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SAY A3STJST-A-HI.
SXirilar >1 nntn(, July 35, lilt.
Major-Gee. D. H Hill, ol North Carolina,
has received Irom the President the appoint
ment of Lien tenant-General. He has gone to
theScatn-west.
Tan Steak r Brittanla The Stew Tork
Times, of the O.h Inst., aqodnncee the arrival,
on the 9th at Newport, R. I, for coal, prizi
stiamer Brittanla, from Port Royal, 8. C., foi
Boston. t
The colors of the 4lst and 531 and 31 ItHnoi^
■ Regiment of taken at Jackson'l
lue'iith, are claimed by the 331 Alabama,,
the Si Florida, and the 47th Georgia Regi- 1
menu, as their trophies.
Osiubaw.—An officer of the army, wrltirg
ns under date of 19th Inst., says : “ There is no
doubt in my mind that the enemy has destroyed
his works on Osssbaw Island, and * vamoosed,'
perhaps for Charleston. Only one btockader—
a steamer—has been loft to gaard the inlet to
hese waters.”
The Southern Cnltivator recommends a Con
vention of Nurserymen at Atlanta, Ga.; on
Wednesday, Aag. 19th, as suggested by a
prominent nurseryman and fruit grower in a
neighboring State. Delegates will report
themselves to Dr. W. P. Harden, at the Atlan
ta Hotel at 9 a. m. on that date.
Tits Revised Elementary Spelling Book,
by Robert Fleming, published by J. J. Toon &
Cos , Atlanta. This is an edition of Noab Web
■‘ijr’ old Spelling Book, with new readings,
t without the pictures. It is well printed
-* 1 b tai .1; Indeed. It Is the best Georgia book
« has w ; eared during the war, and we hope
4; will be bountifully rewarded for
r>zs.
juf- Conscription.— The Proclamation of
the P cldent. calling dut all citizens of the
Confederate States between the ages of 18
•».'>, Tib bo found on this page.
WIT Gi? Brown, in a national crisis like
this, Inter . re to secure the three or four thou
tani railUiaofficers of Georgia, who are with
out commands, from service in the army ? We
shall see.
'Captain Gladding. —A gentleman of this
city now absent, telegraphs that he has seen
the N. Y. Herald of the 7th instant which
mentions the death ol Capt. Wa. it. i.TadAta*.
at Hilton Head, on the 37th June. If this be
so, he has fallen a victim to Abolition persecu
tion and onr government should retaliate
by hanging some Yankee now ir. its posses
sion.
Warehouse Drstroyid by Lightning.—We
regret to learn, says the Uolumboa Enquirer of
Saturday, that the two warehouses si Baffold,
Ga., on the Chattahoochee river, containing
about 8.00” bw>“? ol ■■■'jt-i-j, - LfiAirb'-r rlt.,- 'vno
wgt; aty.j. ■■>-*•- -aotreyed by fire on the 15th
1 ghtutng at the same time, and were totally
onsumed. We understand that most of the
cotton stored belonged to Mr. Metcalf, of Au
gusta. Loss about *500,000.
Battles or Gettysblbg.— At last we have
the long and anxiously looked for report of
this series of great battles from our special
aimy correspondent. A portion of it will be
found r-n tHls page. Another letter in contin
nn.ion of the subject will appear to-morrow.
We are content with the results of the light
lUshers preaenteu. The enemy’s loss is evi
” arir 5 Ist greater than our own, if not double,
'•■uitni wh held our position until the d»y after
the had retreated toward Washington.
>V«" hale also a number of lia*s of killed and
won dad it; Borgia regiments, which will ap«
pear an fast as we can possibly find room for
them.
Railroad AcctpOM.—The Augusta Chroni
cle learns that ay i .plosion occurred on the'’
.oa>thy.iro'-ufl jadroad, nineteen miles from
last, by which the engine
Js entirely demoPshed ; the engineer, John
/"itzb.gh, and a fireman were instantly killed,
ged .mv her ti reman so badly scalded that be
aifWt'.wo hours afterwards. The conductor’s
ear • as also smashed up, and it was miracu
iov that no one was injured in it. None of the
pi sengars sustained any injuries. The engi
nerana firemen were residents of Charleston,
<ud the former had been connected with the
Tb&afbr a long lime. „
Charleston. —The Mercury says three men
were hilled and several slightly wounded in the
Morris’ Island batteries on Friday. Among the
ki'.ied is Sergeant Lee, of the Savannah Volon
tper Guards. »
The enemy evacuated James’ Island on Fri
day, and withdrew to Folly Island. They left
their tents and a large quantity of stores behind
them.
- GF. M. Mb Arthur and
Freeman Wliils, had Ga., slightly wounded in
the James’ Island fight, are in the Trappman
street hospital.
I at Savannah. —A correspondent of
* the Macon Confederate Is dreadfnlly alarmed
by the unusual receipts of cotton at Savannah
■» ithin the last week or ten days, aad gives vent
to the very uncharitable suspicion “ that it is
VbMes.etortd lu Savannah, ready for sale when
-sJc7cUy Is surrendered to tbe enemy ”
We ean relieve his uneasiness with a word.—
The arrivals of cotton hem are not large, but
such as they are were caused solely by the
threatening aspect of affairs at Charleston.—
The cotton was m rvuie for that place, to be
Shipped through the blockade, and was brought
tieee solely because tt was a place of greater
va/f'y, and not with the expectation of its fall'
Jcg into anybody’■* hands except those of own
ers or their agents.
A Noblx Jnxn.x-0: Wednesday, in re
sponse to the call of Col. Lee upon all thoee
citiasns of Atlanta who were willing to fight In
"Tp# «*»'*>■*'fffifrfi.omes, upwards of four thons-
Jd men assembly! at the appointed hour, and
sere re^*—sd. There waa quite a respectable
We presume that there were
4>t> the occasion. This la capi
BIW . J-o’.-imaAh, A&d every other place
. rOkor.ia, and all the rest of th Suite, show
•chat they ean do.
We iearn that the o tote of troops required
' i Cobb eouqty for f ocal defence, under the
pvernor’s caU, has been filled, and'that a
ovemeot l*«fc foot to raise a battalion.
4oapks ocunty , says the Athens Banner, whose
riots was 80 men, has raised 185. Lumpkin
anlv, whose quota was bO men, has raised
Jt
Hand His Name Rousd,—The Augusta
Ceustltuttoßaliet gays :
-» Sealjiu B. Mitchell, of Baea, Vista, Ha.,
h*t never soli corn for mere than gi a bushel,
lie Is selllijt t-iur nowst 10 ceutsVd ISJ£ cts.
u pound. Mis a trne patriot.
We regret t*Uear that Capt. Thounh q Ker
>foc, the w*lt\aown commander of the light
battery re~entl jt ire> has been seriously though
u'S fatally daring one of the late bat
the Mercury,
, 1 hs Hew* from Ck*rlwtsu.
TLe telegraph brings us glorious news from
Can Jkston After a day'# terrific shelling of
baril'ittery from their combined fleets and two
Vaattei ies'on the is'and—Craig's Hill and a mor
tar battery h 'tween there and B tilery Wagner,
ejected a lew sights age—the enemy, doubtless
believing that we were either exhausted or
killed off, made an assault in force. Ten regi
ments—eight white and two black—rushed
boldly up to our works and made a determined
assault. For a long time the struggle was hand
to band and desperate. Many of them suc
ceeded in scaling the parapet and getting inside
the fort, but all were tlther killed or captured.
Finally, the rneinyggave way and made A pre
cipitate retreat, leaving the island in front of
the fort, for halt a mill, strewn with their dead
and wounded.
