must have lost at
least 3000 killed yesterday
& as many men wounded
9.A.M. Our pickets have ad-
-vanced 5 miles 10 A.M The
Rebel's have sent in a flag of
truce requesting the privilege
of burying their dead which
of course we were obliged
to refuse as we are to advance
immediately. Gen Burnside
has made contracts to have
their dead buried for one
dollar a piece. 6.P.M.
advanced 5 miles & bivoua
-cked with orders to be
ready to move at mid-
-night
Sept. 16th
Pleasant. 1.A.M. ad