New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-07-19
NUMBER l16.
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The Battle at LauFeI Hill.
As DEs'ebaD ~ A sot1EzRvEn.

| following are the details furnished hy the cor
respondent of the Richmond Dispatch, in letters.
dated 7th and 9th inst We be iaye them to be re-
| liable as far as they go:
| LAUREL. Hill, BARBOUR County, July 7.-Anoth- !
er tght, and success so fer with the Confederate
| troops. Before daybreak this morning, Sunday
| the troops at this camp were aroused by the firing
| OF the picket guard, and in short time our men
| were in line and ready for service About liaht
| another yolley was fired, apparently about a mile
| from our camp, and the excitement was increased
| by the rapid movement of theGeorgia Regiment
| and the cavalry. Finally, orders came for us to
| take proper positions, that the enemy was ad-
| yancing upon ug, and that the Georgia Regiment
| had fred upon them and held them in check This
| glnent kept up fire upon them until about 8
| O'clock killing four or five OF the enemy, and re-
| ceiVng in turn only one man wounded slightly
| At3 clock the Georgians were marched off and
| the Twenty Third Regiment took its place, on the
| brow Of hill ms very short distance of the Yam
| kees. The Twenty Third remained on the ground
until dark, when they were relieved by the Twenty
| Seventh. ~-
| The Twenty Third, under the command Of its
| brave and able commander, Col. Taliaferro, be-
! hayed with coolncss and courage worthy of yete-
| rams. The Sharp-Shooters, Capt. Tompkns, Of
| Richmond, were selected the advance corps,
| aud TOOK mp their position within two hundred
| yards OF the enemy, and acting as skirmishers
| took to the woods and done their duty faithfully
| and we'll IN fact they being the only company
armed with rifles, they had to bear the brunt Of
| the fighting.
| luiS company, as soon as lleY were stationed,
| commenced rapid fire on the enemy, which was
| az promptly returned; but fortunately with little
| execution to u.s. The fire was kept up until
o'clock, at which time we were relieved. I can
| not particusariZe any one who performed the most
| service, where all done so well, not only in this
| corps, but in the whole regiment. Our loss is
| Charles W. Gof citizen of Richmond, who was
shot through the head, and was killed instantly
| Capt. Tompkins received a slight scratch on the
nose, (Which. by the way, is very prominent fea-
tnre,) caused by splinter; Corporal Ro. H. JAR
Wis received ball through his haversack, cutting
| through his grub and the same ball struck
against the leg of Sergeant J. W. L. Jones, with
| ont, however doing any injury Sergeant Bosher,
Of the Gooehand Greys, received a flesh wound in
| the arm, and the same ball made q mark on the
breast OF Capt. Harrison, OF the same corps. The
enenly's loss is estimated at twenty-fv killed. How
many wounded could not be ascertained.
The firing is still carried on by the 9th Ren.
ment, our men now being in the trenches sleeping
on their arms, expecting to go at it again to-1nor.
row. ..
The enemy commenced their work with yers
and cheers, swearing and using all kinds of vulgar
language, which our troops replied to by well aim
ed bullets and determination to die rather than
yield. have not time TO write any more tonight
bnt will give you particulars when the battle is
ended aa-
July 81 wrote you a short account of the en-
Gagement the command of Gen. Garnett and the
enemy had a few days since, and have since learn
ed additional particulars. 3
The force of the enemy is estimated at between
1000 and 5000, and advanced from Phllippi on Sat
urday and took up a position on hill about mile
and q half from our post, which, however, is OBJ
structed from the view of onr troops by still
higher hill directly between them and ourselves.
On learning OF their advance, our General checked
their advance by taking possession of hill to the
lett OF them, and on Sunday morning about day
break the two commenced operations, our force
consisting of only one company OF Gesrgians and
theirs of larger number, constituting the advance
guard. This company held their own until about
2 o'clock, when they were relieved by the 23d
Regiment, (Col. Tailaferro.) The Georgans sue
ceeded in killing five or six OF the enemy hut re.
celved from them not even scratch, although the
: Yankees keptup severe fire upon them.
= On the arrival Of Col. Taliaferro command the
Richmond Sharp Shooters, being armed with supe-
lior arms, were placed in advance, and took up q
position closer than that occupied by the Georgia
company. The company had no sooner taken
their proper place, when they opened brskly on
the foe, which was returned as brskly but few
OF the return shots did any execution, TO nerve
: us TO extra eNertion We continued our fire until
+ relieved by Col. Fulkerson's Washington County
:. Regiment. at O'Clock. The Sharp Shooters sue
~ ceeded in killing between twenty-five and thirty o
. the enemy. Ourloss was private Charles FL GOff
- OF Richmond city, killed instantly, and Capt. Har
rson and Sergeant Thad. Bosher, Of the Goochlant
y Grays, slightly wounded ,H.s
The tiriug was continued all night by the regi
is ment of Col. Fulkerson, with but little execution
II however, as the night was very dark. Certainly
L | none of our troops were injured.
| This regiment in turn was relieved by the gal
| liant Georgians, under Col. Ramsey, at day break
n Monday morning. who, until late hour in the day,
. kept up continual fire upon them, and succeeded
/ in killing six OF the Yankees and taking Lieu
! tenant prisoner. The number of them wounded of
- course cannot be ascertained. The Georgans left
l. the ground in the afternoon, with man killed
| or even a scratch.
During the latter part of the day the enemy fired
a number of bomb Shells grape-shots and balls in
the direction of our troops playing havoc with the
trees and shrubbery, not in the least damaging any
IS OF men, but with a loss to them of q large
e amount of powder. In consequence of the rapid
discharge of artillery, our General sent out two
regiments (the 23d and 20th) to sustain the Geor-
N gans but they did not succeed in getting chance
Y at the enemy, and during the night retired from
ID the field, with the hope OF inducing the foe to fol
n low ttem SO as to get them in the range of Oul
,e artillery. 1t is supposed that our infantry ani
rifles had done such execution among them tina
the enemy got his "bile up little and let loost
his big dogs Of war, which, however, proved a.
rs harmless as his leaden pups.
The firing is still going on "a o'clock, Tuesday
but have not heard what damage has been done
e. How long are to continue this brush fighting i
in is hard to tell but troops are getting weary
it, and are exceedingly anxious to get them in
H. face to face battle, and thus decide the contest
! should have stated that the Yankees keep behin
ir fences, brush stumps, and have taken log house
from which they have good shots at us. But fo
10 this, we would give you larger number of thei
,e dead to record.
A member of the Georgia regiment was acci
lie dentally killed in camp by the discharge Of hi
piece, on Sunday morning. His name could no
le learn. His remains, and those of private Gofl
were inferred yesterday with military honors.
I'd The commander of the Yankee troops haVt
not yet learned. Their troops are poorly clad
is and appear TO be Of the lowest class Of humanity
Us who it seems, it would be doing the world bIcs
sing to relieve OF.
Brilliant and Successful Sskirrnisii Near