Mauy of the troops who were captured, in
cluding officers, were thoroughly drunk with
liquor. It seems that this is the only way the
Yankee Generals oan get a charge out of thefr
soldiers. . •
A gentlemen who was present at the fight In
orms ns that our loss was about twenty-five
tilled and one hundred wounded, and that the
fl'htinjma* most desperate. killed]
by the bombardmeuk. , / j ’X]
The garrison of Bittery Wageer cc.ns/eerd oCj
'parts of two reglmeair Ikoi , Se;th Carolina,!
,ib-IKtand blit, Ha Charleston Ba.tolion, a
' detachment of the (>3d fPEo ~a) Georgia, and
another Lorn Colonel E 'C, Anders Vs
command. Eight of the Ptoai* detachment
were killed in the fi s ht, add lour in the bom
bardment of the day previous.
Our force in the battery did not exceed sis
teen hundred, and we doubt if the same num
ber of men ever achieved a more brilliant vic
tory. The Ch papers ol to-day will
doubtless give us fuller particulars.
The Case or the Alexandria.
The decision of the British Court in the case
es the Alexandria, says the Richmond Dispatch,,
puts an end to Mr. Adams’s operations, through
his spies, peering and pryirg into every Brit
ish ship-yard to ascertain if there were any
| ships building for the Conlederate States. The
| decision gives perfect liberty to every ship
builder to build as many ships ns he pleases for
the South. It will highly irritate the Yankees;
but the English Court fortified Itself by the
highest Federal authority. It sustained its
decision by clung the opinion of Judge Story. 1
who “laid it down that, although by the terms
of the Foreign Enlistment act a neutral State
was precluded from equipping or arming ves
sels for the purpose ol aggression against a
friendly power, they were pot precluded from
equipping and arming them for the purpose of
eale, to any, bcllismrent or otherwise, who
’chose to purchaseliftm.” This, the Court as
sumed, authorized a neutral to (qnlpyt ship-of
•he may construct a cannon, If he
intendpSot to use or have It used against a
friendty-power, but merely to sell It; and he
might even sell it to cither of the belligerents.
Butin the case ol Alexandria the question was
not as “to arming and equipping,’’ the testi
mony only proving the “building” of the ship
The Jury gave a verdict for the defendants very
promptly.
. A Little Too Free —H is not the Editor of
the SavAoaah Republican committed a blunder
In revealing to ih« enemy off Charleston how
ixiay interrupt the beiweeu
that city and Morris’ Island, and how they ctfto
take Fort Sumter and csptnre the “ nest of the
rebellion It seems to ns that a little more
reticence” would be desirable here, if ever.
[Macon Confederate. 1
By no means, as you will clearly
when you know that the em my Ini
1 1 -i pd/fftion ig j~| fur
wltCT
localities n the vicinitj, and of theirl
strategic value/ is we could possibly be, and.
were actually in possession of the particular
point Indicatefoy us at the time our letter
from Charlesth, was written. What Informa
tion could wetossibly give them und[er such
circumstances!
We hear tbit some absurdly cautions people
about Bavatnah have qigde a similar criticism
on the latter! from Charleston. II they are as
cautious as ts e are. the enemy is not likely to
derive muck "alii and comfort” from impru
dent revelaions.
Some mcith* ago an interior paper took us
roundly If task for announcing the arrival of
a vessel a/ Charleston which had had a severe
time wilt the blockaders in crossing the bar.
as it theinemy did cot know that she was in
long hefDre the fact came to the knowledge
ol »ujb<dy on shore ! The two cases are
paralhj
Savaanah.—We hear and credit a report
Gen. Mercer called upon Gov. Brown by
tSlegrafh for troops for the defence of Savan
nah, la roastant expectation of an attack.
[Macon Telegraph.
This b trne, at least so far os the call is con
cerned. The answer wss that the Governor
had no troops to send. And now, do the peo
ple of Georgia desire to know why ? Then Is
bnt a t'litary reason. The last Legislature
passed bill to raise a large force for State de
fense ai I prepare them for the field. Had it
pas Uo a law, we sbonld have now had as
many rell-drilled citizen soldiers as any
emerge! cy might require. They did their
whole and ty, bnt Oememor Brown vetoed the bill
and left he State in Its present condition. And
yet, the s are men who talk about “our match
less Got irnor” !
Politiikl trickery may succeed in times o*
peace, bit the man who thus trillss with the
safety onbis country in the hour of peril,
should bi held to a strict account.
Proclamation by tile President.
Wberots it is provided by an act of Congress,
entitled *An act to further provide for the pub
lie deletes,” approved on the lO.h day of
April, 1812. and bv another act of Congress,
approveiSon the 27th .September, 1862, entitled
■j-n act to amend an act entitled an set to;
provide furthe* for the public defence, ap
proved 1(1 b April, 1862,” that the President be
authorized to call out and place In the military
service of the Confederate States, for three
years, unless the war shall have been sooner
en led, all white men who are residents of the
Confederate States, between the s ges of eigh
teen and foriy-five years, at the time the call
may be made, and who are not at snch time
legally exempted from military service, or such
part thereof «a in his judgement may be neces
sary to tbd public detene 1 :
And whereas, in my judgment, the necessi
ties of the-public defence require that every
hlan capable of bearing arms, between the ages
aforesaid, should now be called out to do bit
duty in the defence of his country and in driv
ing back the invadera now within the limits of
the Confederacy:
Now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis, President
Os the Confederate Slates of America, do, by
virtue Os the powers vested in me as aforesaid, !
call onl and place in the military service of the j
Confederate States all whtte men, residents of
said States, between the ages of eighteen and '
forty-five yearn, not legally exempted from mu.
itary service; and Ido hereby order and direct
that all person subject to this call, and not
now in the military service, do, upon being en
rolled, forthwith repair to the conscript camps
astablished in the respective States of which
they may be residents, under pain of being beld
and punished as deserters in the event of their
failure to obey this call, as provided in said
laws.
And I do further order and direct, that the
enrolling officers ot the several States proceed
at once to enroll all persons dmbraesd within
the terms of this proclamation, and not here
tofore enrolled.
Ands do further order, that't shall be law
ful for any person embraced within this cal! to
volunteer for service before ourollment, and
that persons so volunteering he allowed to
select the arm »f Bervice and the company
Which they desire to join, provided snch com
psny be deficient iff the fnll number of men al
lowed law for its organization,
i— ) Given under my heed, andtae Seal of
1 seal ) the Confederate States of America, at
•TT' ? ,e cUr of Richmond, thin fifteenth day
of July, in the year of onr Lord one thonsaud
eight hundred and sixty-tbrse.
(Signed,) Jevcubson Davis.
By the President:
(Signed,) J. p. Benjamin,
Secretary of State.
Punch says women first reso-ted to tight
lacing to prove to men how well they could
hear squeezing.
-Ajntlt.ajb:, &jsjrrjri£tt&r2., crcrr.-y 33- 1863.
Kditorinl Correspondence’.
Chablbston, July 18, !HtW.
An affair ccenrrcd on James’ Islaud early
this morning which, I am not sure, is entitled
to be called a battle. Little versed in military
nomeuclature, it may be safely 'to style it a
reconaoissanco in force. Yet it is worthy of
note, notwithstanding the results are unim
portant.” It was the first regular engagement
that hag occurred on our coast with Lincoln’s
“feliow-citixena of African descent" ; at least
it probably approximates an engagement as
dearly as any conflict we are likely to get up
with that ignorant, cowardly, and sadly be
trayed_ and deceived race.
