The New York Herald Newspaper, September 21, 1862, Page 1

The Very Latest from the Field of Battle. The Retreat of the Rebels Across tiie Potomac. MOVEMENTS OF HW{CLELLAN'S ARMY. Bome of the Rebel Trains and Artillery Destroyed. Fwenly-five Hundred Dead Rebels Found on the, Field. Passage of the Potomac by Our Pursuing Troeps. Ghirmishing Along the Bank & Batiery Captured and Turned Against the Enemy. THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM. another Graphic Descript‘on of This Great Fight. THE SURRENDER OF HARPER'S FERRY. TRUTH OF HISTORY, TEBE CASUALTIBS. Add@itional Lists of the Killed and Wounded. SORNES AND INCIDEN'IS, ae, ae., ae. THR REPORTS FROM HE PRON. Beanqusnvans, ARMY OF THR Potomac, Sept. 20—A. M. ‘Phe vebe! army bas eveceeded im maxing its czeape (rom Maryland. They commenced to leave about dusk on MBoreday evening, aud vy daylight yesterday morning ‘Were all over, except a small rear guard. They saved @& their transportation, aud carriew off all their weunded Detadont three bundrod, Between three hundred and See hundred revel stragglers were taken during the day Ray General Pleasanton’s cavalry, who took the advance. After our forces occupied the whole fleld the revel loss wee found to be far greater, particularly im killed, than ‘was at Gretsuppeset. Fully 2,600 were found lying on fe Held, while a larger pumber had been buried the day Before by their frieuds. ‘Their Joes in kitled and wonnded wiib not come far from 38,000 to 20,000. Large details of men were made this merning (0 bury the remaining dead, which Lave become offensive. @eneral Stark, of the rebel army, war killed, ant Geno- wala Ripley, Walker and Hayes were wounded. ‘Phe revels on Thursday night burned the railroad bridge and several houses at Harper's Ferry. ‘The troops are all iu excellent spirits over {be recutt. ‘The rebels are still visible om the opposite shore in force, They have posted & large amount of artillery to prevent ovr troops from crossing the river, ‘The officers of thin army are unanimously of the epin- fea that Genoral Hooker, for his gallantry and bravery, hould be made brigadier general in the rogular army ‘® vacancy being made by the death of General Mansfeld. Searly every house in Sharpsbarg was struck by ow @heils, Two were burned, and also a large barn tocated iv Me eenire of the town, @ecapod injury by etaying in tholr cellars, One child was Billed, Two rebels, while cooking their supper on Thos. day, Wore killed by one of Our shots passing through ihe Rieder ‘The citizens of Seady Hook were fleeing into the coun- Wy on Thureday night to excape belug Impreased inte the Webel serviee and carrind into Viryinia. THE REPORTS FROM PABDERICK. ranean, Sept. 20, 1862, @e Thursday the rebels seut in & Mag of truce, and geked for a suxpension of hostilities to enable them to Dury their dead. This was granted by General MoClollan; Dus, in contravention of the customs of war, they morely made a show of burying the killed, aud waed the time thos edtained to cross their wagons and artillery and the ‘main body of their army, leaving a strong roar gnard and Pieket force to cover the movement. Qu Friday morning !t was found that they wore nearly ail across tho river om the Virginia wide, with their ertWiery planted so as to command the ford, ‘The rear guard of their army @vacuated Sharpsburg at wakdnight on Thureday night. Our advance entered the town at five o'clock the next moruing, GriMn’s pri. @ado, of General Moreil’s divielon, was the frat to ator, They were raptureusly received by the in- habitants ae they passed through. The place was @omplotely festooned with she Stars and @tripes, which tho citixoue had preserved from the Aeveorating hands of rebels by burying them ‘n the cet. lara durieg their pcoupation of the place. The ladies and @hildren sitting at the doors of the houses wore almost govered in the folds of the national banner, As tho rebels ‘ad almost completely devoured everything in the place im the shape of provisions, our seldiers aid not fare as well aa they otherwise would, Some of the people, however, ‘bed succended tm hiding « portion of their provisions, and there wore brought forth and generousiy distribute ‘among their doliverers. ‘Tee town of Sharpabarg suffered sousideradle damage from our shelling in the battio of Wednesday, Two @burches were mugh Injured, and several barns set on re and consumed, The only loon of life among the in- Reditante was that of # Tittle gir), WRo waa biiled by a Pera of shell, The orgs stone bese Mr Rietmie woe The citizens who. remained tho refuge of fifty-seven women and children, who lived principally im the cellar during the stay of the redele. Genera) Pleasanion, with hie division of cavalry and four Datteries of fying artiliery, had meantime overtaken the rear guard of the cuemy in their retreat across the river, and captured three hundred prisoners. They cen- tinced the pureujt still further towards the river, where they were opened upon by the rebel batteries from the ether side, forcing them to withdraw fer shelter, Gen. Sykes’ division of yeguiare came to the support of the cavalry, throwing out skirmishers towarde the river, when the heavy guns of Hazard and Donjamin, twenty- pounder Parrott’s, opened upon the rebel position, and shelled them away. During the day our army was moved to the river, at! there encamped. During last night everything war quiet, the enemy making no demonstration againgt ve, In fact, they were not in a condition to warrant any such move: ment, and were but too glad to be let alone, ‘Tho dawning ligh? of this morning disclored the artil- } tery of the enemy still in position