The Hillsborough recorder., 1864-10-26
THE FIGHT or THURSDAY.


ing account Of the tight on Thursday the
18th INST. the field Of battle being betwssa
the Charles City aud Derbytown roads. 10
VlrsiHIa:
We have not sften gained . greater, asr-
ing the whole war. il the slaughter Of me
enemy be a test of the completeness of Z
triumph. Our owa loss was small beyond
any example which we can cali TO mind,
except that Of New Orleans in 1915. scarce
ly amounting to one hundred, all told.
The attempt Of the enemy was made upon
plan deliberately horned and m.,sssd.
IL vas Of most formidabls character. and
had no doubt of succeeding. All TUESDAY
night he was passing over troops frsm the
Southside, and all day "Wednesday was
occupied in bringing them sp'ts the pssi.
ton they were 10 sceupr preparatory 10
the assault. Early THURSDAY morninS heavy
bodies Of Infantry moved sp the Charles
C,tv road, which formed the right Of the
enemy, and, Simultaneously. a stroag farce
moved on the Darbytswn road. which vas
his extreme lett The bsld Of battle lay
between the two roads. The advance Of
the enemy having been checked about I've
miles in front of our main works, he begla
10 Jeplay his forces in the neighborhssd Of
the Charles City road. The battle besas
Al 7 o'clock in the morning. aud did n
terminals until four ia the evening. Y
bore the same unvarrins character through
sat. The enemy attempted no mannu,n.
either by his sings sr centre. H,s strategy
consisted in directing heavy masses spsa
our breas,works, with the desperate Aspe
sf breaking through them. and eap,urlsy
the men aud gaas. n every one Of these
attempts he vas rspulsed with severe
slaughter. Person, uhs sau the field, sf
wilderness, Spsttsylv.nia Court Hsuss.
and Geld Harbor. declare that they pre-.
seated no mere frizhuul picture Of destrus-
ton than this field. The men made drunk
for the occasion, advanced. many Of thss
with unloaded gans. having been ordered.
no doubt. TO trust 10 the baysaet alsse.
But their hearts sia.ariably failed them shss
they arrived within forty Yards. Ns,hlr:
eonld brave the terrific Gre 10 which they
were exposed. and they gave way. on saea
sccasisn, before they could be sgot aearsr
70 the goal. Al last. about Tour o'clset.
thsy made grand effort. and we're recsi'.
ed with such . Gre. that they broke ssd
Aed in the widest confusion. Our ,ieic.
nv vas esmplete. They left net sn.y thslr
dead, but many Of their wounded. alss. -
oar hands.
| We have heard 10 estimate made Of the
ensny's loss 10 this most sangulnary coz.
aiet By any person having oficial laihorl.
ly j; but, Comparing u with Cold Harder.
we entertain no doubt that II Numbered
thou sands in killed. wounded snd missing.
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TRE PRosrser.-rhs gloon Of the enc.
my, pccasiened By their protracied, 81
hausting and futile Efforts TO conquer us.
| sometimes leads them TO an honest perceP-
iion Of the truth a, 10 their prospects. The
following is from late speech oi GosernH
Seymour. Of New York.
Now, you know that that moRstrous az
my that We gave them nine months ago has
been 50 nearly annihilated that another
call for FIVE hundred thousand men - made
upon Us, and we are net in as good COD.
dition as We were then. That part ol Lou'
isiana aud Of Arkansas west Of the Mlssls.
sippi river that was wrested from them has
resumed the offensive, and invaded Ms.
souri, itself. The great army Of sherman
that attacked and captured Atlanta, has ~
rear communications attacked aud enoas
gered by large bodies Of rebels. 10 INTO
Virginia, and what do you lind here ia
stead Of the army Of Lee reduced down y
a skeleton, as il was a year ago, il has sus,
tanned itself thus far with fuli force aoo
great power. and il is strong in numbers "
lday. New, 1 believe that. notwithstaao
ling your political views aud political pre-.
! iudices, yeu will admit that our armn'
, Ihaye done their work. We, 10 cemmo,
! with our Republican friends, have hOnoIs'
I,h. names of Grant and Farragut, Sher'