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A. 0 111
The Philadelphia Inguiri,' of the ith inst.,
:contains the only detailed - description-Of the .
' battle of Gettysburg on WediestluY that has•
it- •
come to hand. The'eorrespotident says: • '
To-day. and on Pennsylvania soil, - has
been fought one of the most desperate` dad
bloody battles of this accurseThiebellion. -
:- We have attacked a force itopcstly our su
. Peribr an - numbers--a force 'not Worn down
witli:Aimeteen'atits of rapid marching in-heat
and rain, 'dust: and mud—and one splendidly
licisitidned ...a entrenched. Against dlithese
pdxtintages -a portion of pmwar-worn . bat
tie-scarred' veterans struggled, ii,eyer flinch
ing or skulking from anydutyissigned them,
'hut iiialtini cle.SperatalavOnei-Ohn rges; - h
, rus -
ing;io the very jai of. death; atidialthofigh
i2OPI n g seYPTelYt`Yet• have thev.raulaged to
~ r l iciusly cripple the eneray, ana z at the same
inne.retaiii possessibirlif the Hitt of Gettys
lifirki which they:lc-Right to resioAess. • -
This - warning, :early, the" First - and Elev . -
entla- s corps, whichhad, been, during the night
ascardped near Emahettsburg, 'advanced,,the
1- Vint corps inarchino- in the following,order:
First - division iind'e?Gen. WadAatorth ; Mira
division, Gen. Doubleday , ; thesafoll6Wed by
five full :batteries under.-Col., Wainwright ;
bria3gbagno the rear Was the really splendid
diissionOften.RObinson ; this corps having
been in 'the advance during-the whole - time
ofithir-inarchfrora - Talniouth, were the Arit
lot* of, infantry to reach 'Gettysburg and
to,pome•hp.witliand , ,fight, the enemy,,- -
' I,lturing the day AlaiS r corp . s.had been under
iliiailirectioh of AfajOrden.'Donlaleday, Gen.
Heynalds"lieing„iril.ainnhand ef 'the lightwing, comprising:the First, Third,: Eleventh
an't TwOftheorps,.; • -•: ~ -, • • ~-•-•_. •'.
,When some. thremmiles from town; and
'While . iplietlYnittrehing - alone., the sound. of
li - eieVY and rapid: Cannon fiAg• was heard
&wing 'from . trid ardction beyond : Gettys
burg..•- Almait:at the seine instant Captain.
Mitchell, a gallant L aid,upon Gen. -Beynold's
staff, came clashinidown the road with or
ders to,the'va - ridus division commanders,- to
puSli" foriirard'llseir'-'-divisiohs as rapidly as
possible, -3.116' :order,: was given 'to _dottll/4-
ei4, whieirwaslinstantly,obeyed, and kept
up until 'the' intervening space,.-where our
batteries were ediaged; was passed over.
These batteries, twit in -number, were a part
- 45f , Ithe• aillerylelonOng to Gen: Buford's.
tli,vi'sion, ntl,avero !stationed some half a_mile'
to, the• south of .the Ge ttysburg, Theological
Setinitary; While the ' oPposing forces - ' were
stationed and snugly intrenched upon the
east side of , Marth; , Creek, and at about the
lOttle:tlistance:from:the Seminary as were bur
91,r, _*4;9 O P• „_,..-, .r., • , - : . - -...
• . The - latter was the' first
. .to open' fire, and
tiire-for a :timb'echnPelling our batteries' to
patina from •;their'Pasition. This' they were
• qsa,‘Otly.doing , and•..an: good -order, when - the
• . diAsion of-_Geia.,Wadswo c iith came to • their
‘upport, the t"ro - able regithents, the s Seeond
V . isconsit iina' 'Twenty-fourth Michigan
- kitting up arid'ilriiingafoin in front of them
the infantrY:foree ,whowere making desper
site'efrorts tficapture the pieces. When these
• eppports arrived: , the' batteries again took up
i a commanding' position, which ; they were
J enabled to hold•during the day. • ' -
In rear Of •theijiiition,:se takenup, and to
th'erigbt. the ,sliVision. of : Gen. - Wadsworth
weFe , ,drtawia„up,in-.line_pf Vattle, with the
• fhpsion, of, Gen;ltobisiSori,ltolding the se
- . clind line,' ' At . ,the 'liniment that these for?
• illations Were'ciiinialet6d, the -rebeli, embold
ened-by their partial sitecessin driving.from
Bastion : the - :batteriesV attempted another
aerie, ;with the object of seizing the pieces,
When the brigades of the Second divisiLvt,
:with fixed' , bayonet's, 'made a charge ujitin
th`ein,fandreuelr as killed were taken
prilionerv . - ....,Tria're‘titirm regiinaits—a Ten
' 43essee.dnd • Mississippi regiment—were then
,r, , ,
. Jfahnedintety, after 'the arrival and going
intti, position' Of the- 'itht Corps, the Eleventh;
"tinder tligliltle nod' b'rnve Gen: Howard, who
hactheext i ; in - 1
the-.,,,rear‘and -marching -on the
- ame, rciial,as the -- Ffrst, made .their appear
ance, xnarched,'..aireetlY throngh the
_Wain
iiiieat, Once - , foidialci•ii litie'Of battle - 'on the
*lt - of - the Cbaffiberibin z eroad,Yand some
thalf,a - mile-west :Rif • the_ Unllege, which is
logged
„al, the, extreme„ end of, the town.