upon the epposite sito ‘of the Potomac, Opvesite to them our guns were front- ing them menaocingty. The fret crossing wae ef- fected by a force ef cavalry, but our batteries were notin a position to protect them,and they were forced to withdraw, The infantry, however, succeeded Detter, and after fording the river they threw out pickets, or rather skirmishers, for a mile, without meeting with opposition, By this movement six gunsof the rebcis were captured, which were taken acress,and are now Placed ip @ position to harass their lateowners. ‘The rebels at first replied with considerable vigor to our artil- Hery, Dut as they merely designed to eover their retreat they were more anxious to prevent the crossing of the Tiver than to annoy or silence our batteries. ‘The river is swollen somewhat by the lateraip, and fording is rather a serious business. The ford at which the rebels crossed ts directly opposite Shepherdstown, two miles from Sharpsburg. But ove wagon could cross At atime, it being very narrow, with deep water cach side of it; but as their wagon train was not very large, they managedgo get everything over, With the excep- tion of the skirmishing above mentioned there has heen HO Sehting @ Werlnesday. ‘The inquiry ig nnivergal in Ux p army a8 towhere the Union force reported to be on the Virginiaside of the Potomac can de, that they do net intercept the rebels im their retreat. Could they be attacked front and vear, thei treacherous ceurse, ia availing shomeelves of an armistice granted them to bury their dead to secure their eseape, wenld avail them but iittle, Jn Wernesday’s fight the rebel Genorals Siar and Lawton were killed. General Loeacknowledged that they lost ten thocasud in killed and wounded in tbat battle. Whon ihe rebel army entered Sharpsburg (hey were in such an exhausted andataryed coudition, that some of them who were unable to procure food, avtnally wept from hunger, exhaustion and disappoiniment, PuuapsrpHia, Sept. 20, 1802. A diapa'ch from Frederick to-day gays:— Tam just in from the front ofourarmy, The revels succeeded in crossing their entire army at Blackford’s Ford, three wiles eset of Sharpsburg, between the hours of nine o'clock on Thursday wight and daybreak on Yriday tacrning. This morning we were engaged in shelling the woods on the opposite bank of the river preparatory to crosaing. The rebels have planted batteries at Williame- port op the opposite aide of the Potomac, toprevent the right wing of our army from croasing. The roads are ned with guns, havergacke, blankets, &c.; of the rebels. We caused great slaughter among them, THE REPORTS PROM WASHINGTON. Wasinaron, Sept. 20, 1802. ‘This has bean a day of absolute quietude in regard to military adeirs, There has been no news from the front. ‘The people are avxtously awaiting for details of the re. cont battle, aud are satisfied that the result of Wedneg- day's operstions is but the beginning of the end. It is ‘known that the rebel army, or all of it that hor not been killed or captured, is en the Virginia side of the Potomac, preparing to resist the paseage of MoUlellan’s tivops; aud upon oor side the dead are to be buried, the wounded of doth armies cared for, anda gencral preparation for the advance across the Petomac, an? another and more de- ia cisive battle. The revel army are massed upon the Virgina side el tue Potomac, and ovidently intend to dispute the p-ssage of the victorious forces which kaye driven them ‘rom Maryland. A little tine will be required for recaperarion and reorganivation, and whon the forward movement is made it will uot be easily arrested. She relative strongth of the two armies las been fully tested, and the defeat and annihilation of the vebel army i6 now only @ question of time. It will, without doubt, involve at least another, amd it may be several, desporate Guifilets; but Genoral MeCiel- Jan and bis meu are confident of their power, aud haye proved the strength of the evemy, and no apprehensions of the result are entertuined ‘The Belief among our best mioriu bere is, Ga the a tow whole quostion of the war will be 1 within daye betwoon the Potomac and the Rappabannoak ett REPORTS FROM HARRISBURG Sept. 20, L802. ‘Thove sooms bw Le quite a difference of opinion inregard te tho whereabouts of the rebel army in official eireten, Wounded soldiers arriving here represout the rebels ae completely hemmed in, They say that Gon, MeCiellan’s right and left wings rest on the Potomas, whilet Genorals Sigel and Ricketts are keeping a lookout for them ow tho opporite side The State militia imtely sent to Hageratown and Roong- boro’ were this afternoon sent back into Pennsytvania, Report saye that our pickete were this meroing drives tu three miles ontside of Hagerstown , and that skirmish. ing had hows kop! up througbeut the whole «ay, ——— Bannan IMPORTANT, IF TRUE. RUMORED SURRENDER OF BTONBWALL 4a0KBUN and HIS ENTIRE ARMY. Haxnisacna, Pa, , Sept. 20, 1862, ‘There is @ rumor in circulation hore, brought by a ‘re. Hable gentioman’’ from Hagerstown, that the entiro rebel ermy under Stonewall Jacksos had surrendered, He re- presents the lossof the rebels at from twenty to thirty thousand, and asyn that their army wae totally demora. lined. OUR HAGERSTOWN CORRESPONDENCE. ABRIVAL OF PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA--RUMORS AND FAOTS—THR STOMB WALL FORTIFIUATIONS—RRIN- LAW IN HAGERSTOWN ‘PRR RROENT VISIT OF THE REBELS AND /18 KR- @ULTe, BTC. Hacmnsiows, Md., Sept. 18, 1962. Larrived here late this afternoon from Chambersburg, im company With o force of newly organized Pennsylvania: militia, Bn route allaorts of rumore renghed my ears, conveying the