Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-11-10

a charge made upon the Federal encamp-
ment-all in the fog, and all without scarce
ly shot. The scene that now followed
beggars description. We shall not attempt
to sketch any more than its mere outline. =
In word Cook entire corps was captured.
Such of it as exists to-day owes its preserva-
ton simply to the fact that the Confcder-
ates did net stop to secure them, but such
as opposed their way, and scattering the re-
mainder in every direction, they pressed on
to the Nineteenth Corps. All this occupied
an hour it was now after five o'clock, the
mist had disappeared. and the sun was ri
sing. The same fate befcl the Nineteenth
Corps. Though better prepared for attack
they could not withstand the impetuosity
of the Confederatcs, and broke and fed in
disorder. The Sixth Corps and the cavalry
was now all that was left. The routed
troops of the Nineteenth fled to the Sixth
and the cavalry moved up to its support
Here then was the only remnant of the ar
N.Y. The remainder was either killed,
wounded, captured, or flying towards Win
chester along the turnpike.
1t was now that the Confederates first
used their newly captured cannon to any ex-
tent The Sixth (Federal Corps and the
Cavalry unable to Withstand the enemy were
rctreatng across small stream northwest
of their last encampment and prepared to
defend themselves The Confcderates after
several bloody assaults upon their disordered
masses, sent them pell nell over the creek
and after them, doing fearful work all the
time. Crossing the creek, and gaining a
| favorable eminence, the Sixth turned at bay
and withstood several charges of the Con
! federates, whose attacking force by this
! time was somewhat weakened by the details
| required to take charge OF prisoners, and
serve the captured artillery.
The battle was now over. The entire
Federal army wasroutcd. But the Confed-
crates opened lively cannonade upon the
Sixth Corps, and withdrew their infantry
to secure the prisoners and spoils.
II was no o'clock The cannonadc ava
keued Gen. Sheridan at Winchester He
sat out at once for his army. On the way
he encountered thousands of panic stricken
fugitives without arms. 1t was second
Bull Run.
Meanwhile Gen Early gathered together
some six thousand prisoners, a large number
Of army wagons, thirty-four hospital wag-
ons and ''nearly all his o,rn dead and ,coun-
ded," (See Mr.. Stillsons 9TH letter. be-
sides all the medical stores, small arms, am
munition and camp spoil that he could carry
AWAY, lcdNluS IL lOlCC W Suulu tllc zap
tured cannon, which from the impossible
nature of the road, from Fishers Hill to
the scene of action, could not be carried
away, he set out for Fishers Ill., a iju
bilant Jubal. 1t was now near MONDAY. -
For the last hour his men had lcisurely en-
ployed themselves in gathering spoils ever
to stripping the corpses" of the dead o.
their covered clothing Stilson, showing
plenty Of leisure. The Fcderals, all but ono
corps, were aunihilated and that corps de
teatcd and driven away. Still, between the
two forces was an active body of Contcder
ate pickcts and guerrillas, who with the ar
tillery alreado mentioned, kept up a desul
tory fire until three or four o clock in the
afternoon--hours after Early had returned
to Fisher's Hill laden with plumber.
We could have nothing more to say o
this remarkable surprise and dispersion o
the Federal forces, were it not that for po
litical purposes the president of the United
States, through the buncombe dispatches o
Lieutenant General Grant, and by means
Of bumcombe dispatches from Secretary
Stanton has been endcavoring to convince
the country that this disaster had been turn
ed into Il glorious victory by the appearance,
of General Sheridan on the field Of battle
who drove the rebels, recaptured his owl
cannon, captured twenty-siX more pieces o
theirs, hesides fifteen hundred prisoners
and much glory.
eve assert that after two clock Of tn,
10th day of October no fighting occurred. -
No second battle took place. The Federal
did not move between two and four p. NJ
hours after the Coniederates had gone ava,
laden with prisoners ond spoil. They foun
no enemy except IA few in charge of tn
cannon, who spiked the pieces and ran away
They took no prisoners except their ow
wounded and stragglers, and few Confcd
! crates who were two badly wounded to b
removed mpanions-Among thcl
Gen. Ramseur, since dead Finally, the
1 havn' I seen the enemy since, for Gen. Earl
has disappeared as suddenly and mystcri
ously as he came.
To show the absurdity of any serious bat
= tie having occurred in the afternoon, Nh
Harmon, another war correspondent, state
70 that suttlers were selling newspapers an
, cigars among the troopsat > o clock Again
= some of the old veterans kindlcd fires an
= boiled their coffee" Mr.. Stillson says :
c AT p. NJ, all, save picket firing, wa
quiet. 1t was thereafter pretty certain thG
Early had relinguished offensive movemen,
; for the day.
Such was the disgrace and indeed tn
. danger OF losing all their cannon, that whe
J they found them again the Fcdcrals coul
i not certain their joy. Gen. Caster huge
Sheridan with all his might, lifted him
the air, whirled him round and rounc
; BY, we've got the guns T. SHliSon
Was this a likely scene to happen Will
a battle was progressing ?
7. "We now hear that four thousand Fec
eral wounded have arrived at Martinsburg.
How does all this read with the follow
ing
SHERIDAN to GRANT
to STANTON to DIX
to The PUBLIC
"Wc have again been favored by glor
Gus victory.
Add this
GRANT to STANTON to
; DIX to THE PUBLIC.
81 had salute of loo guns from each c
the armies here fired in honor of Sheridan
last victory II Turning what bid fair to b
a disaster into glorious victory, stamp
Sheridan what | have always thought him
one of the ablest of Generals" "
short Chunks.
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