The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1863-07-17
How Lees Army Escnrsd md NTende's
Army wns Pooled

~ ' VIC Tll n pms fFFNH gives
tho following necoini 4 General Lgrs ro,rsat
Grross The Poiauae:
Thee Is no deny ~ 10 f,ci, uers va scarcely
one Who .urv I'd %, At, or wounds a1,t .Iuiy 9Th
that did nj lo'k with tn gr.,ts-t cor h,ufo, Mt
mere Tor another victory al wiihHiu7uurt huI tor
hna' termination ,ftlc war upon tina, spot. Tie
iehxhtful fields e Ma, aud, bit-lfulns wt yer.
dur, beatty, heath AID friity, O.. ntfa ed 20
iorcinly " ~ the barren san - ofto VIZ. MA soil
lat vas IN expression ~ every mouth. ~ hope
We vii whip ITO iet els 40 this tine, that vii
never sgau have o.,,slon 10 < iut3 Nirsinis."
The sacred soil al LOST it, s.-feit 80. mud cdn
emmy 10 gou no iied ~ he great dislike rhch
| our army f'f'r'1ins to'rdrds further Subsistence
| on the IirJ MIA sot
| To- have prevent 4 Ls.'- ssc,pe thoy would have
l"rished, every man of them rather t'sn Il nch
| irom any daty ~lich I'D hsye SECURED As de
| feat. The o. ~. ytrfats % The Army # Ac p
tomsc have horne h,ir tedious marches since the
Gsttysl urg tgtt with drgr'e q paiieucs aud
durance that L.. a. ~. n parable IN any army ever
| known Afrr q 81 'cAriul struggle, the ret. army
Possessed adv nt'. cs % ta,ir retreat which IL vas
| Ia ilHa,h.c wa. Va n nature Il q ings over
| come W. wtrr paw si. u TIE f.ld. snd. be-
| IRE procesclug We. compelle % bury the dead
and take cRrr % No W unded oil both armies. Lee
! IA the meant ut truci Inc Il retreat tr.n Hs-
gers.owu {" Williams. OFT Could We folio. HIM
| tcross te r.unur'
| II the atteinri as made ho would fall towards
| FREEZER ck snd threaten Baltimore aud wssh-
iugtpn, sn1 carry ruin ant dsstristion vide
.pre 4. usuera. M's e., VITO = cousc.u,sncs4
| Peansyivlns T. the northwest Of Gstysburg.
| wLrre General Couch hreaWn'ug on the font
would sntt p him bstv cen Two fires, retired with
his main amy HoutiwAri, pasHIus tnrouyh frei-
,rick a. Il had p>ssed before, when hst COM
miiIed 10 tie care Of Cen Mesds. Frel'rrs was
made our Ease OF saIp"t' Baltimore and Was -
ngton saved, Had We folIw'i direct line
west tine base would nave lo.n endAns erred. and
Gettysburg Hhotu OF its glory.
| Gen. Meade leaning that the rebels rad concsn-
tsied hetsern Hagor-towu aud VIII .ru,port be-
| L. e.. ~ A Ilua q
army mar he'd fofvsr ain, cur ut ressin' IN
. Boon boto, sno tho 'ens few miles south Of Wa
iausp IT. Gradually our lines eonus Led. aid
the teD,ls e.l hsts. Hagersto~n MAS occup ei by
J urtoopr, an our cA'.lty was daily u, Ell IN
.tirmish,s with the .ivancs posts Of The rebels
ki patrick aud By'ord werc incess.nty eng =, ed
ngtsud day, ma driving back the rsbs -, aud IN
Ne day ron'cs's the vantage. we're all upon our
uids, many pr.sonsrs, wagons a4d storss frequent
ly ,i0s 4tuItd.
III, Gss' War,,r. - tho army remained no, rnor.
Nsn tsu ssyr nj any one spot. With the sdy anc,
| - our Line, tho ~ -.rsIh advanced asl, and Glen
MeAi' uo~ei up "th tenActy. The rs'niufce
IN, ut Npse SOW 10 Arrl~e Gen. Va. e,- men
hotn Nuitt ts'oAn.' were among The trst 10 az
= | rive, and they ver. ss-isnei g. die defcnca .
