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BY GEORGE BERGNER.
Che Etlegrapil.
From our Morning Edition
THE SITUATION.
We hear of no fighting yesterday. All our
Information points to glorious results. The
rebels are now surrcunded and cur forces strongly
fortified; in addition to that General French
has arrived at Williamsport and destroyed the
pontoon bridgts. Their retreat is now cut off,
and they will be obliged to fight their way
through our fortified lines.
Lieut. Snyder, (son of C. S. A.,) who has
been In service for the last two years, was among
the captured prisoners on the first day of battle
and being paroled by them, arrived here yester
day from the' battle field. He says the fighting
was the ievertst of the war, and that the rebel
1083 was heavier than ours. A large number of
the prisoners captured from us refused to receive
a parole from them and they were told that they
would ha sent to Richmond. From an official
card, published in another column, it seems
that all their paroles within the linos is con
sidered illegal, and that they will not be ac
knowledged.
Col. Coulter, of the 11th Pennsylvania, was
brutally Murdered by them in the streets of
Gettysburg, because he refused to surrender.
Col. St me is wounded, and a prisoner in the
enemy's hand; otherwise he is well cared for.
Col. Dougherty has also arrived home safely.
He was captured at Carlisle while he was sent
out to deliver a message to amoral ffnipe.
These men all agree that the rebels wore in a
perilous situation, and that they seemed to re
alize the fact; they were anxious to get rid of
their prisoners and exceedingly solicitous that
they should accept their parole.
The state of affairs, so far as we have been
able to ascertain, may be stated in short, that
on Thursday there was no fighting until 4i
o'clock, P. M. At that hour a bloody engage
ment was commenced, lasting until dark, and
resulting in a substantial success to our arms—
the enemy being repulsed with great loss. The
battle was commenced by the enemy with ter
rific force. Their entire army was engaged,
and suffered a signal reveres. Yesterday the
third day's battle commenced, at 4 o'clock in
the morning, the field of contest being on the
south side of Gettysburg, and the musketry,
fighting being wholly within tfe woods, while
the artillery was posted on eminences, from
which the timber had been cut. The attack
on this day, as on the day previous, was com
menced by the rebels, our right being the
main point aimed at. There the fight was on.
ceasing, until the date of our last dispatches
from the battle field-10 o'clock, A. nr. Long
street's and Hill's corps were said 135 be engaged
there, while Ewell was on the , front. The
enemy as well as ourselves, had suffered hea
vily in prominent officers. General Barksdale,
of Mississippi, had been killed, and hie body
was within our lines. Prisoners on Thursday
reported the death of General 'Longstreete and
prisoners captured yesterday confirm the report.
Sixteen kindred prison's' s had, up to 10 o'clock,
been sent to the rear, 'and more were arriving.
The result of the day's battle could not then
be predicted, but the determination of our offi
care and men was to win. General Meade was
managing bis forces with admirable skill and
prudence, and the troops were in the best of
spirits. Important dispatches from Jeff. Davis
and the rebel Adjutant General Cooper had
been captured by our scouts, which indicate
anxiety for the position of RlChreond, and re
fused to send Lee reinforcements from Beaure
gard.
The cfficial dispatches from General Meade
to the War Department are brief bat confident.
They fully confirm the statements contained in
our special dispatches. He says the battle of
Thursday afternoon was one of the severest
contests of the war, and that the enemy was
repulsed at all points. Generals Sickles, Par
low, Graham and Warren were slightly wound
ed. General Zoog was killed. Regarding the
battle of Friday, he says all accounts agree in
placing the whole rebel force in the engage
ment, and that no impreesion bad been made
upon his position at the date of his dispatch.