welcome news, If true, of tha defeat of Jackson and bis army fa the battle of yesterday, aud iho eapture of thet pecmingly ubiquitous character. On reaching Wie polut, however, the deicat and eapture of Jucksou remor «us Pecuced gomwewh bby the peitive news that the rebeis, after Aghting with Cur arep ali dav, NEW YORK, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1862. were driven back about tue }, when the darkness ensuing put anend to the elthoug® a desultory fire, principally of artillery, up till ten o’clook P. M., when it ceased. This dieclosed the fact ‘that the encmy bad assumed anew line of battle. At first our troope supposed it wag Gen. Metlellan’s in- tention to resume the battle; but for reasons beet known to himself, and ae fature results will dieclose, Be did not» nor did the rebels. Duriag the whole day Doth a: mies have kept quiet, eo far ag fighting is con¢erned, Tho rebel !ine and cure stretch for @ distance of four miles, and are chee together, indeed vieibio with the naked eye. ‘The rebels have been working all day like Deavers put ting up @ stove wall between them aud us, They seem to de short of intrenching tools, or they would not havo adopted this plan, as ithes many objectionable military features, MoClollan w continually reveiving reinforee, ments, fast night General Reynokis, with the new Pennsylvania levies, including the Philadelphia Grays? 1,000 ‘etrong, reinforced our right wing. Our position it coneiiered impregnable—our troops mimerous, Jackson is ina tight place; the final confhet is impending, and ero this letter reaches Now Work I think the posression of thig valley and tho fate of Jackeon’s army wil! haye heca deciied. Eyorything has boen aone by cur troops wo yonder the ford at Wiiliameport impracticable, and wo have # force of eight thousand cavalry in that ylein'ty watching the movemente of the rebels and ready to fall upon them at any moment, T cannot write wnderetandingly on the recent battle, ae Twas net op the spot. There is great exeitoment im this city, and the streets are crowded with treovs coming and departing, Our troope sve in fivet rate #pirite and reein to realize the present importance of annihilating Jack- son’sariny. To thin end they have uerved themeeiver for the impending, and, it is hoped, the last battle in the Cumberland valley, To-day the following prociamation was issued by the Proyoet Marehal:— PROCTLARATION. ‘The citivenm are requested to suspend their ordiuary dusiness and give sid in bringing in the wounded from ihe I lb and providing for them. as to what is wanted and paeses will be farnished at this office. If this reguest be complied with it may prevent the ne- ceesity of a peremptory order on the subject. N. SPENCER MILLER, Provost Marshal. Hucuasiown, Sept. 18. 1862. ‘The provisions or demands of this preclamation were pretty generally complied with, and our wounded are being brought in aud placed in the hospitals, at the Court House, hotels and private resi¢ences, Tshall vialt the scene of action to-morrow and witness anything that may occur, ‘The rebels on their visit to thie place made a pretty genera! clean sweep of all desuription of goods that cout be applied to their preeent uses, giving in return the: worthless Confederate notes. The shopkecpers hod no alternative but elthor to sell their goods or have them stolen, which was just about the same thing. Some of the shopkeepers aske-l and received what they conceived to be exorbitant prices, thinking that by taking the Con" federate notes at a discount they might r° chough to jake good their impatre® stocks. Tn this they have been eadly mistaken; the Confederate notes are not worth more whan ny equal pisces of brown paper. THE PRESIDENTS DESPATCH, the following despatch was sent-by Mr, Lingoln to his home in Springfield, Uline WasurveTon, Sept. 15—3 P.M, J uow consider it safe to gay that ( MoCieltau has gained 2 great victory over the grent reticl army in Mary- nd, hotween Frederick and Hagerstown, He is now ng the fiying forces, A. LINCOLN, THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM. Auotber Account of This Great Battie by One eof Our Special War Correspondents, Barre Fro op Axmieaw Vanuret, Mo. 1 Tuwesoay, Sept ph is, 1h. y AMA PRYPARATIONS YOR THY PATTER, ‘The battle of Antietam, in Westorn Maryland, fought on yesterday, Wednoeday, the 17th inst, between the main ‘vodies of the rebel and Union armies, wes the florcest, grandest, and bloodiest battle of the war. Tho close pursuit of the rebel forecs by MoCiellan’s army, the several skirmishes with the rear guard of the enemy, and the positions assumed by the contending armies, on Tuesday, remlered it apparent to observing military men that @ tcomendous batile must speedily be fought in that vicinity. Accordingly, on Tuesday afternoon and during that night, both parties weve busily emgaged in marsbal- lug their men, aud making Judicious dispositions of their troops, preliminary to the come: nent of the battle. WoClellan had pushed forward his several army corps with great wlacrity, amd on Tuesday eveniug our advance, composed of Hooker's corps, drove back the exemy on the right and ed a favorable position for the opeuiug of tho great battle ut the dawn of day uext morning. 