The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-09-20
The Fight ut LeWinsNille.

The New York HeraH Washing
ton correspondent, gives the follow
ing detailed account OF the skirmish
o. the 11.h, near LewinsviIlr.
In accordance with orders from
Gen. Mcclellan, this morning Gen.
Smith commanding the a!vance
brigade on the South side Of the Pn
tomac near Tic Chnin Bridge, di-
r, cted Typographical rcconoisancen
in 'orce 10 be made in the direction
u, Lcwinsvil'c.
The rcconoitrring p rty consisted
OF the scvrnty-ninth New York vol
untccrs, thirt V,rmont vo'u tccrs.
al battalion CT the niEet, enrh lEdi.
ana volunteers: Il battalion OF the
first United Starcs chassenra under
Lieutenant Colonc, Al, xanIer L.
Shuler; two sections Oour pieccs) of
the West Point battery, Captain
Griffin; fly men OF Company IL
fifth United Sta'cs cavalry, Lieutcn-
Mel me cnmmln!inS, and one
company OF Youns's cavalry-the
whole under the command Of Col.
Isaac J. Stevens. acting l}rigadier
General. The scientific corps was
in charge Of Lieutenant Orlando M
Poe, United Stat Top graphical
Engineers. assisted by Lieutenant
West, OF tho United States Co ,st
Survey, who were to conduct the
reconnaissance. =
The reconnoi'ering party. thus or
ganized, left Camp Advance about
seven q. m, and proceeded without
molostation to Lewinsville, q dis.
tance of four or five miles, reaching
that point at half past ten, a. IN.
Just in time to get sight OF the
: heels Of srebel cavalry picket, about
fifty strong, which evacuated the
: village, an retrcated in the direction
OF Falls Church, without firing {
\ shotupon the approach ofour advanc'
; guard.
After the arrival OF our troops il
townsville, cavalry and infantry
pickets were thrown out on al
the diverging roads and prominen
= places for distance of half mile
Scouting parties were also out 70 oh
serve the movements Of the rebels
y y should any be attempted.
=. At about IL o'clock, II. m. q larg
y body OF rebel cavalry were seen /
4 the distance, watching the move
!. ments Of our troops. They did No
=. come within cannon or. muskt
~ range, and therefore their appeal
= ance did not interfere with the OPT
$, ration of the reconnoitering party.
to Lieut.. Poe, OF the Engineers, wit
a, corps of assistants, commence
~ his surveys, and proceeded over a
he area OF four miles square, obtainin
1 valuable Typographical information
e. At half-past two o'clock the r.
or connoisance was completed, and o
u ders given to recall the pickets, pr
il paratory to returning to Camp Al
vance. All the pickets responde
to the recall except picket OF Il
D.. third Vermont and one from Il
" nineteenth Indiana regiment. Go
Stevens sent a detachment ont
81 learn the reason Of their detentio
!. - and subsequently learned that the
~ ~ were watching the advance of
Nv column of the euemy, consietiI
As of seven hundred cavalry, two !
-. 49, giments oi infantry, and four piec'
!" 'a of artillery, who we're coming fro
~ the direction Of Fall's Church.
,~a 10 Little or no attention was paid
nc the rebel advance, as the objes
u OF the expedition had been accor
plished, and our troops had procee
cd but few rods on their retu
home when the ensmy's batter
aiirA -khis- tiWa. bad Attained