The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-09
THE REBELLION.



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TIE ADVANCE Of GIN. PATTERh0NS COLUMN
Detailed Record OF the Movement from
williamsPort Go mar Of
the pInrch-Tho Troops I'm Hlotion-Cross-
ing the POt0mao-Briiliant Skirmfsh ~
Falling w atera-OcCa patton OF Haines-
vtilo-Ths March Neutrality-suspicious.
of Martansbure-Lsm me ntsbis OutrsSes
by Our Sohdiers-Proximnty OF OenersI
Johnston's Rebel TroOps-ImmAnsncy OF
q Battle, tSe., &C.
HARRISBURG, Va July 4, 1851.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
In authorization Of movement to be made in parallel
columns by Sheppards Ford nine miles below williams
port and by the wamsport route, three bigades had
moved within racius OF three miles from the first ford
The movement TO have been made on Sunday night,
on both routes. On Sunday afternoon the weather
ateerabIy dsagreeable from cold drzzling rain. The
night excessively dark and fogey. Notwithstanding
this fact the advance brigade OF three regiments moved
to sheppards Ford mot sheppardstown, which is sti
farther down the river Either from the Incompetence
Of the guides the extreme murkness Of the night the
best ascent for the Virginia SIDE OF the ford could not
he found and4he column bad to give up tho attempt to
psss and slowly returned TO their different encAmpments
with tho intention OF again pitching their tents
long march md countermsrch, threw themselves upon
tue wet ground and bad bur fairly gotten 10 sleep when
dragon from General Pattersons headquarters came
oaahog IN with orders to General Negey to form his br
gaze ne aud march at The weary reused
tnemeelves up and slowly unoong themselves fell into
line and began rapid march upon Wulamsport Aber
crobe's brigade and Thomas also had been up all night
waiting to receive orders support Negeys advance
Virginia. These two also marched to Wliamsport over
rough country road, ankle deep with sIushy thin mud
The artillery and cavalry had passed 1t and cut il up
most terribly. bot boiling out from the thick
Clouds which had prevailed In the morning. tried s
melting powers upon the fatgaed soldiery About four
p ri. the whole division reached wiAmsport and en-
csmped
MONDAY NIGHT.
Il became quietly known through the camp during the
night that General Patterson had issued orders for
march OF the entire column with the exception Of three
regiments into Virginia. by the ford that point The
march WIS W begin midnight. To Captain McMuins
Independent Rangers assigned the honor Of heading
the column This post Of honor they had filed before,
when Cadwaders division had the same point
tea days ago, About three O'Clock A. n they dashed
into the water aud led off, supported by the Eleventh
penusy lvans under Colonel Jarrett The First Wiscon-
en followed Chen ell the other regiments In regu-
Jar ORDER the Eighth and Thirteenth Pennsy
left guard the foros aocg the Potomac ard the Fourth
Connecticut left At aagetown to keep watch and
over that pointthe base Of operations supplies In
all these dfeen un'eer regiments are over ana about
eight hundred regulars the latter composed entirely
artillery and cavalry. Total sixteen regimen 8. The
passage Of the river effected by the guard
tvo O'Clock ruesdas.
THE ADVANCE ON TUESDAY.
AZ soon az the advance reached toe brow Of the HILL
es ekirmshe,s two or three companies, the Philadelphia
l"iependeus Rangers still leading These supported
by the Eleventh Pennsylvania. IN this order OF march
the advance continued slowly along the direct
harsnsburR They passeo Falling Waters without
than occasionally seeing rebelt cooper most respect
able distance They had almost begun 70 despair OF
fndios foe About tso miles from Falling Waters they
almost stumbled upon hin concealed In farm house or
barn, behind stone CO, in grain field With this
advantage Of conceSmeut stion the latter opened
DOE HOODS raw and cen, never having been under fire
before did no' besiate moment They at once returned
the Ore and the skirmish grew brisk.
