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The .aH6ir as Vfelsls0.
Official Report of Gen. schenck.
WASHINGTON, June 1Stl'

WAsHINGroN,, June 18th.
BY telegrph from Camp to Lieut.. Gen.
Scott. Left camp with Cos rank and tile and
twenty-nine field and company officer, in
pursuance of Gen'l McDowclls orders, to
go upon this expedition with available force
OF my Regimentr The Regiment selected
being the first Ohio Volunteers, left two
companies, and X, in the aggregate 1876
men, at the CT ossing of the roads and sent
Lieut.. Col. Parratt, with two companies,
III men, to Falls Church and to patrol the
roads in that direction; stationed two COM
panies, ID and +, 50 men, to guard the rail
road and bridge between the crossing and
andlVienna; ; cceded slowly to Vienna with
four companies, companies Il and 9, after
ward joined by Capt. Pease, company. q,
Capt. Daily, company II, Capt. Hazlett,
total 2T5 men, on turning the curve, within
upon by raking masked batteries. think
three guns with shells, round shot and grape,
killing and wounding men on the platform
and in the cars, before the train could be
stopped When the train stopped tho en-
gineer could not on account Of the damage
done to some part Of the running machinery,
draw the train out of the fire. The engine
being in the rear We left the cars aud re-
tired to the right and left of the through
the woods. Finding that the enemies bat
teries we're sustained by what appeared about
a regiment of Infantry and by Cavalry
which force we have since understood to
haqc been 1900 Seuth Carolinians We fell
back along the Railroad, throwing out
skirmishes on both banks and this was about
p. NJ Thus we returned slowly, bearing
off our wounded miles to this point, which
we reached at 10 clock.
i Casualties. Captain Hazlett's company
II, known to be killed, wounded and
missing Capt. Bailey's company G. kill
ed, 2 wounded and missing; Capt. Pad.
dock company Il, officer slightly wound
: ed Capt. Pease's company, 2 missing.
: The engineer, when the men left the cars
: instead of retiring slowly, as ordered, de-
tached his engine with one passenger cal
from the rest of the disabled train, and aban
doned us, running to Alexandria, and w
g have heard nothing from him since. Thu
5 we were deprived of a rallying point, an!
4 of all means Ofaccompanying the wounded
It cts. We wait here holding the road for re
: Inducements. The enemy did not pursue.
It have ascertained that the enemy's force a
Fairfax Court House, four miles from Wen
!, ma, is now about 1000.
II When all the batteries opened upon US
It Major Hughey was at his station on the fore
d most platform car. Col. McCook was witt
n me in one of the passenger cars. Both G
% these officers, with others of the commission
Is ed officers and many Of the men, behave
il most nobly under this calling fire, which W
70 could not flank or turn, from the nature {
the ground. The approach to Vienna
through deep, long cut in the railway. :
In leaving the cars, and before they coul
rally, many of the men lost their havresack
of or blankets, but brought off all their mu
y kets, except, it may be, few that were d.
IN stroyed by the enemy s first fire, or lost wit
1T the killed. s..e .ilr
4. (Signedl RoBT G. SoHENoK,
Il l't Brigadier General.
nv BUie lai ST. LOUIS, June I6.
rs Two bridges at Sturgeon and Central
It. on the North Missouri Railroad, were bur-
is cd on Friday night.
or Col. Solomon's regiment went out on Il
\, Southwest branch of the Pacific Railroa
re and Col. Brown with four pieces ofartiler
followed this p. m. Three companies {
Jul Col Tallmans regiment of reserve guar
by went out on the North Missouri Road yeste
de day to protect the bridges on that routo, al
en- to cooperate with the forces already sent
-''' hat direction. sli lI