The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-11-10

| their left which had not been closely engaged,
| was brought up to assist the disordered rauks
| of the Louisianians, and hot enflading mus
kerry fire had already been opened on the
| oyertaxed foices in and around the large re-
| doubt. This fire, passing through the thin
and shattered ranks of the 9th Wisconsin and
| 9th Maine smote full on the right wing of the
| 10th Pennsylvania and threw them into dis
order Many of them cast themselves into
| the dry ditch at the foot of the slope and
added to the horror and confusion of the mo-
ment by returning the fire of the rebels, re-
gardless of the fact that line of their own
comrades we're between the two fires. They
were, in moment, however, gallantly rallied
by their major and led up in line with the rest.
And now the lines thus enforced swept on.
The rebels pushed to the rivers brink, threw
down their arms by scores and were sent to
the rear. The enemy were entirely swept
away from their extreme right to the large
redoubt and along the rife pits to a point in
front of the pontoon bridge.
The last stroke was now given. Gen. Rus
sell at last seeming to realize the fact that he
had led his brigade into battle against large
odds, had sent orders TO Gen. Upton, COM
manding the second brigade of the same di-
vision, to charge with two of his regiments on
the right. That officer selected the 9th Maine
and 12lst New York regiments, and forming e
them in line of battle behind the crest nearest
to the rebel lines, ordered them to pile up their
knapsacks and all other superhuous weight t;and
neared the rifle pits they received scattering
yolley of musketry.
'iSteadYl forward, men! don't fire shot" !"
shouted Upton, and with ringing cheer, for
ward they go over the rifle pits, with rush,
crowding the enemy to the river bank whore
they surrendered, and now the conflict is over.
The sulen prisoners were marched to he re ar.
Some few escaped up the river in the dark
ness, which By this time had settled down like
a pail A few stray swimmers plunged into
the water and swan over to toll the tale to
their comrades across the river. The rattle of
the musketry died away into silence, and soon
the lanterns were flashing over the field as the
sad work Of gathering up the wounded was be-
gun.
What were the results? The crossing of the
river was seized and lodgmsnt made on a
salient point of Lees general line which COM
PEELED him to fall back to the line OF the
Rapidan. -Four guns with caissons and am
muniticn, five limbers with full complem ent
OF battery horses, all complete; one stand of
colors five hundred prisoners and many hun
dred stand OF small arms were taken by Rus
sells brigade, alone. Two strong redoubts
we're taken by line of battle not much
heavier than an ordinary skirmish line. To
the two regiments of Upton there surrendered
over eleveu hundred prisoners with seven
stand of colors. Most had been broken and
driven from their positions By RusselPs brigade
and escaped from them only TO fall into the
hauds of Upton's men.
When it 10 remembered that the entire
strength of Russsll's brigade was 1,549, Off
GERS and men, and that all these results were
accomplished by them, assisted only by two
regiments of another brigade, against more
than double their number, thoroughly pre-
pared in chosen position, think am war
ranted in saying that the achievement is with
ont parallel in the history of the war