Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-03-27
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Particulars of tho Baltic Near win.
chester.
WNoHEsTER, March 25.-On Saturday, al
two o'clock in the afternoon, the enemy show ed
themselves mile and a half from Winchester
The enemy consisted of Eve hundred of Ash.
bye cavalry and two guns. They drove in our
pickets and then skrmished With the Michigan
cavalry and portion Of She Maryland Firsi.
Gen. Shields brought up his forces and fred
rounds Of shell, drove them back, and took
several prisoners.
Gen. Shields was wounded in the arm by the
frat fire of the enemy. ....re.
Jackson had been Informed by the inhabi-
tants that the town was deserted by the Union
troops, and he advanced to retake It.
Gen. Shields's force slep. on their arms Sat.
urday night. .........- .,-...-.
On Sunday morning at sunrise, jackson be.
Ing reinforced, attacked Gen. Shields near
KearnestoWn, three miles distant. The enemy's
force consisted of five hundred of Ashby's cav
airy, hVe thousand infantry, nine pieces OF ar.
tlllery, with reserve of eighteen pieces of ar
| tillery. The fight was kept up till noon, when
a charge made by the Ohio infantry, First Mich
igan and First Virginia cavalry, on their right,
drove them back hall o mile, when the enemy
got their guns In position again in g dense
wood hanked by infantry, and drove US back
short artillery engagement eneued, when
Gen. Shields ordered Col. Tyler to turn their
left flank, which was executed by our troops,
but with considerable loss. Tho enemy being
protected BY stone ledge, the Eighty fourth
Pennsylvanis and Thirteenth Indiana charged
theit center, and the fight became general
Col. Murray, of the Eighty fourth Pennsylva-
mia, was killed.
The enemy retired slowly, bringing their
guns to bear at every opportunity. Our men
rushed forward with yells, when panic ensued
among the enemy. Our troops followed, and
drove them till dark, capturing three guns,
three calssons, muskets, equipments, etc., in.
Vulnerable. .rH
Our troops bivouaced on the field
Gen. Williams's first brigade, Col. DOnneily
of the 28th New York, commanding, reinforc-
ed Gen. Shields. Gen. Banks, who was on the
way to Washington on Sunday, returned and
assumed command. Meantime Gen. Shields's
division pursued the enemy beyond Newton,
shelllng them the whole way.
Jackson's men we're perfectly demoralized
and beyond control. They threw overheard the
dead and wounded to tighten the wagons.
II is noticeable that nearly all the Confeder-
ates wounded were shot in the head and breast,
testifying the superiority of our marksmen.
Tho loss on our side was chiefly of Peunsyl-
Those who conveyed the false intelligence 10
Gen. Jackson, causing this disaster to the reb-
els, have heavy weight Of guilt to shoulder.
IL was evidently known to many in the town
| that Jackson was approaching, from the holli-
day attire and buoyancy Of spirits among men
| and women here.
Gen. Shields's command being screened from
observation, on the east side of the town, led
the informants to believe that all our troops
were evacuating, and that Jackson could enter
unmolested.
Good judges say the enemy's loss is over two
hundred killed and Eve hundred wounded, and
three hundred prisoners, including an aid TO
Jackson. Our loss is about sixty-five killed
and one hundred and twenty-five wounded.
On Sunday morning, the rebels received rein
foroements under Gen. Garnett, amounting to
Ave thousand men. The Union forces did not
exceed ten thousand men, and, with the excep-
tion of about five hundred, were Of Gen
Shields's division exclusively. At half past
ten the enemy made feint on our left com
heavy FIRE of artillery, while the real attack
was directed against our right, with the objec
of aanking it, ~
Gen. Kimble commanded on the right, where
the heaviest fighting was done
The enemy were strongly posted 10 woods ant
behind stone wall, and the rebel artillery wal
posted on eminences on both sides Of their left
wing.
Our whole artillery force engaged consisted
Of four batteries Of twenty-four pieces in ALL
The contest ragged furiously till three o'clool
in the afternoon, the fighting being done chief.
by the artillery and musketry, at range of no
more than three hundred or four hundred yards
and often much lees. tte b.
The rebel infantry opposite our right noy
emerged from the woods and attempted to capt
ure Dosn's battery by charge. The first ef
fort was nearly successful, but the heavy dis
. charge of grape finally compelled them to re
II tire in confusion. A second and weaker at
tempt likewise failed, and the enemy fell back
with heavy loss, beyond the stone parapet.
Gen. Tyler now ordered his brigade to charg,
the enemy's batteries on tho left, and mos
deadly encounter followed. Twice our me
reeled under the storm, but In the third effor
they routed the rebels with tremendous sisugh
tier. N~
Our loss In these struggles was heavy. On
, OF three hundred men In the 84th Pennsylvan
regiment, twenty-six were killed and eighty
J; three wounded. Many officers were killed an
q wounded. The 9th and 9Th Ohio shared th
glory and the losses with the 64th Pennsy
vania. 81 iHf-s tesi8S ~ q fned'
The enemy'a killed and wounded strewed tb
ground In profuslon, and their left wing WI
utterly broken and their center wavering. o
their side, the 4th and 5th Virginia regimen
Isnffered most; the former was terribly decims
ed. Several attempts were made to rally the
right wing but failed; and to add to the conf,
zion, the irish battalion Of one hundred ar
Iffty men, when brought forward and ordered
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