? .4 . - tfr s'°lne. git'pehOuri Of 'artillery duelling
tliterebelg:edriartieneed 16 •i•C fire. There. were
inttsled! Vie liiiiifirantrY - 4orps, and tin this
ifarthathiti la parsnit of their. retreating ~col-414111
4 1 4111 was.; col.FLT9ric4r.„l.- • - ' , - ~,, , ,
L Afteii - driVing them back 'toward the ineun
liaii; soinething over 4 'mile," soon' after:four
ad'el'fick, - itj Wits'aibediered•that•with an 'exleti
aiiciforceiof irifrintrytuid•.castilry they Were
paeavoring.., to turn •ourrieft flars„avith a
Tw,,prplably, to set between us and our
annaily . triiins. : 'Upon this being noticed, and
it Kirifeildent that out. b reinforcements, the
- Third '.sect' TWelhh ! -Crerps; 'WhO 'lied been
anxiously inquired-''after-during the entire
day, were.tiOtlet up,'if alternative was of
fered us than. to retire - to the east of the town
liicrfarsjeviipa better - position uponthe top of
tehall, and,aloripthe liinrcif road leading. to
APPle...l , .tsbMg...--Tl* ryas done, but in 0/11'7
•,A.silflA 09,5der,,n0, inausnal haste beingapparent,
while, , aillie-saine time, all ammunition and
- sciOlyidigtinsls- Were hit to the - front' were
sent to the rear. '
' - -
;', ,A,,little after 4.O'clock,„ the I Third Corps,
liridei t aranand of''Gen: Sickles, came 'upon
=tie lelartiiiii',Vienf' int r o position *on' the
amiiii tiiiit:fiela earlylifthe"friorning by the
-
.Mist -iCcirps: the Mvelith;. under 'Gen, Sio
,Ousas, tit, well- ; arrived -abeut i the. same time,
- itna, were ;st,l,tioned; 40111 e -righ - of the
tietTenth 'orpe, -- , After' these = two' corps, as
. 4 . elLE,Vtif&e whci:sdquidliorne the Beat !and
' btu done: the 'dii:r," - wer_e_fornied . in+ LC battle
-tirra,l,"-,theyanade-sintiavante,:and lint, With
. c little d Fesistnee succeeded in , driving. the
iebels from the =town aka Beek into the po
jlitions iheY i first ti - ectipied'earli in the morn
ling,h,-J,h,this manlier-and in these locations
liotb Aries, ire resting - for Ihe.night. -
* -Aug-)34"rhtES,OO,4IIURDAI AND
frbra',..`44, -1 . - ist :. ,a•aid',,q 4:c., i,:iritW6leMidense
tre fOlio'Wing details of the: great - battles Of
r'43274(1.y, and Frlday at GettYsbaitt,
-,, -cto. Tinwils. , y - evening the enemy sought to gtifraposseSsicinof the hills south of Gettys
-hint; liblifbY the .ThYrd•Oeffin; tinder Sick
, fely; ;;Itte . 'ittaeking forteiva.s , compbsed of
I.l.lanketreet's-and'ilill!p Pprpd,uhited—sorne
3. 4cl4lt.lSlFien. ••• .Birney, conunanding,ihe first
Aivision of the Third Corps, Consisting of the
'lolgades of Graham, Ward' and DC' Trobri
-smdi-,PUe,- 'hands :Of 'Cbancellorsveille,„ with
4ta- r..k.a.;New-Jersey battery,:wece f tlist in nor
liOn,.e.nd were compelled
,to 'meet the in
Aissiallt, .aldne, 'and unsupported; - -eltliong'h
' leanNetelj , roverWliehaied, 'and iiihjected,to a
:Illtiotransketry and artillery-that:never. wqs
' mlntledin,this:qr any. other-war, This lat..
' ter,dialsiostb r eld,tbear ground bravely, and'
- foglit, as veterans only : can - filliti... - but•they•
iciuld -not he, eipected - to - stand 'lcing against .
helitidigif Vdds,":.and`leon were. forced to'
;fall liaik. - 1 -:They were : theft joined by, Sykes' ,
, Aix f ili'mn of the Fifth csirps, and Humphrey's
• - ,of the Third, Berry:s. old diViiion, formerly
Haiker'i; ,aiidbeingliethilyie-inforeetlivith:
; .sirtilleit; again. - advatide,d-and renewed the;
..tadast. ; ritnlimeany , deployed , regiment cfr ',
ter regfinent,- gradually extending hii,lines
along the base of the hills on our flanks.
ARRIVAL'OF'TRE OLD SIXTH CORPS.
junettirOitlie , -.UOble Silth,C,drrk
, just "arrived by forced Marelies froul West
minster, came nitoserviee.Thoy_Wereform
- -ad in - line at the eiisterri base cr .the
Ai the ; meshy Viiilikt; MS - Way asioSs.
theildge; : they were enabled to - open an enfi
lading fire upon, him that determined the
fate of the day. Not expecting this fire
when-they received it, they were thrown,
to the wildest disorder and fell back inn
fusion.
THE PEiTZTSYLTANI.A. - IIESEBTEF
then advanded , and OA; possession of the
mountain crests, which terminated the fight. 4
for,th4t 4.lny;,.,and left us mast+.3,rs of, the
situation; but in gaining ibis ailvantag,vWg
had Made grey saerifices. - bur 'rn:en bad
'been coinpelled 'literally to charg,itip to the
eannon's: mouth to -contend against- vastly
superior numbers. On all -sides ; our losses
were very, heavy, and the proportion. of.field
and general Officers that fell was beyond pre
cedent. It was in this cleadlY 'that
Gen; Sickles was-wounded, and•also' General
Grahanilof the same Corps,, and., here, too,
Generals Zook and , Weed both saerifteed
their lives; ,leading their respectiVe -Com
mands up to the fight. • '
PREPARATIONS FOR FRIDAY'S BATTLE.
• During Thursday night our army was all
brought up; and most desirably disposed by
Gen.:illeade for ;the' apprehended battle -of
Friday, At midnight a council of iniar wan
held, a which it was determined, thatthe en
emy would Proba'bly ,renew te' attack at
daylight, on the following morning; and that
for that day we had better act purely on:the
defensive,. ,Dispositions werelherefore made
with this for the Eleventh and Twelfth
Corps to'bold the right, with reinkireerrients
of freili troops 'expected durin g thelay to
ad as a reserve; the First,
and Second the
centre, and the Fifth and Sixth the left, with
the Third as'a reserve. , ' ,
FORMATION OF THE LINE
The line viss•foinied in this manner doi
iris 'the night; the left resting on the Moun
tains-between. the' TaneytoVin and. Emmitts-'
burg roadi, inid: the left at the base of the
mountain; opposite the -Cemetery ; the
line encircling the Cemetery and, embracing,
the upper., portion, of, the town. Ow artil- :
fiery on Cemetery 'Hill was largely‘reinforc
ed from the artillery reserve, and earthwerk4
thrown up in front of it. Butteries were al
so.planted
,on,all• the - commanding positions
within the lines, and such of the reserve as
Was not thuS disposed of was held for use in
the fielanwhere and as 'oceaSioti demanded it;
The diSpositions were most admirably inade,'
and reflected the - highest credit en.the coup ,
manding Odneral., -
,Dming the,night Ewell was removed froth
the rebel' riglit'to the left, against our light:
The action- commenced at daylight, and sobh:
grew, furinds., -The base of the range nf hills
held, by our troops is precipitous, and_. up the
steep slppes the rebel columns-were pushed
against a , fierce artillery fire.
ARTILLERY IN FULL FORCE
'We had .more' artillery at; Welk - than't
have knoti - ii at any time in the operations of
thiS • army. '• The. enemy, too, had . a large
number of batteries at work, in different lo
calities, throwing principally solid shot,with
which they endeavored most,faithfUlly to si
lence our batteries. Thus the roar of cannon
was unparalleled; drowning "completely - -the
lesS noisy though no less contintious rattle of
musketry that raged along_ thelipe. The de
pionstration-was grand and awful. Not less
tluM three i hundra.d ,"cannon Were belching
forth - their thimders,twhile nearly two Ittin
drdd thousand muskets were being dischary
ea as rapidly stamen hurried with excitement
- and passion could load and.discharge, them.
- altaxv - AT.,or REINPORCEM.ENTS.
