The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-06-22

Every nan ~ NtIttuth lttWteh slAtten
u lirty was required 20 enter the SER
- ktlsfs tle 10Th
~ sscassionists claim fifteen thousand
=. a Harper's Ferry; but tile Unionists
4. hat there are Only niue thousand.
Iady, wFitluk % Z friend n Washing.
:. Nhe saw The iight NJ AqdiA Creek /
=. here were fifteen killed, and that
n hsd 10 doubt hfty more were killed |
N wounded ID the first attack. Great
..ttas had been taken 10 conceal the fact
- ne friends o. the victims. She says
~ were four hundred troops IN the |
S.ilifies and that The loss in the last al.
- must hare been large.
ne fcrtifcations On Arlington Heights
!, nov ael} i0fmidabIe. Il
ii wasrelIably ascerlained that the Con.
alsrate troops had been moving from
I.rpsrs Berry y Winchester. thence 10
Manassas Junction Is speedily rs they
sid procure Wagons. 5.a'..,; II,
I'm thousand United States troops
.,re reported betweent the towns Of
lfesneastle and Chambcrsburgh, from
.hsuee they were narchihg The troops
sohtly at Point % Rocks, bad certainly
n withdfawn. and we're with the main
ads At Harpers Ferry
Tie Government had evidently taken
session Of the Franklin County Rail
n. IInioulsts It williamspsst were
mi TINT the rebels would cross the
s,rr and burn the town The guards
.one tic whole line Of the Potomac had
- doubled. Reliable information gave
i,Irteen thousand men nj IIarpcr's Ferry.
The correspondent Of the Baltimore
Ir;.ieaa says, the fight at Williamsport.
A,irecn the Heme Guards and the rebels
IA continued all day Of the i1thy several
z lie rebels we're wounded, and one
Tiled. 4 I, 81 II. t1 \ .5 n
From the best available sources II was
B.Isyed that The entire secession forces in
Virginia, did not exceed City or sixty
,ho',santl men. e. .3E .'
General Beauregard had issued i pro.
aimation from Manassas junction extra
,.sently picturing the depIorable conse.
,u.nces Of the expected invasion Of Feds.
itnooFs. 81! ...ss,... " ~
rHE ridtIf At cRrAT BErIiEt. IN. {.
Gen. Butler, having learned that tile.
nbeIs were certifying camp with strong
Sas.eries at Great Bethel. nine miles
ron Hampton, on the Yorktown road, .
he deemed il necessary to dislodge them.
Accordingly movements were made, on
al night Of the sth, from Fortress Mon
Is and Newport News. About mid
sirhl, Col Duryea's Zoaayes aud Col.
TSNuscnd's Albany regiment crossed the.
fiiler At Hampton, by means Of six large.
batteaus manned by the naval brigade,
sud took up the Inc Of march, tile former
.one two miles ii advance Of the latter.
Al tIie same time, Col BenedictS regi.
nsnt and deiaphments Of the Yer.
nont and Massachusetts, regiments at
Newport, moved forward 10 form a juno.
i'm with tie regiments from Fortress
Moaroe, at Little Bethel about half. way
tetaeen Hampton and Great Bethel,
fhs ZonaIes passed Little Bethel about
Ioar O'Clock III the morning Col Bene.
dcIs IeSinieiit arrived and took up a 10.
ision ~ Who intersections ef the roads
sot understanding tue signal, the Ger.
haa regiment, in the darkness Of the
sght, fired upon Col Townselpl's column,
marching In cl4se order and led lly Lieut.
Batter. son aud pid-dc-c amp Of Ger.
Bailer. with two pieces Of Artillery. y.
Other accounts say that Col. Town.
sads regiment fired FIRST. At ali events,
10 Ere Of the Albany RegiDleGt was
harmless, whHc that Of the German was
Ala. killing one man and NouttIing scTi.
suly two or three others, with several
eihes slight casualties The Albany regi.
sent, being behiud tile Germans, discos.
cred, from the AcceOtrrInsifts left on the
asld. tlIat the supposed enemy were their
trends They hull, III the nieantime. fred
riue rounds with small arms mud lield
yitees The Zoaayes. hearing the firing,
turned and also fred upon the Albany
regiment 81 n: .' ;... +.
At iBJbreak, Col. Aliens aud Col.
Cars regiments moved from the rear Of
Vie fortress 80 support the main body.
The mistake at Little Bethel having
esea ascertained, the buildings wers
autned, md . ulaior with two prominent
seeessiouists taken prisonrts
The troops then advanced upon Urea,
Bethel but their three smnli pieces d
artillery were unable to cope with the
AsAsg fiiied cannon Of the enemy, The
s.hel battery was completely masked
Ne men could be seen, only the flashes ci
ne gum, There were probably no les,
ihaa thousand men behind the hattcrie.
q the rebels h. 754ss:; j. 80 .,s....s g....
a we'll concerted movement might
bare secured the position, bnt Brigadier
General Pierce, who commanded 9ae ex
petition, appears TO have lost his presence
y mind mud the Troy regiment stood fol
z sonr exposed 20 . Calling fire, when al
eIqer 10 retreat was AZ last given. IL,
Liest Gresblr, OF the Enited States
Army. IN eomuand Of the artillery, wa,
AtsG by a searaoa bah sud instantly
Killed He had spiked his gun and wal
calamity ehdeasofing to withdraw BIZ
Command. Capt George w. Wilson, o
ie Troy regiment, after the order to re
sEeat Eas given, took possession OF ID,
yuA and brought h on tho field, with thi
corpse Of the Lieatenant. Both wert
aeeght 70 Fortress Monroe. Their,
wee probably about twenty-five killed
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