The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-09
THE GREAT BATTLE.
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THE GREAT BATTLE.
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oanaonadns in tho dreciin Of Iaversae and Nolnsvls
We derstand hat forces were driven beck several
miles ana we're being strongly reinforced last night and
hazards
On Friday there considerable diminishing in the
prisoners aud ot Of borses who brought 70 town
last night.
From the Rebel Banner, Jan 81
TIE 0REAT RATTLE.
In our yesterday necessarily brief and imperfect
count the mary battle Of Wednesday December
81 We brought The events " the engagement up fight
fall Our let hai driven tho enemys right Tor several
miles, occupying tho heid Of bak turing tho hos
psas and most o. the wounded, and resting within two
hundred yards OF the abolition pickcts. Our right not
SO actively engaged, tn enemy concentrating and
nghs Goops in strong position: Iyrns's battery Of
lively engaged during the afternoon with tho batteries Of
the enemy: but the casualties part small.
smsg and nr p,,io1s lace The previous night vas W.
tensey cold and mist have seriously affected the
dition Of the ed the field but the genial
soon dispeled tho white rim Of frost that covered the
landscape and changed hecy air into pleasant spring
like atm sphere.
Everything perfectly quiet in from. until about
eight o'clock when the cannonadu opened tho right
centre, and was ke9t Up spiriediy 12r shor. while
70 show himself and undes OF heavy timber, ap.
peared, was making preparations for q retreat
TIN RATTLE FIELD
pang The dead lay scattered In every
the Confederate army uniform and the Yankee blue 10
full proximity, "after LIES atfu fever" Al points where
our braves had charged and taken the batteries the
there were plain evidences o. desperate struggles Hut
Il was quite evident that tho dead tho enemy outnum-
bercd ours ten to one. This proportion may seem al
and improbable but 1t the opinion Of every who
visited tho field. Upon every hand wcro the common
debris Of batte-broken gun carriages, d.smantlcd
wagons piles Of dead horses scattered accoutrements
all indicating the iearfuness and desperation Of tho
test.
Oar loss In killed wounded and missing will up
FIVE thousand That Of the enemy is triple, not five.
up last night had parole forty seven hundred prhon
ers Of small arms ordnance, camp equ,age, &C.. We
captured vast quantities The prisoners are being rapidly
rent South to ricksburg for exchange that beirg
cordancc with the previous Arrangement between Gen.
erals Brasg and Rosecrans The wounded prisoners, o.
whom there are quite great number, comfortably
housed and are being well cared for.
TN SuNBERs ENGAGED.
Rogecrans grand army Of invasion numbers, according
to the lowest s.imate severity thousand General
Braggs forces we have never vet heard computed at
ory thousand, and not than onehalf OF those
engaged in the battle The disparity in numbers,
however than atoned for by the difference in
the pluck and determination Of the two combatants
well az by the impulses that actna.ed them
Still walk through the hospitals discovers to the most
careless locker tho saddcst and mort sckonng spec
tace which hope win again the quiet and
happiness of many rthstones in the confederacy
WOUNDED rrALa.
Tho spirit Of heroic indle unaffected BY
troops during the pcrous and ea FIJI days and nights Of
tDo Datue WIS worthy Ol tncmself 81 anu tner noiy
But what shall we say oil the patience tho TO IL
tude, the bravery even the gayety displayed by the
wounded2 We hut drcds Of them the field and In
the hospitals, ana from not one Of them did hear
single word Of complaint ming. Many OF their
wounds were CHASTITY, may requiring aluputaion and
the severest surgical treatment but all Of them boro up
with the determined s!rit Il heroes
IL will be crafty ing to the friends Of these brave
boys to know that the hospital arrangements are
admirable and ample Or. y. I. Iandell was
particularly conspicuous in providing for tho
ton OF the wounded and all Of tho surgeons kind
attentive and kilfu The lad In every od
work-are assidAous in their attentions. indeed. from
the good order careful nursing and fine medical skill
played, have every 10 believe that the mortal
ity will be small.
MISCELLANEOUS
The body Of Major General SILL OF tho division
mandcTs Of the Union orces brought to ycster
day afternoon and laid out in the Court House. Gen. S
was shot through the left eye with Mimic ball.
Col mel Allen, Of the Alabama cavalry was seriously
wounded IN the hand Col mel Marks of the
Tennessee, also wounded Captain Jo Dcshon, OF tho
Ninth kentucky, was severely wounded In the hand by
the fragment OF shell. He 20 town. had the wound
dressed aud imme lately repaired 70 the field. Adutant
Henry ". Curd O. the same regiment, shot through
and through by six pound ball Lieutenant Curd
nephew Of Colonel Thomas II. Hunt, and cousin OF
General John II. Morgan
II reported yesterday hst Drgadier General w. Z.
Woodruff was among the Yankee s'an.