It has been known for many days past that
a considerable force, chiefly of blacks, under
the Kansas brute, Montgomery, had landed
from the Yankee transports and were encamped
on Lagaro’s f-rrj, miles south of
Secessionville Their “eketa had been regu
larly posted within sight .of‘our own, frimi
Grimbali’s farm, adjoining Lagare’s on* the
the attest, u, a small creek which divides
James Island from what is caljad Battle Island,
on the East Genera} Haygocwf , i
the ifcLund
this party, and, if pos-
Sill or capture the whole of them. Ac
cordingiy, before break of day this morning, a
considerable lores, consisting of Colonel
Simonton’a Eutaw (8. C.) Kegiment, portions of
.of the 3th, 19-h, 33d and 54th Georgia, one
section of Georgia (the Chatham) find two sec
tions of So. Ca. artillery, moved forward to
the work. It was arranged that the two wings
should press forward and turn the enemy on
cither flank, whilst the centre thould follow
up with an advance and thus surround the
enemy as nearly as the nature 0 f the ground
and the presence of the gunboats in Blono
j would permit. We deployed skirmishers with
| orders not to fire a gun until they came up
with the main body of the enemy. We soon
ran foul ol their pickets, who fired their guns
and imm Qiately beat a hasty retreat. Our
forces followed close on their heels, and soon
flushed the v.hole covey of blackbirds. Alarmed
{jy the firing of their pickets, they were foWmt*
in line of battle, and as we approacLcd within
a short distance, fired one round, which did
,Bttle or no harm, and forthwith retired, slowly
at first but wi-fi a precipitate flight as our men
pressed npon them. Very many of them fell
1 before onr deadly fire, and our troops pursued*
shooting down without mercy all who were
not so fleet of foot as to distance them. They
proved most excellent ranners, reached the
beach where their gunboats were lying, and
succeeded in saving the great body of their
forges which is estimated ou reliable data at
1,500.
A considerable party made for two cansways
that lead from James’ Island to Battle Islaed
and were overtaken by our left as they were
crossing over. The afrighted creatures jumped
into the creek, and a large number were
slaughtered while attempting to get over
Some few succeeded in crossing, and
• exact number unknown, were captured. Four
teen--a sergeant and thirteen privates, were
brought in. The remainder probably fell ex
hausted by the wayside !
Our troops pressed the fugitive* for a mile
or more, and would have come up with the en
tire force, but for the gunboats which oppor
tunely made their appearance in the Stono and
swept the open field with grape and canister,
making it
A^JrrTlii- "cowardly V vantage wt ich the Yan-
Ixees avail themselves of in evtrx
/neighborhood it water.’
The two negro regiment*, vere She 54',h Mas
sachusetts, 990 strong, and what is called the
Carolina,” Hnr 11 u*ri**v *i‘HMH. Soil H is
(estimated thai their loss in killed’ (there were
Very few wounded) amouutcd to 100 or more.
®ur loss was two or three killed and ten or
| J-"elve wounded, all, or nearly so, by grape and
('-anlster from the gunboats.
Tbe infantry fight being over, onr artillery
‘.moved cut into an open field and made a bold
1 attack npon the gunboat Pawnee. It lasted
about a half hoar, when the Yankee craft, with
many a hole in her side, backed down and hob
bled oat of the way. Oar men think she is
considerably damaged.
The section of artillery from Savannah was
commanded by Capt. Vheator, and the guns
are said to have been served with admirable
I effect.
Exasperated by this unceremonious morning
call upon their pet lambs, the gunboats con
tinued to shell that portion of the island oc
cupied by onr pickets, and even as far back as
tbs camps, for several hours, but without
damage. The fleet at the foot of Morris’ Is
land also bombarded heavily for some time onr
position at Secessionville, making it necessary
for one of the regiments to remove their camp.
Nobody was hurt.
The captured negroes all belong to Compa
nies B and H, of the 54ih Massachusetts regi
ment. Company B whs enormanded by Capt.
Samuel Wiliaid, Jas. W. Walton and Thomas
Appleton, LieuteDante. Company H was com
manded by Capt. Hnssell, Howard being
the Lieutenant. Tbe ri giment was command
ed by Col. Bbaw. All these are white men.
The prisoners say that after they were put in
line for the fight, they saw nothing more of
their officers—they all vamosed the field. There
was a white regiment in the rear, but they say
it broke and ran at the very flret fire. They
speak with great conli mpt of the Yankees, say
they were very badly treated, and all agree in
asseverating that they were driven into the ser
vice and kept there against their will. They
were humble and polite, taking off their hate
when interrogated and answering promptly all
qnestions that were propounded to them.
The slaves appear truly repentant ami express
a strong desire to be returned to their masters,
to whom several of thengi requested me to ad
dress letters begging tlypm to'come and take
them home. Am ore very apprebcqyive of their
late, and think tt a hard case that Abey should
suffer death or sr.y other severe penally for
simply doing what they were compelled to do
.by men who bad them in their power. They
jere a body of men and clothed in
the regular Yankee uniform from head to foot.
The names of the party, as given to me by
themselves, are as follows :
FKEE NEGKOES.
Sergeant Alvis Jeffords, from Hillsboro’, N.
C., but for a few years a resident ol Cleveland,
Ohio.
Henry Worthington, Defiance county, Ohio.
EnoaSmith, Eaton, Pennsylvania.
Leml. Blake, near Boston, Massachusetts.
James Caldwell, Battle Creek, Calhoun coun
ty, Michigan.
John Leatherman, Rockford, Jackson coun
ty, Maryland.
Armstead Williams, Detroit. Michigan.
Fred. Wallace, Covington, Kentucky.
slaves.
Harrison, belonging to William Taley, Rawls
county, Missouri.
Dickerson, belongs to John Johnson, Rawls
county .Missouri.
George, belongs to James Council, near Nor
folk, Va.
Henry Kirk, belongs to William Cannon,
Marion county, Mo.
James Williams, belongs to Jacob Waring,
Carroll county, Mo.
Jas. Proetor, belong* to John Bryan, of Wil
liamsport, Md.
On Morris’ Island, to-day, we had a repeti
tion of tbe usual programme. No iron-clad*
were vleible, but the gunboats bombarded Bat
tery Wagner heavily for aeveral houra, killing
one man and woaudlng five. I could get no
particulart, except that none of them were
from Georgia. Three men were wounded in
the same battery by the bursting of a rifle
thirty two ponnder. The freqnent accidents
with these guns, in the hands of volunteers, are
sufficient to exclude them entirely from that
branch of the service. It may not be an ex
tra >agant assertion to say that tbey have killed
as many of our men as they have of the enemv
since the war begun. The place of the lost
gun will be supplied with a safer and far more
effective one daring the night.
The Yankees were busy daring the whole«f
ternoon In landing ammunition from small
steamers on the southern point of the island.
Tbe rational Inference la that they have about
completed their works on Cfslg’s Hill, and
will o-aa be ready to open a fire upon us from
that strong position. In my judgment w* have
made a a-rst mistake In allowing Un» au«.
main ok the island long enough to construct;
this battery. We must submit, however, to
the pc >rern that be, even though ii may be evi
dent that we mast drive them off or be driven '
etr jur; tlves. g.
ABUY COR^SPOSfIpa-S
fhr thx Savznnah 111.-br At». *
The Great Bat le of (Sksitj&odfcg.
Grtiyspshg, Fa., July
The Moodiest and most desper,.te Wls of
this bloody and desperate war, h:f if»t beers
tought here, on the soil of Peimejfv *la. It
commerced ojt the evening of Wednesday, the
Ist Inst was renewed on the 3d, *ufi again on
the 31, and the two armies still Lici each a insß
m lino of battTh, worn, battlo-scarred abT
verclj- punished. The Cenfedera eS ; -,ave aal
the beet of the tcrrihl.* conflict, yet their' suc
cess has been purchased at a • o*t hfi rill
carry grief to many thousand hearts in qitj- »üßi
sering land. I forwarded a full tc' ■; Aibhic
snyopsis of the battle to WlncK rr, s •* .’rust
it was received in due season. V. dhav*
* more detailed account, written u, i dpi • i"y
possible disadvantage:
THE BiVl Lk FI EL *' _* , j^e
' The two armies bot^t
the ti*tik» ot the Rappat-.nqV-"a flifefSV '
■the Potomac, and through Mni#iaaAiat« Perm
syivania. Federal prisoners sky vuey Alsrahed,
on an average, twenty-fivo miles ad. Y, and
that they stripped themselves of , sur
plus baggage and transportation th«>
pede their movements. The two badSCnct!*.
