Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-06-19

A RAILWAY TRAIN CONTAINING OHIO TROOPS,
FLIED ON BY A BATTERY,
AND
SEVERAL KILLED AND WOUNDED.

WASHINGTON, June 49, The first Ohio reg
iment being sent on scouting expedition over
the railroad to Vienna, was attacked by bat.
terry near that place Gen. Schenck had COM
mand, and the following is from his official re-
port =
LEFT camp with 669 rank and file and 80
field and company officers, in pursuance of
Gen. McDowells orders. Lett companies |
X, with an aggregate of 1876 men, at the cross
ing of the road Sent Lieut. Col. PARROT,
with two companies of III men to Falls church
to patrol the road in that direction. Stationed
companies d and +, 135 men, to guard rail-
road and bridge between the crossing and
Vienna. Proceeded slowly to Vienna with
four companies, in all numbering two hundred
and seventy-fve men. On turning the curve
slowly, within one quarter of mile of Wen
ma, were fired upon by raking masked batter
les of, | think, three guns, with shells, round
shot and grape, killing and wounding the men
on the platform and in the cars before the train
could be stopped When the train stopped,
the engine could not, on account of damage to
some part OF the machinery, draw the train
out of the fire, the engine being in the rear.
We left the cars and retired TO the right and
left of the town through the woods.
Finding the enemy's batteries were sustain
ed by what appeared TO be regiment of iu-
fantry, and by cavalry-which force we have
since understood to have been about 1900
South Carolina rebels,-we fell back along
the railroad, throwing out skirmshers on both
TANKS This was about p. NJ. Thus we re-
tired' slowly, bearing off our wounded, five
miles, to this point, which we reached at 10
o'clock.
CasuahieS-Capt. Hazlett's company, two
known 10 he killed, three wounded and five
missing; Capt Baey's company, three kill
ed, two wounded and two missing; Capt.
Paddock's company, an officer slightly wound
ed Capt. Pease's company, Capt Pease and
two men missing.
The engineer, when the men left the cars,
instead OF retiring slowly, as l ordered de-
tached his engine with one passenger car from
the rest of the disabled train, and run to Alex
andria, and we have heard nothing of him
since. Thus we were deprived of a rallyng
point and of all means for conveying the
wounded, who had 10 be carried on filters aud
in blankets. We wait here holding the road
for reinforcements. The enemy did not pur-
sue. | have ascertained that the enemy S
force at Fairfax Court House four miles from
Vienna, is nov about 1000.
When all the batteries opened upon us Maj
Hughes was at his station on the foremost
platform car Col, McCook was with me in
one of the passenger cars. Both these officers
with other commissioned officers and many of
the men, behaved most cooiy under this gall
ing fire, which we could not return, aud from
batteries which we could not flank or turn,
from the nature of the ground. The approach
to Vienna is through deep, long cut in tho
railway
In leaving the cars, and before they could
rally, many of my men lost their haversacks
or blankets, but brought off all their muskets,
except it may be few that were destroyed by
the enemy's first fire. (Signed)
RoB'T L. SCHENCK, Brig. Gen'l.
ALEXANDRIA, June 1S.--The train which
went to the relief of the Ohio troops, contain
ing the LIST and I'd Connecticut regiments, pro.
ceeded TO point four miles this side Of Wen
ma, where they met the regiments Of the Ohio
troops at tour O'Clock this morning. 1t APP
pears that after the engine left, last night aud
nineteen rounds had been fired, the rebels
made no further demonstration, and the Ohio
companies retired. Mr. Dorman, employed
as a brakeman on the road and who was the
only one Of the employees who started with
the train, says the attack was made about half
past four yesterday afternoon.
New YORK, June 1S.-A Washington dis
patch to the Post says there is great excite.
ment over the bloody affair at Vienna Eight
of the Ohio soldiers who were shot by the
rebels have since died. No blarRe is attached
to Gen. Schenck, who acted under positive
orders from Gen. Mcdowell.
WASHINGTON June 1S-EUening Gen. w.
Ter, with force of federal troops, was four
miles from Vienna at ten o'clock this morning.
The rebels fell back with their artillery before
daylight
Special Despatch to the Evening Post.
WASHINGTON, June 18.-There is great ex-
citement here over the bloody affair which oc-
CURED yesterday at Vienna, Virginia. Eight
of the Ohio soldiers who were shot by the
rebels have since died Six of them expired
last night, andtw others this morning. Mr..
Carnes, editor of the Cleveland (Ohio) Herald
is reported among the dead