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our companies--Capts. Jordan, of Bedford; Rhett, of S. C.; Eubank, and W. W. Parker, of Virginia. Hearing that a fight would probably come off yesterday, Col. S. D. Lee, of S. C., who commands the battalion, pushed on from Salem on Friday last till 2 A. M. Saturday, when we found ourselves upon the battle-field of the day beft of the woods upon our left and advanced in very good order for the purpose of driving out our pickets and take our batteries on the left flank. In an instant, Col. Lee, always cool. and self-possessed, ordered every howitzer to the left, and then such a blaze of artillery as I never heard. The guns, from the nature of the gro. Parker's, (Sergt. James Jones in the arm and hip slightly, and private David Richardson slightly in the leg.) and one other that I do not know personally. Col. Lee's position was well chosen, and the battle was brought on in the enemy's attempt to capture his batteries. Our men behaved remarkably well, It is impossible to
Gen. Lee. --A correspondent of the Charleston Courier, writing from the army, says of Gen. Lee: You cannot imagine a plainer or more unostentatious looking man than the Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate armies--General Lee. Take a human form, say five feet eight inches in height, its constituents well knit togetherGen. Lee: You cannot imagine a plainer or more unostentatious looking man than the Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate armies--General Lee. Take a human form, say five feet eight inches in height, its constituents well knit together, full in its proportions, and yet without superfluity. Add to it a well-shaped, squarely-built head, with a front whose every line is marked with energy and genius, a pair of keen, dark eyes — brown in the parlor, but black in the field — that seem to embrace everything at a glance; a handsomely-shaped nose, such as Napoleon likGeneral Lee. Take a human form, say five feet eight inches in height, its constituents well knit together, full in its proportions, and yet without superfluity. Add to it a well-shaped, squarely-built head, with a front whose every line is marked with energy and genius, a pair of keen, dark eyes — brown in the parlor, but black in the field — that seem to embrace everything at a glance; a handsomely-shaped nose, such as Napoleon liked to see on his Generals; a mouth indicative of an iron will, and a countenance whose natural expression is one of gentleness and benevolence; cover the head, mouth, and lower part of the face with a heavy growth of short gray hair; invest the whole figure with grace, and an unassuming consciousness of strength, purpose, and posi