Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-08
From tbe n ati3aa iatelt, se lcsr.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

lhR accounts haYa Ueen so coufused anil in
accurate wlish vs. hsve seen of ihiy ha,tle.
waiph his been represented by tha ret-.rts Of
letter writer's and mic mlksr- a. ,.l-gr4oefnl
20 the FEDERAL arals as we'll a i bloody hltwhich.
~ trura, was emneHfly honorable 10 The
Ieourags aud eop!uct Of our traaps tast We
glad 10 e abe b i44.sefryre- ,,ilf reasl,.fs
III SUBJ lined correct history of til, hi lint
, ntftir, for which we ara in'ebtei a. A very in.
tellIgenf Eeptl4tnap, who VS. near the scene
~hen The bittlo wA@ fought, wa t.rwit is ia4
! fortned hu1elf aura lrllarip " of the plr,icu
lar Of tl' sngigs,n.uI All ia sahj .sss. al who
lef Eiw,rl', Ferry i.y b.fose yesterday.
In one re.peet the cnga cement on Maua4y
az HarrisGu's lanai by Gen. Bakers brigade
oF Aajr GeD. Sione's advance, was blpne
the n"St rem m'rksbio in tie wo:li's annai, Of
h4I'les. Of sixteen hundred men engaged
who bel opt for nIae hpurs against an over
win IaIng toTce of the enemy. a little more
thtn h,lf have rt turned ~ their camps on the
Aial yiand shore. On rare occasions ia taa
h'sttrJ of battles mas such per oentase of
lo-s been Witnessed. IL aound,Htly attest
tiAe cool oaur ge and d .ripg oF tue tru ,p, AMI
VIII stan the ihcCmopy 80 ar this var
Aa impression Euost Incorrect wlth regard
TO sho morale Of tbs battle ealaugers he rep
utatnn ot tha sprvig0ss. aud doe, great itiiI,>
lice 10 the real character aud results OF the
movement, devised aud plauued by G3n
Stnre. T0oush cur troops have now been
wi'hira~n from th4 Yugiai4 shore ,na tn
lines of rebel pcket' now c,nfroat L lwar.l'.
Ferry, change of l.u we are nor h,rs to
discuss we desire that il eh ,uld NOT be Forgot
reu bow galilutY al weii IA. crossing Of tn.,
IN N.s - -
the int. ntlous ri tie rntlny M Is spe 81
f4iso impressions desire 20 currect, We have
trfure "a, the result 0t tie cateful iRyc,tig.
tious at f,pattsis wno have visited The lac4l
~ aud tho camps OF reeiIn: eng sgej, aud wc
are greatly ni.t~ken it IL ,iu not appear there
from that IN I'll respects The achitvem mt was
real and valuable que, though purchased at
heavy loss
The enemy were in possession of the Virgin
i. shore, ani fully sdsi,el of Gen. Sten4's ius
tn1od aierenans Tnere are two ferries across
The Potomae ar that pl pl,ce-oue III tHan C,n.
rad's, At the heai Of Harrison Island, a long
narrow tract Of four hundred acres, iu mid
te,m, ani the n,her Eiward's F4rry, six miles
below, on the direct r"4d from Prolesvliie 20
L-e>b1rg II was Gen S S'oBe's plsu to tiy,tt
'tn stteutian Of tae enemy ffoa both these 90
thirl point, Of bls o~a selection, five miles
above Edwlrd's Fury, st tie 70 If li.Irisor,'s
I>,and, and by making teiGi of phroUins over
his whole column ,t that III co invite rtu rebel
attack. while at + lwaris Ferry, thus left free,
the ulsia toiy rould be moved aclDss withou,
hinderance. And ,sr this was dome
II we are understood iu tS brief statement
The fact Will stand th-t rhe lille force of rhe
gsilaGt and lametted Baker became as 1t were
a torIorn hope, which, Al fearful risk and re
su'l tn lheu>e!v,s, purchased immuuiiy and |
: stfe crossing for the main body.
tfiU. Baker received the order for his nIhve~ |
ment an Sunday. The same evening Captain /
lhiihFck AID Lieut.. Howe, of Col Degen>'
18th Massachusetts, With twenty mrp, crossed |
the liver at the palut at0ve Indicted, ahd
Il, d. thorou2h rrconaoisance to within mile
aud h.lf Of Leesbnfg. and ret urpd repnr ing
tt at no en- my had been sceu. All thrnugl |
ih~t night, 10y facilities ter transport far to-
nrompIets aud uniniat4r, for the pu Pose,
Gen. B,ker was thfowing over his force: ana
~ dayhrcak tie first liue was formed at Balls
Bluff, aboat eighty feet above The river. If
ug on The top an area Of several hundred acres
by trees, save 10 the angle TO Tie
'pu'h 'hwcst, where clearing en1 carna field
NJ S.tD w. 'h 'AS ~uNFFo3 NpShpu Jul tU tue
nrin road.
Tao force of Gen. Baker was Abeut 700
trong, made mp of<brnken reginenis. The
VI 'SsachuSttts 10 h'd 100 men present, the
ID VI .s>achH,e t. uh!} tlrpe companies the
'alltornia B'is'de about 60J u,en, aud the
pamni'ny IN Regiment Two or three Gem
1,nies. There also ,wo howttz.rs of
Rlcketts' United Stites battery, drawn by
irag ropes, aud one J4nes's fed gun of the
Rhode Island battery, 10 The eo,uuaaud of
Ahieh Lien:enans Bfamhall WAS detailed frum
be New York OH
The FIRST attaok of the enemy was made a.
bout six O'clock, from rude rife pits in the
'nrn field, This met til gallant charge
ii the Massa 3huscetts Is Is, who drove tue
enemy from their eoveris Ut the point OF the
Dly"net. After sharp work far some three
l"n's along the Whole font uf the In,la line,
be eaeDs b in kept 10 check with the three
pieces ut artillery, they themselves using unly
1Hcs aud cavalry carbnes in tie acton, lull
uok place; during which wnuld aple4r, FROM
Ite very misepPichensirn General Steno had
5esigHcd 20 create, Tbs rebels were drawing
their whole force fem above ana below to
,t,eBgtheu the centre of titir liuc, which they
b leycd 10 be tbreatened by the head OF our
naio columr.
Whlle our troops were eating their dinner, i
lbCut two L. y the rebel frlag recomncn-
'ed, st short Il range, from llae extending
20 three sides aoodt our hltto front, froal a.
n'hg the trees aud from tho tree Top. macy 81
shich wrro full of sharr-shooiers Frnm this
'nln unit night foil the 6ght knew nU cesss-
ion. We cannot write its details; they press
lpan us f.om every band, aud the account
you'd possess well nigh the melancholy and
rAga Interest of "Lovewell's Fight"
About four O'Clock Gen. B,ker fell. pierced