Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-07-15
rhe Grant Baltic.

ne i.iclir,c.d ,lnaiirer hog special sd-
Vices, Gat-.i fioin Winchester, July 1th, which
give q summary ef. the. e.tour days battles at
Gsttysbnrg. Tie ssitnation is described as
fellows: -
There has hesu fonr days fighting rear
Gett7sburg, commencing ON Wednesday, July
lst. aid ending! on Saturday night, July 4th:
1t. is reported bore thakA. p. Hill, Early and
Rhodes fought the enemy principally on
Wednesday. beginning at one o'clock and
.lasliug two hours. We drove tie enemy
Through Gettysburg and two andea half miles
beyond =At Gettysburg We Captured their
wounied-3,5 500 in numbar.
The eucmy sre saia.t have fought well /;
their position was on a, fortified mountain, up
which our men repeatedly charged, but were
:ltigen hscs.
IL the fsli: on Thursday our whole 'ina is
said 10 have .bscn ergaged, the line OF battle
extending si%; mills in !erGth. The fighting
continued antil a very late hourof the night
Of Thursday, and 8ss renewed again on Fiji
day and lasted ali day and into Friday night.
It is also reported TO Lave begun .ngnin on
SATURDAY aud enced3lat Saturday night By
our men capturing the immense Notifications
.of.tieenemy. 80. -
Our loss is estimated st ten thousand. Be
tweep three and four thousand of our wound
ed are. arriving here tonight; Every pre-
spaE9tien is being made torcceivo them, ,.-s
Gems. Scales and Pc1derhaye arrived here
wounded, this evening. .Gens. Armiste.d,
Barksdale, Garnett aud Kcmper, are repor-
ted killed. Cons. Jones, Heth, Anderson,
Pottigrew, Jenkins, Hampton and Hood, are
reported wounded.
Tho Yankees say they had only two corps
liz the fight Oh "Wednesday, which was opsn
field fighting. The whole of the Yankee force
vas engaged in the last three days fighting.
Tie n1Inber is estimated at l75,0O0.
The hillsaround Gettysburg arc said 90 he
covered with ths dead and wounted, of the
Yankee Army Of the Potomac.
The fighting of these four days is regarded
:ss the scserest Of the war, and the slaughter
unprecedented especially is this Sc oi the
enc1nj,
: The New York aud Pennsylvania papers
arc reported to hare declared tor. peace.
UnolIicia! dispatches frora the suptrin {.
tsildent OF the telegraph to the Secretary of
yWas, dated Marsi.sburs, 9Th, say th2s from
reports received, We gained d dec!Sed aud
telling advantage over Tie enemy, at Gettys-
burg, on Wednesday and Thursday. On Fri.
day, we charged his works ara took them,
but were unable to hold them, and fellaback
towards Hagerstown. There has been but
little fighting since the;.. So fur, the victory
is on our side. Weeau now hear csnnonad-
iiis, and the report is int the fight is. now
going on hear Hagerstown. Everything is
so-indciinitc that it IS impossible to form 3
correct idss OF the fight. 1000 prisoners aro
nov at WilliaEsport, or their wsy 10 Rich
mond. Aany s!ightlpwsundcd were paroled
to-day.
MInr.xaDuna. July Our army Is st
Hagerstown. All quiet there to-day. There
was e cavalry skir,lish Yesterday. No infor.
ma,ion ofthe Yanl;ccnflny, Maryland Heights,
have boon re-occupicd ay q: small force. OF
toe enemy. An ordssnce train Las just pass
ed to Lee, who. il, waiting for it.
hAKrINsslsssst;, .Iuly 9, vi. Stauuton, l0th.
was heayy cavalry fight yesterday,
We drove the enemy seven miles: capturing
9 n,iinher of pris 'ncrs. The army is quiot in
Hagerstown.