Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-10-30

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5000 men NJ his command alt,ss. llntl
other side 1htrc was frb,,s % M
hour, with co,alty, iuiotlf, srJ y, /" Wv
engaged, The firing hnd cco..d .s.s1
o'clock. With no result. @a
Still Another AoOoun,
A correspondent Of the New '
Void, sends the following .d5.'"
( rnrticlnrs Of the battle,
The California Regiment l,ck 49,
lmen and officers six hund ed pnd,A v
mine The drowned are about shvtDY'
killed thirty the prisoners three w
5rcd, and the wounded Gre hunSrssI.a.es Iae
twenty-five total Eve hundred ana
safe, about one hundred and eiph,,t
Col. Coggswell ,or the Tommsny Reg
was taken prisoner Col. Deyin sx,m~
river. His Lieut.. Col, los! q lex hn h NJ
jor was safe,
TIE engagement took place m 4.
height above the landing, ocmu,n..'
at o'clock, p NJ. and coD,muIns ~
dark. All through the day the ss,H. %
had been firing skirmishing Slots o..
troops wore drawn up on the edge of II,
hill, IN n scmi-circular field or ousn,n'
skirted BY dense woods. The Calfc,.t
ans, under Lieut.. Col. Wis,sr. on n, l.s
the Massachusetts fifteenth ond Twsr
tie:h on the right, and the Tamn,.,
skirmishing.
! Two howi,zsrs ana two field vieos, d,
the Second Rhode Island Battery va.
also hauled up the hill AID efTeclu',
hand ed during the fight by COL Ban
himself. aided by Wistsr, his AdiuIS
General, Hawly, Col Coggswell, Of n,
Tammany, and Company O. Captain Be-.
rIel, First California. Only the Rhoj,
Island officers stood by their guus, II,
men reirea,ing early in the fray.
The enemy charged from the woodsi,
all directions, convergine upon our force
They were braVely met but the slaurb,
er Of our best officers and men was SO Ter
rife that the Federalsts were q, las, oblI
gsd to retreat.
Col. baker was killed by n horsemsn
who rode close 10 him and fred FIVE sho,
from a revolver, all taking effect. Tb
slayer was Of once brought down in tur
by Capt. berriel. The same brave Se,or
. recovered Bakers hoGy, heading a cGays
, of his company for that purpose. liuaIIy
t Col. CoggSwell, just as he was taken, gl's
? the order 10 retreat, and an individual
rush was made down the hill to the river
, Only ore gln WIS brought way.
The scene at the liver side was Lorrib
? in the extreme The rebels came 10 th
. edge Of the hill and fired down upon ou
ratreating masses. The one boat filled AM
+ sunk, and those who did not attempt I,
swim across were forced to surrender.-
Man, were drowned in crossing, and Ii
! rebels kept up murderous FIRE on Ibos
struggling in the water.
The remnants were gathered in dH
NAL rain on ilarrison's Island, and III
! carnage ceased.
Whoa our skirni,hing oonptnie, la
reached the edge Of the woods, suddeul
The ensnIy. hitherto concealed, rose viii
3 a yell and fred yolley; then bee'
fighting in their usual manner; first gi'
ing yell and volley then loading an
. firing al will for few minutes thes csi
ing an equal time; then giving anoIh'
t y ell and vulley, and so on, pouring ami
derOus fire into our lit;ie band for d
, space OF hal! an hour. The whole WOO
1 around swarmed with them. They hl
no artillery and no cavalry.
The Rebels took all cur guns but On
When | left yesterday they haq shout
TO US, telling MS TO come over AMI IA
| away our dead sons Of BIS under 0
Of truce; had also mounted our own 81
on the heights, and warned Us TO les
) the island in tour hours.
: The cause Of this sad havoc wa' that
had no proper means of transit and
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