Major General Sigel, who reported hiniself
for any duty which might be assigned to him
, . .
at this critical reothent, fuer „ been directed by
the Secretary of War to report ai .Tiarriabarg,
to aid General Conch in the 'defence - of Tenn-
sylvania
A courier from General Meade to General
Couch, on Thursday stopped at a houseArond
- York to have his horse fed, and teing4nistaken
for a rebel, Was shot by the owner of the
house. His dispatches were subsequently sent
by mistake to Baltimore, instead of to Harris-
burg
some of the citizens of York have behaved
In a moat outrageous manner towards our
troops, refusing to give them sinner or any
thing to eat in many instances, whilst . the reb
els were well treated. A day of retribution wil
come on their heads, and it will no doubt be
severely felt
General Meade seems to feel the importance
of the struggle pending, and• before he went
into battle he issued the following order :
HEADQUARTRES Minx OP THE :POTOMAC, June
30, 1863.—The commanding General requests
that previous to the engagement soon expected
with the enemy, corps and all other command
ing officers address their troops, explaining to
them the immense issues involved in the strug
gle. The enemy is now on our soil. The
whole country looks anxiously to this army to
deliver it from the presence of the foe. Our
failure to do so will leave us no such welcome
as the swelling of millions of hearts with pride
and joy at our success would give to every
soldier of the army. Homes; firesides and do
mestic altars are involved. The army has
fought well heretofore. It is believed that it
will fight more desperately and bravely than
ever if it Is addressed in fitting terms. Corps
and other commanders are authorized to order
the instant death of any soldier who fails to
do his duty at this hour. By command of
The President has issued a congratulatory
proclamation to his troops. This shows that
he is satisfied with the results thus faraccom
plished. _ _ --
...
;Icor - la — Of prisoners are arriving here, who,
after an Examination by Captain Clement, the
Provost Marshal, aro shipped to Philadelphia ;
those that take the oath of allegiance will
be discharged and permitted to g ) where they
please, while 'those that refute it will be held
for exchange hereafter.
Gen. Knipe with a very large force is march
log to assist in preventing the rebel retreat
through the South Mountain passes, and al
though his troops may be styled "raw militia,"
the rebels will disoover, should they meet
them that they will fight equal to disciplined
troops. A large number have seen service in
former battle fields, and they will do their duty
again in the face of the enemy,
TWENTY THOUSAND PRISONERS AND ONE HUNDRED
AND EIGHTEEN PIECES OF ARTILLERY CAPTURED
NINE O'CLOCK r. M. —The report yesterday
morning (July 5t13) that Lee had been totally
routed was confirmed by dispatches from Balti
more received later ha the day.
Gen. Meade took twenty thousand prisoners
and one hundred and' eighteen pieces of ar
tillery.
Gen. Pleasanton has c:impletely cut off the
retreat of the rebel army, as his forces now hold
the Gap near Chambersbnrg. This makes
Meade's victory complete.
THE ANTICIPATED SURRENDER OP THE }MIRE
=
The.military authorities were confident last
evening, that - , the entire rebel army would be
compelled to surrender, or suffer itself to be
cat to pieces. Lee and his forces have at last
reachedtheaditchof which . thecountryhasheardso much.
The rebellion is literally on its back. Before'
the sun goes down to-day the magnificent army
which. Lee led across the Potomac to devastate
the North, will be a huddled mass of prisoners,
beaten; disarmed and humiliated. Let the na
tion lift up Its head and rejoice that liberty has
thus survived the treasan of slavery.
DEATH OF THE COLONEL ON THE 140th MO. P. V
Col. R. P. Roberts, of the 140th Reg. P. V.
was killed in the fight in the streets of Gettys
burg. He was among the most gallant men in
the service, a lawyer of distinction and a very
popular citizen of Beaver county. In 1860 he
was one of the Republican Presidential electors.
CAPTURE OP SUPPOSED Rsnitn Barnants OR
SPlES.—Saturday evening a member of Captain
Awl's company observed s auspicious character
in one of the streets of the city, and thinking
it his duty net to allow thia man to bass on
unquestioned, ho stopped him and inquired his
business in Harrisburg. To this interrogation
he gave no satisfactory answer, and showed
evident signs of uneasiness and a desire to pro
ceed on his course unmolested. But the soldier
was not to be put off in this manner, and again
propounded htfm another question as to where
he was from. He said first that he was from
Philadelphia, but being asked the qnestion a
second time, he answered that he.' was from
Lancaster. A few other confused a:timers of
this character led to his 'arrest, and he iymitaken•
before the Provost Marshal, who gavel him-a
hearing yesterday. He has probably 'been dis
posed of ere this, as he had been handed; over
to General Couch when our informant gave us
the facts leading to his invest:
- Another man was attested by tho same er:l
- a few hours before on styrpfeiousof being
a rebel spy. His case had slot been decided
whitt:ire wrote this Article.