• ed to understand the designs ol oa*k ottjP; sT|
least, there is good reasou for believin ’ that
Gen. Lee expected to encounter his 'antagonist
not far from the place where he finally m binij
It is probable, however, that he wo Vi na”4
chosen a different field, and one some jffiaftl
nearer both to Billimore and Wasiiinzon.*
but the rapidity with Which General ra- 1
vanced, left him no alternative but to -ndcf Jl
battle here or to manoeuvre for a morevdvaa
tageous position. As it was, Gencral AJead.
had the choice ol groutid, and
use dM ha make of it. A position in rb 'aviut,
able to himself end more nnfavora’o e t.{ UmT
Lee, (slrdult the latter mnka ’lie utsr ult.l "dul l
hardly have been selected. His line i-xl ud and
■long a range of hills just in front, and a UIM
to the right of Gettysburg, and nearly
to the Gettysburg and Kuimettsburg inruptU'
and the South Mountain in our rear. His right
wing routed upon Cemetery Hill, opposite »
the town, and his left upon two viry liifh
hills or mountain spurs, one of which was cov-
ered with limber, and tbe other with imntjeaw
locks, behind which his men were protected
as under a wall of adamant.
General Lae’/Tposition was plso a strong o 1
hut iii no respect equal to that of tho ertetn;
His line extended from a point above the town
along a gently swelling ridge to the right. The
space between the two lines, which was some
four miles in length, was undulating, end, for
tbe most part,frco of timber and other obstruc
tions, except an occasional stoue fence nd
farm-house. Tflo distance from one line to
tho other, or rather from, one line of hills to
the other, varied from a thousS'Bd to fifteen
hundred yards; so that tbe party that should
make the assault, would be subjected to a
murderous artillery fire before his Infantry
could get within musket range. * The enemy
• decided Xo receive the atjjqk:, and thus he s
- all the great uSvantagcs which his posi
tion gave him. But to the
BATTLE OF THE FIRST UAY,
Hearing ot Me .lie’s approach, Gow. (.ee, air
the 30lh nit., put the Ipreea-rboul jJjiaiuX ’
h.far IwTffbttod. "W»nd3i’.: ikiillWain -
ot AlU’s corps were thv fleet to ere.,Abe ; oh
mountain by the ff'ishtown tnrnyiikl. ' r y
apjnoachcd Gettysburg on the Ist i, slant . '
fludlug the enumy ta |yi»t»tep ’hetwevi. hibaylf
■BUdUhe town. Gim. 11H .. .-ooetueok, vßec
givd him baffle.' The 1 a'.taek svaa made with
vigor and success ; (1m em my wa? and a , hack
willy heavy loss throug ■ the town to ’.no range
•ot hills which he finally.occupied u,e
remainder of the cj,ll < , .Tito bat wdi-i. not.
open until after midday. L to in k „eafiernhcn
Early and Rode* of Ewell’s eorps came up on
the felt from York, and contributed larg’dyto
the success of our arms. Several fl gs, tcylf
d’eg the colors oi the 104lh N. York regiment,
nearly all ol the enemy’s wonn h-d. end apont
3,000 [irisoneis, fell into our bandi. General
Reynolds, who commanded thr Federal forces
(Gen M ade with tlio in on body of the army
not having then arrived) and Geu Paul were
killed. Had uof night pu l an end to the cuiifiict,
we should have gained the s'rong position
which the enetfiy dually occupied. We. lost a
few prisoners on our part, including Brigadier
General Archer nl Maryland, who commanded
the Tennessee brigade.
Johnson’s division of Ewell’s corps, snd An
derson’s division ot A. P. Hill’s, reached the
ground just at night, but not in time to parcel
pate in the conflict. Longstrcet’s corps, except
Pickett’s division, arrived within three miles of
the battle field late at night, preceded a few
hours by Gen. Lee. The whole of the Federal
army, largely relnlorced by the troop, stationed
at Washington, Baltimore, Harper’s Ferry, and
other available points, came up the same night;
and Gen. Meade assumed the immediate com
mand of the Federal troops as Gen. Lee did
onrs. Thus concentrated, the two armies were
ready for
THE SECOND DAY’S FIGHT.
It was late in the afternoon ol the 3d before
either army got fully into position. Gen. Lee
desired to make tbe. attack immediately, feeliDg
confident that his infantry were able to carry
any position however strong. Bat little dispo
sition was shown to undertake a proper recon
noiseance of the ground—an omission which
every man in ihe army now deeply regrets. It
was well Known that Meade had chosen a for
midable position, but the extent and strength
of his line, the disposition ol his forces, as wi ll
as th. nature of the ground, and especially the
riTUion Ids line bore to the mountain spurs on
the right, were but little understood.
Longstreet was posted ou the right, Hill in
ths centre, and Ewell ou the leli. It was
deemed advisable to malio an effort to turn the
enemy's left flank, and Longstreet was charged
with that important duty. For thin purpo-e
McLawst anil Hood’s divisions were put in
motion, ’bnt the latter discovered, after pro
ceeding some distance by a circuitous rou'e,
that he could go no farther in that direction
without bringing his column within view of
the enemy, arnsihus disclosing the whole move
ment. It became nece6fary,’ therefore, lot him*
to retrace bis steps, and to advance by another
route. Is this way much time was lost before
tbe movement noon the enemy's flvnk could he
executed, ami w hich might have been avoided
by a previous ex..ruination of the ground.
McLaws’ proper position was on the extreme
right, but in the hurry to make the attack Hood
was placed on the right and Mi Laws next to
him. Both of these excellent otflerts des'ired
that a reconnoissance of the ground should
precede the assault, in order to ascertain, if
possible, whether the enemy occupied the high
hills In their front, and In what force; but the
decision of Generals Lo* and Longstreet was
against it, and the assaulting column was or
dered to move forward.
It is a fact not generally known, and wbich
it may not be improper tdstste in this connec
tion, that In all his famous flank movements
Gen. Jackson was careful tw examine the
ground and to learn the exact position of the
enemy, and hence his blows were always we q
aimed and terrible in effect. Such, too, is
Lee’s practice, bnt in tee present case it was
probably enpposed that an immediate attack
before the enemy could get into position, would
more than counterbalance tbe disadvantages
resulting from inexact knowledge of the ground.
But four o’clock bad arrived, and the first
gun from Hemy’s battalion of artillery an
nounced that the assault bad commenced on tbe
extreme right. Cabell’s battalion, of McLawa’
division, opened next, and in a few minutes the
artillery fire became general along our entire
line. Tbe splendid divisions of Hood and Mc-
Laws swept on to tbe charge in admirable style.
An officer who was present said it was worth
ten years of ordinary life to witness the manner
in which McLaws’ division rushed across tbe
field and assaulted tbe almost impregnable
position in front. It was soon discovered that
the enemy was in strong force upon the moan
tain spurs on tbe right, and tbat it was impos
sible to tnrn his position and get In his rca-,
without passing around the moutains, which
waa Impracticable; bnt it was then too late to
pause, and onward the column moved in the
face of a terrible fire of musketry and converg
ing batteries. If the position could not be
turned, tbe only alternative left was to dislodge
the foe by hard blows. These blows were
given freely; he was pushed, -from the wooded
mountain, end his line bent back until it rested
upon tbe high rocky hill or eminence. Indeed,
his line all along Longstreet’s front was driven
Wu-kMith igi*H>'» battery after lottery
was silenced or cartK*» letter
number of flags taken ami about l.SOti prirdnera
captured, chiefly by McUws’ division. It is
estimated tbat Wofford’s Georgia brigade alone
killed, wounded and captured more thag
!h? IriJ : 1' si, i 3 eoramtd !,■ l • tight of!
sot.-l I ;to .j-s, ijkenbyth !... c.r • Tom
Ho X-L- *t audArUiikV' . iRr-.-v -ml
f t3T the reertim at one time
he jj-afed ti ■ tat my had turned bis own poei •
UoA
It wad (i’.ruig this brilliant charge that Major
G isralTtpad. r ue of the best officers in the
ai ) ■, r-c. -;i a air. i’ll, lb’ugh not danger
oi;Hj W>uV -, tbs left arm, which made it ?ie
c ?F rv Wlm i ’ turn me c mm and o f his
d*■ -ion V' i to that using young officer,
' ’*T Go: Law e* A’ .una, whose excellent
b’ formed a part of the division.
