Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-08-22
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NORTH.


Prom New York and Baltimore pap re-, coming do'n,
TIE former late Monday and the latter Tuesday We
have the foo.inc accounts Of affairs as viewed through
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Tia tolovine bl,6eatou Of facts Is put forth end &C
cented nv the Yankees as true account OF the Battle
ofD,k Hill None but Yankee or Chinese could see,
in rout that cost every thing snd ght Of over
hr,5rsd n;l.s snv thipx resembling q victory. But
b h the way The Peter Parleys Of the North make and
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Lieut. Nehrig Of the Fifth Regiment Missouri Vo!un'
tiara (Saomon Who paricipatedin the battle ct Sprng
fsld. rsports the following PARTICULARS .,t.,-. d,
IL xas me intention Of Cen Lyon TO surprise the
ov ana IN this srrpr;se Cen Siege was assigned the
most d,scolt mart AZ he had to cIcumvent the enemy
"A ..ck him In ,ha According 10 previous agree
mari S;eysl 10 commence his attack with the
81 tba brd and Filth Regiments Including four cannon
"a 80 o,n,an;as NJ cavalry about sunrise simuane.
,sv h an sttaek of the main bods of our troops uu-
~ IN usht rbo sommsncsrnent of The attack was be.
- osa,,.,ion srccssaf, Tha outnost of the enemy
cnced and nu, cut of the war Without shot being
s,ad 80. go -. = Z. tss 49,. u. :
ssg, took rr,stion which &C plstely commanded thu
49,, oamn Thav wsr, Ina. nrenSrine their break.
fst and evidently did not dream that an attack was
m dts ted unon them Blu. suddenly sige opened q
vnllv NJ csnnon and musket shot upon them and they
',n,S 80 49, "a, In the sr,stest alarm. They ran
t'psI " -; ..n6ol3 "a fs., az their fact would
III, hev ,e.chsd Mace of shelter on the
W. -, 5000 lit h,rsb ~and and sfi,rdipo
top Vi un', oo'oG - e. ..~...,,nan, a;ogoI fol
mem amps ~. .Ls ~ - ,.bsrs ,icS hoo,y
l1"eu .uo'u 80 .,oSs. - go ,honssnd hoses
oohssIngo o. arms e'eVnes, anu - -. ,i,n /,
lay ready LOT nun, pet mere va. no nm s,.s ~.
aeviog s ga np =, h.,,is .sa;os, No snsm
~ - tSsi0 :; The hnshs AMI along the yalley
Nno was ks'Se'ne - .-e tSe ,,-s, hwsS,5
t1a' et'suus ior u.s. sS,snSirs f-om n
Ia No, .a5oh., srsued Roth In front and
- the rssr oF The enemy purdsrous fire was kept up
a,s;nst hs lines and he MAS finally driven to make his
way through al some point Of our forces Closely
Dc he'd by Lyon he concluded TO throw himself with MS
vncle force on siegel The encounter ives desperate
one but last Seges small heroic band had 10 yieio
20 sur erior numbers Three cannon were spiked and
left the field, the horses which were attached 70
them had been Killed. Siegel, however managed 10
bring his prisoners amounting TO one hundred, anu
mostly belonging 10 Louisiana regiment, away with
hin. r....- $40 ..... ........ -..L..... ...
Segeis own regiment in this encounter suner'd Sc
verely number OF its men were taken prisoners.
Siegel himself at the head OF body Of only fly men
last contested the passage OF the enemy.
La the meantime. LYON kept up bis advance. Again
be Confederate, were compelled, although row Ia
onnoste direction 10 cross their own camp, and on
bsr ,av thew set everything on fire for fear il shoold
GII into our hands About one o'clock Lyon fell and
,aany This !. undonbtedy 4 mistake1 assumed COM
80 80 oor,innsJ ,be nuIsuit
ISsr having ADVANCED five miles N the pursuit, our
1T. ~ r.,,rued 10 Springfield
S,er,I regiments suf red most terribly especially the
low. regiments and the Missouri First On the roll call
an Sunday morning only seventeen men OF company b,
NJ the latter regiment answered to their names.
lion, Nehrie Estimates the whole number of wounded
IA nd ni.s;ns On cur side at 200 and that Of the
ansmv at lesst three times that number.
,yoyHrR YASEsy ACCOUNT
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S'A'Ay sunday Aug August I'll Il. 1851.
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Night before last n1ee A'iHy '. ~ - ~ ~
men moved 10 t"o columns " ahnfa ,.,v, ,bo.
teen miles 10 ATTACH oouy " - ~ -,
Sanu s'Iong, IN ~, 70 sav shsom, rsshnsss
S;aOoi IN siI 1scss Of cannon. bs own regi-
'sa, Of coI SoIomonis moved in a southefly
i SnH shov 6T,ssn n;las ossspv around
- so,bs ss,ern csmn of The enemy aud halt
"A III Jycb, n, for the sound of artillery frou the
-, 40 s,nonrca ,bs onening of the hattle
csna,.I voD viii A., volunteers. composing the
,, u,ue.' LyV-' ;,.rSn, CoIansl tndrews Iowa
Ii,n,or.n, o. ,,rsj ysrrt Kansas FIRST Colonel
na.,,..' al second Do, Mitchell: part OF the Mis-
- SOD nnJ.r Mo- O,tarhsus and dstach.
So. - 49,, - from Colonel Wym.n's Illinois reg
s., tbas q. four comnsnies Of Hons Guard force
- - aho,,, Ion, brpdred strong and two batter
~ tor, .na ar neceS respectively left Springfield
hoYt o'clock A N when he halted for two nours at
gbioh time Captain lberts company of regulars and
Major O,erhaus battalion thrown out as skrmish.
e-s on either side of the column, and moved for
ward
Shortly after FIVE o'clock party OF rebels acting as
picket Was scattering over the NUS 70 give tne
alarm but a portion Of our column had already pene-
trated far enough 20 cut of their route unless tey TOOK
very crcuitous one, IN "nch case We snouiu Iessu
camp ahead OF them. We soon came ~ t'gn' ., 'ne
valley 10 which they were encamped thoIsauu 'eh's
retching OIL into the distance ana pafuany scieeueu
from view by nh rrrsscnng an animated appearance
creek 6 STH h1H'~ The enemy camp extended from the
lead al the valley overlooked on the north east and
west sides BY hills and ridges two or three hundred feet
In height southwark about mile and half thence
eastward mile and hall. aud then southwark half
nile foovipy the Wndings Of the creek along whose
hanks the gently slotag hills on either side afforded
lie most excellent canning ground
A we crossed the hill on the NORTH moving In
a,uthwesterly direction Capt. Wright with the mounted
Home Guards was sent 10 the east tide so as to cut off
- marty of rebels seen In that direction Adiutsnt Has
c oE. with glass rode to the brow of bill, where,
looking down he could see every movement OF the
n,y beneath him. His appearance in full view caused
great hubbub in the rebel camp which had already bsen
thoroughly aroused BY cur appearance and camps and
luggage we're hastily loaded and moved toward the
south We had completely surprised them. The evi.
sroe of that fact everywhere visible but they had
got quickly into line OF batletheir clouds of cavalry
we're visible and their tweuiy-o pieces OF cannon
nor long silent sitter ours had opened the engage
u ene
On the sides of the 6rst ridge on the western side OF
the valley, Col Blair, regiment, at Ten minutes after
o'clock encountered heavy force of infantry not lees
tisn full regiment and after severe contest they
p,n.d The summit and the defeated rebels dispersed