MAJ. GEN. MEADE
GETTYSBURG, July 4. ,
The glorious Fourth. The greatest and mas
glorious battle of the war.
hands
The fighting yesterday was beyond all par
allel. The enemy attempted to tarn our righ
and left flanks and afterward our centre.
They were repulsed on all sides. The enemy
than made a general attack on our whole line,
but was terribly defeated. The victory of the
Union was complete. The enemy, is in full
retreat, pursued by our troops.
Further Particulars.
The decisive battle of the war has been
fought to day, and the enemy have been re.
pulead with terrific loss.
At daylight General Lee'a right wing batteries
opened upon our left and shortly after those of
his centre followed.
little damage to us, the fire slackened, and only
occasional shots were
.exchanged. Shortly a
-1 terwards the enemy's left, composed entirely of
infantry and sharpshooters, made an attack on
our right wing. So sudden and impetuously
I was it accomplished that our skirmishers in the
front line were driven back from their entrench
ment 3, but by the aid of the batteries in the
rear and the indomitable bravery of the Twelfth
Corm we regained the first position, capturing
a considerable numhbr of prisoners.
Several hours of ominous silence followed
this repulse. At 1 o'clock the enemy firedlwo
shots, apparently as signals for the grandest
artillery fight ever witnessed on this continent.
Before a moment had elapsed, it is estimated
that at least eighty guns opened upon us. 'Our
batteries ietumed the compliment with Inter
est. The air seemed literally thick with,. iron,
and for more than an hour it seemed impossible
that man or beast could live through %
Strange to say, the enemy's accuracy of range,
as exhibited on the two previous days, was
wanting on this occasion.
Most of their shells exploded far on the rea
of our front, and generally missing our bat
• Under cover of this jeu de' Wee Lee advanced
his columns of infantry for the cover, and made
several attempts to carry our lines by assault,
but each successive attempt was repulsed- with
terrible havoc. After an hour's incessant
cannonading, the fire grew less intense for a
short time but was again renewed for a skort
period with spirit. During this period some of
out batteries, whose atriinnnition ifid been:ex
hausted, ceased to fire and on the Apireach of,
the reserve batterlee withdte*tcethe r est
HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 1863.
THE REBELLION RECEIVES
ITS DEATH STROKE.
REBELS COMPLETLY ROUTED.
ebel Generals Longstreet
and Hill Wounded„ nd
in Our Possession.
Rebels Defeated at all Points
THE VICTORY COMPLETE
THE DECISIVE BATTLE OF THE
WAR FOLiGHT,
Me Enemy's Less Terrific
TIM BRAVERY OF OUR TROOPS BEYOND
DESCRIPTION.
Tremendous! Cannonading
TUE REBELS MAKE MERU! mum
TO CARRY OUR LINES BUT EACH
TIME ARE REPULSED.
Rebel ,General Longstreet, -Mortally
Wounded and Sinn Dead.
oREAUFUL SLAUGHTER OF REBELS
The Rebel General Dick Garnett
Wounded.
UPWARD OF THREE THOUSAND
PRISONERS CAPTURED.
The Rebel General A. P, Hill Killed
A Large Number of Officers %%minded
GENERAL M EADE HIGHLY PRAISED
BY THE OFFICERS
ADVANCSI, OF GEN'L MEADE
Gettysburg Occupied by oar Forces
Our Forces Pressing General Lee
The rebels completely routed.
Longstreet and Bill are wounded and in our
HEADQVARTER ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, }
FRIDAY, July 3, 1863.
After half an hour's cannonoading, doing but
ME!
The entc , 'y only seeing the batteries with
viwini and mistaking this for a retreat made
4apid Infantry charge up the hill and obtain
a position-in our line cutting . to pieces and al
most annihilating the smallinfantry supports,
but before they had time to rejoice at their
imaginary success the fresh batteries ponied in
a deadly fire of cannister and case shot.
The infantry reserve joined on either flank of
the gapicharged them, and added greatly to
their destruction. They were, compktely sur
prised, and hundreds threw down their arms
and asked for quarters; nearly an entire brigade,
Gen. Dick Garnett hin self was wounded, and
barely made his escape.
