The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-06-12
WAR INTELLIGENCE.
Fight At Acquia Creek.
FREDERICKSBURG, june Ist, 1861.

| TREDERlCksBURG, june lst, 1901.
| On Thursday evening last four u. 3.
steamers, ore of them The "Auacosta,"
were seen lying off ''MaryinD Point" and
our brave boys anticipating brush, pre-
pared nj once to give them "A warm receP-
| ton.
On Friday morning, about 10 O'clock, the
! Anacosta" aud tbres other steamers were,
seen to get under way, md approaching
within two and q half miles of ibe battery, ,
opened lire on it. Our boys promptly res
| ponded, aud the fire was continued for an
| hour and a half between the steamers and
battery, when Walkers Flying Artillery.
| supported by the X. L. I Blues, Capt.
| Wise, our city, came up with ron from
| Marlboro Point, and opened on the steam
ers. the fire. continuing for mn hour aud u
half. During the engagement several men
| We're seen TO tall on the steamers, mud it is
| generally believed That pt least one Of she
vessels WAS badly injured, ~ Nil o! them,
withdrew from tho fight about ! O'Clock -
| During the engagement n shot from rife
| piece Oh one Uf the steamers passed over
| our battery. about 200 Yards over head, and
fell two miles in rear. The nen in the
battery sustained no injury, the only dam.
ngc done being the tearing 10 piepSn OF the
officers quarters by shell from tho
enemy's gun.
MAaAssA, JUNCTION, June "A slight
skirmish took place at Fairfax Court House
| yesterday evening, between the Federal cav.
| airy and the Confederate troops Capt
Muir, Of the Virginia cavalry, and two or
three others, We're wounded. None were
killed on our side. The Federal troops
were forced Ia reireak A number of them
were killed and wounded. and fifteen Of
their horses captured. Mercury
kilograms to Gorernor Pickens.
NORFOLK, June 5.--rhere was no fight
yesterday at Newport News The enemy
nre said to be building many tatboais, pre-
sumed To be with view Of attacking ua
soon, IN force.
SECOND DESPATCH
NORFOLK, jane 8. IL MA detachment
Of our men, about Q u. M. had just begun
u throw up battery, TWO miles east OF
Pigs Point Battery, when the steamer lar.
'isi Lane opened fire "n them. Unprotcct.
ed ns they were by any rnrlhw"rks, on.
brave troops, with but oae six poundrr ii
fled cannon, succerjei in driving oti IN.
steamer. Pigs Point Battery also opened
on the steamer, but the distance wss too
s''" "" ~ ''' "',' "'"t P"'i' w" h"t
re"rh her. lh's Is re'icrty reliable.
THIRD DESPATCH.
SIX O'clock, = My despatch sent at
noon TO day W ~ based on The report "f
volunteer, who was an eye witness, Of the
whole nit.,ir nt the distance Of two miles.
Since then the official report has arrived
from Pigs Point Battery. which battery su..
tanned The brun, IL the rnrn,' I, tire, and
had one of lie gun. disabled. III. shot.
". '".s oa''erJ' u appears ui' rc"ch the
i"Tr"t Lane h,'u mere can be very hiiie
"ouo' wa, was o'"'y ""iro' b" after 'hc
e'ose VI '"' "''"" sue u'e" OH l" tho
"e's'oo'"''" ~ f"t'e's ""h'oe' ana srht
ding posi,ion at Newport Nrwa I'm. .n".
NY up to tnis time has hot rcc"mni-uccL
The attack upon Tie bs''ery - !lercury.
To day, about ~ o'clock, the 'Auaco>la.'
n large ,hrcr masted steam propeller, sup
posed {" he the pawn.r, aud Il, " other We,
sells, c.iur ia sigti. three of the steamer,
opening on our battery. III. hyht wa.
continued for six hsurs. the Vessel, firing
500 shot at us Without doing The Mi .htrst
injury, Notwithstanding the fact that ia,
shell Tell thick ms hail around our battery,
and one uf them pa-sed through port hoiu
aud exploded Ia our midst. Our battvry
tired 100 shot1, many of which ioy,611E.t
o" The Vessels. one Of them carry l1Rss
the Il x "f the Ansco-li, and anOtla1
tiny down the mast Of ,h" large pf W.
The lnst shot fred was Il" M one Of, e
ke''s rifle pieces, which ricoch.ttel I #
struck the largs steamer jn,t hbovs'tIfyf
waller line. immediately after which tbs
hret got under way and moved oil, prob.-
al =.