The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-07-31
sNlBMIsl BETWEEN INDIANA kND
GEORGIA TROOPS Al LaIRE.. Hill.


The correspondent Of the Cinci uaiti Go-enr
with Gen. NcCIellaQ's column, lhls describe,
the sknm-h bet. en- the Indiana aud Georgia
troops al Laurel Hin, on the 10Th. priog 10 The
general engagement:
Descending i!om our position "a tac afternoon,
we found that couple OF compare .: >Sirlnish
ers had been sent out TO meet .he advance q.
the bodies We had seen marching down the road
out OF the enemy'S camp. The skirmjshing.
| which had been kept up brisAly a.! day, was be
ginning 10 be much more lively, ami it was cvi-
dent that the wooded bill opposite cur bg,a~,
work, and lust beyond the village was fun If the
enemy. Their fire seemed directed not ouy
against our skirmi>herS but also aga,as; the al
tilerymen standing at their guns, and the troops
within the breaStworkS. Going down TO the
artillery, found the balls whi-,liuc overhead
and striking as far back as the position of the
Seventh Indiana. Scvcral soldiers had been
struck by spent balls. Finally 4 bullet slruca
/ the saber of an artillery officer. This was get
ting little TOO warm, and rapidly sighting IN,
| gun, he dropped shell in the wood in The Ii
rection from which the bullet came. For liz
| tie while the enemy seemed TepulsCd; then they
retYrned and began a sharp fire on our skirmish
/ ers. To aid the latter another shell was thrown
toward the rebels. Our boys Instantly sprane
forward the moment the shell hurst, and poured
in CALLING voley upon the enemy, picking Of
particularly the mounted officers.
| As soon as the pieces were discharged, III,
boys hurried back to the trees and fallen logs, BE-
hind which they concealed themselves. H. thei
charge they had discovered that il was tie Gcor
gia regiment with which they were engaged
backed by strong force Of cavalry.
! For few moments all was quiet; then ia.
/ ratti. of rnustarrv becaD AGAIN mon arna-
emily giving and taking in about equal proper
/ tions. An occasional shot from the enemy wa
still whstling around the artillery, when Col
Mroy, with the utter recklcsSness OF persona
! danger characteristic of the man. sprang upoI
the breastwOrk, took Off his hat and waved hi
men i'll the woods back, shouting, " Fall back
! boys. we're going to fire another shell" Stand
! ing there on the breastwork, his stalwart form
and full Coloners uniform made him a spendi,
mark, but he seemed TO have no conception tha
he could be shot 1T The skgmisLers mad,
some reply from the woods ttwo or three han
drcd yards dstautl, which lie could not under
stand and there he stood, drawn up TO his iul
height, with his head inclined forward, listenin;
inten,ly till he distinguished, amid the din of III
email arms, the shout of the bows, Fire NOR,
TO the right" The gun was changed to the di
rection indicated, and another bomb sent fyiuj
into the midsts Of the rebels. Instantly our boy
sprang forward, as the Georgians ran from th
bursting shell, and poured in deadly vo!ley
For few moments the fire was incessant, all
cur fellows were seen pushing farther and iai
thrr up into the woods. Suddenly they caa.
Aymg back, and took refuge behind the logs an
trees The artillery threw another shell, an
the boys sprang forward again, charged upo
the scattering Gcorgians, drove them beyon
IL.
and actually chased them within half mile
their camp.
There they kept Up "A Struggling fire On th
rebels till dusk, when they fcn into line an
marched down to camp as jolly and iadiilerer
as if they were not right under the eye of th
enemy they had been fighting.
Altogether this skirmish was a most spirite
affair. The portions OF two companies engage
tone from the l4th Ohio and the other from ii
9th Indiana, with straggers from several Of ii
, other Tegment>), bore themselves nObly, a.
proved fair match for the crack Georgia rec
! ment, backed as it was with their cavalry. Tt
: enemy lad every advantage. They were in po
session OF a high bill covered with a dense 10
, est; they had their breast works erect,
, on the top of the hill, and their cava
ready to charge upon our skirmishers whe
ever they vcutUIcd on; from behind the
trees, and attempted TO advance in anythii
Ike military order II was our shells th
did the business. The Georgians couldn't stan
, bombs, and after the first explosion it was uttc
I ly impossible for their officers to rally them.
Oar boys stood fire uobly. Ia fact, duril
o the skirmish, but before any shells bad be
\ thrown, a Georgian, who was behind a TT
some distance from one Of our men, called o
e to him, g hat troops are you!" One soldi'
squirting around bis tree. aud seeing that the
was no chance for a shot at his questioner,
. Piled "Ohio and Indiana volunteers" ~
unteers' he'll" exclaimed the Georgian, "y
n needn't tell me that volunteers stand fire th
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