The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-07-11
General PatersOn'sL Late victory.
Details By an Eye witness.

Details 5y an Eye Wltness.
The PhiadeIphia Press OF Friday pub.
fishes description. by a gentleman who
saw it.of the battle near Hainesyille. Gen.
Patterson, it seems, had been intending
to cross the Potomac from Wiliamsport
for several nights before Tuesday last,
when he accomplished his design, At
8 o'clock on the morning Of the 2n! he
crossed tie narrow ford and landed on
the road OIL the Virginia side Of the riv-
er, which lies parallel with the sire I'm
until Immediately opposite Wiliamsport.
when it turns off at right angles, and goes
at gentle as,Iivity up the slope and over
the fields. McMvlln's Rangers crossed
first, followed BY the City Troops and
Gen. Paterson and staff, and then by the
Wisconsin and Pennsylvania regiments,
The remaining regiments took the matter
more coolly, and being too late lost the
honor Of participating in the battle They
absolutely stopped in the fields to wiring
OUT their clothes and stocbings
The first mentioned regiments, willis
their companions were drying themselves
had hurried along the pike. and wers not
molasied until they reached Porlsfeld' S
tarm five miles from the Potomac. Gen.
Patterson and staff. Majors Craig. Biddle
and II. B, Price, Col. VIM. c. Patterson
and Captain Newton, with the First Wis.
consin Regiment and the Eleventh Penn.
|sylyania Regiment (Col jarrett prec,.
ded by the City Troops and Doubleday :
battery, the whole led by Capt. McMul-
lin and the Philadelphia Independent
Rangers reached this farm at seven o..
clo"k in the morning. The enemy were
drawn up behind the house. in line ol
battle order, with their park of fouT guns
directly upon the turnpike. bearing upon
cur raLks.
M'Mulin's men were some rods in ad
vance, and they first opened fire. The
first cannon shot Of the enemy passed over
the heads Of our men, single ball stri.
king the gable of PorterGeld's dwelling
and passing out at the peak Of the roof
They fred baily, not a single cannon
ball during the whole action of hall
hours duration inaicting mortal wound
One ball passed between a oldier's mus.
ket and his cheek, and almost simutane.
ousl y, second shot struck his gun bend
! ing tile tube double and sending the
spinterS in his face and brcas: The man
will probably lose an eye, Their fist
discharges OF musketry were aimed toe
high, but subsequently they aimed, low
and must Of the wounded on our side
were struck below the knees. Our mer
advanced continually. loading and Grine
until the Wisconsin Regiment had ap
pro'ched within three hun ired yards ant
McMullin's men were less than one hun
dred yards from tho rebels advanced
lines They must have lost from al
statements, at least one hundrel xii
led and wounded. Their amhulance
were ordered to the front, and our mel
saw them heaping in the fallen, to be il
time for retreat, After firing for an hou
or less, they retired at rapid trot, anc
in graf disorder. seeming to labor tc
ovcrstrip each other IN their flighty pur
pose.
Poterfeld's house is twp stony .framt
dwelling with frame kitchen attached
Porlerfeld is a Union man, who had bes
run off. He had taken his family to tn
woods for security, but returned at one
and gave the wounded every assisran {
HIS family soon followed him, and tn
dwelling became hospital, where tn
wounded lay most Of them seeming to sui
fer 10 great anxiety beyond the event q
the fight, and their own hard fate at nc
being engaged. Ofall the wounded upo
our side, not one will die. At Haines
vile, three miles beyond, they made
second futile and shorter stand. but wer
driven back with renewed loss. Thi
latter place had been the site Of their en-
campment. Before noon the town an
suburbs will bs occupied by our reg
ments.