New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-14

re very fntrt HDiGlfrr, ava dli"f litf 0ii
,hok Cob Lel.rs Of he 9Th will testify thai IL very
difficult 30 itch the vice as to make 1t heard haii
mile by an iii er who, if he was 10 b. iiee, was III
rear Of $50 men, firing by file continual discharge,
and with an accompaniment 81 howi Hrr, hted ts iaf.
80 70 sble aud through smoke Thick you could en-
it with knife.
Ia the meantime, Col Duryee, hearing ths going on
in his rear couueuarcbed bis regiment, and AZ double
quick tine down TO participate Ill thc affage'
ment and he too fonnd ont the mfstak'..
After all the apologies AID explanations were gt
through WITH the te,nbd [latoon Of Comia joined
their own Command very mueo 10 their SfauAca'i'"'
W here mistakes OF that kind do not happen.
We again took up iue of march 10 our o1gloai
point OF destination and the way took occasion 10 III
crease the temperature Of the atmosphere thermometer
90 10 ,he shaded by making DfTes Of certain houses
ard barns belvSgiig TO gen iirmen who hlve abused
the Kindness and leniIy OF General Butler lwloso
heart is as big IA his BODY and have allowed their
prem b. used Tor anbuscades aud rallyng % h's
for the Rebels willie protesting 10 be Ulion men,
and being protected both IN person and properly ny
GeIeral Buffers orders. .
We had 10 bal several tines on our march for Re-
serve TO come up, and Colonel Dnyees most ireqnent
order wss Ego flower, men, 20 slower," I'LL hnhiIy
we arrived at poiut about nile oirlant from INC
portion of the enemy, ard halted. The hrr' mug
heard along the line was 4" Company l, Capt banle",
10 the 'front.'" and away went along the whole hue
a; double Qui, H. tired We WERE ai'er an ail-mghts
duty, aud march under broihng sun OF i9ofteeh
Il lies, aud cheered by tie men along he whole hne
were ordered TO advance aud Join Capt Gil airck,
Company IL, who still further in advance, aud
we did u.
He is to use a homely phrase, tone Of ZEN" and
we came M his frot sainaion vas "Blrueit, old 81
10 y, tLere they arc, and we ha' n tig thing.
And there tley were, sure enough, ana was u 'iB
thing with twenty holes IN ~ and one OF those
thinys you OH top OF l1e lort NJ 'VFtIbVi
Island in each hole.
The two companies were then divided into three sec
lions, Capt Bartlett taking command OF me oen'er,
Lieu. Cambrehi Of patrick Company taking COM
nand # the tight tectiop, and Lieut. York o Bilieis
Company taking command of the left, and the order
given To depuy as administers. $50
These arrane emeuts did not take great WHILE yUu
may r.st assured and had h.dly so, into place on
| the rigrt aud lefs before barg,' bang, bang,
sauted ears aud tho way the grape and canD,ter
lore through aud above and around us was eoa'ide-
ably ahead of double quk time, aud wonderful TO re-
late al hOugh they fired NJ poini-blaDk rafe ana NJ
parenly right in faces, hot man war killed Oil
patri,k Jumped up fence, sang out " GIVE Them
three good Ameri, cheers for tnat. men, n1 IL you
| bad heard il you would have thought that order wac
obeyed for We did ring out. They hred Tour OF hVe
rounds AZ us before could get ont Vi the way, and
tuen the center and night took PORTIONS IN the wvod,
| with view Of thanking the enemy on the night aud
the left taking positions behind fences rrlny ground
and ANYTHING thai afforded the slightest protection
| from tue murderous fire Of the enemy Awaited or
| ders which were constantly alter each dls'hnge,
"Ski-mishers, Advance, and we did advan q ro-ne
times on hands and knees and sOmeints craW my on
| our bellies, and sometimes, where neither would do,
| getting up and going "doubs quick nli We could
End some obstacle, however sIgh', TO take advantage
| OF.
