The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-06

Iale, sd ds ahlyy
audible roar Of heavy guns duri6g the entire
day. The weather was such as would usually
bc regarded as peculiarly unsuitsd for military
npentionsof Of any kind; from pine O'clock IN
sthesmorning until late 1t night thcrain poured
down In continuous showcm, the roads and.
fields we're transformed into miry bogs, and q
heavy INST On every side hid the horrison.
At an carly hour despatch was received
from Gen. Gist, announcing that the enemy,
who had landed a'force below Sccession,ilIe.
had been mot and rcpulsed. It was added
that tire casualties on our side were inconsid-
cradle. Later dispatches brought further par
ticulars of the affair. The troops engaged
were the HoIcombe Legion, the Charleston
Battalion, and detachment Of the Eutaw
Regiment, the whole under command Of Col
Ellison Capers. No artillery, we understand,
was used. The enemy was forced back, and
one Of his fanking parties, consisting of twenty
men, was captured near Mr.. Legare's house.
The capture was effected by gallant charge
of the Irish Volunteers, Captain Ryan, and the
Charleston Rifemen, Lieutenant Walter The
latest despatch from Secessionville, received
late last night, states that our casualties we're
-Nohe killed, and 10 wounded ed-two of them
seriously. On the other hand it had been cur
rently reported about noon, that Adjutant FL.
w. Walker, of the Charleston Battalion, had
been killed; Lieutenant ]. Ward Hopkins, of
the Sumter Guard, dangerously wounded; VIM.
Macbeth, of the Sumter Guard, slightly wound
ed; Lieutenant Minis, wounded; Lieutenant
SaIteTs, Of the Charleston Riiemen, finger shot
off: Jno. L. Clark, of the Wilmington Rangers
had horse shot under him.
The enemy, repnlsed on land, opened fierce
fire from his gunboats upon our positions along
the line of the Stono, particularly directing his
attention to Heyward's and Stevens Regiments
and to the Eutaw Battalion. The fire was kept
up with singular rapidity, but, up to s l-2
o'clock, no damage had been done to our side
Several of the enemy's shells are said to have
burst near Gen. Gist, covering that officer with
sand. At night the storm of wind and rain
became exceedingly violent; but all night long
the enemy maintained his fire at regular inter-
walls, the object, of course, being to snatch rest
from our wearied boys. The number of hostile
vessels outside the Bar yesterday was far great
er than usual, and, after the fearful gale that
ragged at midnight, we shall neither be sur
prised nor sorry to hear to-day that our coast
is strewn with many shattered wreck.
Later At the hour of this writing 1.-TWO
O'Clock, Wednesday morning) we have just
seen gentleman, direct from the scene of
action, who has kindly placed in our possession
some more definite and authentic details of our
casualties. He assures us that Lieut.. Walker.
of the Union Light Infantry, and acting Ajju-
tant of the Charleston Battalion, is not killed,
but is wounded and prisoner. The only cas-
ualties in the Charleston Rifemen are Lieut..
Salters, slightly wounded; Scrgt. Patterson,
slightly wounded; pnvates Cheney and Cars
tens, slightly wounded. In the Sumter Guard,
Lieut. Hopkins is seriously but not dangerously
wounded, and private Macbeth is also wounded.
In the Irish Volunteers there are four wounded.
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