E g Anderson of Georgia, and Kobin
‘■cn j f T r nag, were aiao wound id in the same
chi>|' ; e. : he former in the thigi . Gene L'-w
andlGg.-Ajig ese-it e,! without a bruise, though
71 ape ■ ■ their field officers were billed
woffiS’ I, ,nd ibo:r n giments badly cut up. In
Met and visit).., Gen. Barksdale, one of the
W*>vl srdnobi. .it spirits that have fallen In
a., -iffejnir, was ki'led, and Gen. 6e.nrues.aa
tnv j.n'L r ht a6 erel* drew a blade, and who
nt> ;>> to his command, “go on,” but al
w_. cjfaeon,” was'geriouslv wounded. An
9” a made *.o eavd Gen. Ba'ksdate’s bodv.
™ not be done. He had led bis bngl
; >"i" hn.ui, uuii'hfid first carried a heavy
n 1 : ei when he was allot downbv r>n<- of tbdl
■jiltto i-li r ‘- t 'ir **•* I ■ Other bat
“V , bW o upon the position he had taken, and
Vi. jKribte converging fires rendered it ne .
E tr.-j for bis brigade, which was also thrown
into temporary confusion by his fail, to retire
•somewhat to the rear. The tnemy waved their
flag over bis-prostrate body when theyreoc
cap ed • i.e eminence from which he and his
rm 'e AUss'ssippians had driven ’them. Gen.-
j liksafijp's last hasty words wore-: ‘‘Give my*
l 010 Jt dear family and tell them I died
■a* my post,”
t-en. Semtnes hadcariied a tourniquet on his
Bi oil Since the beginning of the war. The
lire ol the enemy becoming more fearful than
a uv re had ever witnessed in the many battles
t! 'Ugh which he had passed unscathed, he
’-o<. i tho tournequet from his bosom and w s
molding it in his hand, when he was struck in
’ i' -high by q minnie hall and tbe femoral artery
>u., lie applied the tournequet with
he- ■ wn bands aud stopped the hemorrhage
km.! a surgeon could take up the artery;
ot_i awlse be must have died iu a few minutss.
If IS but justice to the dead and the living
:hac he names ol the brigades composing the
dfv lens in Longstreet’s corps, which partiei
pat’d iuthis brilliant w rk, • >,cvu»3 lien be
fjvtfi, and it is to be regretted that time and
to .o do not allow me to record ibe names of
ike regiments aud officers also. The brigades
ate In Mi-Law. ’division, S-'nimes’ and Wof
! V\a ,r °m Georgia, Barksdale's j ro m Miisls
t‘\<7» Kershaw’ Irom Soul*. Carolina; and
in lord’s , ivisioc. Law i b,iga«’.e from Ala.-
bntih, Robißson’s Irom Ti.vab, aud Bonning’s
stilt Aedetson’s from G orgia. Th.re is no
, .yt p material id all ths imy than in these
lie. re brigades. Tne Twenty-fourth Georgia,
bvi ne Colonel (McMillan) was absent on leave,
it'.-' \ r ed for a tUiimeut; hut Gen. Lougstreet
vT,< q himself at the bead of it anfi led it for-
| f i ,(H'heu tbe men give him Circe ronsing
o' yard rn--!, i up; n:; e i,)c Iti most gal
ia. . I . ad bis Gfiftlinians al
v behave well, and their onadfiet on the
pis' * m occasion, nr w ’I i that of the other
olfl and brigades Is the corps; was all that
vjbir: pn desired.
k is proper to add that though Hood aud
aotLam captured a number of batteries, they
wq cable to bring eft'but few guns. Gen.
dead' ~ who belonged lo the corps of Topo
g SPhlcV. Engineers, had chosen his ground,
iJtft* led his artillery so wisely that one bat
tery bora npon another; so-that when a bat
ter. was taken, it was found impossible to
bri.ig iff ihe guns on acconnt of the fire from
other batteries bearing upon the position. In
morY instances too, the horses Were kided, arid
the Irti-rveqlng stone ionces prevented our
msr (rnrn drawing the guns irom the field by
habiE •
l V . i ;us'. hurry on, even lliough my ac
ec iLt sbonU be meagre and uncailsfactory; for
ts-. v mil-.:-has saddled hia hoive and U ready
to’.l ive, t trust he may gel through aafely,
and ifiJR .my letter may : rmh yo'q ,ia due
SUSP..eI - J ’ _
"A-eVghog a» -» -emnilutigieTy, was
'Qwrfw'aiiiiiiitanecu.lv v. chat on the
a*“« n»y tm said tff the attack on
the if A 'he artillery rpeued about the same
time jZffip’biW tlii; ltn*, but McLvws and Hood
’f®*' ! b - ..c ;g. \ J evhen they
dm T>» ce, tbelr movement was fiot regular
..j ,■ ..rniiic us ’’ should have been. For
lot. Anderson’s division ot Hill’s corps,
wh ! Wa. pos ed oti the left of McLaws, never
did gia.tally iffio action, while Pender’s divi
«ioi. not fire a gun until lute in the day.
Anderson s div'tiioti, for example, Wi.s posted
in the follow!c -order: Wilcox’s brigade on
the right, Hahooe’s o a the left, Wright’s ia
the < ■nice, Perry’s on the right eon tre, and Po
sey’s osfdhe left centre, Wilcox was to advance
first, lie followed by the other brigades in
their O'?er to the left. Wilcox and his uncoil
quern' t Alabamians moved cut at the ap
oota . lAime and fonglp long and diftporateiy.
Peri" ’ ■ brigade (Perry wan not present himself)
ad"RTi.-irg* short dls ance, hut dut did not be
come /Uj.y engaged. VI right went boldly for
ward, ami excelled, it i ossible, all bis previous
perfonrasces, though at i fearful cost to his
cornu it'ii. as will be seen when a list of his
lose srl JI come to be publish ! Bis brigade
cap! a red a battery ot 20 em e, and two of his
best vfflAsrs—Maj. Ross andlT.pl. [tedding, of
Macon—were shot down while endeavoring to
mov oii he guns. The first was badly wounded
and lei u the field ; the other was killed. But
Po.v y, it’ii was to move next in order, was
unw llini it Is reported, to advance, contend
]iagtjjxarte left flank would be uncovered, and
GMI JFibiTse should move first. Mali one, on
ahe otic band, declined to proceed uidtss I’o
isey let’s division on bis left should do
jo a* 6 same time. Upon this fact being
load-it town to Pender he rode forward to cx
)uiin» tl,« ground, when ho received a wound
am fjsw disabled. The question then arose
lai.irii: b»S Brig idlers as to who was the senior
pill er.'and this point w..s not settled until
abort sunset. Meanwhile, Wilcox and Wiight
Wert atriggling with mortal odds against them;
bnt their valor and blood w»re expended to
Hu le purpose, Binco the i fleet of their cour
ageous efforts was defeated by the unpardon
able -eddset of o'her portions ,t die d.vieion.
Wilcox'# loss, as well as Wright’s was very
heavy. Among the.killed in the brigade of tbe
latter wai Col. William Gibson, of the 48th
Grorgu.
7 an not. yet well informed in regard to the
order ii which Ewell’s corps became engaged,
and carrot, therefore emer in'o detail* It is
report*.!, however, that the attack on the left
was mr.\e a little late, and not with even and
Weil pu-tained lines. I know not whe'tier this
srPbnut tg.entirely correct; but it m.iy be safely
»florae-!.ths*. the coips fought well, and was
•k hard.Sd alter it did become engaged.
