Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-07-26

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Die account oi the oattie Vi tne -is.' wne'
has reached us, is taken from the Boston
Journal and given below.
WASHINGTON July =
returned 70 TINS city from oen'er'iiie las
night. Inc battle OF yesterday was iouSh
on warrington turnpike when crosses
Bull 8 Hun. 5o,ooo Federal ana oo,ooo RED
81 troops were engaged
Inc rebels were commanded ny 1eu Jaws
IN person. ase's'cr ny ue'er"iS Dcaur'stro
anu 'ohns'on. Inc ia''er n'"'ie d J"HI'ioi
Win tue main southern army on SATURDAY
Col. richardson brigade TOOK position
on the neid last ihursday' ana kept up aNig
ofoas cahhonaoe from CLOCK IN Tue morn
ing 1iii D SiocN 70 Tue afternoon no re-
Ply was maze " tue enemy until ia'e III Tue
sf. 1, ,,--..,..,..-
zen. iy,eF uMisTh iho'gd o'rec''y "ioiis
the turnpike, wn.ie i,u''ter' lieihI"sI'hah anu
BURNSIDE iio,eu 'ur,hcr up III ofuef ID gam
the rear o, 'he repels.
m. Ioi' Mics was KEPT III F'Se''' "' ''n'ef
'ite.
eoi. Hunter, acting Mayor 'T"eFal' com,
meheeo the cannohaue carry inc 'ni"u'is
hrst engaged at Lou A. NJ
1neir nre' "hicn was very nea'y' was r.
,"lneu WIZ" ,crripie enev' iioni INC e".ii.
batteries IN .he :, woous Large masses % me"
were cohtlnuaiiy h'a,c"h'7 'o"n run MA
hassas. Dense cioaas Oh o"st nIied 'he ar
Our troops Saihto srouhu men oy men >
maae several c"arscs' c"P'dreo PRISONERS
ana comfei,ea the enemy 10 re'lre 70 'heif
POSITIONS OUT nor oeiiS sulPor'e"' "ere
op,,Stu W ia'i oach' "A no' hre "'e ''"''i-
oea ai,n oo upih'etrup'esiy.
a. -.oo + NJ N"pl' AieAanu' INFORMED :,
me ttal We were gaming: out that 'he result
OF tue contes. was uouotiui
Immediately al.er"a,u ooione's burnside :
ana iio"afu coihihahus naue c""r-e anu
Grove tue reoeis' Out were 'efr'oiy cut up.
NC DESCRIPTION can give ah !ut'. Vi Tue hr =,
thas oeicleu iro,1 '"e e"e,y ,'"us' as "e',
as our own ana large oodies oil rebels couiu
De seen d ing IN all directions.
llttie later strong reihiorcemeh' was
seen TO hasten up ana the nre was renewed
with great energy on poth sioes' Dut Sraou-
ally our forces WORKED their way III crossln
Inc nun, ana occupying position;
Inc pontoon tram was then oruereo up
ana everybody ieit that the uay was ours
The hre siackeneo' ana was kept up only by
cannon AT in'er'ais. oSneucA ofisaae'
with Sherman 5 and Carlisle batteries were
on the leit wing, nearest 10 .enter'ile'
At ~ ?. NJ. saw body OF rebel troops
IN position across the Run, on our extreme
lett HANK. lhey were sent undoubtedly 10
attract attention. cariisie oleheu on them
with his batter hes. ihey returned the hre
at intervals. also observed a ciond OF aust
lar IN our rear, ana was ,oiu "en' Dahhs hld
MADE lorceo marehes, anu was Close az hahu.
we had no picSe's IN our rear. o
Suouehiy at n'e CLOCK ABOUT 1Voo ca'ai-
~ burst upon ochehc& command iFom tue
woods.
lhe irst ihiiinatioii our troops hau VI .iie
approach oil the reoeis was by being shot IN
the pacK. One OF our hoSpltais Was there
and hundreds oil citizens were eohSregated
there.
instantly, whiie men were e1ultlng that
the DAY was ours tnere loilo"ed conpie'e
STAN feas. tafi'sie anu Port'on Vi ohet-
man batteries were taken, also burnside
ana oriifh srtoSeeher win hea'y o. pound
rineu gum "hieh iiad uope such 'errioie tx
ecatioh against Inv ene,hH
Gov. SpraSue' who' curing inc day mao
exnioiteo 1ne utmost cooihess ana bravery
spiked tHe hnooe isianu P'eces "i'' LIS o"A
hands.
IL Is reported that Ten ocaencK gave tue
order Tor every man 10 look out Tor himself.
There was terrible comInotion, artillery.
infantry ma SSaSe ana private 'eh'cies anu
thousands Oh men heeihS toward our nrluse
across SuU na", ei'i''ii e'ie'''h GOV VI T,
trcV!ile' Every tnins was aoahuoheu, ine
reserve. meanwhile was driven up on Tue mn
to cover the retreat.
oKirhishers were thrown out the i!nes
were formed ana batteries put III PosiSloh,
behinu ~, IL ''o ioSi''.eS were ''.eteu o''ne
w " rallied ~hilt others n tooS 'ne roau TO
fair'"A' hlcna'dSoh nf'5aue aiSo retreat
Gu 10 eentFeNi'ie'
Inc entire roau 10 raiF'a az, was scene oi
inueeoflp'olc '"''U,' wv N7"
regiments winch had oeen Ordered on IRON
vienna, arFl'eo anu oTc"iue F"hy IN? corp
were met with desperate firmness and held at
bav till the entire BODY could be Withdrawn
to Fairfax. where most of them now are.
Our troops behaved nobly. fought bravc'y,
won the fed and then were subject ID 10 a
eompletc rout.
Our loss is severe. The RhOds Island LIST
reciment. Vermont %. Maine 2I. Fire lou
ayes. the Connecticut regiments. New York
Goth and New York 10Th have suffered most
of all. Col Jameson of the Maine %. Col.
Cameron of the New York 10Th, also Col.
Slocum. were killed. Col. Mar,ton of the
New Hampshire od lost an arm. Undoubt-
ealv yerv many strarrlers have been captur.
ed by the enemy.
No correct estimate con be obtained of our
loss, but il is supposed that one thousand
will cover the loss of the killed. with three
thousand or four thousand wounded and pris-