Tho center and righ, Of the skirnishers KEEP. moving
on until they got where they suppos they were ON
the eneGy's flank, but very much To their surprise,
for no enc dreamed Of the strength OF The pori,ion,
they found that there not only one inlfebehmeni
bui apo,e and bigger In the rear, aud OF coue
nothing do but the beet they could under the cream
stances end pop of utt many men ~ slowed theiF
hesds above the .rnbankment. IL the mean line 20
lett section Of the skirm!eheis, hearing GiPaiHoh
,harp shr command constantly repeated, " Skifrhsi'
| ers advance, kept constantly moviug iorwsfa "a M
o. en- field and while in the act of making ihrtier
advance Of about GRO feet To the front aud 10 very
unsuspicious and harmless looking fence, house, cow
shed ana barn tie curtain fell AID ua ked battery oil
mountain how izer exposed in fol view and ttey
did lose any time in opening. Grape and canister
fell like driving hail righ, INTO our faces, ana men
return and retreated fifteen pAcee And throwing oar
selves Hat faces loaded and fired fact as osi-
ble nntil finding there no reserve no main BODY
10 nothing TO fall back on, got out from under this
awful fire and got back " the two field pieces on our
right. This did not t.ke great willie, Tor our men
only fred five or ak rounds and then only when they
could sight man a. lie Jumped up above Tue enoak
neut and fired, and before he could jump bsck again
In the meantime, regiment under Col. Durjt e'r
special and personal direction, and lie In advance had
marched TO position the right, and opened heaVy
fire. and Col. Townsend Regiment. 81 Albany, had
come up marched In column directly In front Of tho
epemys batteries and q, point blank range got hand
sJmely into portion the left and opened IRE. 1hey
Hanged tie masked batteries ON the eiI and heneed
them, and then formed in line Of battle front TO the
enerny's batteries All these movements took time,
and in the meantime battery, commanded aud
served BY Lieut.. Greble, OF the "a Regiment L. - Ar
ullery Kept up CALLING and ccesiul fire upon the
ouemys bat, cries and although grape, she'll canister
and solid shot rained all around and about him, he
was as quiet and gentle both in manner and speech as
il he bad been IN lady's drawing ROOM never eaw
greater GOODNESS In my life.
canno, s.y a. mn IA for eorne of .hOss under bic
| command. There were men with bin who emphati
cally stood by their guns but the enemy Kept in'
proving their range, and danger increased, ~ many
| left that there no, men enough OF thoee whose
duty IL was % be there, and al the call for volunteers
from the Zouaves help 70 work tho guns, euoogu OF
the 4" red legged devils stepped forward from their
places to have served twenty guns. And 20 the day
W, re on till our were conn letely worn out.
| About l. o'clock, Col Townsend Regiment made
movement 10 the lett and thea coming 20 the front,
we made general charge Of tie TWO regiments right
and in The face OF their batteries aud drove a..
from their fret intIencbments. Aud lie the enemy
must have suffered great los, for the Of both
regiments maddened by oppo,inon, fairly sprung Oh
their intrenchmert, but stopped by the second
with their heavy guns This wss straightforward,
hando-hand fgtiing and at the point Of the bayopet
| but their position was too strong, although think
after we had got il could have kept IL, had
had any support at all. We Obliged to retire,
and retire did, in good order, aud without much
| l. s And here let Inc pay deter'n tribute to Coils
| Uuryeo and Townsend. Col. Dnryee went through
the fight with little riding whip in his hand, and
| couraged his men both with voice and example
| Col Townsend is one Of the most sclpossessed,
| cool gentlemen ever lie was ON horseback in
full uniform, and led bis men III every emeni. AZ
the charge upon the batteries be in 'front.' and rode
| slow enough to let his easy keep NJ, and with
| as much apparent nonchslinee Ms il upon parade.
Poor Greblei He and six men were killed by almost
tho last shot fired frou the enemys batteries. Iii,
sknll literally mashed by ditcharge from Of
| their ifod cannon.