It i sal 'hat on the left, as on the right and
cei tre, the enemy was driven from several
sir :itg i •sitioTi.; but that it was found itnp-je-
Jifclt • oliyhffi. owing to the commandin-a
Vdos- m the-'rear, and to the
rig’ afdleft.
J. rssilts of the second day’s light may bo
Btfinmed ip lu a ew words : The Confederates
Injicjed trenjendoue loss upon the eqemy,
dj-ofo fcju a mile and a half on the
rig ca tdred about two thousand pri
soners s Blfe number of flags and batteries,
an i won Urn ground on which the conflict for
the most part had been waged, but owing to
the great -irength of the enemy’s position—far
ex:e dingtbatat Malvern Hill—the skillful ar
rai • fuenl of his numerous and admirably
set v*d artillery and Ihe want of previous
knowledge on ou; part of the precise nature of
th ground, tbM found it iqppracticable to hold
to: pixel lons V’tging off tuauy ol the guns
th- y had aiw’s brigade, of Hood’s di
vision, earned one ot the batteries on the
mountain, and turned the guns upon the ene
my; but being inked by a cruel tire trom other
po-ltion be found ii n-‘ jessary, finally to aban
don it. For the m'O part, however, Long
<tv*c. maintained the gronnd he ad won on
the rSJit, ui til late next day, wh'-n he voiuis-.
ttn:y wtthdswir lion, it 10 bis original linA"’
Our swir-kA*; was v> iy heavy, especially ‘h
; Rddu » andVc *.»-'• uivisloiis, and Wright’s
and Wilcox ■; brlgid— l ou An-.orsou’s division.
. T»e Timio jp.ur’a untile.
Gereral Luc did not rer-nv the attai k next
day— Sd—ucill ter. o’clock, whoa
dfiropened upon the enemy trom all parts of his
Hne wi'b over a hundred and forty guts. The
•ue.my responded promptly and v'gorously,
tiling r. great deal of round shot, his inppiy ol
shell, it may lie, havin ' been exhausted, ii >
he ivy an artillery fire Was probably never had
before Our guns were well served, as w r o
•bown by the ground around tbe Federal bat
tari.)i. w ich was covered with dead men and
|oi, - At a quarter to three o’clock, and alter
the artillery had prepared tbe way, Pickett’s
Virginia division, Longstreet’s corps, whicb
ha-, only arrived the night before, was ordered
to S-. nit Cemetery Hill, which was consiaered
the k yto tfct enemy’s v hole position. He
as* eupporteh hy Hd-h's division, commanded
by P -ttigrew, (Heth having been wounded in
thu first day' light,) sod Wilcox’s brigade, of
Anderbnn’s dlv vlon—both belonging to Hill’s
corps. Pickett' marge w s made in vj.a»Ur.nt
order and gallant style, an-; be succeeded in
wrei nga purl), nos vbe bill and ms guns in
that i, .alter in). the the ■ l.tliadlug
fire, .vincf’ were -ought ■ O ’-Hi ll;.yi: Id
And lb .. llureef Peiiigia** -40 SKAVp
Mi Jy with hiths-.i 1 ' i'3 '%i' EststMaS tar,
h 111 lo retire vjugreatJb'Xi fft hie biigafftars.'-
I C m-,. L.woet*s»*«ni,'.le?. nttyfeMifetifß
Gftt. Htxai-oe ' mviuiiy et-agyl, dSifl A{ng»
! djaft ■ ; ' Arm* ad w (since
! a - ' **-•> *»c : • j « . -is wire
*" .. - ** * • >!•-■ and u.> •A Id
l A. Modi y Sorrel, i.id if
... muon, of ljongstrret’s staff, liid
their horse* killed under then?, and Captain
Gorees of the same siafl. was wounded. M»j.
Read, of Bavamnab, ala. bed to Hearing's artli
lery battalion, w -.-a- lin the forehead by
a pjece of shell, but cot dangerously.
To-ds r!1 ha. been quiet along the lines.
Gen. Lee 1 -ndiavored to provoke Hie enemy
to i;i»Kr a i uts .ait upon his p-mPi by throw
i". I.'s tklrmisheis forward ; but Gen. Meado,
who b s displayed much skill and judgment, is
t»o veil aware o- the strength ot his own posi-
I tiou and the ma uess of attacking Leo. Besides,
j Ifn »u i ( arly annihilaiad, he is certainly too
t .uv crippled to undertake so hagaidous an
, .ide.priM.' Uhe ram but save his army and
i -'<• ■ away, ho will doubt! -ss be more than
1 e alee l
1' would have been better for us, perhaps, if
our attack had tieen delayed cutit the Dext day,
! and the tnterv.il had been <S voted ’o a careful
j reconnoiasai.ee ufti eg-ono Toe delay would
; have enabled ( en. Leo io get 1 army ims
pro . r r Aittoil, would have irfv. u ihe troopi
time to rest and prepare ratloi..., and have ini-
Mh '* 1 > * aatic, combined and simultaneous
attack Ir., i ;,1 parts of bis lines. It this plan
had been pursued, it is believed that the enemy
would have been dislodged from his formidable
position before now, and driven igne miniuusly
'back upon his capital. It was probably Gen.
Lee’s desire however, to fall upon his adver
sary before he could get into position, confi
dent that his troops were equal to any deinmd
upon their courage and constancy. But no
person, much less one who, like myself, 1- un
skilled ii oi litii'".' affairs, can S3fefy criticise.:
Ahe operations of eueh a commander as Lee,'
and I forbear, not for his sake, but my own.
July s.—Gen. Meade withdrew his army iast ,
night in tbe direction, it is supposed, of Fred |
erick. It is said that Gen. Lee was aware of!
the movement, or guessed that it would be
made, and commenced to put his own army in
motion about tbe same time. No pursuit has
beeti attempted, or any demonstration made
by cither party. We are now moving down the
South Mountain towards Hagerstown, wilh a
view probably to-reopen our line of communi
cations and ■ iwepare for further efforts. There
are other satisfactory reasons for returning to j
Hagerslov’i, wni oit would be iin pro per to ■
state, but which wcul-1 be considered good if!
made known. But more of this hereafter.
I have made all necessary arrangemen s to
procure lists of the killed and wounded, and
hope to be able to forward them in a day or
two. Among our casualties are four Major
General* won ted—Hood, Pender, 1 til and
Trimble; and in Brigadiers—Barksdale, Gar
nett and Kemper killed, Archer captured, and
Bcmruep, Andt u >n, R -biLPon, Hampton, Jen
kins and Joins wounded. The wounds are not
considered dangerous, except Gen. Hampton's,
who received two sabre cuts ou the her. ' ;
Was shot in the after he was . i lie
was cngigia at tin tin in. , at dry
engagement on the left, w' .. , ueceeded
In capturing 250 wagon
i I have omitted 'o stale tbit v r ■th h ttle
war .. on Friday, U, c in*’ cavalry
made a .ff irt to , round our right wing.—
to 101 l this "ovei.it. General Law, win. Lad
succeeded to tb command of Hood’s division,
detached a battery, of Henry’s battalion, and
the First Texas and Eleventh and Fifteenth
Georgia, the latter for the time under com
mand of Wj. Henry Di McDaniel, ot the
Eleventh. The artillery engaged the attention
of the enemy iu trout, while the infantry pass
ed around to h e rear, an* opened a murderous
fire from that quarter, ifie end is soon told.
Ot two regiments oi F. di-ral cavalry engaged
only T 8 rn“U escaped, fir others were killed
or captured. p. \y, A.
Further Detalln of ihe (trewt Battle of
Gettysburg.
Hagerstown, Mu., July 7ih, 1803.