The first sSrnsh must have lasted full half hour be-
tseen the Infantry ana rlaem,n OF both Neither
patty sho -ed any disposition TO give way In the
time McHulin's Rangers tho ~hoe Wisconsin and the
left wing OF the Eleventh Pennsylvania became
p.tly 20 out1snk the rebels
Whilst sheee movements were rapidly progressing n
session OF Captain Perkins flying battery pushed
forward and opened Upon the ee7, vino by this time
hso brought into action two nl regiments the right
wing OF a third. he round shot told beautifully upon
taen but wnen the she'll ceRan to burst among them,
thel- Virginia " ohlvary" departed They seemed 70
have forgotten ths the usous blood OF :he cavaliers
fewed in their veins" They d,on't sand shot
their forefs.0ers stood itNarston Aoor aud Naseby-
and they ran NTH higher speed
They brought a and attempted to reply
10 PEI Sns $40 guns but the was given to our
troops aod about TO be cuted ge bayonets in
couble quick me to carry the piece ~hen the piece
withdrawn DO not think 1t Gren Few sho,s IN re-
ply. The skirmtsh was Continued a space OF two
miles, when the enemy 'etsu,ea with singular facility
the position and strength Of the enemy for he hsd des
patched Gene a Neslsy, wth hs brigade by the aeg
a mile south OF Wllismsport, but which
runs nearly parallel with IL, to pass the
sosn,s r,sn. a.as AID upos zig rear From some
oeuse Negley's column did not enough and
was acarey even with the advapce when tho enemy be-
gan 10 fall back Had he suoceeoed in stealing q quiet
nenk march upon Thorn the whole brigade would have
been taken As it was captain in of hts regiments
suffered forty OF his copsny oepoyed as krnnhere TO
than the yet sscsr;aned OF the enemy from all
causes do not know how high sounding may be the
estimates eaus ing from on ,ai sources a. Of The great
lose o. the enemy, but know, including the prisoners
aAen br them, our loss must be greater than theirs
have seea an intelligent RESIDENT of this place who
saw and counted the number OF wounded who were car
rad 5y the firing llnn through here and he saw
only ,oirteen myse saw two DEAD and one wounded
ava three prisoners, making total Of nineteen We had
two killed and nineteen wounded according all have
seen personally. 1t cannot be less than that and may
Keach twenty five or these tweu five there perhaps
twelve slight flesh wounds The local editor Of the NIL.
wauSee Datly Ssconss who was literally rdded with
bnhss-- mean Sergeant Grshsmis dead, and has been
buried at WiD,smsport with all the honors Of war by
Company A, Of tue Thrteeuth Pennsy Volunteers
presutae this first skirmsh will be known the
battle Of Hsneevlle that being the name of group Of
houses nearest to the spot where the engagement took
place such wss the opening set of the bail about
was fo,rneo around Hainesvile on Tuesday night and
there the column 10y until ten O'Clock On
WEDNESDAY.
Just hefoTe she encampment formed, straSglerg
from the various regiments entered the house the
master At gainesville, and completely Quilted IT, emssh
ing furniture, breaking down doors emptyng drawers,
destroying dresses carrying of blankets and quilts,
literally leaving the fsuhly nothing what they had
upon their backs It seems the old man bad boarded
the rebel officers, hao given them information Of the
movement OF troops had been very violent In the
expression Of ais oDn0ns and had procured the arrest
or esvers Of hs U9on neghoors. He had also gone
she trouble pointing out teams OF his peghbors
order that they might be impressed the service Of
Virginia. By the way, have learned from the farmers
living all through ths region that, within ten days
fhe very mids. of the and harvest nearly
their entire force Of hoses have been impressed and
ricd OF An intelligent resident OF this county berkeley
esmeee the humber thus taken from this county alone
nj i've hundred others thousand. The oss 80
the people at tb soaeon OF the must be immense
Certainly such Ecton Is well calculated 70 fix the aec.
tone OF tho pcooe npor the Cont government
Afer fat gGing Of nles lasting at least
1--WE hous, "e Ieschsd this point and encsmped We
did not the vsst,ge of enemy the main column
though Of the acing krmishers on the
extreme Right saw and nred upon company OF
cavalry, killing and woundng two. The
cavnlry bo-a their wounded on take 1. that there