1° was with great relnctance that the enemy surrendered that favorable poiut on the right, aud on several roparate occasions during night ho appeared to be a to regain it before :orning came; for sharp pi was continued from dark til daylight; but wherover the picketa of the cnemy endeavored to advanes under cover Of the darkness they were promptly teouleed by onr own, - Gon, Lee, Ua hief of the Covte s, and his promivent generais were aiso setively employ el forming their Hines, to meet and resist the anticipated nd placing their columns in position ready, to be od egaivst our infantry, or sent to storm our b: ition during the shifting scenes of the migiat afford, or the minds of skilful commanders might auggest. The onemy reosived large coinfureements 1 the Virginia side of the Potamac. The rod prisoners gaid that Jackson's, Hills and Molaw’s W mied in the attack on Harper's Forry, ight, aud arrived of the valley of u ihe onomy were resiet thia grand arsanit, and it was be- ption of spinel! dotank el army of Virginia, under the immovtiate cummand of its sbhst generals, eomfronied an’s artny on the battie eld of Wednoaday, General MoCle!lau planued tue battle and gave instruc tions to the different corps’ commanders what part their troops were expected to periorm in the approaching recrossed the river, warehod mete in the baith vvatiadle force concentrated to lieved that, with the ex ments, the whole of the conflict, While he himself was on the eld all day, visiting different portions of the lines and directing atl the ope rations from the commencement of the contest go its clone Ome Partly Pore The baltic field, .t would appear, was the roost magni- vent that could have been selected on the coutment for a contest of 80 much mnagnitude, The yalley of Antietam is one of the most luxuriant sections of the State of Mary land. ‘Tho ground was admirably adapted to tho success ful maasing of troops In reserve, where they were shielded behind the numerous knelie from the artille- ry fire from either site, a8 well as to the free and fair engagement of the contending iufantry when the lines came in close proximity; the undulating nature of the ground furniebed fine positions to both partios for artillery; while the beauty of the surrounding aconery—the trees beginning to show their richautumnal tinges—threw # halo of enebantmnent over what was now at once the garden spot aud the battle ground of Mary- land, On our left heavily Wooded mountains rosetoa considarable height, enolosing the valley on that side, and Antictom creck wound {ta way through tho gorge and Along the verdant walley boneath, Away in evory diree- tion hills crowned with splendid corn and clover fields, vales rich with the harvests of the eummer, and plentiful plantations with orcharda ef ripening fruit, apread out before our view, It almost seemed at times during cesgations in the fring that many appro- ojative soldiers would lose for a moment all thoughts of the battle field in contemplation of the lovely valley aud itn surrounding acenery. PORITION OF TAB UNIOF FORCRE Goneral MoClellan’s order of battle wae sploadidiy arranged, Hooker's corps—formerly MeDowell's—which had made the advance, occupied the extreme right of the Union line, where the battle was begun, Mansteld’s osrps--that formerly nader Banke—was acting in con function with that of Hooker, Franklia’s corpe cane tp in thas vicivity during the afternoon, and acted as « roaerve at first, but wae pushed to the (rout later in the dey, Sumper’a corye hold the centre of the line, where geome of the povercet Aguting ook pleco Fite Jobe Porter’ corps, which wae oaly slightly engaged, fellowed next in order, while that of Burnside acted ae a fanking ovlump om the left, It wae here, perhaps, that our loss wae heaviest, by reasen of the determined epposition of tho enemy to the repeated and finally successful attempts at etorming tho stone bridge over the Antietam. On the contre and right, however, as well as on the loft, the fighting was furious and the losses were severe. Along the crests of the chaing ef hille our batteries were posted in opposition to those of the enemy planted in similar positions beyond, The smooth bore short range gums were placed on the little kuells in front, and the rifled artillery, for longer range, on the hivher biile behind, Supporting these several battcrics regimeute of infantry were lying down or moving into line, just taking their positions to begin the battle, while whole brigades and divisions could be geen from the coshinanding eammits and also hidden by tho eleva- tions of tho growmd, marching along to support these attacking lines, On various provainent ponte small groups could De distinguished, These were corps, division and brigade ¢ommendors, surrounded by their stalf officers, who had for tho most part ohoren postions where they could direct the operations of thelr own commands, and, at tho mame tine, with the aid of glazses (and gometimes without them), perce:ve how the baitle was progrese ng ja other cections of the field, The cavalry, with our patteries of flying horse artillery, under General Plea santon, was posted in the centre to the rear, whence they cou @ descend, dy ingjas ewiftly as thawind almost, to any portion of the lime, On the higher bill behind General MeCleiian cetablisbed his heade uarters in the field, From this commanding emwence he could take a bird’s eye view of the whole scone of action, notice the practical execution of Rie plan, and speedily proceed to any portion of the tied where his personal presence in the front, and even the offering of bis lite, might seom to be demanded. Ae General Hooner captured the position where the Dattle commenced, it Is proper to remark, for the sake of continuity im the narrative, that after the enemy had ‘een driven from his position at South Mountain on Sun- day, Kiooker’a corps, preceded by artillery, with ski miehers and supports in front, moved forward to Valley Mills on Monday. A slight artillery duel occurred at that place, i which the loss, in these