Longstreet was mortaUy wounded and cap-.
tured. He in reported to have died in an hour
afterward.
About 430 P. H. the artillery of the enemy
Blackened and had tntirely ceased at 6 o'clock,
the last shots which they fired being far beyond
their original position, the infantry columns
had withdrawn to their covers.
We captured upwards of 8,000-prisoners
while the enemy took but few of ours.
The rebel prisoners report that General A. P.
Hill was killed outright on the field and that
their officers suffered far greatereasualtles than
in any previous engagement
So terrific was the enemy's fire that the
small house where General Meade and staff
were quartered was perforated by several shots.
Many of the staff's horses - were killer around
the house.
Gen. Batterfleid w,ea•strnok in the breastand
It is feared, internally injured, by a piece of
shell which explcded in the building.
_4,4am Joseph Dickerson, of the staff,had
his left arm perforated-by-of
shell, and it seemed a miracle that no greater
damage was done to life and limb.
Several of our general officers were wounded!
in the engagement.
• General Hanocck was wounded in the leg.
Geneinle Gibson, Warren. and Hunt were
wounded.
In consequence of the excitement and, V*
culty in aicettaining their locatia, the ,zimeti
of many prominent officers reported as killed
or wounded cannot be ascertained to night.
Too much credit cannot be given to our bat•
ferias, and the men attached to them, who for
hours stood to their .guns-under a boiling sun
and surrounded by the mhsles of death, retiring
only to give their positions to others when
their curious and limbers were exhausted of
ammunition.
The infantry engaged also nobly did their
duty, and the'enenty to-day have received at
their hands the greatest dhoster ever adminis
tered by the Union forces.
Ali the officers render the the highest honors
to Gen. Meade for the able generalship he has
displayed since he assumed command, and par
ticulitrly for his coolness, decision and energy
on this memorable third of July.
Last night, believing it to be his duty to the
cause, and to learn how far he would be sup
ported in the approaching conflict, he sum
moned his corps and division commanders for a
consuttation.l
STILL LATER.
A messenger who left headquarters on Fri
day night, states that Gen. Meade advanced
and cocuplei Gettysburg during the night,
without opposition. Firing was heard ear
ly on Saturday morning towards Gettys-
burg and it was supposed to . proceed from
our forces pressing Gen. Lee.
Gen. Butterfield, who was injured by the
fragment of a shell is now at the headquarters
of Gen. bleademunder treatment.
RUMORED RETREAT OF THE
- REBELS, .
CAPTURE OP MANY PREONER,S.,
MANY CANNON TAKEN.
BALTX!IaIti, July §, 1868
The American lias just placed the 'following
important announcement on its bulletin board.
"That the rebel army la in full retreat, having
commenced on Friday night."
Many thousand prisoners and a large number
of cannon were captured.
Elea hundred -and fifty rebel prisoners,
largely composed of Alabania troops, captured
from Longstreet's corps yesterday: night have
arrived hefe this morning, and more prisoners
are announced at the depot, and accounts from
up the road there are large trains at vati
ous points on their way down, whilst there are
said to be scores of them awaiting transporta
tion.
YESTEBDAY'S BATTLE.
Our. Special Telegrams from the
Battle Yield
From the Nero York at n a •
Gurrrsinno, Friday, July it
The third day's battletegan this morning at
4 o'clock. It is now 7 o'cOck, and a circle of
fire of musketry and artillery on tbe abutb aide
of Gettysburg describes the • field of contest.
The musketry , fight is wholly within the woods ;
the artillery occupies the eminencershorri Of
timber. •
The attack was coutraenoodty the rebels on
our right. The fight there has been unceasing,
and the irregularity of the flie—slacirand scat
tering for a while, and then heavy and On
tinuous—indiehtenteinforcements of=both!siideii.
'`The 'men at this hoof. are in ihetbest or spirgs, and
the general afar. feil , •coOdclat cf the result. The
alas beeiejdttnned and: thus fir fcitiOtt by
9-....,
Gen. Meade with equal prudence (ably and en- I lag meeseugers of death. Old sr:31(11m who
ergetically assisted by Gen. Butterfield, wt.° had heard the roar of cannon at Chine's Mill,
has not left the Army of the Potomac) and Malvern Hilo, Fredericktburg and Chancellors
courage. vile declared the cannonadieg to be equal, if
The day is now overcast, ard the air damp
and cool. The sky threatens rain, and a fog
already obscures the outer edge of the field of
battle.
