...is letter merely as a matter of convenience. Thus we remained, expectant, until half-past 12 o'clock P. M., when two heralds in quick succession dashed up to the Colonel's tent, and reported that Lieutenant Slade had met the enemy and been driven into the picket-lines, and that the rebels were dismounting, and forming in line of battle by thousands, on a large plantation about a mile from the river. The men...