St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-05-09
Attack on the Massachusetts Troops.
INTERESTING STATEMENTS.

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"We arrived in Baltimore about 10
o'clock a. NJ The cars are drawn
through the city by horses. There
were about thirty cars in our train,
there being in addition to Col Jones'
command, about 1900 troops from
Philadelphia, without uniforms or arms,
they intending to get them here. At-
ter we arrived, the cars were taken,
two at time, and drawn to the depot
at the lower part Of the city, a mob
assaulting them all the way. The
Lowell Mechanic PhalanX car was the
ninth and we waited till after the
rest had left for our turn, till two men
came to Inc and informed me that
had better take my command and
march to the other depot, as the mob
had taken up the track to prevent the
passage of the cars. immediately
Informed Capt. Pickering, Of the Law
renee Light Infantry, and we filed out
of the cars in regular order Captain
Hart's company, of Lowell, and Cap
tain Dike's of Stoneham, did the same,
and formed in line on the sidewalk.
The captains consulted together, and
decided that the command should de-
volvc upon me. Immediately took
my position at the right, wheeled into
column of sections, and requested
them to march in close order. Before
we had started the mob was upon us,
with secession flag attached to
pole, and told us we never could
march through that city. They would
kill every white nigger' of us before
we could reach the other depot.
paid no attention to them, but after |
had wheeled the battalion gave the or
der to march.
As soon as the order was given, the
brick-bats began to fly into our ranks
from the mob. called policeman
and requested him to lead the way to
the other depot. lie did so. After
we had marched about hundred
yards we came to bridge. The reb-
els had torn up most of the planks.
We had to play Scotch hop to get
over it. AS soon as we had crossed
the bridge, they commenced to fire
upon us from the streets and houses.
We were loaded but not capped. l
ordered the men to cap their rifles and
protect themselves and then we re-
turned their fire, aud laid great many
of them away. saw four fall on the
sidewalk at one time. They followed
us up, and we fought our way to the
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kept at us till the cars started. Quite
a number of the rascals were shot af-
ter we entered the cars. We went
very slow, for we expected the rails
were torn up on the road.
do not know how much damage
we did. Report says about forty were
killed, but think that is exaggerated.
Still, it may be so. There is any
quantity of them wounded. Quite a
number of horses were killed. The
Mayor of the city met us almost half
way. He said that there would be no
trouble; and that we could get through
and kept with me for about a hundred
yards, but the stones and balls whis-
tied too near his head and he left, took
a gun from one of my company, fired
and brought his man down That
was the last | saw Of him. We
fought our way to the cars and joined
Col Jones and the seven companies
that left us at the other end of the
city, and now we are here, every man
, of the old Phalanx safe and sound,
with the exception Of few marks
made by brickbats, and all we want
now is chance to so to Baltimore
and clean out all the roughs there. If
Col. Jones would march his command
there, We would do it, There are five
or six of the regiment missing and all
of the band. am in hopes that most
if not all of them are alive Where
a man in Baltimore showed his pistols,
AK, or Palmetto flag, he was about
sure to drop. Capt bike of Stoneham
is wounded badly, but is better. A
corporal of Capt. Pickering's Law
renee Light Infantry company was
killed. What men are left alive will
be well taken care of by the Union
men Of Baltimore"
A letter from Mr. Brunt Johnson,
a member of the Phalanx, contains
the following paragraphs:
1--WE have not lost man out of
our company. Three or four got their
heads cut and their faces distigured,
but none seriously. = We
had not gone more than twenty PAGES
when stones, bricks and broken bot
ties flew like hail about our heads, but
We kept right along until they COM
menced firing revolyers, when we
turned and fired q volley which made
them retreat with considerable less
number but the firing was kept up
at intervals from doors and windows,
but with little or no effect. The May
or of the city met us about one mile
from the depot with the police force,
and told Captain Follansbee that he
should be protected. While he was
speaking one Of our men was knocked
down with stone. The Mayor at
once seized rifle and shot the man
who threw the stone, after which we
arrived at the depot with little or no
trouble. We got into the cars, lifted
the window and two rifles were in
each window on each side of the car,
and if man was seen to move, throw
stone, or show any sign of disturb
ance, down went his house. There
was one courageous fellow who said
he could get twenty-five men in Balti-
more who could kill the whole Sixth
Regiment, but he did hot get time to
repeat it. He was found with seven
teen bullets in his body. Yesterday
| was the anniversary pf the hattie of