times of bloody battles, would be hardly mentioned. Lato in the afternoon the corps pushed ferward on the road, which stretched away to the left, for the purpose of obtaining a position in which he could engage the enemy's left flank, which lie hoped to turn. Hooker's corps consists of Meade's, Doubleday’s aud Rickett’s divistous. Meade’s division— formerly MoGali’s—composed of the Pennsylvania ro. serves, fed the march, tho other two divisions following, ‘Yhus the corps naarebod forward in solid column, OR FIGHT YOR. 4 POSITION OX TURSDAY, ance guar‘! came upon the cnemy’s pickets about on Tuesday afternoon, Meade’s division was deployed in line of battle, his skirmishera in front driving in the rebel pickets. ‘The rebel line of battle was en- countered Ina pieco of woods, with ploughed flolds and cornflelig to the right aud left, It jBouly necessary here for tho parposes of this account of Wednesday's battle to simply recapitulate that the opposing forces wero hotly ongagod with artiMlery and infantry tll dark, Both fought fu splendid sty2e, onr mon determinedfto teke the position, ‘and the rebels avparently as determined to defend it; but at last our mien drove thom from the ground, gecured the desired important position, and slept om their arms all night, ‘There was an opening fu the woods, thus forming two separate belts of timber. General Seymour's bri- gade ocvupied thet on the left; the soeond brigate, Colonel Magiiton commanding, covering the opening, while the third brigade, Colonel Aucereon commandiog, occupied the beli of woods upon the right. This was the position of the division at dark, the pickets of the opposing lives eing in some instances within # dozen yards of each olber during the night, and sharp pickot firing was con- sinnes wmiil morning. ‘4 (HE BATTS WAS MEGUN at the ive! (aiut dawn of day. Gen. MeClelian’s order of Ddatile vided that the atlack should Be commenced upon the right, continued alopg the ceatre, and in turn pressed forward by Baruside on the feft, Franklin’s corps coustituting the reserves for the right aud centre, and Porter’s corps for the left of the line and the flanking coluron on the Jeft. Jt will thus be seen that the arrange- ments for the battle were completo, aud, I may ad@, the victory wae won alinost without the necessity of a shot berg fired by the troops in reserve, Yhe moment it was light emongh for the pickets tp perceive eaeh other they blazed away, the men jn Hae om cither side sprang me, the skirmishers of the opposiog armies were : but as soon as the troops advanced they, of oouree, r¢ t,and the two battie lines wore immediately engaged. Ip the operations of this corps oar front Hine, formed a8 on the previous evening, steadily alvanced, supported two other lines, composed of the two vemaining divisions of the corps. ‘The enemy hid placed many’ piecor of artillery to defend this point; but os our lines advanced the rebel artillery retired, while, on the contrary, our batteries, advancing with the in- fautry, Wok op new positions as they went. Ricketts’ division pushed forward to the left of Seymoar's brigade, while Doubleday’s advanced in tyont of the position which bad been occupied by Magit ton and Anderson on the evening previous, Thur Sey- mour’s brigade was detached on the right, and the other two brigados of Meade’s division were conducted forward by thelr general between Ricketts’ and Doubletay's divisions. Our troops fought the enemy with determined dravery for several hours, drove him from the ground he occupied at first, advanced through the thin belts of woods over the plonghed fields and the oorn and clover ileld youd, clanyhtered the robol regimoute iu a fearful atylo, andeaptured a large pumber ef their colors GENERAL RICKETTS’ DIVISION ced to the relief of Seymour's brignde, and fought hvigor. After the men had been hotly engaged and bad expended all of their amurnition, Ricketts? division pushed te the frovt and delivered a fresh fire in the face of the foe, aud Seymour retired to repleni«n his depleted cartridge boxes and reorganize for another ovact. Durgeo's brigade wae on the right, Hartsuf’s alittle ia advance to the left, and Col. Cristian's commend, con- aicting of Gen, Jones’ brigade, was placed in the rear ax reserve, Thompeou’s and Matthews’. batteries of ritled gune wheeled into position between Duryee aud Hartewf Tho eum had rearcely risen be fore the whole division was participating in the fu rows and bloody fight—the enemy returning our murderous Aro with considerable effect. Through the cornfield the enemy advonced in heavy force, with eight or nine colors flying, in determined line of battle. It was a splendid sight to see that long rebel tine, the men mov- ing among tho bigh stake of corn, the bayonete glistening above the growing oars, and the colors amd battle flags floating over all, The whole division fought in gallant atyle, and rearcely lesa bravery and valor were Aluplayod in the rebel line, ‘The firiag was terrific at this time, and the appearance of the groand (especially the cornfield) afterwards cennovstrated how bitter the con teat had been. ‘Tho rebels succeeded in ng many of our gunnora nt oue of the batteries. The remnant of Duryeo’s brigade, which was still fighting (n the cornfield onthe right, took up @ new position « little in the rear of a ledge of rocks, and kept up a continuous cross fire, preventing the ene- my from carrying off the gua, Harteafs and Christian's brigades were aiso warmly engaged in the action, au ro- caived and delivered their full portion of the Ore, arly in the engagement GENERAL MARISCVYF WAS PANGRROUELY WerwORD im the side by @ rebel