Dm army reached this poiutjvesterday. aud
hllrjpons Into lauup. This apnJf' akr.;-. •• do
rn-. iltriia'v ree-'A.- >i,-., I-1..kJ8 Cffpri.e in the
SSPcnrrrM, e«pectn*-r ti. • „f Meade’s
.rawat and Lee’s failure :oY *..;r«ue biin
I caa only express tbe (decided convic
tion that the reneous for returning to Hagers
town were conclusive a-d .aOsfactoty, rbnngh
CLe I*.no hair not yet come wj.eu they may he
safely I'Vd. One thing, however, cannot
escape the aitentioa of intelligent men, to wit:
that’rn army, whatever may ti it- triumphs in
the field r....i ..... es-ui iy rs c m
| missariat mjy be supplied ucd ansporta
tioc conducted, cud'long maintain itself in an
enemy’ country without a w-ll stablirhed
base aud safe ..,.d I ..'l' eoiurauniratiou. In the
pres. .A '..nee Gc.i. L6c’ iine of communi
cations bid 1 u in: rupf .. to a degree which
rendered it diffi-ilt, if in; impoesihle, to cor
respond with the government, or to receive
supplies of any description. Tho army has not
suffer'd fur want ot excellent food since it
crossed the Potomac, though it cannot well re
main in any one locality beyond lour or five
days at a time, in consequence of die scarcity
of provisions. The farmers upon the approach
of the array not only remove their horses ,md
take off one or more w heels trora their wagons,
but they drive the beef cattle-ini:* distant dis
tricts and conceal them iu the mountains; so
that it is impossible to subsist the troops and
animals employed in necessary transportation
at one point for any considerable period. The
supply i bacon and corn is limited, but little
comparatively being produced iu Maryland and
Pennsylvania. There is a great abundance of
wheal and flour and hay howevtr, and of these
the array has made very fee use. The mer
chants and manufacturers also have seut into
the interior—in some instances as far as Phila
delphia—their s’oeks of clothing, shoes and
hats. To such an extent has this policy been
carried, that the troops in Ewell’s corps, which
led the advance, and had, therefore, better op
portunity to supply themselves, are iu worse
condition in regard to shoes, (owing to their
longer men her) than those in I.ongstreet’s
corns which brought up th rear. The reader
will thus neieeive some ot the disadvantages
attendii; art invajing army, and bew a policy
like ibi- on ihe part ot farmers and merchants
Can be made as effective agaiustGen. Lee as the
burning if Moscow by the Russians was again-t
Biiiaparie. But let us return to the late bat
tle.
The success of our arms on Ihe first day of
the battle, when we ujflicted a loss upon the
enefny, according to his own admission, of 10,-
000 men in billed, wounded and prisoners, de
muDßtiii'is i.c fact that if the Confederate
army bad lieu concentrated twenty-four hours
sooner ih ; ft was, it could have destroyed
'Trade, .id j ::l his government and capital in
the area: .->• j,. pardy. Only four divisions
v ere ei tg and n uur part, one ot which
(Evrly’s) .1 ived on tbeground laie in the af
ternoon , whilst the enemy had present three,
or parts . f.three, army corps, all of which
were repre- nted by tbe prisonr s captnred
Hal th le y, or the greater part of it
even. (>■•. t ■ it -..-mind on the Ist Inst, when
sh« batik’ i- in in need, it would have been an
en.-y cia; r t . d.spose of the three Federal
corps al> i.'d to, and then to have fallen upon
the remo id rot Meade’s forces before tbey
could pi • it get into position. If this be'
true, was not me march of Ewell upon Har*.
risbutg mi' riannte and ill-advised, in that it
lost .uspnci.ius time? It is understood that
it was no ;. it of Lee’s plan to reduce Harns
bnrg; he (i uld not afford to lritter away hfg
time and strength upon harmless militiamen,
wLiie the main a’ icy of the enemy remained in
ths field Flaviug first disposed of the army,
be might then march wheresoever he pleased,
whether to Washington, to Baltimore, to Har
risburg or Philadelphia.
As has already been stated, Early’s division
of Ewell’s corps reached the field late in the
afternoon, but in time to contribute largely to
the suce -s of me Confederate arms. He came
by the Y-jik turnpike, and took posi'inn on
the left of Kodes’ division, also -of Ewell’s
corps, then hot’y engaged Pender’s and
Heth’s division of Hill’s corps being on the
right, and the only other forces present. The
leneruv yielded easily to the impetuoti charges
of onr men, and was thrown into much eon
fusion avid saffened more heavily, in proportion
to the numbers engaged, tha a on the two fol
lowwwc flays. Gordon’s (late L * ton’s j brigade,
«vr inwiM®. counted about 870 dean oil Ibat
pail ot tiie field where it fonghv (beu.g on the
i;c r tau left), and took more prisoners ihuu
hs . hole command numbered ! lli? • wn dead
was just 40. The brigade is one of the best in
the seir-ice, and it has acquired fresh renown
by its conduct in the late battles. It was known
ibat Locgst-eei’s corps would come up that
night, am hence the enemy was not pressed
after dutk. after tbe lashlon of Jackson ; other
wise, It is no' improbable the Federals might
have limn driven rnirely from the field, and
the adv.vo.sgi one p -iiion subsequently taken
by Meade would hove been secured for our
selves.
Tie freiigth of jhis position cannot hardly
be • xaggeraled. The enemy not only occupied
a rar ge of hills, but along ranch ol the rocky
ridge was a stone tence, behind which his in
fantry were as well posted as ours were at
Fredericksburg. Ho had also strengthen ad his
position by abattis and Ihrowlßg ir;, held works
wherever they ceuM be ol advantage. Ha
even constructed WOrka on the bald, rocky hill
ou the right, impregnable as ths position scera
«d to be, and dragged, MftiUcry up tt*. rujfged’
side* tf)ftp«o».*»situML i
The fiTaCtiCe apfegl;at .Hk ifeec!
day* cofiffienfr-is sooges unfi’-jia tdlcs.. The/
soiwv’a sfejASattycd 46vh grait *iHUi*udr|
ji*».ki6*»L sod 'oißb of H><H- Msota wkfrtsu/- i
priswirt/acguraie. Tfle f-i«k uikKjieffffU/ilj
tintpat'.’-fies,
TsTO 29.
which there ha3 been a decided improvement
since lac y. v . The poii: • f placing „.«*,.. . a *
’’ " " and ,i. ’.ere
, so. c m produce hut
i —.li.. ’kt general re*ult, has been
abandoned, and a number of batteries are t;ow
massed together in commanding position—and
iV r-V T c< ? ncen Hated upon the point ot at
ta Ih» f “ er, ‘ das aißo been much improvement
ia ii he character of our projectiles.
inr ‘® 08S ? n 1)01,1 alde9 wa# much heavier
Tff?etad any haUle of . tile war ’ snd 100 wounds
a general thirg, m >re serious The
Washington Ghronicie of ibe .Tb, the raenda
“‘Tma7ef n °‘ lhH derai
sell mates our entire, casualties in killed wou-d
--ed and prisoners, at 10,000, and admits that its
own side suffered more than in any p.rvions
engagement. Onr 1 ss was heavy eireugh
though nothing like as mneh as the Chronicle’s
ifiwil and ° D u i°, bcli,,v C' It will not
f. ~and t J alow 1! ’ 000 Bay, 2,000
keiej, 10.000 wounded, arid 1,200 missing or
pn- oners—making altogether 13.200 if the
wounJtd who were left behind, be counted
.K.IU as Wounded and prisoners, .'then jur ,uss
! will oxceed lhi9 estimate .ton-i'what. At) ihe
available tranFDortatiou was brought into re
quisition to remove the wooded, and vet it
wa* round necessary to ieavc a considerable
number behind, and especially those whoso in
juries were serious. They were placed in houses
and tents, and surgeons, nurses and cooks
were lelt with them, and several days iutions
provided. The enemy, malignant and unprin
cipled as he is in other respects, has generally
treated our wounded with kindness ; and the
jnends, therefore, of these who may have fal
len into his hands at Gettysburg, should not
indulge in needless apprehensions in r*-gara to
I tbe treatment they will receive
I o~Til!2 *'. ne T n y , . a m »y be sately put down at
I 000, lncludimr 6,000 prisoners. Such is the
! f ?H! n!OD of iTT, P 3rtial person? who examined
parts ol the field. His infantry gave
ns but little trouble, it was his numerous and
well nerved artillery and the strength ot his
position that enabled him to make an ob
stinate resistance.