At this-critical juncture, when our right
Was sorely pressed and the fate of the d.ai
seemed wavering,: a considerable portion of
fresh troops' arrived ,and were immediately
put into line - on the right: Where these re
mforcements came from, or what they were,
-I have been unable to learn.. They were raw
recruits, wearing untarnished unifornis, and
bearing arms that were ungullied: by use.-
13ffi'they wheeletfinto line like veterans. I
only. relate the general result,-we'drove the
enemy back with. terrible slaughter.,
' The
woods on the steep slope of that lofty'moilii-:
tarn are 'c roweled with mangled corpses to fell
eff the fierceness of the contest, and in their
piles of , fallen •men, alike national and-rebel
troops intermixed, fought like heroes., Their
coming was fortunate, and their aid dter
mined the event of the battle: No sooner
did: they coromence their work than the ene
my commenced to'fall. back, and from that
moment we steadily crowded them until•fall
ing back became retreat, and retreat a rout.
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ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
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A ,
OPERATION 4 OF Tur.. H. FIFTR*YCOEPS.
The 'Fifth Army Corps;; Oeicieral Sikes
coininariding, 'has' lidtlits share 'V.the - great
battles fought in front of Gettysburg and the
noble vicearies won( • When Wednesday's
.fight ,began we were at twentyl
tbree_miles from here. Wc marcliednil that
night, and at'daybreak on Thursday were On
the battle field. NotwithStanding this long
march and no sleep, 'and a. march - Of twenty
nine miles the day previous, and'onoof twen,
ty-five.milestthe day before, the men were
the "finest' - spirits and rear y'to ' The
Men 'Were'held in - reserve until three' P.
on Thursday, -When the rebels'endhavored. to
tuft( our left. • . • ••
Gen., Barnes'Zivi.sion`was sent to counter
:let' this movement, with Orders from Omierai
Sikes to take his , risition on the right 'of the
base• of ROA Uil, - ticia 'Miles 'to 'the'left of
Where - they had' been lylng. Whenfthe or,
der ,came the enemy. was- makinm ; this, point
the: centre of his attack. , embleillui4ii
the entire' column pressed ,forward: Battery
Ist New York, rCapt:',l3iirries, and Battefy
lb; U. '9. Artillery, Lt. - . -Watson, trere al.
roe y vosition, ,thidwing, shells into. the
woods at the base .of the hill.,..Ergra the en=
elny's 'batteries; chme.respensive:Shells,
of which fell among- ear 'men; 'killing 'and -in ,
juring'several.n:': - _; • -_•f" •
f•Thntebelchitrge.threntened :for a tinte, to
shake-tliebut trio personal-efforts-of
Col. Vinceiit held it. Arm, until. a minebroke his' - ' - • - •••
liiiriqi&TE l tOtili.igi OF CiII7F.OFFICEItti. :' •
Ell
'im, took Cornmand of the brigade;
trod "still the Work of attack, and resistance;
and. death WO- gedr g fed* minutes
lievelopedinglyhproes; . : How can. I name
all f °Mears seized the, guns . and cartridge
bosei3 of deadpri . 7iates` andhurled death and
defiance - into' the 'ranks of their-Assailants:
ColonelSfireizatlieir +regimental, .:eolors v . and
the,rnasie of- :; ;heir valor,'kept their, men
from All the brigades were
y,Worffing to held the' position. Colonel
Sweitzer showed the same cbolness , andbia;
very: hi handling- his brigade as'atrreder
ickibutg,andVhancellorsville• ,Colonel Tii~
onwas pre 7 ,erairiently heroic and self 7 possea: ,
sed; and ,Ce.leirei t itice inspirited his brigade
with 'like' enthismath as that' inspirited by
Col Oriel While' the' staff Offen did
their duty. with Soldierly. fearlessness. : ~qery.
Par451:4 41 A leg gi:ftzo by the , 44Bing
2 • • • - 44
• _ •
frattklin tleposi 414ambersburg, tja•
.. .
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fragment: of a shell; Dr. Shift ler, Division
Surgeon had his-face bladkened with the
powder of a,tirtrstint, , ,liomb, and Captain
Barnard, Inspactot ,G-o - nerat the rim of I:4
liiit'..torre.of. The ;rebels rushed right into
' , dip Midst of our inelni:n the Pourth'and Scx
tyrsecorid- ,Pernisyllvinia regiments. It Was
-for i-titn'ethroligh : :ohr counter-scarp of biz..,
onets. -It wii.va hand - to: hand conflict. -- '-•
f ' REAL FIGEITDiG WITH BAYONETS. 1 _
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It was fromn bayonet thrust that Colm_el
3We - I:Ts felt-
.. It was in the tliickOt offtie,
tight. 'A rebel; etriceOlia •eiied-Ah6 ill , „
thmital colors.Col.' Jefreids"
-shot the le et
'elle - ei aga - * ftliniiii:e,iolveictoOk the col:
ors, in his own hand"reared them aloft and
cried out., "lliilly round, the flag, boys." IA
rebel f beyono pierced . hie vitals find' he: fell
dead, - his hand still tirinlielutchiUg j the it -.
staff: The man at whiosoliandi he 16st is
life)a monientafterlargasping in death:.: ,-A
bullet from _Mak:lr.:gags revolver had enter-,
ed. ltis brain.- ' Conspicuous for gallantrlin
this'hand l'a harid - Conftiot.Vias'paptain:R li=
TI:tiMEDOITS 711311:
- The conilict'raged 'with fierce anduniidld;-•
ing fury: half, ,all n our,• , The 'brate,M.Ettor
Lowry,. of the Saty-,second ! Pennsylvania.,
hda lieen killed and many,CaPtains and Lieu tenaitslay dead and dYbig on thdfield:' The
bodies -, ivates• are strewn ,on the'greinci
and * r , the "revices of the rocks. • GI PFes
cott lad r ieved five wounds, ; mervelotply,
escaping, a eath.
Gen.' yk'.'es' old divisjoi4,_Brigier Gen.
AlVers' commanding, came, to the, rescue Of
the First -Division: , "AffeW moments - niore
and our,left muSt inevitably, have
qa., ,
Buttery D; Fifth U. $. artilierjr (Gen'etal',
Griffin's old Watery,' Idea: Itt:,zlett
manding,-and the Third%Alassachltsetta taat-;
terp,_Lieut. Walcott, cane to ouraid;, trim
troops of.. the First. and, Secoital,diviluons
fought side by side. , "They neier" fought
Nss , it'h greater or - nforcufiflinching courage.
•At six p. ni. while, the: battle- , - taw at' its
height the First and :Fifth , brigades : of the
Pennsylvania Reserve corps,,recently
deaf to 'the corps, -and unde conan of
'General Orawford,i'and respectiv4y
manded by.Golonels Mreaticlless and. Flick,.
were ordered to driv,e, the enemy from RocIC
Hill. IThis so4aled, hill r is in •mai-nittide a
steal Monntain, and' the base• - was Wanly - the ,
scene of battle - thus"deScribed:- 'lt bo/piea
with Woods laettpersed- " .hffNe rocks,.
which grew in size and: rigidne!,s,,asi one„
nears the crest: Its summit comnandk
eiteinldd view ,of the'batile` fieldand the
country •• fat= miles around.; •It wro a 'good
point -of 'observation and commending an
effective position for artillery.