sharpsnooter, Colonel Coulter, of the Kleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, being senior colo- nel, assumed command of the brigade, The weunded goneral was immediately carried from the eld, placed in an atnbulance, aud taken to the rear for careful surgical attendance. (RR PIOME Was RAGING FCRIOUSLY meanwhile, aad tremendons execution was being done on either sido, Theright was a most important pojut to hold, because 1 was easier for the enemy to ture our flank jn that direction, It must have been @ mattor of much concern to General McClellan, and more immediate. ly $0 General Hooker, te see that the right was well pro- tected and gallemtiy dofynded by our troepe. The @vemy war observed to be msssing large bodies i shat direction, and ho submequently tried to drive ve from onr position; but the at i oaph war galientty repeilet and proce? entnety === PRICE THREE CENTS. === ineffectual, All the br! im @ach of tho divisions which were fighting in thie locality suffered neverely. Genera) Ricketts bad a horse shot under bim; but the Genera) cscaped uninjured. A similar accident happened to General Duryee, who was at firet reported wounded. Captain Duryeo, Assistant Adjutant, and brother to the General, was wounded seriously. All tho other staff officers had thoir horses shot. It ia believed that there ie only one field oftlecr left uninjured in Buryeo’s brigad while out of bis four small regiments which went into the fight he gould not muster on the following morning two hundred mi ‘This will give an idea ef the character of the “ghting along the lines, as several brigades have suffered in a similar proportion, Ricketts? division con tinued to Mght ‘n ite position wutil relieved by other troope. GENERAL DOUBLEDAY’S DIVISION, When the rebel battery suddenly opened in the morn- ing. at the commencement of the action, the,division now commanted by Genera! Doubleday—composed of Generale Patrick's, Gibbons’ and Colonel Phelps? drigaden—was within a few hundred yarde of it, and lost quire @ number of men, The rebdeis appeared to be short of artillery apimunition of the proper kind, for they frequentty threw solid shet when shell would undoubtedly bave been used had they @ good supply. One shell thrown among Gibbons’ brigade of this division, as they were getting into action, exploded among the Sixth Wisconsin regiment, mortally wounding one man and eoriously wounding six or seven others in Company A. Tnwee brigades of the division went into the action in regular Ine of battle, General Gibbons’ Drignde preceding, followed by General Hatch’s, under command of Colone) Phelps, leaving Lieutenant Colonel Hofman, commanding Doubleday’s old brigade, to eup- port the batteries, a little to the left audrear, General Mateh was wounded in the battle of South Mountain, and Colonel Phelps assumed command of his brigade. ‘THE GROUND WAS OBSTINATELY CONTESTED by the enemy. The rebels in large force, supported by etrong reserves, were driven nearly a mile beyond their original position by the right wimg, in which Doubleday’s division participated. At the close of the action not more than sixty men outof oneof the brigades could be mustered. but many have since come in, Among the re- glmente eepecially commended for their splendid conduct was the Brooklyn Fourteenth, which behaved in the most gallant manner and snffered severely. General Gibbons’ brigade moved up in column and de- ployed in line inte the woods. Gen. Patrick’s brigade ame up immediately and formed on the right in Bupport of Gibbons, The brigade commanded by Col, Phelps formed partly on the lef and partly on the right, in the rear, as reserves. Yhe fire in front of Gibbons’ brigade was fearful; but thee troops held their ground until more thon balf the officers and men were killed and wounded. They were then relieved by General Patrick, and retired to the foot of the hill, where they refermed for future action. After getting into the timber at the commencement of tho fight, where the action was severest, In moying to the front, an enfilading ilre of the enemy «did considerable execution among his men, They returned it and effect; but in order to escape the dred quences of a@ flanking fire the brigade cha frout and tiled off under a ledge of rocks on the right of the road, and fought in that position, near where the troopa who had come from the front wore reorganizing, nti] all the ammunition was oxpended bot six or ten ronnds, At that time the fire of the enemy was tremen- dous, and other troops were wavering in the front. Gone- yal Hooker iad given instructions to hold that porition at whatever cost. In the meantime General Match’s brigade had pushed forward to the front and become engaget, and afresh line of reinforcoments sweeping up, poured a regu- lar fire into the rebels, who ‘oom retired and eft us muster of that portion of the field, For & moment {t seemed as if we must entirely relinqnish the ground which had been go bravely taken on the night before; but just at that critical moment REINPORCEMENTS CAME LO THRU RPL EP, This bad the effect to remmimate the troops, whove ranks had become so terribly decimated, and reveral regiments which were reorganizing, although they had not been replenished with ammunition, dashed into the fight bohind the reinforcemeuts, and fought until they had expended every round of ammunition. Iw this encounter on the right # large nomber of fags wore taken. Gen. Patrick's brigade has five of these battle fiage—one for each of his reginients, and a spare one for a battery of artillery. 