Newbern weekly progress., 1861-06-18

/ were firing for the shells which came from our
battery. Within our eneampment fell per
feet hail-storm of canister Shot, bnllets and
balls Remarkable to say, not one OF our men
was killed inside Of our e1campment. Several
| horses were slain By the shells and bullets.
! Finding that bomb bar1ment would not answer,
the enemy, about Il o'clock, tried to carry the
position by assault, but met terrible repulse
at the hands Of the infantry as he tried to scale
the breastworks. The men dIsregarded some
| ti1f.es the defences erected for them, and leap
| ing on the ernbankment, stood and fred at the
! Yankees, cutting them down as they came mp
| One company of the New York Seventh Reg
iment, under Capt. Wardrop, or Winthrop, at
tempted to take the redoubt on the left. The
marsh they crossed was strewn with their
| bodies Their Captain. a fiDe-looking man,
reached the feHce and, leaping on log, waved
| his sword, crying, Come on, boys ; one
charge and the day IS ours The words,
were his last, for Carolina rife ended his
! life the next moment. and his men fed in ter
ror back At the redoubt on the right q COM
panv Of about 500 New York Zouaves charged
one Of our guns, bUt couId not stand the fire
Of the iDfantry, and rctreatcd precipitately.
During these charges the main body Of the
enemy. on the bill, were attempting to concen-
tratc for a general assaults, but the shell from
the HogitZcr Battery prevented them. as
, one regiment would give up the effort, another
would be marched TO the position but with
no better success, for a shell would scatter
them Ike chaff The men did not seem able
to stand fire at all.
About one o'clock their guns were sIlenced,
and few moments after their infantry retrea-
ted precpitately down the road to 1Iamp
ton.
Cur Cavalry, numbering three companies,
went in pursuit, and harrasscd them down to
the edge of Hampton As they retreated
many OF the wounded fell along the road and
died, and the whole road 10 Hampton was
strewn with haversaeks, overcoats cantecns,
mlskcte &C., which the men had thrown off
in their retreat.
After the battle, visited the position they
held The houses behind which they had been
hid had been burnt by our troops. Around the
yard were the dead bodies Of the men who had
been killed by our cannon, ,-1nangled in the most
frightf4 manner by the shells. The uniforms
Oh the bodies were. very different and many
of them are like those Of the Virginia soidery.
little farther on came to the point to
which they had carried some Ct their wounded,
who had since died The gay looking uni
forms Of the New York Iouayes contrastcd
greatly with the paled, fixed faces Of their
dead owners. Going 70 the swamp through
which they attempted to pass 70 assault our
lines, presented another bloody scene. Bodies
dotted the black noTaES from cne e.l.i - Tie
other, l saw one boyi5h, G-!i1aicloo1Ae fellow
tyjn@on the mud, Ui'Ll bullet hole through his
breast, his hsnd was pressed en- the wound
trHm which nis life blood had pourd and thc
other was clcnchcd il the ~rass that grew
near him. Lying or tAa ground Was ( Tesla
ucnt wh.ci. - fallen from his pocket, jHb-
l1e1 'rittl blood. On 0Dcninat..e cover found
tho urntod inscription :. Presented; tozhe De
fantevs OF their Country, by the New Iov!s
Bible Society," An 1. 5. Gag was also stamped
o. &c title PAGE.
Among the laavcrsaczs picked up along the
route were many letters from the Northern
States asking Il hey liked the @oatherA farms,
and if the Southern baC5allans had been
whipped cat yet,
The force OF the enemy brought against Us
was 4 600 according to the statef1a1t of the
SIX prisoners ve took. Ours was 100. |h4r
loss IN .;i.lgd and wounded mus be aarly eco.
Our loss is one killed and three wounded. Lhc
fatal case D-as that of a North CaTo;aia3 Who
vHtunt9y- % tire one Of Tie houses HahiI.a
which thar were Stationed He s-a.jei fran
the breastwoI'l - accomplish it, but rs =aot
in the head lie died his morning IL tra nos
}is2!. The wounded are Harry Shook, of
| !Ieo21o"l, ol Browns Battery, aao1 in 5aa
wrist; JOHN Worth, u l5ca;nonl, of The @usa
battery, Shot in the leg, and Lia05. Hu~taaIs,
, d. tic same battery, SHOT III the foot None OF
, .ha wounds ere serious.
| The i.oui7tan.. Regiment arrived about ORC
! hour after the fight was OVer. Lhoy ar, ! fire
looking set OF fellows.
As there was force enough at Old Point to
! send up to Bethel and surround us, We took
up the line Of march and came up to York
! town, where we now arc.
hear to-day, Chat troops from Old Point
are now marching up to attack Us, bat cannot
! say whether II Is so or not.
! shonld have written you more fully, but
the boat was in sight when commenced, and
haste IS the order Of the day, as she leaves af-
ter merely touching at her wharf l.