The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1861-06-25

t"wu~nen returned from Yorkt ,wn on Saturday
I aud infrm us that fny of truce came On Tues
day (the day after the iattle) for permission to
take off and bury the dead. Co.'s Hill aud Ma
gru,ler went out half way to Bethel Church To
hcet the flag aud of course grant the request. Col
Hill said To the officer, ''Y"ur loss must have been
very great To the of So large a force.
"u must have lost 80 men," The rel ly was,
Our loss very 4rcat" This mnst be taken
as an admission OF loss of at least 3JJ.
he fag is said to have brought an imprudent
Proposition to exchange private in liriluas taken
ythe yankees, i"r the IrsoGe of war captured
b, our tronps. or course it decIinel
NrrM Coro1i"n t,1"ch undrr-rut~d We un-
der>tand THAI OF the prisoners taken 1T Bethel
say that they were grn>s.y deceived to the fight
ln4 nIateriai "t which our people are c"mposc1
he yankees were addressed before the battle by
one of their officers, who told them they would
encounter about 30 North CaroIiniAns and 100
Nngimia'lS; til they we've COMMANDED by an old
Virginia militia cIFttin. VIII" never pl ,nued nor
fought u bai tie that the North Carulinians were
notorious c"wards and that the NirgiuianS We're
but little better; they could all be whipped with
c"lnstLlks, but 1t was suggested that it would be
better to take their guns along SO as to Stag the
rel els little. They convinced, probably.
GH;t the North Carun and Eiryiuians cauu1
be whipped with tie must approved rifles aud
niu>kets, and that too, when attacked in numbers
glc"ty their superior.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
YORKTOWN, June II, 1851.
I'll give you some items about the fight We had
yesterday. FIRST of all, the eheuy had less
than tour full regiments, aud the prisuneIs say
five. We had Only tourtt en- hundred aud seventy
un the field. and vi these not more than seven
eight hun rcd fired shot. From the first gun 10
the last was three hours aud twenty minutes Oar
POSITION at Bethel Cnurch our right and lett
flank protected by miry swamp. The enemy
"ccup.ed hliI on the Opposite side, and between
Us valley and cstck ortrNhich was bridge
/ he e.euiy auvarcrd hy HE flank ;4ht in front,
four the dnube qu.c;;. Tle Ma al How
itzyr, which we had IN l,,>,tio' rakrd Their line
with grape and canister from right to lett, anu
yet they stood three h:es trom this piece before
they came down to double quick tlne. The
my cruascd the swamp bel ~ The b,ilge and trtI
TO storm Il rednubt uccupie b, the North Car, hma
volunteers, situated 10 tie Irtt oI our centre bat e.
~. They were met 10y sheet UI lire which roll
ed death aud carnage thc!r ranks. TIr Cap
tain ut ot tie aSsAutin. Companies sprung iii
trout OF h.S com I'any, and waving his word cricu
/" his men. "i"r"ald Conn ANY Is. the d; y uns.
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