QUARTIS. or 8, A. x —(len. Barksdale, of
Miss., wounded yesterday, is lying deed within
our lines. The rumor of the d ath of Long
street, brought by rebel pris tura yesterday, is
confirmed, by prisoners taken this morning.
Lortgerreet's and Hill's corps are sa'd to be
lighting on iho right ; Ewell's in front.
10 O'CLOCK, A. a.—Sixteen,hundred prisoners
thus far during the engagement have been sent
to the rear, and more are here.
What the result may be to-day cannot now
now be predicted. Hancrtcli, Howard.. Slocum,
Warren, Gibbon and all the general offmers
have given the bigheet evidence to-day of et
pacity, energy and spirit.
Important dispatches have been cintured by
Capt Dahlgren and the gallant scout Kline,
from Jeff. Davis and Cooper to Gen. Lee. They
Indicate anxiety. for the position of Richmond.
Both decline to send Lee the reinforcements
from Beauregard- he asked for.
WILKESON.
ANOTHER STATEMENT.
[Special dispatch to the New York Tram.]
Hawovsa, Friday, July 3, 1863.
The most terrific fight of the war has taken
place. Our men stood up heroically. 'To-day
was the most awful of all. The loss ou both
sides has been tremendous. We have Lmg
street a prisoner sure. I left the battle-field at
half-past six o'clock, and reached by relay of
horses. We had the best of the fight to-das,
and the General says if Obuch arrives to-night,
the victory is ours beyond a'chanca.
Mourr Cr ass,
Friday July 3, via Washington.
,
The fight raged furiously -till 10 o'clock last
night. Wo took Gettysburg, occupying two
third faa' rebels the nth©r third.
r orces opened
on about five thousand rebels,
who covered the field this morning about day
light, pilaging our dead. The rebel, hastily
retreated.
The fighting was the moat terrific of the war.
The loss on both sides is heavy.
Gee. Sickles was wounded about 5 o'clock, in
the right leg, which was subsequently ampu
tated. Ile is doing well.
The Government has a dispatch from Gen.
Meade, dated 8 o'clook yesterday afternoon,
and received this morning. Lip to 8 o'clock no
fighting worth mentioning had taken place yes
terday. Gen. Meade intimated that he should
not of his own accord bring on a battle before
to-day. One of his corps having just come up
after a keg and fatiguing march, and requiring
rest, it would seem therefore that whatever
fighting took place yesterday must have been
brought on by the enemy.
Gen. Meade says that the troops are in excel'.
lent spirits and eager for the battle..
On On Wedoesday's battle Gen. Meade says that
the enemy far out-numbered us on - the field,
-but that oar men behaved admirably, and that
the-battle was-mm.o the hardest fought actions
of,tbe war. Our troops were finally obligedlo
relinquish the ground which they conquered in
earlier part of the day, and to take positgan on
the bights south and west of Gettyebtag, which
the rebels bad succeeded in occupying.
Most of our wounded must be in the enemy's
hands, but we have taken so many plisoners
that the account Is fully balanced.
Ex Congressman McPherson, Deputy Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, judges that the
field of battle at Gettysburg embraces a part of
his farm, and that the stone-wall so prominent
an object of contest, is one which divides his
promises from a neighbor's.
Gen. Sigel, who had been here for 24 hours,
left this morning for Pennsylvania, where he
has been easigeed a command.
