The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-06-10
NUMBER 1888.

the shs-r roll OF The muskssry. Soon our Nspcison
guns tthres OF which were posted In an unfinished
redcubt and three on the lon4 near rids ply
opened with case slot which went " ~ ine through
the air, over The heads o; our own men, hight into
the mist OF The enemy, and there exploding scat
tered death through their ranks. On the lsft the
rebels were seen coming through the woods TO
fank us, and wheeling three Of our guns so a. 10
bear upon them, we poured case shot Smons them
with NJ. xinpled rspidty. ant terrible fleet
The destructicn wss torr'e. Our spherical
shot awful nj ssilns, each Of them consist
ing ~ elottod mass y seventy-sx musk balls,
With heavy charge of powder IN the ceutre, that
IL n ed by fuse TIE same shell. The missile
frs, acts as s,ll shot, ploushing is way through
masses Of men, and then exploding hurs forward
a shower Of muskst balls, that NOV down the foe
In hcsps our battery threw twenty.four Of these
= minute, .ri -s we hsd the exact range ~ every
part " the hed every slot tod will frshtfil Of
teet Bu, the enemy were no, stall daunted.
They marched steadily cu and hailed pertcct
tempest Of balls upon US. Why We, ss well ~ our
horses were u II every shrt down will forever
remain q ystery t. me. We did not mind the
lesicn hail, however, hut kept pouring our case
shot into the dense nS es oi tie foe. uho cam. on
In prodigious and oyerv ae,fnlus force. Aud they
fought splenddly, to-. Our shot tore their ran Ks
wide cpen, and shattered them asuuder In a man.
ner that wHs frightmi o. witness; bu, they closed
up again AT once, and came On 40 steadily as Eng
iish veterans.
when they Cot within four hundred yards, we
closed our s'-shot sni opened them with
canister, aud such destruction I never elsewhere
made in their ranks indeed, wAoc comp tuie-
went down beffe ,hs, utricrous I'm /; but they
e., sol up with au order and discipline that was
aw,-.usr rius. They s"ruItd & lie animated with
tie oursge of despair, i',uicd with the hope of a
speriy victory u"y could an overwhel ming
"a 10 friye W. ~ u uIr position.
II Wns av'll to So their rsnEs tom and
shattered hy cvery discharge Of canister that
poured right int, their faces and while
them dead aud dying lay in piles, close
ny, aui still kept adv incirg ri..ht IN the
face uf that FIRE. At tine three lines, one
iohind another, were stead adv anc.ns and three
o. thrir f1rs wore brought Ia range OF one OF our
guns sh1't,d " th oHiustr
" Fire :" s'pi,'i the g'irnor anil dlwn went
those three ~ e and gar wac op.urd through
those three ln"s II uuudcrhot bad torn
through thcri. ant ne deud lay Ia asaHs B4t
they ~ c''scd ny AMI came SIC dily on, never
'Hlt ug ur way,t.ur, O.. through tAv Woo's, over
the fence through te fitl. riFht up t. Our guns
aud sweeping everything before them captured
cvetv place
wtcn we delivered orr las, hrc they with
In fifteen tv'4tv pqc of u.s. and as all oar hor
ses nd been Killed w wounded VIC could not car
~ ~ gun. Our wi ole division was cit g. pieces
with what loss | H. not know We t,l back ~ y
~, oni line OF htrcr chiu, uH aud thew he'd the
enemy In check ti reil.orc,u., uts arrived, and
then we kclt our position tl might put an end to
.ho hait'c
have driven ~. ,ney hack. reg, ned rnss, seor oi
oar amp and II il reported, vth what degree ~
truth cannot say.l That uui battery las been re.
| captured The relols St pp' our camp thorough
| IS, aud have notlia. len but what had on when
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