T 11:p the hill, and, on. bp ofthe,
hill the colunin pressed its way.
post of itruggle,...Of peril, of death, - ti• many:-
Tlie Bucktails„<ofibravest meinot3r in4any
great battles, %%Tent ahead as ~stiiMisbers,
The enemy was to retreat Wore
our ad''),CanCe: - Our' gallant Pennirlvhivans
would not be drik-en - back. Genera graiv;'•
ford•took in his own hands thee*, or- the
First, Reserve- regiment,: whose , cobr-_l;barer.
• had been .hot down, and carried t 'the
crest WiiireaChed.' Thd men - follovedifear,
lesslY that flag, General Oraiffordvitt:
to them; Don't let; the Bucktilsi beat
_„ •
you. , . • -• ;
.ELSC.E.*DIZZG TILE SIMESIIT.i
As, the summit rims nearly rsaclpd, l, Col.
Tayfor of the 13ucktiliTs, was shot and fell at
the head of his' regiment. -13mlisilayed by
the death of their gallant„leilder, tie Buck=
tailmoyed forward , and re-formed; . On the ,
hill-top they ealitured three ,"ppson--
ers, II It
re-w---ntsrreeirt 'ilialtlttl•trifttery
'A oti the crest,' hurling grape tint 'canister
among the-kretreating, enemy who nod' fled
down, the hill in the wildest confuion.l
&ICICLES WO fl
When the gallant, gCneral fell hi staff ran
to his assistance and -bore him olftheifield.
lie waistruck just below the knee y
and his leg 'so • laidlyshattered the it hung
merely ,by
_a shied. .He - was caried to a
wheat field in the -rear, where avutation
was p.
erformed' under the influence fell.l.sro
form. • -
'The loss of blood,--combined •wl - the eV
fects of the chloroform and his preioui phy
sical prostration, caused him to renahlinson-
Sible for sonic , time, but on rallYig he dis
covered your`correspondent and acognized•
him with a ' , God bless you,' and r, , ain sank
away. Rallying , again, be lboked tub7.fice
and said feebly, :.“,Cook, in this wina
but, a cipher. - God rules and dircts 'tor
thbeit. ' - • 1 •
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-: -- ' Tni nna.vEr.v OF Otriltßool3. 1 ' 5
' We cannot -refrain from keeph steadily
in our,ruind, nor-can we-keep fron alluding
co the-splendid behavieir of our trope during
the font; days of incessant egagCment
With a desperate ' and determine elaemy
greatly outnumbering them.' - Wb dr ex-•
caption of.but one single corps i t-iii brigades
of which, ifowever,.. : are -entitledicredit,, a '
corps which for. he sake efite-excdentreom7
mender we do not care t9nientiOhoo hareli.
ly, ouriti.MY'haVe iv'ell - and noblyrftlrmed..
theit'partslz Thetbrilliant liayonl charges,
_iyierc•cold,steel- clashed with colciteei;-,the '
maq.,sallies from their elight, forfic4i9ll@,
Mid riOhing:against the 'enemy tiled' a lie-,,
feet torrent-id shot arid alien, -gr4and-cati
ister,-are tdo numerous-to be speclly . en.
tiOned„ but aretivexthy.to,be.classi wi ,the
n/eh-talked-9i and:, world-renid cbarge
of-the celebrated_ six hundred at, laklaya.
Nobly' have ' they: battled ; 'for - it cause of
froE l atiln, 'whlle . the blood whiclinte been
spilled vilirstilt strotiger , ceinendie, bonds
of rinioll; under Ivhieh: we have iown and
prospered„ for nearly a ,century,Vhile the
PJimes of 'the'..hernee of Gett'ysbufril ever
be Banded dawn to - posterity by-to side of
ttio - Se‘whol'o - nght; bletl . :and diedt Bililker
H.ill, Monmouth and- Lexington. i i. '
.tutifY.,n . lfy.vouv.,loATTl
.I. , , ..• :.- ,
.Hecrxiquarters Amy ) opthe Pot acyl June
80,
,1863,4-The :commanding 'Qe* ' re= 1
Auesteitiati-wei464 to iheleng'agieni soon
eirieefed,:'tvitifilte - etiettiy,•..eorps - al-all' at&
ee commanding officettraddrees,thrt i vooPsr '
e . xplaining, i tpithern , the: - inmeßfstie...inl •
-y,plved inthe struggle, There,nt - ig nosy
on 'Our i'oil. - The vshole - ecintry Oki 'aiii::
I.
ra
itaisly - iti. this ' armylto' , deliver i A -the
preiSence.of the -fee, • Oar-failure t AO. will
leikYoPe.nthg.uckweleoine,.as, the: Mug of
naillionhO hearts with pride and,. f lit -our_
success o Would', gii - e'iti every scildr in :the
ikiirly. - il'othes; - firdiides Mid' d'Ora4c i'aliais:
t a,
are' ,. . - inVolved - ,•7 The artily' ha& f ht :Well
heretofore.: . ..Itiits; believed that, i • 'fight
rg.:(stMidesperately.and bravely tha verY it,.
is ,a4dre:ved inf„fttting ,terms. Jrips and;
other" commanders are aiitheriletto, order
- t
the -- insient'd&th Otany -- ifOldier:ii tail-s."Ad
dOtiTs. dtitFtiVihis-hbur. - -• !... -....-- I • - •`'q
a - 13.y.ecriurdandlot 1--11.e.1.2 GENi- *DE. 7
i7i.'-ir:' -! •CCiIfkIIATULATOrtt .0/9)ta I ' l
i' ' ' • 1
Headquarters Anfy of the Po w; l '--..'
,- i IN,fir,(3lettyelirg, Julia; J
'l'lla gommanding.„(39nm4,: -. filititia y, of
the country, t'Ailks theAriny ofici.' Pottp !
izidn'ibi r thglorioug'resitlVoi the rent open=
atiiiiis: ". .
...-
-.: :r'..:- - ,-, ..,
~. ,„ 3 - ' - i - 1 ,,- ..
--iAlif.:effel;uy'.•superfor - in.tintribere,•id flush-,
edAvith,theilride,of ti,euccessful intelOn 0,-„
ioapla to overeoinebr - dCitioy th iliniY . ..
Utterlylatlled and defeated, he has now,
withdrawn from the Contest.
The prKatilti t y.and fl lifghes which the
army-=,has endue ildi anktlie, heroic court*:
ld -gine - dr:y-41 1 ns displayed,,' will ,he ihst
Of history to be ever. remembered: -
bi r *taskis• netyyit-ii6eomplislind,. and the
:( 16 PiniRdizigGenerithieeks•pa the„ artily, for: ;
greater eirorts Vlrive from our" soil/every
Vestige of the presence of the invader. •
It is right and proper, that we should, on
— suifable - occasion ; .i.tiirn our grateful
'thAnks to the Almightylnistoser . 4"- - 4vtl*V
drat - hhe goodness', afillais, - Pievi'daube ,
has-tlioughtfEt tv give victory- to ihevause-of
thp just : ,By - command of
nsoxia.2„rm?)aaj - 31 E4:Dz i
(Signet)
TifE 2,,TEW.COMMANDER. -,-.! '..:' ' ~
, .