The authorities have the names, as we are
informed, of ten citizens of Carlisle, Pa., who
out-copperheaded Copperheads in abasing them
selves before the Rebel Gen. Jenkins. They
assured him that they were friends to the
Southern Confederacy, and bagged him to parole
them, that they might not be drafted to fight
against it. Gen. Jenkins welcomed them to
his bosom, but remarked that, since they were
such friends to the Southern cause, they were
of course willing to fight for it, and actually
put some.._of them into his ranks. Before the
joke was played through they began to repent
of their cowardice. "'
BA.tnmonz, July 5
Residents of Gettysburg sty that it is situated
in a valley Scooped out of a ridge of hills which
encircle it on three sides, and slope down to •a
wood on the fourth side. We hold the ridge
on the south and east, while the ret•els have
possession of that on the other side of the
tparn the two positions being about a mile
apart.An artillery fight can be carried on over the
town, so deprtssed is the ground on which it is
built. The pars of the-ridge held by the na
tional forces is a trills higher than that In rebel
possession, but not sufficiently so to, give our
artillery a decided advantage. The ridge de
scends at the Hagerstown and Emmettsburg
roads.- so that the force of eiti er side which
would attack the other must scale a considsrabe
declivity. The general character of the country
is rolling.
Operations on. the lett and Centre...Terri,
fic Artillery Firing--The Enemy Fall
Back—Death of Col.Oreis..Wiitindiag 01
- Gen. Stelae's—General Warren, &e.
• WlSillillinta, Friday July Et.
From the many reports brought here by par
ties from the-battlefield we make thefollow
lug narrative of the battle of Thursday from an
officer who. was engaged in the battle - of 'that
day' : • • ' •
The line of battle was'formed 'shortly after 8
o'clock, a, onr centre occupying thuheighte
on this side : _ of Gettysburg, at and near the
cemetery, the Second and Third Corps, General
Sickles, formed the left wing ; the First and
Eleimitlirsrere on the tight.
Skirmishers were iminediately thrown for.
ward along the whole line, in order to feel the
enemy's position: Oar batteries also shelled
the heights and woods, In order; if possible, to
develope thoplace where the enemy intended
to mats his forces.
We could elicit no reply from the rebel bat- -
Their'skirmisherawere active, and very,
often reinforced. The silence was' ominous.
Shortly after.three o'clock P. , a terrific can
nonade was opened upon , oar cootie and left
from thercbel batteries, which haFtwan qu ietly
placed 'in' "position, having 'teen ripisk-d •by
woods - and grain fields. Oar rifled garucreplieel
with awful power . and tellingjeffeo f•l4. 'tiro
home. •
_ L .
The al; seemed literally filled
THE FIGHT OF THURSDAY.
TU FIGHT 08 THURSDAY
PRICE ONE CENT.
not greater, than at any of thus — e engageMeots.
Suddenly a wild demonise yell from thou
sands of rebel throats, mar the extreme left of
bur line, told where the enemy were to make
their plat attack &ekes' corps sustained
the first terrific onset r f the rebel f, ree i, w itc h
had been ra,sed upon our left
The rattle of morkeiry now became Laces
Batt ; hundreds of wounded came, bleeding
and tottering, through the woods to the rear.
As soon as the design of the rebels became evi
dent, a large number of pieces of the reserve
artillery were massed in a splendid potation to
oppose the rebel infantry.
At this time the centre and left centre ad
vanced, pushing the rebels, with loud cheers,
from point to point through the valley end up
the heights beyond.
The enemy was secreted behind trees, rt rite
and lodges, and in many cases *era bay( fitted
by our truous or taken prisoners. A spice of
wveral hundred yards, ouly covered r y skir
mishers, existing between the I,ft of the. second
wipe (first division) and the right of the next
corps on the left, the rebels threw torwerd
heavy columns of infantry, overpuwering the
skirmishers and filling the gap, delivering. at
the same time, a deadly sank fire upon our
forces.
It was here that the gallant Cole/eel Edward
E. Cross, of the flth New Hampshire cAunteers,
commanding the first brigade, first incision,
second corps, (Hancock's,) fell mortally wound
ed ; also, General Zook, in New York, com
manding second brigade. Our forces at this
point were compelled to retire, but-only for a
short distance, as they were soon relieved by
fresh troupe.
kleanwhi.e the reb- Is were slowly gaining
ground on the left, advancing in line of battle
by brigades, delivering volley atter volley.
At that moment it seemed that our decimated
but not dispirited ranks eould be forced back,
when suddenly the fifth army corps came pour
ing forward on the Baltimore turnpike, and
threw themselves into the breach with a power
and energy that nothing could withstand.
The volleys of mneketry, which heretofore
had been distinct and detached, dew b: came
one continued and hacessant crash.
