The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-09-10

Hancock, at o'clock, eneountere
the rebel lines and forced them back
inch by inch, by desperate fighting
for two miles towards Parker's store
Suddenly, LoDgstreet, who had jus
reached the field, charged with hi
fresh troops, and striking Hancock
lines, arrested, and finally drove tn,
latter back in some disorder. Recti
flying his shattered lines, a determin
ed counter-charge was delivered, ant
LoGgstreet was wounded, Jenkin
killed, and the rebels were forced
back. Lees greatest efforts were di
rected against Hancock, with the in
tention of driving him from tn
Brock Road and crushing ou
left. Uniting the corps o
Hill aud LOngstreet, Lee personally
directed another assault, and bort
Hancock back to his east-wOrks
along the road. Gen. Wsdswortt
fell in this encounter. stood OF
the spot where he gave up his pure
and noble life for his cOuhtry
Counting his wealth by millions, this
generous patriot took up arms from
the most exalted motives, and hit
death was lar ented by all.
The woods now took fire and hiss
ing flames came leaping with wild
fury toward Haucock's front, scorch.
ing and burning the dead and the
wounded, and increasing the awful
horrors of the hour. The wind
blowing from the southwest, drove
the fire, smoke and enbers full in
the face of Haneock's men, setting
on fire the logs in his works. There
was a pause in the rattle of arms
But soon rebel columns, following
the current of fire, came rolling on
like resistless waves, and drove
Stevenson's division from its works
rushing through the Gap with wild
shouts Of triumph. All appeared
lost, when Col. Carroll, Of our glo-
rious 9Th Ohio, hurled his brigade
upon the flank of the advancing lines
with an impetuosity that defed re-
sistance, erOwding them back with
terrible slaughter and re-occupyi ne
the works. This magnificent charge
saved Hancock. whose superb fighting
and the reckless courage of his men,
saved our army from disaster. Lee
now gave up the battle on our left,
and the Brooke Road was made 80,
cure
Massing on our right, Lee made q
brilliant dash against Sedgwick just
at dark, utterly routing SeymOur's,
and thee Shaler's, brigade, capturing
the former, and 4 900 of the latter
But the dauntless Sedgwick restored
his lines in the midst of threatened
disaster, and drove back the enemy
to his entrenchments. And so ended
the second days battle, the two
armies occupying nearly the same
ground they did at the close of the
first day. Lee was now satisfied that
he could not drive Grant, and the lat
Ter was not inclined to try driving
Lee.
The next day Lee remained close
in his strongest line, and at 9 o'clock
on the night of the 7th, Warren
moved south, preceded by cavalry,
and with some fighting and consider
able delay, reached the Pc, where
the Brock Road crosses it, on Alsop'.
farm. But Longstreet was before
him on the Ny, with his batteries
croWning the ridge beyond. The po
sition was assailed, and finally car
ried, the enemy falling back with a
loss of 500.
Miles brigade, attacked at Cor
byn's bridge, repulsed the enemy,
and maintained its position. Wilson
CALAMITY cut his way, at the head Of
his cavalry, to the Court House, two
miles from Warren, but was driven
off with loss.
On the 9th our entire army was
concentrated around Spottsylvania
Court House. Lee was in a magniG.
cent position, behind strong works on
the crest of adjacent ridges. His
lines were in the form of a V, the
front on the Ny, his left three miles
northwest bey ond the PO.
Five hundred yards from the angle
In Lees lines, is clump of bushes
near which, en- the 9th, Gen. Sedg-
wick was killed by a sharpshooter
The country lost no braver, purer OIL
more noble defender. On the 10th 4
fierce cannOnade was opened on thu
enemies lines, and a general engage
ment followed, attended with mutua
slaughter in the charges aud counter
charges, but with no decided results
The next morning Grant wrote hi!
dispatch, closing with the memorable
paragraph: 81 propose to fight i
out on this line if it takes all sam
mer." The afternoon of the 11th i
rained. and near midnight Hancock
moving from Hills front on our right
massed in rear of Burnside anC
Wright, the latter having succeeded
SedgWick.
Lees center was held by Ewell'l
corps, and Gen. Edward Johnson
division occupied the salient angle o
projecting point of the V-shape,
lines. The morning came with very
dense fog, which envelOped the lines
Under cover of this, Hancock, Will
Birney's and Barlow's divisions II
front, moved quietly but rapidly owe
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