, , ,
kajOr_benethl;Gacmge G. Meade,' the 110. r
commander ,of th e Army of the , Potomac,
wai'boVnin; Spain, about:the year '181k:of
Anieriean: Parents, His father"-wai.at the
timeeit his birth a•,, very wealthy man, aid
Was-reeidingiu BarWona,'Spitin, where Clap= ,
tainMeride, noW'eolitsnianding'theNbith.Ca
relitia;- iiid,lthe:subj cot. of One s.ketch - , - were
been. _ The •tWo hovs - were brought, tel ! tlila
country; one. 'whs. 'educated for'the navy„
which he enteredin 1826, and•the other-for'
fife army, - -- ~ ...t.: - _ ,
- Geerge',G: Ittende . entered West paintMili
tar 'Sr• Apaddirty 'as an appointee fram; th & State
of • - Perinsyllania during, Septenther; 'lB3l,
and ri:Oluated' op 'the '3oth of - June, , 1835,,
standing!'mitaber iiia:taeniii bis'elags;Whieh
has pi.oaneea , s .Ic.l men. vas Gcneralh • Morel,: '
-N'4lee,r• Rano, - ?Stria,' Martindale,'',; Rii
berts,' and Others,'s 4 well•as Postma's'ter&en- .
eral Montgomery ;Blair; Sze:: - • ' ,• ,'
` ''. He Was appointed- to: the 'array from the
. District of Columbh.„ and etite'red.the service
as bre i vet,secorid liaateiiiiiat'of the 3d'Artille-
Ty On:the: firgt Of. jiqy",:(lB3s. '' On . the 26th
:of Ootobee, 1835, ha resigned - hii. connection
with'thejinitecl States arinY; and *as eng'a,s
- inPrivatepiireinfa until:lB42. -
_- • ~
'-'•' On thelfith day &Nay, 1842., he Was {rd7... :
appointed 'to - the Illifed 'States _serviea as a
.sceorid , lieutenant • 4 1 •TOtiegraphical
,Engi-,
I nears. intbis-eapkityhe joined• - the troops
engaged in the ;Mexican war. At, this' time
we find the nariiever-his companions in 'the
Topographical ,Engheer eorpii wire 'Major
,Ttirnmill, Captains Arm.,- G. Williams; killed
; at liiikiterey; Geo, R.' HUghes; ,Tollii'McClel
lan;• 'Nos; •11, Luinai,d, 'and JosephiEilohn..._
;sten " . (tioiv; it.' rebel ten - crai)- ' 'First Liauten
' ants Wtii.','H. Finery (noWitCletierlil), saite'Oh
, E.; Blake . (killed in Ilexico), L. Sitg,reaves; -
W. H. - Warner (killed by Inalani). 8.. P.'
.Scemmon',(tio* General), and C, N. ',ll - agiti7,,
Second Lieutenants tilin'O: Fremorit,'J: D.
Webster, George Thorn, Martin. 14. Smith,
, joh'a •Po'pe, (May,' Geiieral), ' Wm. B. Franic-'
lin (now General); mid lirni. , l3: 'peck.' '' ' •
Hi ) ! 'ciindtzetin .31exico• Was marked by ! ie..'
• teirrinutti 6ll , ol "l'braerY,
.tad, at the battlj
!of Palo Alto he vial
• particulailY distinguish- 1 '
; ed,' and. so 'inentitthed lit the' candid reports.'
I
During the, several .eonfliets-ef -Monterey,
!:11st : , 2:4 l aiid•23a a4's of Septeinlier','lB46,,
;he again became 'distinguished; and' for his
'bribery was breretcd a 'firSt • lieutehant, to,
datelrorri Sopfeinber . 23, - 1846'..- -, Daring the
:month eif 'August 1851; he- was: proimited• te - ,
a first lieutenancy of his' 'corps, and' on' tho'
19th of 341ay;1866-,•was further proMoted to
a - ,caPtaincy, whichrinkne hetd at the,break-'
ing out of the rebelliere . '<; ' "" "e i
When the rebellion broke out,.. and'l Piiesi
dent EindielncAed for three I:Mildred thou-i_
sand volunteers, - the'Penn:Sylvania Reserve
Corps - *il9 raised and placeclunder the climge
of Gen. McCall, as division commander, and
- General's ' Reyndds, 'Meade, 'and Ord as bri:
...to--.oororaaiidas.-- Each of these brigade
commanders has nobly distinguished 'himself
dUring the - Presenty.llr,, having all' risen; to a
rank equal with a ilarshal of France- ;Gen.
_Meade wa:seippoinied a , brigadier general of
volunteers, , with m
'a Commission to date fro
August '3l, 18e1. He 'was then - placed' in
charge oll.the Second' brigade of that divis
ion, and •;prOccedd to organize -it at:Tennai,
lytown,,J?ear the Ntaten of the - Potomac, and
in this vicinity_ wiMeral during 1861-62: '
- June 18,-1862, hi was prothoted to a Major
ity in• - the Engineer corps,' which rank he:
still holds iii the - (iewly organized Engineer,
corps, of the regular army.. ' , -
00:the'26th of June, 1862; le-tOok , part iii
the -tamone 'battle Of• Meciiianiesville,, where
Gen. Stonewall 'Jacks - oh made such 'a terrible
dash,upon'G-en. McClellan's right_wihg, and-
Gens.,2eoall,,,Reymilds, and-others were,ta
ken prisoners. Ilis.noble conduct and brave
ry On thia occa'sionvere particularly noti.i.,a...
- The nest daY he was engaged under' Gen.
Fitz Jelin Porter in the battle Of Gaines'
Mill, and wns so distinguished that :he was
nominated for a brevet of lieutenant colonel
for distinguished services during that battle.
He also took part in' sonie'of the subgequetif
engagements of Mil seven• days' fight,' .1 . •
At.the ibrtttletof New Mark6t - Cruss Roads
he was severely. wounded, .but, under.skillfui
treatment,
,he recovered,•andalmeSt inunecii,
ately returned hi:the army, where lie, took
coininand; of the division' Lint:tithe -return of
Generals McCall and Reynolds from liarptiv=
ity in •Riehmond.• • ~, . I . _
`,henthe& ; r:4beits invaded Maryland - and'
PenfisylVania,- > litter the defeats of General
Pope's army, - Getieral Reynolds, who had
cimunanded - the division; - was•then detached'
to organize' the,-,Pennsylvania militia; and
General Meade Was placed. in command of
the diviiion of, Pennsylvania R`Liserves. - ite
led these troops' ditringFthe eirehtfullattlea
of SauthiMountainand Antietam; ata When,:
at. 'the ;latter battle, Gen.: Hooker waslwound
ed and had to
_leaver, the, ileld,„ Gen.? Meade
for a short time hadcharge Of the Ninth lir-
My corps, formerlyiler ;Gen. Reno.