4 CHARGE BY THE REUELO, As onr victorious troops were passing over a bill they suddenly came upon a mass of rebcis dive or six thousand strong, in the hollow, This rebel foree had been quietly awaising just such an opportunity as was now presented, They immediately arose and poured in some murderous volleys, and with fSashing guns nd fixed bayonets stood like a wail ef firo and steel before our men. They drove ourmen back a considerable distance to the cornfield where such fearful execution had been done among the rebels at an earlier stage of the contest. THK CHARGE RECLSKD, At this interesting moment Captain Daitery opened on the rebels with double case and canister at close range, and mowed them down in heaps in that fatal cornfield. At the sawe lime a portion of the division came upon the epeiny’s tank, and the enfiladivg fire from our artillery and infantry wa: more than the enemy could stand. ‘They fled in con* siderable confusion, and, although thoy bad driven us baek from the gronud which we bad takea, we still hela the position where the Mghting had commenced in the morning. Captain Canapbell war severely wounded in the shoulder. After this encounter tho command was relieved by General Suunner's corps. Campbell's RANELS WAYONKTING OUR WOUNDED. Hieateunnt Haskell, of Geueral Gibbovr’ staff, while riding on the battle fold, returning from delivering an order, came across corporal in the Second Wisconsin regimont, The corporal was badly wounded The Lieutenant asked him how he came to get euch an ugly wound in the breast. ‘Was ita piece of shell that hit you?’ ‘The dying coporal in feeble tunes replied:— No, I was wounded fret by a musket ball, and after- wardg a robe! thrust his bayonet into my breast’? HOW HARD THR FIGHTING was, It is not possible to estimate with any degree of accu. racy the numbor of our losses or of the losses of the enemy. It is certain that ne harder fighting wae ever veon on this continent, fot even in the Wloody battles of the penweula, One oF two inatances in thie connection, will be sufficient to illustrate the feorfw charactor of the contest. That of Gen. Duryee’s brigade, already metitionod, is one. The socoad regi ment of the United States Sharpehooters, which lad been previously reduced by death aud sickness to one hundred and twenty men, lost ever half their number, among them Colonel Post and Adjutant Parmaiee. The regiment is now reduced to less than the number of @ single com- pany, and ie commanded by Captain Stoughton, the only captain remaining on the fleld after the fight. Five cap- twins, however, were on the sick list, and were adsont at the hospital, The ranks of the Brooklyn ( vreenth wore also greatly thinned, GEXERAL HOOKER WOUNDED, Pretty early in the action Genoral Hooker, who was always in the place where hia services were needed, was wounded in the foot by « musket ball. Tt was a matter of sineere rogret to thie gallant general that Le was com- peliod to relinquieh his seat in the ea@die, upon which he Jooked so graceful, and was not youchsafed the privilege of oading his moo in the consummation of the great work which bad beon assigned bim in the morning. General Hoomer if @ #oldier in the fullest sense of that military term. Of commanding form, handsome fomures aud graceful manners, he preronte a fine appear. ance on the fleld. Hie record from the beginning of the rovellion—partionlarly from hin fires victory at Willint: burg to his meritorions services in this great ongags eut—-hag demonstrated his superior military geni ond his bravery. He bas with him nearly ell of his ex. cellent staf officers, and has rotaimed Mejor Myers, Captaing Sauderson an@ Houston, sod Dr, Magruder, of McDowell's staf, oad, as an additio aid, bee appointed Captain Moore, of the an army, | who ia here on Jeaye of Vietor Emanuel, and who | served with the lamented General Koaray in furopeam Dattios and inal the battles of Virginia up tw the mo- nent of the death of thar intrepid genera). ficneral Hooker's word i pa though of course net Can, yoro:s, and ia doing well, He gaya te would bive been wy have compronient Fite y Tee anne att night, and died a soldier's death at the conclusion of action, coul! Re have remained with bis command (sy, Gen. Hooker bad eight erderlies shot duriag ibd Progresa of the battle. ’ ‘A VETERAN PATRIOT. An okt and decrepit man named Joseph Barks ployed by Mr. Vhilip Pry, whose house was subsequentiy’ used as headquarters by General Hooker and General McClellan, observing (he enemy's batteries planted td rake the main road, bobbled through the fleMs and ovew the fences to Keedysville, and gave the information té Colonel Farneworth, commanding an advanced brigade. The old man {# soventy tve years of ago and a cripple. This exhibition of patriouiemon his part should not go unnoticed, ‘GoNERAL MANSFIRLD'S conrs. had been under General Banke before he was directed to take charge of the defences about Washington was assigned to the command of the venerable General MansGeld. Tt consists of bo divisions, commanded by Generals Williams and Green, The corps advanced to the scene of action in close columna of com- panier, arriving ou the fleld about a eouple of boure aft the battle wae begun. General Williams’ divition oceu- plod the right « sval Green’s the left when the coms mand wae formed in ine, ‘The battle was raging heroes on the right when this corps came up. With commends able alacrity the divisions were placed in position, ready @ push into the contest. Hooker's men were fighting bravely and losing hoavily, and assistance was requireds Rapidly the regiments wheeled into position and denioved into time, SBNERAL MANSTIELD WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED 4 while directing the formation of his