Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-07-25

answered in the affirmative. he unfolded
his paper and began. 'Great battle at
Manassas Gap; the rebels completely
routed; one thousand killed, ten thousand
wounded. and nearly ell the rest taken
prisoners; all traitors to be hung, and their
property to be con6scatedl" BY this time
the bullets began to rain down upon him
rather thickly. and he beat rapid retreat
to convenient tree. carefully folding up
his paper as he went, and shouting back
that if they would come over to camp he
would give them the balance of the news.
GEO. P. BUELL. "GoEs IN" AND COMES OUT.
George P. Buell.. you know. has turned
up in Western Virginia. George was
bloodthirsty. and the very first opportu-
nifty he was going to do something par
ticularly bold and dashing. On Sunday
morning. when the advanced skirmishers
had reached the wooded hill of which
have been speaking. Georges opportunity
came. The skirmishers had stopped, hav-
ing found the wood swarming with the en-
emy; but George wasn't disposed to stop.
and SO. while our column was standing
there. with nothing to do but to watch
him. he dashed off up the road. straight on
to Laurel Hill. and right under the enemy's
fire. He had hardly got hundred yards
up the road with nothing under the heav-
ems to do there) when the rebels gave him
a whole volley. Fortunately for George
they shot high; but he had enough Of it,
and wheeling his horse. he came thunder
ing back again, as If all the imps were after
him. His iaunty cap blew of. but he
hadn't time to stop for that, and so, bare
headed. with hair and coat tails equally
horizontal behind him, he returned to the
column. somewhat the wiser for his first
experience of war. but minus hat. and
subject to on inordinate amount of good
humored quizzing.
INDIANIANs KILLED.
The popularity of the skirmish, Mon
day afternoon, was that our boys acted al
most entirely without orders. There was
but single officer with them. 0nd they
didn't appear to act under his direc-
ton. When she'll was thrown, they
would shout. "Now give to them." and
forward the whole party woald rush.
When the enemy recovered. and began to
return :he fire, some fellow would sing ont
Rally to yonr logs" and rally they did,
with an activity very provoking to the
Georgians.
The loss Of the enemy in the affair was
about twenty. Some of their officers were
shot, among them one who fell bur an in
slant before his horse was shot. When
We gained possession of the wood yester-
day. the dead horse was there. with pair
of navy revolvers still in the holsters on
the saddle. engraved IS. n. Gains. Char
lotte Troop" Not less than dozen of their
guns have since been found in the wood.
besides blankets. overcoats. sword. bayo-
nets, pistols. etc. This. too, it must be
remem bered. is after the enemy had pos
session of the wood for nearly "a hours.
and carried off their dead. The presump-
tion of course is. that they took off most Of
the arms belonging to the dead and
wounded.
On our side but one was killed, John r.
Smith, of Co. G. 9TH Indiania. who was
shot dead. the ball passing through the
breast. while resisting their cavalry charge
The poor fellow was yong, boyish look
ing. even. yet one Of the bravest men in
the regiment. His captain tells me he
walked thirty miles to volunteer! John
Orton, of Company /. 7th Indiana. expos
ed himself too carelessly. and was shot
dead. Poor Orton! not ten minutes before
his death was laying beside him. behind
the same stump. listening to his account
of his share in the affair of Monday even
ing, and looking at . beautiful pistol he
hal found the next morning. He crosse
out Of the field into the road. and walked
back to the woods. In ten minutes heard
his death scream. A small party brought
in his corpse. and in doing SO received q
volley from whole company Of the con-
cealed rebels.