I - After-Gen: Burnside had' been placed 'in
charge:of the Army of. the ~ Potomac,- Gen.:
Reynolds,; who ~foraierly ~commanded; the,
P,erinSY,Wania Reserves; afte the- retirement
;of, Gen M
. cCall, ' was 'ordered to
_command
the Whole of the e pt Army Cerps, -mid Gen:
Meade was 'formally - placed-in 'command elf,
;the division-of ..I',emisylvanie. -.Reserves,, -At
the ,hattle -of ; Fredericksburg, ,
himself; and
Itesember.,l3,;
1862; h,e greatly,distitignitheci''
his division'lost VerY lisivilyi - tha'brio•acia,!
Commanders ands several field oilleera being:
placed,hors ; de.cembateltirirtg :the attacl -on.
the rebel:riglit...,;T*l44? ,toss of the diviar
ion Was I,62l,l:leingfia)kreathst diiisiOnloss
dining the`wlible of That dististrcalffigl4. '
-. On tlite 15th of De0126608 62 i' t*o; days
after'. this ieventffil 1)101%. he was-firdered: to'
command ,the Bth. Art': OarIos , `,PtITIOTITIM
der Gen. F J
itz Ohn..brter, and moTefrecetit-:
ly .nn.der`Gen. Buttatipld. TO enable hini'
pr;lperlY, to' hoia-thi 'position 116-*as'elfli.",
pointed; by the Prsiditt. and:Tai. regals.rly,
nominated to!; the Sate during Ja*lanr.sr.
i 863. r The, Senate rrip,ng.eet:lo4,ohjeetica?s,
-to the - Bit CIT' dpp,ointo,. it.._wevi revised, and
Gen. "Meafie's name' ;;Oin serit in b.=.tliti;P:r4i
eiderit. ‘, •Durirag 1aa14 2 1863; this Senate;. in.
eiecutlic - iession - r eonfined theaf)polntpent; •
and El-O.:Meade teektis - rank a 4 d.eorrtrals,..
sion as. zniifor genar '1 Irriiied, Statea,Voli.,
driteers;:tlfira'Nove _ 2%'1862,'
.itla iimv,
liced th e it ecn i m i l i ti d 0 - i . e'fitli Armytorpi.
WhenGOn.-Hooketattined Command 'd
ile Army ef•the.Potkae, -and reorganized
the sarne,,,hri still e9nWed to reAin,G;etteral,.
Meide as , the.: centinitei of tin?' sth' Army,.
Coro, Gen.' Butfirileliaving elital4ed - a',
, - -,.)„P ."',„:l;; , '' , i ' .;:i '',.-• .:'11:1, - ; , ?,r;.• -. .. ft
,
ipoitictri on the staff of the commandin g nit.
-cer. In general ' orders, dated February 5,
Iturt
1863, Glen. ,31,eride's name , and command. is
ipeciffed accorda ly'. ,
- qayua.hpiithe, acv .ce upon Chatteellorville;,
_Oen. Aleade'S'46 , 'lbrmed_part of the right.
vihEig Oillooker- 4 .4 army. The corps started
on itS inairh on t `p,:p6tl day of April,- 1863;
'and arrived at kellfs ; Ford'on the 28th. The
next day it croftt, the Rappahannock by
that ford, and the Rapidan by Ely's Ford. It
- thetipliahed .en to Chancellorvilie;rivhere' it
arrived on the 30th, and;, engaged the skir
irilshers of the rebels, taking their rifle pits
And temporary workm-.,..7 - ! -, -: • -
_ „ J9E , EN, FFyXONII . f...,ETIC'9I,I7B. r
The. ilrst )greatrsaCrifice- in • the defense of
rerisyluania, is one of her.ownAstinguisit
elancl gallant. afitillersr+:3lWer,-iGen.''lJalin
Fulton Atynolds.-. Ablt,en,Nedegs. ( j a y,
morninglast, near - Qettssbar,g, •in
the .op,ening,of the eam,Mgn against_ ties :in,
vaders..o_f his nativdState;• and
,so near to his -
immediate home. that
„the: reperts. of -
rd„,
mini':
might . have been heard„, „his sorrowing:
neighbors. ;
Gener,al Reynoldp, was .korn,
—Larwaster i
atll4 Pof, . a af i the'age ieventeen,entered,t4 e4 t.
e . w
Military Academy -as a ,cMet„
graduated in 1841, when ,just, .tWenty T one
F, 0014, receiving, a, corninission.as bxeyet
Secand,' , Z e icutenant, in, th .
e tArtiller,y.:
When the , : ',:gexis,,War. broke,out. he was a
First Lieutenant in the same regiment, *nd,
while,serving\in that rtu*; won the brevets
of Captain apt : Afajor,•for „gallant and ,meri
,toriousi!conduct ,in the battles -of Atontbrey,
and Buena Vista. Subsequently lie was,aid-.
die-camp to ffivueral.Wnol,,..4 1855 he was
promote4,to dfullnaptaincy iri hia.regiment,.
and served with ~great distinction in theie-
Vere 'battles . with the' "Oregini" Tndiiuis,. in
Qn the - 20th:: of--Au g ust, ":1861;:• CaPtain ,
Reynolds was promoted to the rank of„Brig 7 ,
eget General of Volunteers,. and took ,com
wand Of 'one - of the 'three - brigades of OW
Tentsylvania Reserves,,UnderGen.•
the other two being underlhe eorninand of
General Meade, whci now heads theArmyof.
the Potomac, and:General Ord; who has-just
relieved General:McClean:lnd at Vieksliti3g.
With that tale 4;livisiOn General Reinolds
took part in' neatly all the great 4 battles in
Virginia,: except,the' disaster , at Bull .Rim.n
'saving •gone down to the Peninsula,: and,
znarehed-to the front at -Richmond,; he was
posted with his .brigade oh the 6. - treme right,-
and with McCall and 'Meade, bore the brunt
, of the •fk n'e
at at :orislatight •on Meelelhib's
army, , on -the 26th -of June, 1862, -at Mechan
icsville. -He took -part:in all of 'the seven.
days' kettles except Malvern,- audwith Geh
eral ALCCaII -.he•was - taken -prisoner, and. re,:;
moved, to:the city of ; Riehmond. Daring all •
thoSe terrible conflicts General ReynoldaAvas,
distinguished for his• courage; skilldnd bril- -
Rant tightin,g, ,,, After his return froth
mond he took 'etcnuramd - of thewhole;
ion roe Pennsylvanin•Reserves; arid led • them
thrOugh their terrible: fighting.-in-;the. disasi
Irons campaign... of• General Pope : - The •Oas,-
ualties in "Reynolds' Division•• -in those belt ,
tles , show how bravely. they Sought, and how
resolutely their gallant commander resisted;
the fiery- assaults of Jackson,. Ewell; and-
Ding - street. •Immediately after the . - elosen of ;
;that campaign General Reynolds was called
to thb coniinand•of the fifty thousand militia
,sumnroned by•Governor'Curtin for the de
fense of Pennsylvania,- in September, , -.1862 ;
in, which service he•earned-arl received the
thanks of this Coinmonwealth. • -
Whezi Lee retreated across the Poteraaa,
Gendral Reynolds being. Ito' longer required
for the defense of Penndylvaaia,he. rejoined
hia•conimand-- and marched with it - through
Virg - Inia - to .`Fredlari&slitrV_Here he was
advanced to the-command:of the First Army.
