The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-08-03

altering strength by the recoll, IN Al. ne
most every instance, rushing totWa.u %
gain 10 sway the opposite s'de oack.
Tard In turn. There was no general OF
M mpede on either side at any point ",
8 the fIrst day's battle; but weight OF &c
ines and weight Of metal and the mo-
Of blows vigorously delivered 10
the result at every point. al
Late in the evening of Saturday, - -,
when the aghtiDg on the TANKS naa =
well nigh ceased, came Stewards oi. I"
vision Of Bate, and Clayton ana
Browns brigades, pounding lis way
past the TANKS of two Union divisions;
and, doubling back the hank Of sne
third, they penetrated beyond the na. J
fayette road. Before ITS brave career
4 was checked It had well nigh divided
the Union line. It is easy to see that
over nil this extended area of bitter
! and continuous fighting the loss must
have been terrific. The figures to Do
Dreeeuted below will make the charac-
ter of this fighting, to which reference
has thus been made In most adequate |
terms, more clearly understood. But
stubborn, and terrific, and deadly 80
was the Confederate fighting OF Satur-
. day. 1t became but ordinary perform
Z auce when compared with the marve-
: ious exhibition of courage ana endur-
ance which was exhibited In that army
Z an sunday before the Union breast
!. works about Kelly farm, and upon the
= slopes Of Snodgrass Hill and the Horse
atOe Ridge.
=, The Union line about the Kelly
:, farm was established on the crest OF
=, low ridge sheltered by heavy woods,
:. and the troops were protected In their
position by low breestwork OF logs
- and rails varying from two to four
y fect in height. Time aud again, from
y. 10 q, clock I'LL 2, the whole right wing
" az the Confederate army rolled 1T
'e lines in ON the slight works In contin.
uai breakers, only to be shattered and
driven back as the waves of the ocear
as NO to pieces on, the beach brigade al
~ ter brigade dashed themselves aeains
.s' the salient of this low word to be shat
s tered and broken, and to retire with
~. loss 80 great that after o'clock ant
~ Throughout smost OF the afternoon, IN
right wing OF the Confederate line ha'
,s 60 weakened Itself by its brilliant, tre
~. ~ mendous and yet Ineffective hghtin
- "a as 10 be practically incapable OF iurthe
~ effort until much time had been coz
A.y ahmed In reorgaEizt alton. But eve
-. Ithis Hghting, persistent and marveiou
POI as II had been, was surpassed by tn
wonderful assaults Of Longstreet's win
VI throughout the afternoon upon III
w ridges held by Wood aud Brannan an
ss'- Sfeedman. For IN hour after ii
break took place in the Union line
o'e Sunday the entire Confederate arm
'te. was assanlting the Union position
~ Breckinridge's division, with Helm
'"s Adams aud Stoval, was turning tt
Union left and had moved far into
~ rear. but Helms brigade, striking II
slno salient OF Baird's position, had bee
auo effeciualiy shattered, its command
hs- killed and some of his regiments almo
leu apnihilated. Gist aud Colquitt
''on Walkers had fought with the san
~ fierceness and the same want OF su
~ cess, Stewsrt, In front of Reynol
lou aud Brannan, with his three magni
~" !. cent brigades OF Bate, and Clayto
:, and Bro wD, had pushed into the We
~. lace Of the Union line, but still fou
;" themselves unable TO carry the II
anu works before them. AT the sal
$ ~ time Law g division of Longstreet
un1 rushed upon the front of Harker, me
Iscss ing across open ground and unt
'ne heavy enfilading of Frank Smit
leep' regular battery, and up almost to
aess, muzzles of the iufantry's rifles.
lU I'M, this movement Kershaw supper
no Hood, and thus the Union troops
~" the right had the full view aud
UPON experience of the fighting Of Lo
u streets veterans, Bushrod johnson
ne v, front of Brannap, Htndman bel
o'.eu Steedman, with Preston's strong
gade as a reserve, alternately assist
We" on one point, and then another OF
az. ., ridge-ali these covered lis long 81
Wal. u'noss w. ,;,as y, ossouI,inr
'. az ums. The splendor of such fight
'hvoe as this Is enhanced many fold by
!, pe- fact that from the beginning TO
lne end it was unsuccessful, fighting.
nous binary soldiers can be carried forv
sIeue in battle 80 long rs success att
' .,eo their movements, but test of u
, .uus hood, of soldierly ability, of cou
.I'.a a and endurance, which 1t Is diflicu
u .ne measure, and which cannot be owe
a. Ill timated, comes when, through
v Wv, afternoon, assault after assault, 81
, i . ingly in overwhelming numbers,
!. a ,.o failed, and when the whole line of