Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1861-06-18

ulsr9g arded sometimesithe defences
terected for them, and laping on the
embankment, stood am fired at the
Yankees, cutting them lown as they
came up. One compau Of the New
York Seventh Regiment under Capt.
Wardrop or winthrop, attempted to
take the redoubt ON tlef left. The
marsh they crossed wa#trewn with
their bodies. Their Catain, a fine
looking man, reached It'd fence, and
fieaping on a log, wayet his sword,
crying, "Come on, boy one more
charge and the day isours.n The
words were his last, fol Ia Carolina
rifle ended his life the rxttmoment,
and his men fled IN, ternrRback. At
the redohbf on the srigIia company
of about 300 New .Yck Zouaves
charged on one ofour GINS, but could
notrstand the fire Of the infantry, and
lretreated precipitateiy.
/ During these charget the main
body ofthe enemy, On I'd hill, were
attempting TO coneentrae for gen
Ieral assault, but the shell from the
llowitzer battery prevented them =
As one regiment would give mp the
effort, another would benafched to
the position, but with nebetter sue
cess, for a shell would tcatter them
like cllaff. The men dill not seem
able to stand fire at all.
Aboat one o'clock thei- guns were
silenced, and1a few nlonents after
their infantry retreated lrecipitately
down the road to Hampton.
Oar Cavalry, Inambd-ing three
companies, went 10 pursuit, and haf.
assed them down to tie edge Of
Hampton. AS they retre.ted many
Of tile wounded fell along the road
and died, and the who'll road 70
Hampton waststrewnwithfny
oyercoats, canteens, musSets, &C.,
which thonen had threwns # in their
retreat.
After the battle Ilvisite{ the posi-
ton they held. The houses behind
which they had been hid had been
burnt by our troops. Around the
yard were the dead bodiesttf the men
who had beer killed by. Dur cannon,
mangled in the most frighful man
ner By the shells. The uniforms on
the bodies were very different, and
many Of them are like tile Virginia
soldiery. "A little farther on we came
to the point to which they had car.
.Fied some Of their wounded, who had
since died. The gay looking uri.
forms of.the New York Zonayes con
trasted greatly with the paled, fixed
faces of their dead owners Going
to the swamp through which they at.
tempted to pass to. assault our lines.
presented another bloody scene. Bo.
dies dotted the. black m6rass from
one end to the other:S | saw one boy.
iah4 delicate looking fellow lying on
the muq,t"s<L y .bulfht-hole through
his breast. His hans 4..ass lo,,sood 81
the wound from which his re- I'll Mood
had poured and the other was clincfs
ed in the grass that grew near him
Living on tile ground was a Tesla
zlnent which had fallen from his peck
ct, dabbled with blood, On opening
the cover found the printed inscrip
ton, Presented tolthe Defenders o
their Country, by the New York hi
Bile Society" An q. S. flag was al
so stamped on the titIe. page.
Among the haversaeks packed nj
along the route were many letters
from the Northern States, asking j
they liked the Southern farms, and ]
the Southern barbarians had beer
whipped ont yet.
The force Of the .eneniy brought
against us was 1000, according t
the statementfof the six prisoners w
took. Ours was LOO. Their los
lin killed and wounded must be near
Ely 200. Our loss is one killed an
three wounded. The fatal case wa
that Of a North Caroliniain who vol
unteered to FIRE one Of the houses be
bind which they were stationed IL
started from the breastwork to &C
conplish it. but was shot in tn
head. He died this morning at tn
Hospital. The wounded are liarr
Shook, of Richmond, Of Brown
Battery. shot in the wrist; Johl
lWerth Of Richmond, of the sam
Battery, shot III the leg, and Lieut
Hudnall of the same Battery, sho
lin the foot. None of the wounds ar
serious.
The Louisiana Regiment arrive
about one hour after the fight wa
over. They are a fine looking set 9
fellows. !.
Below we give the account Of the bal
de Of Great Bethel Church from NOrthsf
papers.
An Attack on the Confederate TTooI
near Hampton-Terrible Mistake
the German Regiment A Fire on thei
own Friends. !,
BALTuoRE, June 1f.--Gen. Butte
having learned. that the Confederat
troops were terrifying q camp wit
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