Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-18

THE FIGHT MEAS rAga4L HHL-As AVrHnSrro &C

LAUREL HILL, Barbour county, July 7.--Another
fight and success far with the Confederate troops
Before daybreak this morning Sunday the troops
at this camp were aroused by the firing Of the pick
ct guard, and in short time our men were in line
and ready for service. About light another volley
was fired, apparently about mile from our camp
and the excitement was increased by the rapid
movement of the Georgia Regiment and the cavalry.
Finally orders came for to take proper Positions
that the enemy was advancing upon US, and that
the Georgia Regiment had fired upon them and held
them In check. This regiment kept up fire upon
them until about O'Clock, killing four or five Of
the enemy, and receiving In turn only one man
wounded, slightly. at@
At 8 o'clock, the Georgians were marched of and
the 22d Regiment took Its place, on the brow of q
hill in very short distance of the Yankees. The
23d remained on the ground until dark when they
were relieved by the 18th.
The 23d, under the command Of its brave and
able commander, Colonel Taliaferro, behaved with
GOODNESS and courage worthy of veterans. The
Sharp Shooters Capt. Thompkins, of Richmond,
were selected as the advance corps they took their
position within two hundred yards of the enemy.
and acting as skirmishers, took to the woods and
did their duty faithfully and well. In fact, being
the only company armed with rifles, they had to
bear the brunt of the fighting.
This company, as soon as they were stationed,
commenced rapid fire on the enemy, which was as
promptly returned but fortunately with little exc
cutiOn to The fire was kept up until Z o'clock,
at which time we were relieved. 1 cannot particu-
1 L3rlZe any one VINO performed the most service,
where all did so well, not only in this corps, but in
the whole regiment. Our loss is Charles w. Gof, a
citizen of Richmond, who was shot through the
head, and was killed instantly Captain Tompkins
received slight scratch on the nose (Which by the
way, is q very prominent feature) caused by a
| splinter Corporal Ro. II. Jarvis received ball
through his haversack, cutting through his grub"
and the ball struck against the leg of Sergeant
]. W. L. Jones, without, however, doing any injury;
Sergeant Bosher of the Goochland Greys, received
sr& ill.,
mark on the breast of Captain Harrison. of the
same corps The enemy's loss is estimated at twenty
five killed. How many wounded could not be as.
| certained. t."-ss r
The firing is still being carried on by the 9th
Regiment our men now being in The trenches, sleep
ing on their arms, expecting to go at it again to-
morrow. aI-st ia
The enemy commenced their work with yells and
cheers, swearing and using all kinds Of vulgar Ian
| guage, which our troops replied to by well aimed
bullets and determination TO die rather than yield.
have not time to write any tonight, but will
| give you particulars when the battle is ended.
LAUREL HILL Barbour Co.. July 81 wrote you
a short account of the engagement the command of
| Gen. Garnett and the enemy had few days since,
and have since learned additional particulars.
The force eff the enemy Is estimated at between
1000 and 000 and advanced fromIPhillippi Sat
urday and took up position on bill about mile
and half from our post, which, however, is OBJ
structed from the view of our troops by still high
er hill directly between them and ourselves. On
Tearing of their advance, our General checked their
advance by taking possession of hill to the left of
| them, and on Sunday morning about daybreak the
| two commenced operations, our force consisting of
/ only one company of Georgians and theirs Of
| larger number, constituting the advance guard.
This company held their own until about O'Clock,
/ when they were relieved by the 23d Regiment Col.
Talaferro. The GeoFgians succeeded 10 killing i've
| or six Of the enemy, but received from them not
even scratch, although the Yankees kept up Sc
we're fire upon them.
| On the arrival of COL Talliaferro's command the
| Richmond Sharp Shooters, being armed with sHpe
rior arms, were placed in advance, and took up
position closer than that occupied by the Georges
company. The company had no sooner taken their
/ proper place, when they opened briskly on the
foe, which was returned as briskly but few of the
return shots did any execution. to nerve TO
| extra exertion. We continued our fire until re
| lieved by Col Fukerson's Washington County Reg
| iment at O'Clock The Sharp Shooters succeeded
in killing between Is and 80 of the enemy. Our loss
| was private Charles Fl. Golf. of Richmond city
| killed instantly-and Capt Harrison and Sergeant
Thad. Bosher, of the Goochland Grays, slightly
! wounded. ... III
The firing was continued all night by the regi-
ment Of Col. Fulkerson, with but little execution,
however, as the night was very dark. Certainly
| none of our troops were injured
This regiment in turn was relieved by the gallant
| georgians, under Col Ramsey, at dsybreak 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 a Lieutenant prison
er. The number of them wounded of course can
not be ascertained. The Georgians left the ground
in the afternoon, with not man killed or even
scratch.
81 During the latter part of the day the enemy fred
q number of bombshells, grapeshots and balls in
the direction Of troops, playing havoc with the
trees and shrubbery, not in the least damaging any
| of our men, but with loss to them of large
| amount of powder. In consequence of the rapid
/ discharge of artillery, our General sent out two
] gaDy nAl-N II.
ans but they did not succeed in getting chance ct
! the enemy, and during the night retired from the
field. with the hope of inducing the foe to follow
them, to get them within the range Of our ar
tllery. 1t is supposed that infantry and rifles
had done such execution among them that the enc
my got his "bile" up and let loose his big dogs of
war, which, however, proved as harmless as his
| leaden pups.
The firing is still going on, az O'Clock. Tuesday
! but have not heard what damage has been done
/ How long we to continue this brush fighting it
is hard to tell but our troops getting weary Of
it and exceedingly anxious to get them in face
to face battle. and thus decide the contest should
| have stated that the Yankees keep behind fences,
| brush, stumps and have taken log house, from
| which they have good shots at US. But for this,
we would give you larger number of their dead
| to record.
A member of the Georgia Regiment was acct
| dentally killed in camp, by the discharge of his
| piece, on Sunday morning. His name could not
learn. His remains, and those of private Golf, were
| inferred yesterday with military houors.
| The commander of the Yankee troops have not
yet learned. Their troops poorly clad, and ap-
pear to be of the lowest class of humanity, who, it
seems, it would be doing the world blessing to
| lieve Of
! A BRILLIANT AND SUCCESSFUL sKIRNIsH.
| From the Richmsnd Enquirer, July Is.
On Friday last a skrmish took place between
! I20 Of our men and about 60 of the Yankees,
| Newport News, in which our men, without losing
4 hFVfo hppu b cd dad and
prisoners Is of the enemy.
! The following is extract from letter address
| ed to gentleman in this city:
yesterday concluded to inform you of the result.
| had about 100 in number Of Virgins volunteers,
took II prisoners and wounded one but the best of
| our horses was killed. The fight took place abeut
| were of the New York It'll regiment The enemy
were lying in ambush for US and when they saw rs
| they cried out "Hurrah for the It'll regiment of
New York" which they thought would intimidate
US.
NEWS FROM GEN. JOHNSTONs COMMAND SUCCESSFUL
sHIRMI5H or OUR CAVALRY.
A gentleman who left Winchester on Friday,
the 18th inst has furnished the Lynchburg Repub-
HcGn with the following statement of affairs that
quarter
The relative positions of Gen. Johnston and Gen.
Patterson remain as last reported-the former be-
ing encamped near Winchester, the latter in Mar