Santa Fe gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864, 1863-08-15

and INTO tne lumber that Mlrts tnat elevation.
ihey were tniown up on Wednesday nlght' aiteF
lhe Is, ala iiln corps haa oeen driven pacS
tnrousn ihe IOWA. ~ was ueh. Meaaes pep 70
compel lne enemy 70 maze 40 at'acK' and 10y tns
purpose the WORKS were thrJ"h np' Attne sane
y ulae the feoeis were not iaie' lney 'hrew up a
lne Of over 'our miles III length, 10 some cases
y WIN great care, fof mucn o. the
way otaer WORKS partaRe more o. tnsnalnie o per-
% ,Iss saassuSd o' y q ha , ~
evidently their suppositiou cn Wednesday, night
That they could compel us to make the attack
ihey looked lor an assault with lnlerior numbers
upon toelr army, IN strong position Of their own
choosing lheir expectations 10 this particular
were not Inlhled- 3
ErrEcr OF THE wnfwoRrH rsoJecrlLr,
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" W, .Sas"s app,v,pss'' IVY peeu uysPeiass
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sass M; NY ~, ~ :" ~ v"rO,ou y'u .,lo
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p.o;es, ,s asa .r"Is. y. ~ IT, TD'.T.Sa oSs,,
uUs, ha E ;,I th ,sueli
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aA' aaasS sau wy IVY e1.uepsy usuu y wv ~
Sa,. vus ~ otsa sae .VuavS ss. ,"ems .u.s
told that the forest in rear Of odr position was full
Of these snot that passed over our 9eads 10 iht
llme Of ihe acton Ihe rebel artillery hre bai
heretofore been excellent but am told that o.
the present occasion twas no1accurate' why u
was so Is difficult TO explain. h il.-ans
rrsvcrS ,,Doy u,.y,r r.,,rs ., o
a mlie ron our central Pssltion, on 'ne c.esL 9
1he hln a. tIe cemetery was neid ol wneat, ant
near 70 " large tract, 90 wblch corn was grow
lng iuxurlantly before the battle, The wheat wa
eaffully trampled BY the hnfyng feet OF TIL
dense masses Of infantry as they changed thelrpo
sulons during the battle, IN The corn held Mtil
lery had been stationed, and changed its position
as often as The enemy obtained Us range Hard
va hll Of corn IS leit in ito prlshne luSuriance
elittle that escaped tho hoof Or The wheel, q
the guns moved from place to place, has SING
been ni6bled oil BY hungry horses during the nigh
vhsot Il rn,,sbt, NJ, MAJ "s .orn ,O,,a;nS ~
injured. al has fallen oug before the time Of bar
vest Another harvest IN which Death was Ii
reaper, has been gathered above 1t. .1p N
qua
'pA ASSAULT oN IhI LETT q
On our extreme LETT the pointed summit OF
bill ola thousand feet elevation rises towards III
sky. Beyond it The country falls on Into Ii
mountain region that extends to the Potomac an
across It into Virginia, This bill s quite stee
and ,dlhicult Of ascent, and formed strong pos
ltioa 90 ehich the ielt OF our line could rest III
enemy assaulted this point with great idry' thru
Ing his divisions one alter the other against IT,
,helr efforts were ol 20 avail Our men delsnde
the,r ero1nu aga hSt every attacK' IL was IKE u
oasn Q, tne french ~ "ateIioo against the I'M
liovaoe i' M coluulus Of Tue hugnsn, stubborn r'
S,s'aucs o'eicalia tue 'alor oi Tue assalian.s'-
ilI'e alIer ume they came TO !he assault only
iall pacS as tney nad advanced. lnelI mar r(
teas lei. SnGtgu'nan. ol our own men sun stSnO
,ng uenIna 'neir , WoINs' ino teoeI ueau an
wouuueu wV'c sca'lefeu 'n'ck'y aooul 1ne Sroun'
ou' OWN were hV' "ah''hB'
THE REBEL DEAD
Rolroc;ny NV stems boforo reaching ,bc a,
trpmo lcn roiurnes IN lbe centre of onr no.tio
IN thc Comcterv lin 7 do not foIlow ,bo ma ns,
bv which i came hnt take n ronle nlono tba bo
law hotween the two rdces II woa asrass N
hollow ihot thsrhar,os Sore mode in ,be assouI
unon onr nosi,;on Much blood yas no,roJ n,
I,etwson ibeso two sweIls ofland Mast or n
leod boye been buried whore thew foil or Oathe
cd in Ittlo clusters bcnenth some snraoding r.,
or besido clnmns of bushes Some of thn reb
dead are still uncovered. The 6rst that NEE
nv raze I coma mon suddenly MS i descend
bank, some three or four feet in height, to Il
suu u s,,'u,l sl,'5g ne % XIII nea ,uesplli
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