The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-05-26
The Eight Dnys' Battle ia Virginia.

From the Albany Evening Journal.
| The fighting in Virginia during the past
week is destined to form one Of the most
memorable incidents in the annals of human
warfare. The world never saw anything
| like it. All other contests seem tame and
flat beside it. 1t stands out in dreadful prom
inence, unique, unprecedented, unparalleled.
Most of the great battles of history have
been of comparatively short duration. Even
those upon tie issue of which the fate Of EN-
pires has turned, have been decided within
the compass of single day. The battle of
Austerlitz was fought and finished between
sunrise and sunset. The battle of Waterloo
commenced at IL o'clock in the forenoon, and
closed before dark. The battle of Marengo
was an afternoon job. The battle of Softer
inc embraced only sixteen hours between
the firing of the first gun and the final rout
of the Austrians.
But here we have two days of almost con-
tinuous fighting! A respectfully sized bat
tie on Tuesday afternoon; fighting all day
Thu rsday; fighting all day Friday until mid
night fighting lightly Saturday morning
and fighting fiercely Saturday night; fight
ing desperately the greater part Of Sunday
fighting by driblets Monday, and the blood
lest battle of the war on Tuesday, And yet
no decisive victory achieved; and SO far, at
least, af we are concerned, no signs OF flag
ging. Our brave fellows still enthusiastic
| Still eager for the fray-still determined to
press on until the foe has been finally routed
or destroyed. Was such courage, such pluck,
such unhagging resolve, such constancy OF
purpose ever Witnessed since the world be-
gan?
Then as regards the losses The most
sanguinary conflict, that history records fall
short, with one or two exceptions,o of the ter
rible aggregate of the results of the bloody
work of the past few days. At Solferino
the French lost IL, 900, the Sandinians 900,
and the Austrians 10000. At Marengo the
total loss on both sides did not exceed IA,
900. AWaterloo the-aggregate loss on both
sides was not over 80, 900. But ia the series
Of battles which have been raging IN vir-
GINA during the few days past, ouroWn loss
is reported at above $4,000, while that OF
the enemy is estim ated even larger We
can recall only one instance In modern wars
where the losses were so heavy. AT the bat
of Leipsic the French had 60, 900 and the AL
lies 80, 900 men plac, I'd A0TS d~ combat but,
then, all Europe was engaged, and had
three days tussle Of it.
i We have been shown the following busi-
ness card from tout West" We can certi-
fy to the reliability of the gentleman 1--WE
suppose him to be human man from the
ESQ.," on his nalne) to whom Messrs. M.
and B. refer. We regard their business as
a good one if well followed This is their
card:
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Pamphoneticonests and Pathological
Scriveners.
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Block.
Hastings, Mimi, Ammo Christi yclape1
1864" af,. s....
| 1t is vain to struggle against change and
confusion. The whole world is turned upside
down every twenty-four hours.