The New York herald., 1862-04-10


and quantity Of sxtsmporized shelters and sleeping
places made % rails and covered with boaghs por
zion Of the fourteenth regiment, headed by Lieut. Cs
Skisn and Capt. Aushmutz and Lieut.. Seymour OF Gen
oreps san. pursued the retrsatng rebels nearly smls
Firing was kept ur both sides rife ball erased the
top Of Lieut. ssymoar's cap.
BY the time The Stripes had been planted
the snsmy esrhxorks the remaining regiments Of Gen.
Aorsls brigade arrived st tLs place They made the
surrounding woods ring will eir cheers Al sight Of th,
glorious national ensign. The ntrsnehments consist
only tSe earth works either side Of Poquosn
which tins point and nlsanderng, to
toni possibly pleasing OF poetic fancy but stupid
y disgusting to Who has 10 make his way along By
practical pedesTianism. They both Of most ordinary
ard plain construction, with ditch both sides. On
the river is the skeleton remnant " old ni-so osd
should presume from its appearance that the memory
Of the oldest iahsh could run back the time
OF its ssnstrustcn The land is rugged and
vered mainly with stamps Of pines, the trees having
been cut down BY the rebels to enable 70 command
the approaches this way to Yorktown.
The whole division in the afternoon moved on u this
place, where the regiments and batteries encampsd.
General Heintzeman and stat have also taken quarters
here for the night COURSE General Porter and sta
Cocketown has four small plain wooden dwelling houses,
what was a blacksmith shop, what might have been
store but sign schoohouse church Some OF the
natives are still here. They are now strongly Union,
and strong in their charges fifty cents being the charg
for meal that would cost about oncfourth this sum a
most snywh here else 1t has been COED days march for
the soldiers but they have gone through II spendity
and are feeling jolly enough tonight-a jolity that
seems TO increase the advance into Rebellion nereases
CANNoNADE IN FRONT or YORKTOWN.
IN CAMP. Two MILES IRON YORKTOWN, April 5-P. n.
The ball has opened. We Yorktown, but not
In 4 vat TFa hale hnv
against occupation Of this Of fame
The battle has begun Dead and wounded Union soldiers
lying in the division hospital tonight The list,
happily, 10 small that Of The rebel killed aud
wounded is believed to bs larger. There has been
general engagement thus far only caDnonadng and
firing Of sharpshootsrs will recount the scenes Of the
day In their order
At seven O'Clock A. H. the divisions left Cockletown.
The order Of march the the previous
day excepting that the Fourth Michigan regiment Colo
mel Woodbury., led the infantry. Colonel Averils
cavalry Berdans Sharpshooters kept the advance
the column For about hour In the march heavy
rain feli but the troops apparently did not heed IT,
neither did they to mind the bad and muddy road.
extending about three miles through region Of swamp
In some places the mud to the mems knees. The
artillery had hard work 10 At intervals the
roads were blocked impeding The progress Of the troops
About four miles advance and the marsh passed.
and the column uto good roads and in cultivated
and beautiful section Of country was insprting 10
the troops.
Passing by chses.man and Goose creeks and Grafton
chapel column in sight Of the oarthworks OF
the enemy and York river 70 the right and beyond
hentzslman present direct arrangement. In
the excitement soldiers forget their weariness 1t
believed battle would soon be fought Colonel Avcrs
cavalry and the Bsrdsn ShArpshooters kept ahead,
the vglsnt lookout for rebels and masked batteriss
General Portsrs brigade steadily advanced toward the
erthworks, although there supporting troops
behind for some distance. and wholly ignoring the
thought Of the force the enemy might bring against
them.
The brgadse were pot in position. Capt. GriHns and
Captain wesdens batteries took places the brow Of
hi in face 6s the rebel ntrenehments On the right in
piece Of woods lay General Mores brigade supror.
the batteries. Beyond the woods, in peach orchard
the Berdan sharpshootsrs they sgh, hundred
yards from the intrenchments Our artillery was
fifteen hundred yards distant from they enemy Al ten
O'Clock the 6rst shot fred 1t came from
one Of the rebel works 70 the right The
shst went over Our hsd peces, and came near whsrs
Generals Porter and Mors and other officers stand
lng. struck heavily in the sand but did not explode
quick response followed from Capt. Wsedens battery
which brought an Immediate rejoisder. This second
shos, solid one, struck Of Ne gunners. named Rey
nods, the rghs leg below the thigh. The limb Yves
smpusacd but hs died Afsesn minutes after the opera
ton
A continuous firing wss kept up sn hour and a hail.
nutes occurred between The shots. Ths enemy srcd
mainly heavy gups, from twelve to twenty fosIr
FOUNDERS
Only four Of the sHenye ehelis burst. Our boys did
not seem 10 mind them much, but rather enjoyed the
thing One shot struck the Ninth Massachusetts, reg
ment, ricochstted, and wounded two Of the Sixty
second Pcnnsy lyapia regiment.
There good many narrow escapes. piece Of
shell knocked on Isor Coles cap OF the Fourth Michigan
regiment. He made the subject Of = joke and ssd
was result Of capillary attraction. small ball from
exploded shell s inside the shirt collar Of another
the Fourth Michigan He cooy took IL out aud pu,
IL in his pocket One shell through series Of er
ratio bounds Passing weedens battery, IL struck
the ground gave bound went under Captain weeden's
horse gave another bocrd struck the earth third times
started again In the direction Of the upper air and then
exploded, hurting no srcks from one of
Captain Grinns battery wasops-tbe one, and only
one by the way. he brought away from Bull Run--wss
sent whzzing from les place by shot. This was tho
only injured sustained by his battery although in equal
ly exposed position with Capt weedsn's battery Not
an officer or man attached 10 either battery shrsnk rcn
vsiorous performance OF duty,
Ine regiments of Cen Mores brigade, although ssa-
ted occasionally by tho dropping In of shells smopg
lhem showed signs Of fear. shell passed over tbc
Nnth Massachusetts, regiment and struck In the pioneer
corps Of the Sixty second Pennsylvania regiment. l,
6rst away tn. hsversack OF Jacob Bs Company
D; then struck - Nusser, Of Company tearing avoy
bis cartridge box, causing to explode After this hi,
Jacob Rombaugh Of Company D On the left foot nfci
lng severe wound slightly bruised John Rsddy
a drummer boy, and then hoped into the
air and came down without exploding. Musser sub
ssqpsniiy died Of his injuries. He lived in Jersgs9n
county, Pa, and was . single man.
General Morei and staf and General Martindale and
s,ar were tb. foremost places Of danger with their
regiments. Ihs BsrdAp sharpshoo,ers made fearful
havoc among The ensmys sunnsrs picking them OF b.
the dozen cocnel Berdar says they killed least fifty
Of the rebels aud wounded hundred. Toward night The