The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-15

RENEE the scenic characteristics Of
those ever-varying long-ago campaigns
dl5ore VlTldly than even their human trag-
coy and triumph. A magnificent picture
e nGm 4 meme me eye Far away, Hooker was
SUN hghtlng beyond Magruder, and the
Guns OF the enemy were playing upon his
npes. Two small redoubts were between
r rs ana q the main work. Their garrisons
nstreaJed at sight of us, retiring on the
nam body, a movement indicating that
ne southern force was too small to hold
| maze on u.s. who entered that field from
me north, was that it might be occupied
| ne next moment by troops issuing from
too, might
/ UNDERTAKE A FLANK MOVEMENT.
| ana that # he did so in force we might
| easily be hemmed in and forced to sur
acn,Itis But one Of our regiments soon
occupied the earthwork last deserted.
;. Old Story was raised with cheers from
us parapet, and our few guns were swift
~ ~ numbered in the field a line of hos
llle sklrnishers, deployinG in front of a
| Iedouot stilI near ''MaSruder," was quick
" dispersed by our men. and in a few
sr6dI Iort, almost at point blank range.
aLd on the woods through which the Skin
! mIShers were retreating
FOR short time the clouds broIra nm
IN the est and flood of light came o,taI |
IlIs batueheld. We saw the deserted re- /
Irieooubts Tying our colors; our infantry in
ps!icerS waving their hags: the smoke
nu iIIs lre-rlmIned curve OF Fort Magrllder
sun further The infantry fire and rolling
clouds OF smoke over Hookerss Sfatin,59
Al TINS composed picture rarely see;
since the days of old-fashioned short
range 1iShting.. 1t satisfied the eve and
OF battle had been formed on the history
od continental and American wars and tbe
S eall,v5 OF Nernet and Trumbuli The
Sounu, as Wei as the pomp of glorio11S
war was evident. and the ''circun1stance''
80 80 oiose Impending. Our batteries fired
ana e 9uryiS dor an hour, the fort replying,
S ;ilu sgthe casualties occurred along the
me; But our regiment as vet had Iit .tI
70 90 and simply awaited orders Tbe
coming tb oiisI5ce 7,d however was not long
tttIno9n' by one. of those bushes tra5i-
e eiOliaIg Detokenlng the decisive turn of
both ES o65knr and on the extreme left,
If VS.! - ~, -Ittssfuder was nearly silent
fsIIino5 q "a d ~ whether the enemy was
den adyan 1n 9 tba making rg ready for a sud-
ms cavalry from the woods onnosito III u 1
i r1Sa closely followed by long ranks Of :,
" :, ~ ~ supportlng It, and pressing for r
formed. ih-eS could be re- .
vea ms bo was an interesting moment. One a
in at the same he, r,e5,-.enfforcement marching i!
% pnseemly panic our Is COO men gile ven
i rgee an at Bull Run And this was the the
Pairs Bluff unde gffsfSenS e. The f6 blunder at
The Potomac But a va9y ti ~ army OF
ne woril d IRE, hlled, too. with studv Of -
Tag taught US when and how t ~ vest V
49,. .5e nov " 70 stand under fire or beforH e
Here was &c
HANCoCK's OPPORTUNITY re
what more could ambitionf aeI,
"a aS SE,s the skirts of happy chance
nllu breasts the blows of circnn9sto,,o,o,
ndden in oe1lo ms lines at once against his la
ma bor ~.Iset, while the confederat e foof 81,
- L. o IioIse came on-yelIine 1irine o,S
IaISI1g with almost irresiSta HE sSa1i ailu ft
= 90 o1i! y. style Our artillery wheeled "a al
nents ' nTa, several volleys and our reei- t
Ienly came on, until his front till tne "a
,,,.Ie,stL nat broken up, was less fban a.
10 rnas5, Instant from our soldiery Then NJ
ndulged bin SIPerp ngure on his horse "a "a
ulse, IN the one bit of martiai' In nj
,+na,.;o, wnlch witnessed throughout nv
nd sp t M me war Taking OF his hat. Ir
a coil I "a ms IN set and CURLY terms -,
ea std 70 MS staff and to the line Officers y
: o11r LII I'M; oReady, now! Gentlemen, ar
, nassed Ai IL ~; Cnarge! The word instant, re
fa p :, 4 uoWn the front, and our whole or
lL;aIntfy line moved forward at dombIaS ~,
i; ti0n, before 1t closed with the enemy WI
sor %Iralce nee ceased his ranks broke in pr
lsoraer and retreated at full RIM OI Ia W.
le d- pursued as rapidly. took some nrie au
,1l anu enjoyed few hand-to-band VIZ
teg'ee eca 5a although most of the John
q ono -,
old. But the field of WILLIAMSBURG J-ss KIN
This This little affair on the right. with its an
idL &c ana Hancock's brilliant coun+ar Ri
large, was the decisive enco,nta, of -;
le Jay. cf course, it was made effec- NJ NJ
,+7,a ng Ihe long and frightful contest w
,dw oF AZ faoo d1 forces and the main ley
10y 81 lhe enemy. General Longstreet
eng himself now outf1anked, evacuated S
rf3S ~ 5etTeaung with his whole +b4
, Ips 70 ana straight through Williams 'ii'
-, a
IF occupation. The next morning Cen The
al McClellan'S Headquarters were in -
d 5. mansion on its main street. WI
-ner houses were full of confederate PAL
ounQeq- William and Nary the sec of
ID oldest Of American colleges was yes
i II. INTO hospital Sixty thousand NOT
out the town, and rested for a faw 70
Us, burying the dead of both armies VII
d preparing for the
ADVANCE TO CHIKAMAHOMINY L
boxers division had suffered heart Blu
e ,sokng losses. [ saw, and wildly re die
enber, the grief of it's fiery connoander -.
ne reported himself at headouarters IRA
ms general-in-chief. The tears rolled hol
Wn his sunburned cheeks while he and
implanted to Mcclellan of the useless ord
3rifices entailed by the delay to send ton
n relnforcements. "a
'ut every one was greatly Impressed - l.,
the episode on the right and nv Han the
* nearing in the field Mcclellan rat
NY SAID In his dispatches that Han the
N was superb. The country took a nd
ch heart from this battle Because if 4a,,1
$ now evident that the army of the zen ZEN
tomac had learned the trade of war Iun
i because the enemy had sl1rrenderad 'tAl
peninsula. From a military point of
W, however, Longstreet had succeeded o.
doing exactly what he wished-had e..
cred the withdrawal of Johnston's reno
ny and its concentration about Rich and
~ al ii' n1cCielian for many mer
l had got safely away after inf1icting us
n greater blows than he received. a &c
enra1 Hancock, in the popular mind. reig
lalned the hero of the fight 1t is un- Am,
liable, no less, that from that time vet
ward he deserved the good fortune 90
ch always seemed to give him splen- stas
opportunities, and that he could al WITT
Us be counted upon to do all that we
nj become central and heroic figure imp
1t Williamsburg he made his first hit com
an eny1able role, SO he was destined e1,ra
Gettysburg, two years later, to reach 9uIe
Cemetery ridge, the fame of a corps ftob
Post. - little
EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN
NEW T1MPJ OYSIENU