lines, A rebel sharp] shooter, seeing hima mounted in front, within range of oat excellent rifle, and evidently perceiving, also, frem big venerable appearance, that he was a genoral officer, wokl deliberate aim and shot him down. The General fell, mortally wounded in the breast, and was carried the fleld before bis command had become engaged im thd important operations ef the day, in which the corps ne incensiderable part, General Williams, being een! oMver, assumed command of the corpe, and General Gors don, till then commanding @ brigade, took charge of big division, ‘The corps was formed In battle order im thd rear of Geveral Hooker, and relieved a portion of thed eilicer’s brave but decimated regiments. GENERAL WILLIAMS’ DIVISION was deployed with Crawford’s brigade on the right, and? Gordon's on the loft and centre, This is a small com” mand, there being only two brigades im the divisions ‘These two brigades went right iuto the contest, through the woods, and met the enemy still fighting fneie ously and iu fall force, The division, though «mail, bora not a little of the brunt of the enemy's retaliatory atiankds upon Hooker, au:!, iniurn, helped to Sti the cornites the aurreanding (elds with the dead and wounded ri whon we subeqnoutly found there, Changing position rendered des’ by the movements of the enemy, the division fought with distinguished valor and held the pout sition they had taken up untileubsoquently relieved by gome of the fresh troops who were led by General ner, They were warmly engaged on tho left of ¢ figaing previously dercribedt, and shared a portion of They fought! side by 2ifo with the other victorious treon@ under the general command of Hooker, GENERAL GREEN'S DIVISION, which is better known a8 Ceneral Augur’s, was dived bofore going into Rv It 18 compored of General Hox ry’s oW} ot by Licutenant Colonel dyn date, of the Twonty-righth Penteylvania rogiment; Genus igade, ral Prince's oft brigade (General Prince who was tekem prisoner at Codar Movulain), commnnced by Cotbed d Ninth Pouney tyra, and Gon! 3 brigade, commanded aftor Gone eal Mano: 1, and (he other changes wer coneeqnencs, by Colonel Goodr: This bray lant colon I Mansfiold, Killed at his poet by a musket ball ¢ mencemmnt of the Hight, aud the command of the Drigata devolved upon a scbordinate officer. The division wom bronght into the thickest of the battle on the iait of ral Williame'—the Dhird origade, uuder ihe) Coloue! Gondvich, it will be remembered, having placed by Gene ars on the right, ATIEMYS 40 TAKE A DAVTSRT. ‘Tho other two vr; posted to the Third Ri Istand battery. The | mk freat oy @ smali PD much inf spleneid style, tir renuy detern within cony row, that had bad Rhode inion dtistan ose two by gades in the me wy of General Gre thing i the right ormed on & nd battery a As the rebal ea 2 unperceived by th excm| undertaking (or a Luge tery of artiffery, hower infantry, because t own (he horses au’ he gune y thiag 40 capture guns sud they are w a * preseut instance, ¥ Phe and our tofantry thon aly us rebels wero driven bucks into the tir ed upon them, dreve th of it, and occnpled the woods ther The battery then whe to the left and p most lestractive fire upon those retreating sand npom other rebel troops appearing on the Jolt. The ‘Twenty. seventh Indiana regiment, which had been sen cipate in the lagt m was vont mente, be tion. The present om re whew es. a hbetore ae tire be men had exp romaiued in the woods till the commana retired The rebol ors tho gimme i fora THE ENEMY CAME OUT IN ThEEENDOUE FoR in front of General ifoward’s © of Simonse s corps, which bad alrevdy got into action further to tig left; and General Crecn’s division, being partially ont? flanked, and subjected to a deantrous eufiindiog fre, was d to withlraw from the woods about a quarter of a mile, and did not actively participate in the battle dure ing the remainder of the afternoon. otk TLAGs WEE CAPTURED by this division, which are held by the regiments (16 took them, Indeed, thero te scarcely a brigade whicts was actively engaged along the lines thet did not cape ture some of the enemy’s cofore and bear there in triumyin from the fleid. TI bave stated that Colonel Goodrich, cou. manding a brigade, was killed early in the action, It i algo my painfal duty to #tate that, among many onbew noble fellows whe ful! @aring the battle, Lieutenant Co a» nel Tyndale, who was likewige eommanding a brigate, was wounded near the close of the engagetnent. ihe corps was flercely cngaged for four or dive hours, aud ioet # number of its best oMcers and men, in return for whic, the satisfaction to be mentioned i that more oe corresponding uombers of the enemy were stricken 10 we ground, The corps, shattered, but not disorganized, ro~ mained tn frovt autil relieved by a portion of Generel Franklin's command in the aftersooy, GENERAL SUMNER'S CORPS. A considerable portion of the hart Dglting of the day wae done by tho troope under command of General Snm- ner. Bofore coming on tho Geld of action he bad under his comumand, as senior offer on the Wold, hts own an® General Mansfeld’e corps. Sumner and Mausfeld, two veteran commanders, fought near the same partion of the field, wherson the latter fell with @ mortal wound. Pre” yious to tho present engagement, a8 will bave been per> ceived, Coneral Mi sfleli’s corp? had been detached fom temporary service with General Hooker. whe had com> snand of the right wing of our army in tho battle, whi'e summer tad the contre. Mookor, who hud opened ihe battle early ip tho mort. tng, had doen fighting some hourte with hie whole com. anand Dalere Generel Somner prepabapee i a tear Vache t