Corps, havingin their/Cantle:le been promo-;
ted to the ranks of'Major-Genetal.• lie 'led!
that corps in the bloody and terrific arsaults.
made on the 'Rebel fortifications at Freder,
ieltsbdrg, on-.the:l3tk of December,' 1862,:"
and also in General Hooker's Chancellorville
campaign. ' "--- ", ' ' ' '
--hi alt.these various grades of , service, from
fighting his battery off artillery, •as;a' -Lieu
tenant, at Monterey and Buena, Vista, , to.
lcradinge: brigade, and then: a••ditision, and
finally. /marshaling An army-• corps on the
field of battle,G-eneral Reynolds aiways won
distinction; and prov - dirimself to be a brave,
thorough, accomplisjied and intrepid Aol4ipr.
Me was just us, thorough a gentleman.
•W
o have'yet 'but feat particulars a_
the
fight' in - which he fell, brit when :they -shall
Come to b6d - we feel assured that• they will
prove . that General ,Reynolds, met his death
from chivalr,ons exposure of his person, while
tiou'eagerly Seeking the invaders' of has na
tive State. His death comes at' a critical
Iniu•• for his country.'' 3fay she-find as true,
as brave,i and.'skiliful a soldier to take his
vacant place.. ,•-. • --• ' ' •..- .1
. ‘ V G1;•': ..T.F.M',S ,PLANS. ' '- -
Eiroin the Ric"llin, 9 n,l, i:iiipiirer,;,lply2.l. '' '' "
~. c i -,,., Lee's;arniy has ,oecupled ;without re
sistlncethe 'flputishing town of York, ; the
centre and capitalpf a great county whelk is
the garden of Tennsylyarda, situated on .the
railroad on ,Wliiehlitiltunore depends for, its
sUpplies,, and *hill ;fifty aides of,, that city,
almost,. due • t!#tli.. The intelligence of; the
capture of- lia, - rrishlugis 119,ffeulinn'ed.; W { ( l.
ryas id least 'pre/nature. ' • ' '
: = •,1 • ~ ,-•:
''The ; Plii% of,L,ee are ,still Al secret to. our
gnethfe: As well uS'tii,oilitOveS• ;whether-he
meand.,te.,strike for' Fliiladelphia Or . for . Balr
tiinore, nhq
1 4,eitber - OaSe - to cut tat the rail
road eoP:LtMmieiltion of Washington with the
„North,, t r -a4,the'-hai already witn `the, WeSt',,
whether" hi iritentieh be to, establish, himself
quietly : in tile richest -part ,ef the y s tone
State, and inake its fertile.valleys support his
army SlTltil i lie • can •forek Mooker to a battle,
perhaps in front qt"the fortifications of Nash
I ,rKtf)P.,
„41:this remillis a:I/latter of conjec
ture tor; the .Tiresent. - One thing; 'however,. is
'Plam: ' Gen' " 1;66'4" trioVeinent4 are direttdd
not to; indieriminate- plunder and devasta;
V tion,:blAt tel thewitting,of vietory; and vie
, Ory will -leave all ,Maryland -artd, the best_
pert of Penn - s . y.tx'arildiibsoitiely iu,his poWer;
to levy reghlar ebritriblitionitiPett:the•eintriL T
try,io burr/ ‘or to lib/sold thh toWndand hitie&
at his\pleasßre,AoyfreelfarYland,,,and-Altati-z
taoref.and , t..rkess, taw 14 pi
rig4.e enemre l
geed in W hitriton: -
i s
It is tru' the-eneitiy's countryeserveitio'
coniide:rati la at: our bandsv fo leaie it all vile -
Waete like, the, Stop ~Arabia would ibe only
: fitting retribution, hut, he natural , desire to
laring,,hoine 16 the fed dome , Portion. of' that'
, disolatien*ifelilie, had:visited illkili us * l724t. ' '
for ; the•preient;'-gbiii4aytolhe'neeeSsities of•
strittegy. --, In thegnelintiine:our good Confe- •
cier *- 14 1Vtra.iiving like:the sons 9f kirtiP? •
i Vire wish them axery,good appetite, aad on-.lly apprehetillibbi:thersiill notivish, to come'
ibick Villa iit'ilt."- --- The.yrrwilhiiant to settle
jik that. land :fli4itiglivitli' milk and. litiney,i
!whew our]..tostiebliOt notes'•Will , bay _six
time? as much .a they Oat. hoino XIII. Yl.k. r er,9 •
`then use sugar'' with their caree;`,Bild r Por!e f e.'
with theirlugar, •; . • ' "
'li i •,', ,
~, :-
' - ',.4ll:ter*oi,ot_ille'eneMy.attlie appTO.EO
:of,our,fro9ps,',is pit anc,ll ,as, guilt ami,tio\y r .
'.ardice 'abtauld haye been emieeteo. , to !at, irgest
Ist-ttielp' Fo,sfie - c:,tpf 24411 1 44 a; 'iTle-Yt 1 9 1 -RW
that *Eur Anvasion4 aril's bo,q ll .vi- 11414441
by the most shocking barbarities and outra
ges, and they naturally cx.pCet retaliation
PrP l Pc'rti l W4o - Ffg s : We -sincerely
trust,T:that4they4±lV not Le disappointed.
