The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-12-10
THE WAR FOR THE UNION

The VrctSuous on the Vaptdnn, and
D-taits ~ tae Rattle on Friday Last
The Operations cr Saturday and
Moraay--Faiiutc or the Pian Of At
tack Retreat OF the Army To N,
Rappnnnock.
WASHINGTON, November 2, 1868.
The army again cmcrqcs from its vii.
dctncis campaign vi ono week. II fnds
tho Amy nj the termination precisely
whcre Il startcd from. II crossed III,
Rapidan ON Thursday; Il skirmishrt
with the enemy on Friday, the 81 and 9Th
Corps fighting n severe battle formed a
grneral line Of battle ON Saturday laid
still on Sunday and Monday, Cace o. fncc
with L,c retired from the rebel from,
Tuesday night, aud marched back north
&c the Rapidan on "Wednesday. Thus
rnds tho cnmpaign--bticf, II not glori-
cus. have boon the chunccs of great ~.
suits. circumstances prevented. In
marching south from tho Rapidan, the
p,rposn mud plan was 10 iurn thc right
of the rntmy's postum Ivy n d'tour to
frcdcricksburg and Orange Court House
Turnpike. Robcrison.s Tavern. midway
On this road, was made the first objective
point.
The enemy was found here in position,
,hougli probably only his extreme right
nink. Ills line was formcd on Mine
river, tributary of the Rapidan. When
no discovered our movements, he throw
his forces down 70 head ~ ~. In the
roving. the I'd and 9Th Corps had the
most westerly road. running parallel
with the rebel position. Tho road con.
rn.;." IN ,n,y,,,h an in,e,w,,sLIc torcs,
srnno,cd Go lead vs. OH, ON the ,urnrikc,
S ,S p',ter,so,,, T,vc,n' instead of
,,h;,h II yon from Robcr,son's Tavern
n Rrcconn Ford, The cncmy's line oi
communication. The head Of the Sd
Corrs column, led by Gcneral Prince
I'd Division, fell IN with The enemy ut
,hc junction with this road, at noon on
Friduy.
Heavy .kirmlshinv cnsucd. The enc.
NV was determined in fcsist our advance.
Scucrnl French, commanding the iorpS'
.passcd the other two divisions c'oso at
mud, nnd ordered Fnhcc Va HdVonoe'-
lhls hrnught on SERIOUS nct'nn' 'hc ch'
cmy showing large iorcc oi infantry
Tho woods were 80 dcnso that II was Inn
'r'cticnblc 10 work ARTILLERY. Oply one
L,t,crv ,vns cnge,,rd an our side, and tive
sa. ." the r rc9e cl; side; O. ID FtbS bic irbctct OF
NO Ia ~ Prince ard Ewinv' Wh'n VIZ
,nunpcmcnt became general, lasting IN
81 I,,k whom the rebels Withdrew, lrnv'
T,''i, lad and wounded on the Gcld
.r,,, ,o.r ~ muskc,ry, during this hric
HATH wns never exceeded. Tho cncm,
- 9th tho entire of Early'
- In, Evcll's, aud one division o
,t'n'1
RI total Crcc was. .c'elmalcd at thirty
u,,n1 On, brhSuc uhy, BlmsdrlrI
,I n'visi,n. nr,..'nr ~ "l lhc 81 DWis
49,, M,rr;.e "',,rrS w'rr prihcipollN
.,,,. nrH' hrhry's dvismn sun
Ivy, wv ~ ana Iccnmr engaged latcl
-, o'her trgadrS-E Elrnn's unt
."I ''W ","hhm Wards was
c,L". lc"gog'" "l"o' ~ "kcr's ol III,
.or ne rcs' ol The oh Corps
So, "rpot',ng uls'nnc"' In The rear NJ
". "ngnde' ~ 'mrs. The nov
I. %"'sd ~ nni"r tremendous lire
n;r,,,s nJ,,n2 considerable conlusion.--
,'nn ,,h,, hoi,l a., ,sll, into their posi-
a,J al, M,.r; g"u"N " with the 3,
Va, NJ a,5 ,I, '""'h, l0tl
-, p'"' wv" wv 'S' ID ru'h.s shuvp
T,, .,,,,,.,,.
II iscr ,vhn re, ulscS htm both lime,
b,,d.omeIy.
.rhc brig,d, l. new, bul pc, u IKE vet.
,,,,s X, ilcr. c,r,r.,y uf the Wcslcrr
Amy N rN 'nmands The brigade, com
,s-i - the ll0lli aud l22d Ohio, t3Stl
fcnnsvlNa0la aud 6th Mary lnnd Rcgi.
m"nis'
Nurri> drove tue enemy from his en-.
ir'nchcd poSitiuh. charging across an op.
rpinu aud mp hill. The cDemys posi-.
''oo, behind n hrca,iwork IN the edge oi
the woods was rarricd most handsomely
The reho's attempted In rctnkc It, ard
wer" repulsed hy the stmc brigade
S'cley's hhttrrv, the alih United
r,r"s. was twice charged upon nv the
r"hrls. The guns were douhlc-charycd
N'tk csnisIcr, aud moved the ASSISTANTS
duwn, who were Ioarlully rpulscd on
N'oth occRsions by cannon alone, with trc
mcncous slaughter,
Every brigade bal Smiths did nobly
cnnicnding against superior numbers -
Smith subsequently rallied his mon and
lid good work.
Our lnsscs ATE surprisingly light, con
sdrriug the length rf the action and the
i'rpcitv of the attack. Total, 100 Kill.
I'd, aud boo woundrd 400 to 500 mls-
sing. The missing are most slightly
wounded men, who straycd away IN tho
wilderness, hooking Tor hospitals at nph,
The 81 Corps bivouackcd ON the bat
tl,.irld, sleeping on thch arms, the en-
cmv having 2 tired.
The ambulance trains, which wer,
late cuming up, having become cn,anglcc
with the cndlcss mass of Transportation
wagons, artillery, &c. crosc,ug nj Sher.