The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-04-27

]theg have gone down in q blaze of glory.
andhTith a record unstained by one blot
of siame All that the enemy has gained
ihasgeen purchased at terrible price in
bloab while our own army although suf
fferiig severely, is still strong, intact, and
reaiI for its future work.
OF the events of,the last FIVE days I can
gigqyou buta curs6ry view, and even
)stbl5s obscured by the yet fresh smoke of
h
as btarly as Tuesday, the 2Sth( It was
acknowledgement. Our only doubt was
aSto the exact point at which he would
make his main or decisive demonstration.
IHSfelt our lines at different localities
aiddg their entire length. Hence Gen.
It'd was compelled SO to distribute his
fofses as to be prepared to repelthe prin--
cipsl assault with the least possible delay.
On the Tuesday in question the enemy.
advanced on the south side to within one
nib of the Boydkin plank road, threw up
enrenchments ana built q large fort in
the vicinity of the Lewis house. During.
til, night, his skirnrishers pushed forward
. Bw hundred yards further. Wednesday
"a fouobt this column with varying sue
ce.s, and night dropped on a drawn battle
| Al uotcber's Run, during the afternoon,
there was also heavy fighting, in which
.tIo enemy lost heavily Thursday heavy
skirmishing and movement of troops.
iFridav the efforts were resumed and with
o,eater deternination The Federal cav
airy swept around our works towards the
railroads., but we're met by Gen. Fitz Lee
and repulsed. The Yankee infantry, up
wards of forty thousand strong, were
massed near Burgess Alill, and here battle
was Joined in earnest. Of its results !
know nothingdefnite, save that the enemy
Gained no substantial advantage, and SUI
fered greatly. captured between foui
and six hundred prisoners.
On Saturday and Sunday the fighting
fl-gas fearfiul4-Ghe shocks Of conflict most
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sides immense. Our cntrehchlrlents, il
many places, were held by u thin line only
but this stood nobly to its post, through
out Saturday. On Sunday. however
Z Grant resumed his old vocation of"Butch
or" Finding that he could make little O
no impression in the ordinary way, HI
massed his troops several columns deel
against,a portion OF the line on the righ
and-thcn driving them relentlcssiy forwart
succeeded at last after flightfnl sacrifice o
life in obtaining possession of section o
the works 1t was not in the power o
any men, however brave, to have with
stood these desperate assaults withou
greater support. 'Longstreet had not ye
come up, although hurrying from anothe
: part of the field Meanwhile the Feder;.l
were rolling forward and recoiling lik
waves-thonc behind impelling those be
fore-until u Judgement was effected, th
works mounted, hanking position an|
enfiladc fire secured, and the battle sub
stantially won.
Our grape and canister moved tHn
enemy down by hundreds, our rifles toll
with unerring precision, and the groun1
.
was literally carpcted with the dead an
wounded, but sheer physical brute fore
proved at last superior to everything els
and the detences were taken.
! We know nothing yet of the militar.
movements of the day in detail. Bu
every statement that reaches us confirm
Il the fact that our officers and soldier
fought like heroes
Gen. "A. P. Hill is said to have been xii
led or mortally wounded. He was pas
sing through the woods and came upol
two Yankees whose surrender he deman
, dcd, but instead of yielding one Of then
drew sightand shot him through the body
Whether he was killed outright ornot w
1 don't know. It is thought by some tha
he is in the hands of the enemy and prob
ably still alive. Gen. Gordon is reported
mortally wounded, He was one OF th'
lions of the day. Gen. Pickett is said tt
have been killed. These reports may al
prove premature, and l recommend tha
they bo received with caution. Our tota
losses are estimated at from eight to fit
teen thousand, of whom a considerable
portion are prisoners. That ofthe enemy
can only be guessed at, but officers who
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