Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-12-26


ed, but is still 10 the field. / have collected
the dead and wounded, and amsabout to move
back to camp.
GEO. A MCCALL,
Brig. Gen. Commanding.
DETAILS OF THE BATTLE.
General Ora started at six o'clock this morn
ing. His command consisted of four full regi
ments the Bucktail Rifles" Lieutenant
Colonel Kane, and Easton's battery, consisting
Of two twenty, four and two twelve pound how
itzers. They proceeded ol forag:ng expedi-
sion in the direction OF Drainesvie, General
Mccall, anticipating they might be attacked
ordered First and Second brigades to follow at
eight A NJ. The First brigade, General
Reynolds, advanced on the Leesburg turnpike
and took position on Difficult creek to await
further orders. Two hours later General Nc
Call, with his staff and escort ofcavalry, follow
ed by the same route.
Meantime Gen. Ord advanced to Thorn
tons House. near Drainesville when his com
msnd was suddenly fred upon by force lying
IN ambush in dense woods adjacent This vas
The signal Of battle, and brisk engagement
promptly ensued.
Gen. Mccall, who arrived few minutes
time, EaSton's battery was planted alongside
the Thornton House, and fred rapidly and
with terrible effect in the euemy's ambush
Col Kane's Bucktail rihemen" were placed
in advance, and fred upon the enemy wherever
they made their appearance. The rebels, who
had q battery Of six pieces, returned the can
nonading, and replied to the rifles with musk
etry. The firing was kept up some three quar-
ters OF an hour, when the enemy retreated
rapidly, the fire Of the whole brigade rehes
and battery being too hot for them.
Our troops stood up bravely under the sharp
volleys of the rebels Their steadness was
praised by General Mccall and bis officers.
The rebels took the direction of Fairfax
Court House, leaving on the field q number of
their killed and wounded. Our troops pursu.
ed them short distance and returned.
The scene in the woods presented all the
horrors of a sanguinary battle field, and the
dead and dying lying stTewn in various direc.
tions. Forty dead bodies of the rebels were
picked up, and fifteen wounded prisoners were
taken and placed in Hunters and other houses
in DrainesVille
General Ord captured eight wounded prison
ers and two caissons with ammunition. In
their haste the enemy left behind arms of all
INSCRIPTIONS, CLOlAluSy &C
Their loss is estimated at $50 killed and
wounded. Among their killed was Colonel
Tom. Taylor, of Frankfort, KY, and CON-
mander of the First Kentucky regiment OF
rebels. The forces of the enemy consisted Of
three infaDtry.regiments, First aud Eleventh
Kentucky and Tenth Alabama, with cavalry
regiment and a battery, all under command of
Colonel John II. Forney, of the Tenth Alaba-
ma, Acting Brgader General The dead
rebels were left on the field.
The loss on our side was six killed and eight
wounded most of whom belonged to the Buck
tails. Colonel Kane received slight wound.
At nine o'clock our troops had returned to
camp, bringing in fifty wagon loads of forage.
The regiments of General Ords brigade were
the Sixth, Ninth, Tenth and Twelfth Pennsyl-
vania reserves.
When General Mcclellan learned that Gen.
McCal's troops were engaging the enemy, he
jumped into his saddle, and accompanied by
Colonel CoIburn, proceeded to Minersville,
where he learned the result as given above and
returned.
Further accounts OF this engagement, show
it to have been more brilliant and successful
than at first represented. The enemy was com,
petely routed, and his loss severe.
The skirmishers of the expedition were tax
en- from the 9th Regiment which contains
Capt. BRADBURY's and Capt GoEEs compan'
les. We ore sorry to see in the list of wound
ed,Capt Bradbury reported as severely wound
ed in the leg, and A. H. DINsMoRE, in the
thigh, slightly.