Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-11-05

$500 were captured. The rebels
gained nearly a mile. ard had the
most confident expectations Of
weeping everything before them
The next morning. But their fatal
mistake consisted in failing to fol
low up their successes that night,
for our troaps had been largely re-
enforced. and through the foresight
af Gen. Howard, stood in strong
defensive position on Thurs6a,
MOI ming on Culp's Hill and Gene
terry Ridge-positions which we're
held through both Thursday and
Friday, cur army standing mainly
on the defensive. and the rebels
making desperate attempts to break
through our lines, but lepulsed at
every point The entire rebel line
of battle tor three days was about
seven miles, and embraced consid
'rable more than half circle, wifi;
ou: forces were much more com
pact, with u line of battle but about
three miles and a hall ii ak The
rebels had about 10000 men. and
there were 10000 Of our troops
Their total loss was about 10000,
and ours, 100000 OF the killed,
$500 were rebels, and 4.O0O Union
men. We took 5000 prisoners and
| :osL 1000, At the baJtie of W ater
90 the French had $4,000 men, and
he allies $4,000. and the proper
ton of losses was nearly the same
as at Gettysburg.
GETTYSBURG IN THE BATTLE.
A large portion ofthe people re
mained IN The town, ami kept III their
cellars as the safest place But yer.
few were killed or injured, though
the annoyance and abuse from the
rebels were hard to bear. Money,
PROVISIONS. and all sorts of good
sere seized wherever found. Vast
numbers wonia have made off, but
there was hazard and difficulty in
'ioing this. One literary gentleman
who secured a pass to 90 hack
through the rebel lines, not being
allowed to go in the direction of our
forces, walked nine miles, carr, ing
one child in his arms, and accom-
anied hv his wife and another
child on foot. Churches, colleges.
houses and tents were crowded with
the 10000 wounded after the battle.
and they died at the rate of about
15O Il day. Prof Stoever of Penn
sylvania College received a sum-
mons Friday night to appear before
rebel authorities, for having Union
soldiers in his cellar, and expected
in the morning to be invited to start
for Libby Prison, but fortunately
when morning came the struggle
was over, and the village was filled
with blue coats. A small element
of the people was disloval
through the war, and though
these Jared no better than others in
the battle, they were afterwards
worse than ever. John Burns, the
Did hero who fought on his own ac-
count, is still alive. and was visited
by some of our party, but his pow
ers are wa,ing, and he could never
10 such service again.
INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE.
Here, said "Carleton," is the spot
where a bullet sung through the air
close to my head. And again, here
is the high water mark of the Re
hellion. the spot where the last at
tack was made the third day in the
center of our lines, and 1.5OO rebels
were made prisoners, all within five
minutes time. On this square mile
where we now stand. not less than
10000 men fell dead or wounded
And here in another spot, half a
mile distant, lay New Hampshire
hoy, his limb shattered by a bullet,
from midday on Thursday till mid
night of Saturday. without food or
drink, the fire Of both armies pour
ing over him. and finally was rescu
ed, hut went homo to die Of small
pox.
At the hotel where we stopped, a
little boy. then six or seven years
old, seeing a rebel soldier fall by a
shot, ran across the street and Sc
cured his musket, which he still
keeps as a trophy. A minister in
the town, as our troops were driven
back the first day, saw one Of our
soldiers fire with fatal effect, and
then shake his fist deliberately at the
rebel line as he proceed
ed to load his musket while retreat
ing: hut before this was done he
also fell.