The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-06-19


en- back, our cannon captured and,
perhaps, turned upon MS. Before reach.
ing the scene Of action. however. the
rebels had fallen back and the 10th and
72d 1--WE being ordered to halt about the
middle of the .feld) marched up and
occupied the ground. By this time our
whole Division was moving stendily up
in line Of battle on our left. When the
advance had gained the desired posi-
ton, the reserve regiments we're ordered
to "stack arms and rest" Our BOYS
gladly nvailed themselves Of this order.
the tedious march through the under.
brush having fatigued them very much
and threw themselves down bv their
guns. Our rest iusl then. was of short
duration, for only few moments had
elapsed whom the clear crack Of our
siirmishcrs rifles announced danger
The bows srrang to their guns and
we're in line in n twinklinu, ready 10
support the regiment in front. just
then loud yells came yelling nm from
the opposite side of the hill The veil.
ing had hardly reached our ears when
our cannon again belched forth. receiv.
ing an immediate response from the
rebel guns on the opposite ridge. The
shells. round-shot. and crane. came
whistling thick and fast over our devo.
ted heads After the first round all
were ordered TO lie down and keen nc
near the ground as possible. Almost
before the command "lie down" was
completed, your correspondent found
himself stretched full length nm the
the ground, his nose in close proximity
10 the bottom Of a corn frrrow. and ne
the next shell came whistling over his
rrostrate form he could not reprpss =
low chuckle Mt tho thought Of thus fool
ing tho rebels EIe vprv soon. however.
had reason 10 think the joke not so pro-
digious as be had at first imagined. for
hardly n moment had elapsed ere
grann-shnt came whizzing mast. ONLY n
few feet above him sinking itself deerlv
in a dead oak. immediately in his roar.
Knowing that two shots seldom strike
twice in the same place. Int fearing
that the rnhels might have the range Of
that particular tree and faelin~ assured
If thov had the next Crane would. in all
nrohabilitv, come low enough 70 Craze
his ''nothor parts he very coolv deri
ded on performing the very difficult
'gvmnastic frat Of walking on his
knees IN q more congpnial snnt Ha
had hardly enSronced himself in his
new position. when the regiment was
ordered forward. Our artillery had
proved too much for the rebels. and
they had retired tn their works about
4 half mile distant. After gaining the
top of the ridge the whole Of the Di-
vision was halted where we remained
in line Of battle till late in the evening.
when the order wns again given to
''stack arms and rest" The bovs. ar-
ter investigating the contents of their
haversacks. threw themselves down un-
dPr trees and in a few moments a ma
iority Of them we're soundly locked in
the arms Of Morpheus. About 10
o'clock. p NJ, Company A was aroused
and ordered TO the left of the Brigade
lines to commence the work Of fortifv-
ing. The company he'd not been at
work exceeding ten minutes when a
scout came in and reported that tha en-
envy were planting guns on the hill i'm.
medately opposite where we were work
ing. This, Of course. was an effac'ual
for the boys to work, and right
lively did they pitch dirt We were
relieved in the course Of couple Of
honrs by another conpany from the
regiment, and tho boys once more
sought their lpafY couchcs All we're
that daylight would let loose
the rebel cannon on MS. For somo rea.
son, however. the enemy retired their
runs during the night. leaving US in
peaceahle possession ofthe hill, with the
EXCEPTION Of occasional skirmishing' he.
fween the pickets Our loss the day
before was four wounded; that of tho
rebels is said, by prisoners taken, to
have been some twelve or fifteen killed,
md double that number wounded. Our
Division was engaged during Thursday
u strengthening the position, our at
ention being Frequently arrested By the
iercencss Of the firing between the
tickets. Four o'clock Friday morning
onnd us in line Of battle behind oar
,reast works. Whilc resting upon our
ms. we were startled hv loud and
png explosions, and Immediately after.
Yard dense columns of black smoke
ould be seen rising over the tops of
he timber in the direction of Corin h.
Iniectures we're now rife as to the
neaning of all this. Some were of the
pinion that The enemy we're eVacun.
ing-others that our forces had gained
he railroad and were blowing up the
ridges. The latter appeared 10 me the
lost probable snpposition. Our regl-
neut was now ordered to stack arms
nd prepare breakfast The anxiety to
earn the cause Of the explosion wNs in
ense, and when about s O'Clock we
sere ordered into line and told that In
ompany with the T2d, our regiment
vas to 60 forward and ferret out the
MYSTERY, the boys, one and all, senr upa
,ell indicative of their Willingness 70
10. When outside the breast wolks,
A and B, Of our regiment,
ogether with one company from the
I'D, were deployed as skiFmisheTs, and
,rdered to make their way directly 10
ward the rebel works, Company A was