
around their front. Such ~as The fofmic-
able position which Rus elps boys att: :.cke3
and carried to ,ay. Colonel Tompkin..
! Chief of artillery on General SelswicE's
.taiT, posted the artillery on the heights.
! ahou. three fourths Of mile this side of
tie enemy.
At ,hi. short range the firing wes beau
| tifuI and The effect demoraizing 1ha, OF
the enemy was aao very fine. While this
WAS going on, General Russell was busy
with his muskeiry. lie posted his line OF
skrFnish-rs upon both tianks OF tie en-
e;ny's ~orA. until nearl. sunset, when his
own brigade, composed Of tle 9th Wi.
consn, Colenel Allen, 9th Maine, Colonel
! Edwards, 9Th Maine, Colonel II ar Is, and
12lt New Yo,k Colonel Upton. wore Or.
Gered to charge on the r.he-pit- and earth
works upon both tianks. Led By General
Rus'eIi in person, they went steadily and
silently onward, fighting rs shey proceed:
cd, ill nearing the woa1s, when they fix.
ed bayouets AMI pitched IN with cold steel.
HIS W as t'S ihutt even ltT lEN HDWft
Of the Southern army for it WAS tho
much vaunteI Louisiana brigade thsv
! founi there, and after short hand~so>
hand contest, they turned to fee to ,her
pon,oons, which we're lving directly in
their rear, but here they were foiled. Oar
boys had already secured the approach 10
| the bridge, and they had no alternative
| but TO surrender or rwim for il. Some Of
them tried the latter, but il ~a' no easy
matter, and they yielded. ""en those
on the opposite shore found We bcld th,s
end Of the bridge, they .et fire to ihei,
side and destroyed portion Of it. Thus
closed, At daIk one of the most brilliant
actions Of the war. 1t was fought bv the
same troops that 40 gsIantls s,otmed snd
carried the heights of 81. Mares st tho
second battle of fredercks sbur9.
Although Generals Sedgwick, Wright
and TYLER, with their STATS. were present,
and active all agree in awarding the crsd-
it OF this hrllian, achievement principally
to General Russell and his gallant troops.
General Meade has sent to General Seie>
wick An order conoratulatins him and his
troops upon their success ia this peeiimi.
nary mOyemet.
"From present appearances, the losses
O. yesterday were somewhat unierestima.
ted. The kilIei will be nearly 100, and
the wounded 500. 100 rebel, wounded.
were left in oar hands. We have l50
prisoners, iucinlirg 1903 commissioned
officers.
! Washington, Nov. o.
4 A1vices from the front are TO the e6xce
that Genera! kHpa,rick occupied the city
and heights Of &c lerck>bprg on satar-
day, and was IN position to hold thtm
until the infantry cou! reach him. It's
probate ihs, the army has already ioissd
blur, and i. now entrenching itself on &ks
south bank Of the RappaLanBock.