Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-12-18
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The following interesting letter frpm n ser
| rennt in the 9Th Regiment. now in camp before
| >chastopol, wn- received on Friday hy his friends
| in GALWAY
Inmp before sobasippol, Nov. Il.
Nv dear l.rothrr II is with feelings of the
-ino,rcst gratitude To- an Almighty and Merctiui
God that au 81 long sPurod /" wrte you these
few lines. owe much, doubtless, 10 y"urPfay.
rr. aud those of your dear little ones, winch !
hope they will continue to offer 10 the Lord OF
Mercy for mo. Yesterday tounday,l the 9TH OF
November, was mn awful day. and terribly 80 10
the Russians They advanced before daylight,
and. under cover ol the darkness, almost up 10
our lines before our pckets observed them
They attacked our tight funk from the rear; OF
course II was our most assniiabl" point our
poor picket fired on them and kept them Mt bay
for awhile, but, poor fellows. they were soon cut
up. The fire of mnskrry j. our alarm by day
and night. The Light Division makes use Of no
buglc sounds. We turned out in AN instant be
ing always dressed, and the whole division. led
bv General Brown, moved on snartly 10 our night
to relieve our second Division, who were forced
to b sar the brunt against the whole Russian ar
my; the Foot Artillery were also brlskly on The
spot and took position on tho hills IRON whlch
place they told terribly the enemy. About
O'Clock q, IN. lit might be n little more) our reg
imcnt drove up line on the extreme Left the
graund was thickly covered with bfushwood,nnd
there was pretty thick fog, which prevented
our seeing n powerful force of about 3oOo men,
who almost completely surrounded our poor ne
voted regiment. We had only four companies
of the regiment present Mt the engagement; the
remainder were on picket, guarding the batter
les and trenches we made round Sebastopoi.-
Our four companies did not amount To Owen 3oo
men, Genernl Buller exclaimed. "My God! we
are surrounded" He ordered volloy to be fired
into them, and charged them with the bayonct,
which WINS dome IN excellent style, and, together
with charging they cheered wildly and routed the
cowardly Russians in disorder and confusion, IN
tliciinG terrible chasts"ment on them IN Their
hight. This piece of brilliant service saved the
whole of our left funk from being turned, and be-
ing placed hors de combat. our artillery secured
thnt point for the remainder of the day. These my
dear brother, were awful moments. ! knew not the
moment should fall, probably never to rise; but
tod protected me, aud the Guardianship of his
Holy Mother shielded me IN these trying dangers.
Among those who were killed about this time
Captain Nicholson OF my company--one OF the
incest men in the British army, Che leaves II wife
aud child to lament his loss; some scoundr.l took
ring of his finger; this piece OF paltry robbery
has ca1srd much pain IN the rcgiment,) and
Mark CastcanX whose relations are nll, believe,
living in Galway. | nm greved for poor Mark,
aud particularly for his poor wife and two child
rsn, who are at the depot and little know of their
irrepnrablo loss if you are acquainted with any
The engagement commenced between 4 and 8,
II. m, and continued with terrible energy until
about ) =. III. Language fails me in att ,npting
To describe To you this uwtui day. The enemy
were to be seen on the following day in large
heaps of killed and wounded. Oh what n scene
of carnage; men, horses, guns, soldiers, wagons,
all forming sckcning heaps, on which will not
longer dwell. The number of the enemy is vari
ously reported, however, some say they number
cd 4 in
ported 10 have SAID they Ind 100, 900 men against
This might be true, but doubt 1t. In my
opinion, force, Chat is French and English J
did not exceed 2J,OUO men of all arms. The loss
of the allies ! cannot state. | dare say II Is
pretty considerable; the 18th had - killed and
81 wounded. We had, of course. only four com
panirs in the field. The enemy in killed and
wounded cannot be less than 5000; probably
niue u more. This is the fourth time they have
attacked Us from the rear, aud were each time re-
pulsed with greut slaughter, Our French com
rndrs fought braycly; they show little mercy To
the Russians. Nothing can exceed the cordaty
OF til" friendship that exist between every
day III the camp, coming they say To see Mon
cumradc Anglals.' Both armies detest the Turks,
aud more than before, as through their
negligence and cowaldice, they let themselves
he surprised, aud very nearly lost IIalHklava.-
Some oi their officers are or were tried by court
martial for this affair, and the whole Turkish
for'c was brought alongside of us. They were
under arms, looking ON during the battle, but
would not be permitted 10 fire shot give any
assistance. They arc this day assisting TO bury
the dead the only duty they are fit for. We
are still haramcrng at the walls of Sehastopol
this is the II t day. ! cannot say when we
will change the form OF attack w q had General
l}rowntwice woundrd,G Generals Cathcart, Sirang-
ways aud Adams killed; the latter, | believe,
died of his wounds. There are some Colonies kill
ed and wounded III fact, officers of all ranks,
hat cannot at present say how many. We eN-
poet to have another battle, but we will keep bat-
tcling the fortress and wait their attnck. | an
swered your letter announcing Mrs. Corners de
parture about 10 days since; let me know if YOU
reccivedit. | will be thankful if you will send
me in an envelope the first account of this great
balle that is published. Cut it out of the news
| piper, and send it via. France. Any letters or
papers not sent this way are uncertain in their
arrival, being a month, six weeks; and sometimes
more, before arriving. Should the Almighty
God spare me- | will write again when ANYTHING
of Importance occurs. Thanks be To Almg hiy
God, continue to ENJOY good health. Darrhoa
and bowel complaint carry oft great many of
the men. We came out 900 strong, now we
| scarcely number 600 men indeed they are 50
| much d"htated that when the amputaton of n
| leg or AN arm takes place. which is frequently
done, IN seven cases ont ef ten the patient dies
! from exhaustion. J. CONNER.
SERGEANT 18th Regiment
ONE OF THE MOST Brutal PRIZE FIGIIr's on