Our artillery, worked with an energy and
desperation almost superhuman, threw in
grape, canister and case shot. Pour several
times the rebels charged upon that park of
artillery acme. the open plain, and four times
were they repulsed with terrible slaughter.
Tho promptness with which this great flank
movement of Lee was met and checkafsted re
flects the highest credit upon the General com
mending. Indeed, the troops were handled
with consummate ability daring the entire day,
General Meade being in the field, often under a
heavy fire, holding everything under his own
eye and supervision, in which he was aided and
accompanied by his Chief of Staff,, the gallant
General Goveruefir K. Warren.
Night came at last, and - with her sable man
tle in mercy closed the scene.
The result of the day's work may be summed
up briefly thus: Lee had been attacked on his
chosen ground; our center had driven the rebel
lines more than one mile; the Arihy of the Po
tome, supposed by some to be demoralized, had
fought with a gallantry never before equalled
daring the war; our left was pushed back but
very slightly; the great strategicmovement had
been foiled. Not more than two-thirds of our
forces were engaged daring the day. Although
having suffered severely, especially in officers,
we may safely set doyen the enemy's has as
greater than ours. The army bad been fought
under a new commander, and with, necessarily,
but an imperfect knowledge of the army, with
all its appointments
At dark all the advantages of -the day_ were
in our favor, while our troops were Inspired
with success, and a heavy force, which had not
previously been engaged, stood ready to eatew
the attack on the morrow. The infantry
firing ceased at dark, but the cannonadipg did
not atop until near nine o'clock at-night,
having been kept up with great rigorur
batteries, and weakly rertilied to by thsitstmay.
NEWS FROM WASH .
[OPPICILL.]
WAR REPAST/INN;
ADJUTANL Gramsils OSIGON,
WASHINGTON, July 8, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS No. 209.
1. The attention of all persons in-the mili
tary service of the United States is called to
article 7 of the cartel agreed upon July 22,
1862, and published in General Orders No. 142,
S,opt. 25, 1862 According to the terms of this
cartel, all captures must ba reduced to a teal
possession, and all trimmers of war must'oe
delivered at the place.. d‘ signated, there to be
exchanged, or paroled until exchange can be
effected, The only exception showed is the
case of commanders of two opposing armies,
who were authorised to exchange prisoners, or
to release them on parole at other points mutu
ally agreed upon by nil commanders.
2. It is understood that eapured officers and
men have been paroled and relea-ed on the field
by others than commander- bf ..ppoioug armies,
and th.t the etch and wouud d in it. spuds
have been po paroled and rele.ued, in oret.:r to
avoid guarding and removing them, which in
many cases, won d have b-en impostlbla.
Such paroles are in violation ut General Ord re
and the stipulations of the cart , I, and are null
and void. They are not regarded bythe queasy,
and wall not be respected in the armies of the
United qates. Any officer or 'soldier whogives
such parole will be returned to duty , without
eschew, and moreover, will be punished for
disobedience of orders. It is the deti4ff the
captor to guard Ida prisoners, and If through
necesidiy.or choice, he fails to du this, it - II the
duty of the prhioner to return to.the Wivice of
his Government. He cannot avoid - 111 dis duty
by giving an authorised military parolia:
6. A military parole not Ittpseirvii. , :till ex
changed must not be otinforndeol ‘ arith a parole
of haler, to do or not to do a parficelar thing
not inconsistent with the duty of &soldier; thus
a prisoner of war actually held by the enemy
may in order to obtain exemption frediti close
guard or confinement, pledge hie parole of honor
that he wilt make no attempt to escape, Such
pledges are binding npon - theiodividuals giving
them, but they should seldom he given or re•
e43ve4, for it is the duty of &viewer to escape,
if able to do so. Any pledge or parole:of honor
extorted from a prisoner by ill usage Or cruelty
is not binding.
4 The obligations imposed by the g neral
law and usages of . law upon the combateo , t an
habitants of a teethe] of country. passed over by
an Invading army, loses when the" rialtos?
occupation'oetwea, and any pledee 0t,.. 3 par le
given by soon persons in regard to future ser
vice, is null and of no•effect-•'" ,
By order of thel3ecrehlryAkffer
E. H. TOWNSENP,, Andstant AdltecitM.
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