They -Staff yclnosen s alsregard all the hu'
:intudties 6f;war,. tOulktitute the torch for -
the `.kciordi: to ins` car own slave'sthq
iii-`massOrif to =lto *ay tipoll
iicii4chniliatntuprdirivoinen and - children
old and the infirm; to.openly
the purpose of destroying the means of sal>-
, sistenee, and creating_farnine anditatiiitien;
and though We Cannot retaliate:lt:4%ly in
all respectso'ct we can tegeli there the- Auk
'anal intteniess - ;o£ix , war, waged-inc this
spirit, ana make them repent,ta the agiAllY
othor :stiffetitio n the- enoonene:wickednps, ,
b !which theY - halie been guilty.'. Oeinfoll
Lee gets Yankiedoin fairly on the-rack, lie
§l4#ktiptata L t luimi - ,..ta1l
I - bizifilootitrintf:ca.rtaskis ..;slapped :aild,i;dr*
bone broken. Nen to sometimes naade'the
instruments of "Hcav - en"s yengeance,;,,And in
marked this war, -in the only way in which
tiko, P l-141 401 Oa-00k
roPetatlattirktentbd,lt'coulii.ul6,tybo ba
that he was doing . thp,,workof Him who has
said, Tenfmance is minc,"'
'Ma 'BONO
For What purpose, tigks - tlib Savannah- Re
publicay,Jp-our atipymar4Vigiiploge
my's countiyf Ts it togive the Yankees a„
taste of war ;__to - lnfliet ---- upon them: , irvsoine
'lleusllZlP•lo-lati the tditibie:paratilitiel;w*cy,'
they - libve icatter&tbroi‘deast thitaidll'every
portion of our country - where they have beeii
tibißl- 0 0411`Xfootibild, ekrl3 , it thArtviktftst
feectour s army, forage our hlrses, keep guard
for a - "time around - the Yankee cities. skid: -
, towns, rind then retiretosali sidebtthelii/el
is,it child's play that°tvts are itt;•or-i~it r;
war, rcitl, , earnest, .terrible ~: s ych •as .shall
hunible our
,yaingloilems foe, destroy` his
pOw - er harm, and 'bring' him to out feat
for peace ''• • ;• ' • '
' There is oc - thing-too evident• to be ques
tioned.. ;;We•• have, from - Ithe beginning• of
this revi:?lutiOn;looked. Mere to the opinig*
of ' the world, and noted, with reference IV
'MA: GiundY )- would say," than 'for'
the• success of our -armil tine'''the Safety and
welfare of our-people. Fray what_has pub
' benclitted i us in f thia war? it
raised an arm in our defence or extorted 'a
word of . sympathy from any Government
abroad-? • Has it, in- -any way helped' lis` r to
tight our-battles and secure our independence -
On the contrary, his it =not positively= anti
toted -against- us,, and the" neutrality of th6'
world pro . Ved:under the eircutastatees allow=,
erful obstacle in our path. and it direct- aid .
't6 the enbiny? Nothing is More-. Cridetit;
and_yet, - ,we are alloWing ourselVeS: to-he de
terred frtimdutyto ourselfes by such
considerations'as Vid - ever-cliatigni t ,o opinions
of nations alai men. a great mistake;
and has proved, a; fatal , one to `thuS''fait 'in
.our.sttuggle - ' •
o -116pst; then, that the leadiTs•-of-' Our'
armies :will` d6away with' all this sieklyserko
timentality, - -and go int 6 the War in
dreadful' earnest' ''Let -Yankee citieV burn'
and their -fields be laid - waste; The teal
tiro popuratiOih.of the North-hill never feel•
:its ItirdshipSuritit Wii" carry tire a cl= sWbrd to:
their "own hearthemies. In this *tiy alone
can we counterbalance the prfifits: of the War
and -bring them to their sens e: --;(7-liarl:cSteli
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,'
FA REIVELIkSPEECH. i r p* ; Q ENAC 'ME a
. .
:We - have-been 6.rnished'. the follask - - -
cxcellent, r ; : bf
near;
ipFa ,
Gen . „:,..33.- l ilyttr;',in :* .iiian.f-.
,
Ina his troops Ate,pven 7 :
deic tare • th .
Ing,o • domes:'
- .ln-4LtiguSt last; • -you- took upon yourstelves: •
anobligation to serve -Y-ciuf countryi"agelingt -
the 'most extensive and unholy- Rebellion. the
world over knew.; ;Tel:nuke-the :Obligation.
the iitiore binding,- you e.alled • upoiligh - liet
• yen to witness the saerednesi-of - the ow•
• As•yott tire about to return to yourrhotnes', 4
it; may notbe- inapprtipriate fer-me tit allude
to the manner tn= which you -bavel - •
that obligation; and I: have•only to•eitil atfen
den to -your: march: •to ' An,tietturt;' :to syQur
eondubt there; to :your deportment while - -ill
eanip at Sliarpsbtrrg o,to .•-your soldierly tow ,
daet. on :the , Reconnoisanee ;into. Virginal
to year mareh.to and- exposure atoSnitket'et
Gap; yerargedfant conduct fft:Fretierieks"
_burg ; , to thetruils. forced - uponryoti aftertliat
engagement to your-noble betiring4On our
regent movement in the -face of % - t'hcfettenty,
and •on • the. march'; and to-4our- itrit.ttly
temperate, - moral and • igeiftlemattly deport,- •
ment,•. to -satisfy:the mind' of any one,-•thit
yoth-prontisa - hayo been - fully :-retleentied. •
While you 'haVelitd-xnuch -- to ticouritge
you, rentembeithat there were - traitors and
tyrants in :the days of the lleyolutiom That
there was an 1411 a _Buret in those
days,- and Although their- d ego erafe.'"o&pri ng
now 7 disgrace 'our "land,-the :•eausii , 'of. Our -
beloved -country should:bi dear-to its as
though the - atmosphere NvAs-apt-pollu.thdlty
their pestilential breath.
Your good'eonduethas' woven a - wreatii - of
honour around the naTes of offieers in %Vitae
hands:__yettlitiVe bOen - --intruitod,:, and tikir
hearts -should' throb- With pride for the fain 6
and standing your gallantry-has giveh thetitt; '
while
. youhave won - for-yourselves and y• A ;ur
Statelniperishable.renown. -' -
I _ritrir, et porting with , your_ but you ; have
,
served' your.fall.terin and we have
no further claim upon year terviee - here;
bidding you tidien;• may I • not :add one. word
of "cantionj Allay 4 not ask that,youiver
rerneraber the 'proud name youo-ho'earned
for- yourselves, and:that :you guard -against
committing a sipgleset that Will tarnish your
fair film., Shun i -I beg of'you,-;theteinidttig
bowl:1---.1teet thane greetyort as you
pass - lunnewax&lMAtecOmes-Seber • k'ci rf eta,--. -
Let not-the-sting of iiiteMperanee -mar .the
plea4ure;your practice mustgive those -who
0 dearly love you, and zest assuredlWherever
yon,roar go; my -best heartfelt wisha
fiDll6OTt - yOu,•-luttliFshallever , regord - the time •
Weithave.spent together- aa ‘ ,4lnorig.the;
pleasant days of. Jay _life. Andarkw
may the 'getod:Father shield:and
proteetevery one ofloni . and permit us, te•'
meet: soots again': With 'our; now :,.'di s t r m te d -
Country:at itetade,
Ole' War pe l gap9'ati o ga;y6tti) coOty,or,
; gitnizoil 4 rirotiag-o.the,troloytanen.or;thiat
regiop,.. 01- TUCkSti4y; J 1,1110..
1411 ; The • 'iatla •
,al' ; ',liariic;l; slti*id
islys that it s: Was
amt of courtesy-to ihwlirar
'co*tluaeil the speakiii Arid reOrtOirtheioiA7
folittidas. ' Both Vi e.ae „T. 4 ,
al aR I -IPat!riati9i:: -
ho Hoer. envy B. Ysyiie, wlia viessjthe
; DOnojson, a,delegato
tO4he ; x : eeent.,. coppo*iead CenventiO ,
itc;mina' ted "igalhoidighapai - lio ?r4ecll . 4t43dtb§
4etion of the Convietion, and . dill io,t,
=um
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