Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-06-14
Attack, and Rspulse.

from Old IJlEt t0u!u!t ms hI'l't4 VIII
the following Intelligence dated at Fortress
Monroe las, evening, June 10 ]
Gen. Bu,ler hasiog learned that the
Rebels were forming an en'renchmen'
with strong batteries at Great Bethel,
uine miles North Of Hampton, ca the
Yorktown road, deemed i: uecessary to
di.lodge them, and accordingly movements
we're made, last night, from Fortress Mon
roe aul NewP9r; News.
About miinigh,, Col. Du-yea's 'sZ9uaves,
ana Col. TOanseud's Albany regiment,
crossed tie river a. Hampton, b means
If 81, large ta,;eagz, manned By tie Ma
val Brigade, aud took up tie line Of
march, the former two miles IN ad7aLee Of
tbe latter. 1t ihe sar-e time, Col. Bsue-
d.x's C rman regiment, aud Ie,actmeu,
of the Vermont aul Massachusetts, Isgi-
meats a. Newport News, moved to fyEm
a junction with the regiments from 1It-
ress Monroe at Lii;.e B-tte,, st-1i half
way between Hampton GlI Great Bethel.
The ZJua7cs passed Little Bethel about
( o'e,cck, \. VI. B-uedixs re-. .uet, az
rived uex;, aLi .9lk position al the IL
tersecuon of reads. Nlt uud@rsiaudlug
the sisual, the German regiment, 10 the
ia.iues. O.: rllruiag, fired upon I T9auseud >
column, u..rcl.lg IL close order, aud led
by Lieu. Butler, with two pieces Of aEtil-
lerv. O,Lcr acccuGts say that Iowoscul' 5
regimen. lIsi first. At al c'euts, tue
fir. G. the Albany regiment Sas harmless,
While that Of tle Germans vas fa'll, kali
ipg one n4u ana i.:4..y woaa1.1G iSo
ctbers.
The Albany resin:lt driven hack, the
Germans discovered, :F5u acccui!eueIts
LETT OF tie fed. tia, the Supposed enemy
was f,.-Ll They hal, in tns L aluue,
fred niao rouLds With sma.. arms and
f-il piece. TIE Zlgayes, bearing the fEa.
baltarped, and fsed a!-o upon the A!tauy
boys.
4. d.y-traaE, C3I. Aliens aui Cal
Cars regimen, mo7si !r5m tue year Of
the Fortress to support lie main t1iy.
TIE mistake a. Lizzie Bette. laVint teen
s.certaiued, the buildings were burned,
aud u j ,. aud two lromiueDi Secession
ISIS. named Livery sld WL.tiu. we've made
urisoucrs. The tr3cFs then advanced upon
G,eatBetLeiir tLelliiowiug otle.: zJu-
.yes, Col. B4uei.x, Lieut.. CCl. " Nas-burn,
Col. AlleG aui Cl. Car. i; that p1Ini
our regiments i5rmed, and snccsssiveiy
cuieayorcl II tlEg .l.ge masked battery
Of the Seces,i5ui,.s, IT, -f.It Ea' futile
-tLree small pieces Of artillery not beng
abe TO cape with the LaLyy hid cauHon
Of the enemy, acco.liLg t. some accounts,
thirty in number The Iebsl battery vas
So completely masked that 10 men could
be seeu, but tie flashes Of gus oniy
There weGe probably Lot less than 1000
neu behind the battery Of the retels.
Awe.l concentrated effort Nigh, have
secured position, bat Brig Gen. Pierce,
who COMMANDED the expedition, seemed
to have .Jst his presence Of mind. The
Troy regiment stood Oue hour exposed to
. Calling FIRE. An order to retreat was az
last given, but st that momen, Lieut.. Gre-
ble, from Pbllad, Of the l. 5. Army, 10
command Of the artillery, was struck ty a
cannon bail aud instantly killed. He had
spiked his gun and was eudeavoring to
withdraw bis command Capt. Wilson, Of
the Troy regiment, took possession Of the
gun, and, with QIartermss'er NJ Arthur,
brough, it of the field, with the corpse Of
their beloved Lieutepaus. They brought.
them to the Fortress this evening
The Government forces loss 10 killed,
s. wounded, and 5 missing. The Rebel
loss is not known, but must have been
cousidcrabIe, although they were well pro-
tected They probably had 1000 TO $500
men in arms, bu, the ZJuaEes and Gre
bles battery were vary destructive in
their assaults upon the Rebel ranks.
Among the killed Is Lieut.. Whiting,
author ot the 18th New York Regiment
article in the June No. Of the Ailantic
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