Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-10-25

pulsed abe eusshy2 gave o. back the field
and saxed thee whole Army 6f Hhs Poto-
mac fnomb rdisaster.9 Hil Was the brigade
which difaI remember Alright silenced The
6rst 1bafteEy ofilhe rebels &C Winchesttr.
His WAsithe brigade which took the fFal
hEe pieces Of cannon 'at Fishers Hfllg His
was the preseuce, his the heroic bearing
that never hinehed On the thickest OF The
battle, and " hich always Inspired hfs men,
not only 70 duty, but % aldof. Il visited
him this afternoon ID house vi efe he had
been conveyed after bis wound, ana Whefs
be was dying. Stretching out Z pale h46d
hand knoWndof long frieadship, ! hand
whose. grasp vas always an honor but
which Wa1 doubly pract1ua and tend 81 at
such an hour he Iaid, aGo6d- -bye =, win
the words iddsd ~ am going last.se si19s4
l4fndeed, indeed, general, u hope Il is not
50 bad Gs that.4fsoI sd hsif6fsd dlidU
iHSuch Il sfAtsj sjhRas the, reply as che
shadow .of smoreE than mortal Suffering
passed oyer his flee aud dafkened it His
saGeEing vas soon sftef relieved by dh OPT
ato3s and his 'desth was comparatively
peaceful. 80 dtrfz1 -u -ca15olsslF so @
GenerAl RRmssur, oOmmanding one 6f
the dtsbel divisions engaged % day, has
ljust been brought up 70 General SheFidan's
Headquarters lin an ambulanee, captured
on the road 70 StrasbuFg. He D morally
wounded through the chest and g gFoa1.
ing with pain. General Custer, who vas
B 6lassmate Of his at West Point, assisted
10 getting him ont of the ambolanes aud
placingi him IN onu 0fthe rooms ofa Istone
house "a che rear, where he Il well attend
EDS nGenefal rRamssur is . fac slo0king
man OF about 30 years Of age, aud has ne
reputation Of being the most heroic 6liiceFl
IN the whole Southern eonfederaeys One
pf his aid de dcamps,'Ia rebel surgeon,
aud q serVantp accompany him. They have
been permitted BtlII % attend hin on givs
inR. their parole. slIOls adi IS . % D ?.
Upon the battlefield of to-day, AtIJhiS
hour the moon looks down from clear sky
upon some CHASTITY scenes. nefhe encamp
nents Of the living are pitched beside the
resting iplace8 df athe dead!a Oorpsesi are
basWn thickly In many places near by
where the Fict6Fs Of the day are sleeping. i
Nearly all tthadrabel dead were carried on
the fi6ldi BY rebel survivors Our own res
main, and the burial 10 now going On. HestI
bftheSeoFpses have lbssutslripptd by tReI
enemy. Some are entirely naked some
With only shirt remaining. They iisE white
ipeetEes upon the earth, under the shadogsI
Of stone walls, 10 rayines, under The rust.
fik leaves 'of forest tfees, khd Stafing up 10
the sky from iOp6n 9meGdoWs.i 10 Tue duh
echo OF !. spades, th6i Low otonea Of burial
parties, the cracking Of camp fires, are
the only sounds thai eneumbef the mid
hight ale .sfQcE 80 re Gioi vieu 200 i
50or actual 9Iossss In the dayss engage
meat Il is as yet impossible % estimataG
Neither can We estimatei those, Of, thea ems
emyS Ipresuma that che tr6furna viii show
thar onf c asuaitleai in killed aud wounded
Are someFhAt greater than theiFlsI The
fet1EnB Of priaonera may plaea E1a on au
equality althQugh5 the number which thal
enemy took from ns,lin themorping mnat
have beeneonaiderable. OF these We, shall
probably get back many for mgnys in The
midst Of their dighbseWill dad meanB 40
escape. In Al else-r5in the,numbBE ogguns1
and The AMOUNT ofaFmy material captured
hin the total ront of the Whola rebel army
We have been the decided, ,Yietors- 1t Rnnld
keem that under thB3 lnasRs End mqrtifeAr
lions OF this last defeat that aImITulgt
be rendered snsArl1 poFerless5 a blt FseFnt
exporienee has shown that Il pOslel1aa q
Btrange, elasticity, which defeat and ioas
do nut wholly oFereome, aaDd which can
only he conquered by the putting OF every
man In A0Fs dH eOulbats IT, IL safa toasaJs
however, that Early has relinquished lll
Idea oft'amashing MP SheridantR ,and that
ho further fear Of OfensiEe lmoyementay by
the enemy In this valley need prevail during
tends 70 follow upihis triumph byopnrsait
houbtless have q shy stthe enemy during
their retreat. The latter win scarcely .Esns
lnre 20 remAinnat FisheE'si1Hi aud are
probably marching along up.the valleys 81
this .hQuFsias a-liEE1 sol - aFqaz srI1
II o. .fHfdGE .E83Hala lEraIia rrl Ia5au ,1sgsf|
1 i wish T. distinctly underI rIt0od that iu
The account of the battle sofsto day above
given, j have been guidedby no other Eish
that that Of doing simple justice 20 All con-
eerned, and OF presentiug4a lfaithfab and 4
Interesting narratiya % the teadeEsGtt Eas
impossible that such. q battla - thia (as u
b impoasihle In any battlel could be actin,
ally Witnessed in all sita 1mogeneuts By 81
single person. This WA rendered doubly
Impossible during the early morning and
forenoon ybg the densa log which enSel1ped
The lines oflbnth armies putting then out
pfo Yisionsa Az, to1thsH aeSa1lk enGenet1l@
Crook, the beati1gobAek and breaking api
ot his lines and the beginniag Of atheiirIt
hssault on the 1eth corp1, JEIhAEe1 had tol
depend enfirsly upon the; 1atatsmentgs Of
btherse which coincide in all IimpnrtantI
fespecfs.Ti II tlafne attaches 70 any iaGioer
or troops concarnedi a then MI lortnne ol
the morning, I.am1not epetso1 20 iattaohs
EiaI believe that General Sheridan, himss
self and all 1ofiicers who were apresaut on
the field from the beginning o. the day 10
its. close will acknowledge, Ehilso doing
Justice TO the splendid hergism manifes-
ted by the whole army after 4 had fairly
presented q r0htIbef8fe the Zoe. thatOur
lines attacked this morning were driven IN
e0nfpsion IS have stated; bnt itmnst be
said that, under the circumstances apd
owing 70 the complete surprise Of the frst
assahlt Ia the fog, none but the Inost PER
fecfly disciplined diets could have made
anything like al6tahd against uit.sli All
military men nappreciate the fact that sol
diers hacking this perfect diseiplins which
enables them % org1nize, stand Gtnl and
maneuVer inp the midst Of fdisaster,p are
often d good ghtsEs Is any when ma
king,an assaults Of whom meeting an enc,
NY fairlY.in an OPEN leldl This whole a.