. | Hsrpei's Ferry sni Nary and " ights The hr az
when had been Shortly b,fcrs destroyed q, I'll
II apu,u.nts, ny or'.r OF Gels French, pss r.
n paire aud that stronghold - as A. hAl And use
- Ioss.sslon The division # Gen Keyes, from IA
> Psuiusula. were last approaching tn front, al
!. sent To the right to urcupy Hsgrrstown Gen
q Couch. with his PennsylyAr "A nliuts, had furno
= junction with the ARMY Of III. Potomac, sud th-r
wss gsin,ss ia tho whole army ,h., he sros' hs
p Tie Was so.a To be fought. Thy w.rv doomed ,
'; dlssppointmeut
n~sno,, suspect, Known at hesdqusrer
that General Ew.llh corps creased tie Poioma
n GU Monday uigsi on pon'oon bridge Al faDiu
v Waters IA VA, nJt known vat ne rest Of VI
rsla, array crots,ei n two Places near VII, ann
y port. the same night L"ngs,rsrts div.so
X that lad been lying Mt poTusyile, moVoi forwar
,y sni crossed a tie afternoon. lp saturday,
wks known positNoy that Mere were no pu-sitl
ne.nR by Which the robe army could 'ic,t b
escape. refugee Tho came int0 ar lines q
SUNDAY stated his as ths eriGsHc' y MS sense
SO Two s-ows -. Ia, cats had teen cun'lanuy ply I.
=, across the river opposite W lliamsIort, and b
these, al the slow rate u about HN lu,.lr m huu
We tAr rebel wagon trans and cattle WIRE crue ~
-, On Mondsy uruing Iontlo was laid frui
4, the opposite side, having teen brought UP ri
WIN, hester, al which place q was probably bull
!" On Tuesday morning Gcu. Meade had co'npl.tc
iis al ii~ arrang' Iusuts for grand attack slcng a
a whole pr. TIC list, CO.. and llth torps advance
. on Sunday, taxing strong rohton IN this sids
An Jamestown, ,xtentn NJ s'utnwards theucs q A,
utlam cre,k. The 18th Corps, Gen Howard you
Inand ny, occupied tie extreme right scross Il
Hags sto~u turnpike. Tho LIST CorIs lay next
IL, aud he 6sh Corps stu farther 10 TIE left II
4" lat Corps WAS ia command OF Gen. Wldsw1rI
IA aud the oh in command " den srdsrwck. Tue
N. day morning they al took up tne Hue of mar,
on the Wi iani-llo road. The l!th, "a and d
N Cor swcr" posted uu 40 lef and occupied the y
Va | vance on Transport.
.d The be-, Ncre strongly er,renchsi tehind u
,I rang, OF hills stretching from Hag,rs,own to W
I'm Ham pot Tuey lad undoubtedly tho sdvsnta,
. o. position, having strong naturs! defence. n
v. | army tst that the coming battle WAS - be one
the seyer.sl u had yet ~ per sucel, but VIA con
10 dent OF Us sblty 10 hight tie rebels even ~ a.
of advantage, g. storm the heights along the enti
49,, front and b. the uciors thai thoy al Getty
- burg ON Monday uig,t tie rsue CAM IA
10 burned brightly, GEi there W. no re.soA l. ~
ed pecl that tie re- el army was not stl ~ it's .
In cAmptneLt. N,Nt day al u o'dock . % attack Wi
g. be- made, aud tue battle Il tle was to
" t4sht A dIyisi from eseh corpa Of the arm
~ va. ser, forward 50 feel tie enemy, and ssue
VIZ tin As i eAptn and position. Ast4ty sIy.nt,
49, tlsy t.r.H /, before h,m, but ou } faint l
iltS Ntr- given.
les They ~ &C d,i further and yet flrther, but
an. enemy VA i.uad. The bird sd town, Aud 8
TO-, cage MAS us.ss. You can imagine, prob bis ht
Yer u. an Il is L. NV power les y @, the dHf
IRA appointment that rsn along hOs rcterC
RANKS uhc 'h,yWere informed that they had
~. tntmy 10 g9h I, uy,r am eytry ether !ee.n
shd dToS"'A q cher snoL,ns.
~ From o. er soq'e.swe gatLer tho following a
u'n diuousl details:
NP The r'bt.s crossed tac Potornrc at three pciu
u | nancy NAlALtplrh IsAaS Wssvrs, 6ye nj