The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-04-11

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March 26th lSG2.
Eps. TRIBUNE:
General Landcr's Division left Pattcr-
sons Creek Fed. 9th, marched to Paw
Paw, where it arrived on the 18th. On
the llth they made the daring rcconnois-
sance at Blooming Gap, ofwhich you
doubtless have had full reports. Enough
to say thatwe captured seventy pris-
oners among whom were Col Baldwin,
and an Assistant Adiutant General Of
Gen. Jackson's staff, six Captains, Lieu
tenants. eargcnrs and pr,yates, in one
charge, led by the brave Gen. in person
with six hundred cavalry.
On Saturday March lst Lander's Divis-
ion were ordered TO attack Winchester
Banks was then in the act of crossing
the river. During the night We marched
twelve miles when we were ordered to
halt and "bivouac" and await for further
orders. The weather was especiall,
cold and the ground frozen hard and we
had been ordered TO make this march
with but one blanket and without tents
| The men suffered much from the cold
At IL O'Clock A. VI. il commenced snow
| ing very hard whcnwe were ordered 10
move further up into the woods where we
built brush houses, using leaves for ROOF
aud floor. 1t showed very hard the re.
msinder Of the day. At / o'clock =. NJ.
we received the sad news that Gen. Lam
der at Paw Paw had died that afternoon;
we were then ordered to countcrmArch to
that place.
On Monday the 81 the whole division
was drawn up in line and due honors were
paid to the brave dec used and whilst cs.
cortiug his remains to the X. X. Station
thirteen signal guns were fired. Thus il
was that our brave Gen. was lost to those
in whom the greatest confidence wa,
placed.
That Lander was broyci is beyond qucs
ton. In fact ho was TOO daring, whicl
cost him his life. He died from the eff
fccts Of the wound received at the disds
ter at Ball's Bluff.
! On the 9TH March we were ordered [,
Martinsburg, distance sixty miles, whcrt
we arrived OH the 7th. Banks cntir,
forces had then crossed the river oil,
were occupying Harper's Ferry, Charles
town and Bunker Hill, which iuttcr plac,
] is 10 miles from Winchester. On Ia,
morning of the lth our division was or
dored TO march TO Bunker liill and ioir
llomilton's and Williams brigadcs, al
which place we arrived at 3 O'Clock p
NJ, Gen. Shields in command of our Di
vision All the brigados were then moy,
cd up to within sight Of the encmy's for.
tiheations and assigned their positions.
Shields Division was assigned the ex.
treme right. Gen. Banks sent a truce
that they might remove the women and
children from tho city, that hc intended
Opening fire at daylight the next morn.
ing. The enemy answered "crack away.
Four pieces of heavy ordinance were
rolled out Of the enemy's fortifcation and
planted. Everything was still and qui-
ct.
In the afternoon there had been triE-
ling skirmish between tho enemy's cav
airy picket and ours, in which six of our
men were killed and quite number of
the enemy. 1t was truly astonishing
how cheerful the men were that even
ing, building their camp fires and cook
ing their supper, whilst in sight of the
camp-fres and Notifications Of the ene-
my, when II was confidently believed that
early in the morning, powerful battle
would be fought.
Revielee was sounded at 4 O'Clock in
the morning from a thousand different
directions, and the merry laugh and gen
eral hustle, truly indicated that the very
best spirit prevailed through the camp.--
Immediately after breakfast the long roll
was beat aud roll called, and the ranks
were better filled up than at usual roll
call.
AT Z O'Clock the general was sounded
a line was formed and we moved against
the fortihcations at once, and from thence
through the city, without firing a single
gun. During the afternoon of the prc.
vious ddy and the night, Mr.. Secesh
thought II best to get out Of our way aud
the glorious old stripes aud stars were
seen floating from their Notifications and
from the steeples and spires Of the city,
and bands of music were chanting the
national airs, whilst the columns of the
good old Union army, fronted by one reg
iment OF Zouaves, in full costume, body
guard Of Gen. Banks, marched through
the principal streets Of the city. Thus
we had gained point which we had ex-
pected TO sacrifice much blood in obtain
ing. Our yankee" boys opened the
printing Offices, (Which had been desert
ed) and bulletins were issued i'm
mediately and circulated throughout the
camp the first day, supplying the place
of the Winchester Republican, whose
last issue had been the day before. Our
gentlemen secesh friends were very kind
and obliging, protesting their Union pro- |
clivities.