The ambulance train, with such of our
wounded as could be moved, is now at Wil
liamsport, unable to cross the Potomac on ac
count of a (resbet in the river. There has not
been a whole day of 6umbine since we left the
< j• of the Bine Ridge, nearly three weeko ago.
it has rained, more or les?, every day or two,
and the roads have been very heavv. Last year
we had dnst and drought; this year mud and
rain. The wounded will, probably, be placed
in hospitals at Winchesf( r , Staunton and other
Convenient points in the Valley,
About 4,500 prisoners taken at Gettysburg
'.re also,ai Wilburr.sport, on their way to Rich-
tiome 1,500 were paroled near the bat
i •••«', but the Federal authorities are report
t ' ' 'juve* declared that they weald not rtcog
i : n* ;> role, and required that ihe prisoneis
i- taken to City Point, beiow Rieb
i. > i-meo that and Vicksburg were the only
b / ■ lii( i.i m owhaDgc could be properly
di ’'r’lind**! he agteciuenl ol the two gov
tsr • coni '- this was not the true
r ! bholding their consent to an ex
... u': lysburg. They were alraid that
he ’ unijjtation to their troops to surrender
themselves, in order to get wonld be
too strong tor many ot them to resist. They,
doubtless, desired also to force Gen. Lee to de
t*eh a large force to guard the prisoners to
Richmond, and to impose upon him all the ex
pense of provisioning them, as well a? all the
ri6k of conducting them safely back to Virginia.
The objection was weil taken, however, and we
have no j ust cause of complaint for their refusal.
Vly letters and telegrams of the 4:h and sth
insts. havej'ast been returned to me, the cou
rier not being able to cross the Pototn *c, on
account of the freshet. Until yesterday, the
line was interrupted by the presence of Federal
cavalry, and when they were driven oil it was
ascertained tna the rivvr could not be forded,
and the ferry chaiu had been broken. This is
indeed vexatious, but all has been done that
could be dont* to get my. communications
through. P. W. A
j >4*i4L>iXfte<.’ ictid, Col. Du Rose, iost its colors
| anoVjfferud mucu dutiug tbe last day’s tlgbv
If tisff Inruwit forward, and was conduct
ing itself witb its well known gallantry, when,
fiy tbe withdrawal of other [lortions of the
line, il was left alone, and without notiee, to
contend against frightful odds. The men
| tone7't their -ny a*.’' I.uwaat. dfoadvan
tage, and nothing but their steady courage and
t the skillful leading of the!” commander en
| abl ”and them to gel off at all. All the color
i guard were die y.-d <v ; . ne. No Liame
I can he attached to f:.l or Col Ilaßose or Gen.
' Benning, both of w ocen stated in
former communications, are brave and . ::;’ei.
lent officers. Tbe accident was one of those
things which will sometimes occur in battle,
especially in an army which is without an edu
cated stafl. Geu. Benning’s horse was shot
under him. R, w. A.
The Speech of Mr. Seward on the Fall
of Vicksburg.
Afie.r Lincoln “took the music,” in W >sh
lugton, upon the fall of Vicksburg, Seward
was serenaded, and made a speech in reply.—
He promises the immediate, happy and glori
ous reconstruction of the Union, though he
seeius to lose sight of the fact that Ihe Confed
eracy has about 700,000 troops in the field
who won’t exactly agree with him. He
said :
He bad considered it the part of a patriot
and statesman if possible to avert the condi
tion of public affairs we had lately witnessed,
and following the sublime example of Him
who had died to save the world, he had prayed
that this bitter cup of domestic dissention
might be put away from our lips. The discord
of our country was calculated to gludikb the
worst of despotisms, but the couinrywwould
survive the shock it was called upon to endure.
No nation can perish that has a spark ol pop
ular virtue left. The people are the guardians
of the national title and national greatness and
prosperity. No nation can be saved except by
the sacrifice of individuals. In the language
of the Scriptures, we must renounce father,
mother, brother, all, !or*our country’s sake, we
must give up our treasures, our affections ; we
must make sacrifices, give up everything to
be saved. For himself, he had surrendered all.
There was not a child ot his capable ofjbearing’
arms who had not been freely given to the eer?
vice of the country. It he would not preserve
our ualiona'ity he was here to be buried in Us
rums. If he had to tall, he wanted to lal', he
wanted to fall in the streets of the capital of
his country, ard be trampled under the heel of
the assassins of Us freedom and greatness. He
had chosen for his fi'c leader Andrew Johnson,
of Tennessee. He was for this Union with
slavery it it must be, and without slavery if he
conld have it so. (Tremendous cheering. )
There, is cow anew issue. Away with the
dead
The future will develope -who shall govern
this great country. Neither wisdom nor vir
tue came into existence with this people Thev
will not die with the result of this contest
Presidencies, Secretaryships, foreign legations,
presented no temptations to him. He was
ready to put them all away from him. it his
country would be saved he should never ac -
cept official position at the bauds of his couu
trymen. He had been censured for the predic
tion that the rebellion would be ended in ninety
days, it would have been ended io that time—
it would, in fact, have been ended before it was
begun, if the counsels oS true patriots had been
heeded. It has been protracted by the hopes
held out ol foreign invirference. It had thus
dragged its slow length along, with blood and
carnage in its track, trough two long years;
bnt in this beginning of the third year we hati
just attained the beginniag ol the end.
We have seen the stars one by one falling
away from our national firmament, bnt now we
are to witness the joyiul sight ot star after
star, alter wanderiDg iu darkness, returning to
the galaxy in which It belonged. Missouri had
been for a while obscured, but tt now shines
with redoubled brightness. Maryland
vered ; it is now firmly set in the nations:
coronet. Kentucky Dad been almost torn from
the magic circle ; but it/ steadfastness was now
assured. It will not by long belore Tennessee
will be numbered sgai* among the loyal States,
nor till Arkansas shall/- o again represented in
the halls of cur Longs ss. Louisiana had al
ready asked for reeogjuuon upon the old basis,
and the Old North mate would soon follow
Buit. In a little whiim we shall witness the ex
traordinary spectacle of Old Virginia asking
forgiveness of her siik, and even South Caro
Una, the source of ir.: this mischief, would be
sandwiched betwesn.Georgia and North ' iro
lina and purified i.r her Iniquity. We already
pee a pretended cm federation divided into
four parts by traaswree lines drawn along the
MUsissipni river and the Southern line ot Ten
nessee. 'if heß the war could no longer be put
aside, bo had but one request to make. He in
voked God Almighty to inspire tbe people
WKh virtue enough to vote tor the Union, and
our iponiea with conrage enough to light lor it.
But after all this conflict, this greatest, proud
est, most prosperous ol nations, mua' still
continue to thrive. If foreign nations would
keep their hands off we should settle tfc'eed
questions for onrselves, and when tbt, bait
Provost Marshal sbonld call upon tbe jSWSWa of
ylrlf district, he hoped every mapr-fitlcr duty
jWriuld only -ask Where he was tqhls placed. If
.Kysy needed spy one to folks*, old as he w:-.*,
’ iieCnMmld be with UioSo vi 7» tar ready u lay
down their lives’for of the riia
Os thu nation. _ /,
1* "AV 1 Supreme* oiir? ot GeingU is now iu
Rpsalou in A ’ iftAfa.