VERY IMPORTANT NEWS: Further Particulars of the Battle Near Gettysburgh on Wednesday; An Attack by Longstreet and Hill (7/3/1863)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 7/3/1863

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BALTIMORE, Thursday, July 2 -- 11 P.M. I shall send you soon an account from the battlefield near Gettysburgh of yesterday's battle, which is very favorable.

Meanwhile, the cheering announcement has been made of the capture of a large number of prisoners, some of whom have arrived here and others are on the way. The number is stated at 6,000; but this may be an exaggeration. Gen. SCMENCK has just announced at the Eutaw House that 2,400 of them have already arrived.

BALTIMORE, Thursday, July 2.

The American learns from parties who left Gettysburgh at noon to-day that everything was progressing favorably for the ultimate success of our arms. Up to that time they assert that 6,000 prisoners had been captured and sent to the railroad terminus at Union bridge, for transportation to Baltimore. The Seventh regiment have just gone to Bolton depot to take charge of 800, already arrived, and Gen. SCHENCK has just announced from the Eutaw House that he then bad in Baltimore and at the Relay House 2,400 in his possession.

We learn that nearly 1,000 of these prisoners were captured on Wednesday, by the Eleventh Army Corps, in their gallant charge on LONGSTREET's corps. They are said to have at first slightly faltered, but when Gen. HOWARD cried to them to "Remember Chancellorsville," they rushed into the fight like infuriated demons, and the whole line of the enemy gave way before them.

During the early part of to-day, up to noon, when our informant left, there had been no general battle, though heavy skirmishing had been going on all the morning, resulting in a heavy loss to the enemy, and the capture of over 5,000 more prisoners. In all these skirmishes, which were conducted under the direction of Gen. MEADE, our arms were entirely successful;

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Very Important News: Further Particulars of the Battle Near Gettysburgh on Wednesday – 2-5
From the Red River: Kirby Smith near the Head of the Atchafalaya – 5-6
Important from Tennessee: Gen. Rosecrans in Possession of Tullahoma – 6
The Siege of Vicksburgh: Demonstrations of Joe Johnston in the Rear – 6-7
News from Washington: Our Special Washington Dispatches – 7-8
Editorial: The War in Pennsylvania – 8
Washington as an Incubus – 8
Editorial: Gen. Meade’s Position – 8
Editorial: The Railroad to the Pacific – 8-9
The Honors of War – 9
POSTSCRIPT-The Battle of Gettysburgh; General Meade Steadily Gaining upon the Enemy – 9-10
Editorial: Emancipation in Missouri – The Beginning of a New Epoch – 10
Our New Allies – 10