Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-06-26
WAR AND OTHER ITEMS.
War Ia EarRest--Great EXcifeme mt
IAN Ohio Regiment Repuised.

tllied with thousand rum0rS- Everything al
Gen. Scott's head quarters and tie War Depart
ment petokens that great events are about trans
piring-but all the movements, as they should
be, are kept from the newspaper reporters EY-
erS regiment is under arms. ,n hourly expectation
Of being called upon for active serTice. But few
soldiers can be seen struggling through the streets
The most intense anxiety is manifested n aA
quarters
Skirmish following so quickly upon skirmish,
an the capture, yesterday afternoon, of Seces-
sion Captain within six miles of the city, upon
whose person was found diagram Of the coun-
try IL the neigh borhood of Arlington Heights,
ana plan for its capture, have been matters well
calculated to arouse the spirit and enthusiasm oi
our gallant volunteers. They thirsting for the
blood of the cowardly rebels who have so meanly
entrapped, and murdered ia cold blood, their fel
low-soldiers. 1t it reported, and from what ap-
pears 80 me the most reliable authority, that some
of the soldiers who jumped of the cars IN the
furry at Vienna yesterday, were coldly and de-
lberately shot down like dogs, by the Rebels,
who lay in ambush. The loss of the Ohio troops
is not definitely known, but is variously estima
ted at from ten to twenty. Some accounts make
the number much greater. But every, allow
ance must te made for the excitement which pre-
walls.
The commanding officer, l understand has for
hidden any newspaper reporter 10 follow the mo-
wing regiments and the only information 10 be
from stragglers, and on that very little reliance
is to be placed
The report, however. is that about thirty Of
Col. M'Cook's Regiment are wounded-sOme of
them seriously. They fell into an ambuscade,
and had 1cay Of returning the CALLING IRE arhieh
ras opened upon them from masked batteTy.-
The men all behaved like veterans, while their
officers displayed the utmost GOODNESS and intre
pidity.
An officer belonging 30 the Regulars informs
me that five men were killed outright, several
wounded and nine missing. No two accounts
appear to agree. Like the battle at Great Bethel
anything like authentic account cannot be OBJ
tanned.
The Star this afternoon furnishes .he following
accounts of the engagement
FALLS CHURCH, FAIRFAX Co, VA, June Is
When Gen. Schenck reached this point yesterday,
by rail, with the Ohio regiment of Col McCOok,
they stumbled on the DiSunOniSt's concealed bat
terry near Vienna, they were duly notified that
between a thousand and eleven hundred South
Carolina troops were stationed there. a consul
tatiOn held on the cars, and some If the Off
GERS urged that discretion the better part Of
valor while others maintained that they could
whip them anyhow. 1t was determined TO pro
ceed and when the train got in sight Of the bat
terv. of the existence of which no one on ii
(the train) knew anything, the brakes in
stantly put down hard to stop as quickly as pas-
sible.
That was at the curve lust east Of Vienna. 1t
was too late, however, for a shot came booming
along that severed the connection Of the locomO-
tive with the train. The battery fired seven shots
in ALL killing, / believe. five Of our men and
wounding more, before Col McCoOk ordered his
men to seek cover Of the woods. which was al
that could be done under the circumstances At
that time. The whole regiment left Alexandria
upon the expedition. which was destined to leave
a strong guard upon the railroad all the way To
Vienna.
By the time the train arrived at Falls Church
all but three companies had been SO posted :;
those three being all that was fired on by the
battery. 4 message was sent by the locomotive
back for the companies left below, who hurried
up to the relief of those in the woods, and the
advance of the relief got to the ground lust the
attacked parties had formed in the woods. All
the train, wood cars and two passenger cars,
Were completely demolished by the fire of the
battery, the locomotive and tender only escap-
ing.
By Telegraph from The Military Camp1
Ito LIEUT.. GEN. SCoTT We left camp with
six hundred and sixty eight, rank and file, TWEEN
ty nine field and company officers, in pursuance
of Gen. McDowell's orders, to 90 upon this eXpe
dition, with the available force of of my reg-
r1ents. The regiment selected beng the First
Ohio Volunteers. We left Companies l and X,
with an aggregate of one hundred and thirty five
men, at the crossing of the road. Lieut.. Col.
Parrott, with two companies of one hundred aud
seventeen men. to go TO Falls Church. and TO
patrol the roads in that direction. Stationed tN
companies Cd and T, one hundred and thirty-five
men, to guard the railroad and bridge between
the crossing and Vienna. We proceedly slowly
to Vienna with four companies; Company E.
Capt Paddock; Company c, Lieut.. Woodward,
afterwards joined by Capt. Pease, by Company
G. Capt. Bailey, Company H, Capt. Hazlett,
being total of two hundred and seventy five
men.
On turning the curve slowly within quarter
of a mile of Vienna we were fired upon by raking,
masked batteries of, l think, three guns, with
shell. round shot and grape, killing and wound
ing the men on the platform and IN the cars be
fore the train could be stopped.
When the train stopped, the engineer could
not, on account of damage to some part of the
running 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 train
through the woods.
Finding :hat the enemy's batteries were sus-
tained by what appeared to be regiment of in
fantry and by cavalry, which force we have since
understood to have been some 1900 South Caro-
linians, we fell back along the railroad, throwing
out skirmishers on both hanks. This was about
2. M. Thus we retired slowly, bearing of our
wounded, for five miles to this point, which we
reached at 10 O'Clock.
Casualties Captain Hazlett's Company III
two known to be killed, three wounded, five
missing.
Capt. Bailey's Company, G.-three killed, :
wounded, 2 missing
Capt. Paddock's Company, E,-one officer
slightly wounded.
Capt. Pease and two missing
The engineer, when the men left the cars, in
stead of retiring slowly, as l ordered, detached
the engine with one passenger car from the res
of the disabled train and abandoned us, running
| to Alexandria and we have heard nothing from
him since. Thus we were deprived of a rallyin!
point, and of all means of accompanying tn,