Newbern weekly progress., 1862-05-10
FIGHT NEAR LEES NILS
.pIesdId- bravery or the Green
Mountain Boya
REBEL Loss OYER loo killed am
HOUNDED
LlI,. MllL,s, Ya, April II. lssa


- u,. ". A,.n,, ,sss
- "P'" 80 .o'
A recennolsanee was made aooSta mil
nurthWest VI Lees Mills YESTERDAY, which, M
the severity Of The ngnung u involved, may b |
prop,riy rankedss battle.
AT u o'clock iour companies OF the Sd'Fs
mont began the work as skirmlshsrs, hotts
Battery supporting them with very accurate
hrs oi shot and she'll The rebel brnggartS
Who began dancing on their rnmparts, and
swinging their hats, aud deiying our Iroops
10 tue customary Southern military fashioi
ssrs dropped 50 rapidly by the sharp shoot
srs a. to be soon cured OF this style OF war-
fare. The four companies Of the Sd laid down
sftsr dinner and thoroughly rsslsd themselves.
At O'Clock In the aiternooa, they were called
up, formed into line, and told BY their Colonel
Ia pithy speech that the work expected Of
tnem Was to charge across the creek and take
tue snemy's Intrenchments. Ayres's guns
all Of the baItrri,s, numbering ~ piecss, were.
,Iliery ottcsr-eoVsred the Vermonters adj
tyance. They marched steadily At the quick 70
| he edge OF the creek, and plunged in, on the
Eun. The water deepened unexpectedly. The
/ hen were soon wading 10 their breasts, their
Partridge boxes slung up on their shoulders.
and their musksts held up high. Y,e moment
they entered The stream, the reee's 'swarmed
un the edge oi their rtns-pit, and rainsd nre
of bullets on the advancing line. The stream,
AZ damned, was ABOUT tweiys rods VIDE. Ihe
vermonters ioaced ana nIeo astnsy waded
ihslr Killed and woundea began 70 iaii IRON
the instant oi entering tne wafer. Many d
lhe latter were sustained oy thelr arms ano
ne eoiius Oh tneit coa's, ana 30 neipea across
and iaid down on the opposite siae. Inc 80
An soon as they emerged ana got iosthoid r.
c'Hed the order 70 cnargs! AZ least regl
ment OF rebels broke irom oshind II, ana ran
,nto ths redo9otin tne rear, leaving the YER
nonter. IN the Plt for Al ast an hour they
fought irom here agaihst over~ he.ming mum
6ers, rtcs's'ng endorsements 10 that time
: tirst OF four companies OF the 9Th Vermont
D and Afterwards Of four Companies Of lhet4ti
/ Vermont. They shot their foo principally
Through the head, aud so superior was thei
fire, and their pluck 30 impressive that tn
. rebels moved Two additional regiments int,
!. he tort, and iD hanking position on the lyf
or the rife pit. Exposed now toa crcss-fi,
u - well ~ an increased fre 10 iront, the Yer
:, 70. In go,id order, covering themselves be
u,
+. ecfosssd The stream, carrying 4. their wound
,. ed whose condition at all promised survival o
y der hur.s.
?. Ii was sight to see-the Jmasterly manne
= N which Capt Ayres saved the 4th Vermont
's four companies from the fire Oi the rebels, VII
10 swarinsd more than regiment tull in thei
II rifle pit. The moment he saw them form f.
: u charge, he rode to every gun and directed
ls - DO sighted 30 a. TO shave the top of th
d oreastwo,k, and then, in the magnetic mar
d nsr winch. distinguishes him in the field, n
ID qmr,d his Command 10 serve the 20 piecs
Q w'h IT,, u m 81 possible rapidity. This tir
&C was hters.ya hssom Of destrueiios. III
= smells burst with precision within few inch'
IN VI the top si the psrate.. and oysI H. IL
al 4th's coml aa'ss wsre saved by u The rebe
uated no' W. themselves, os even elevate ,ns
W Ieaas ABOVE mS eugs o. msIT orsas'work
e nis oosh on me ne'hon'ers in the cree
u lnsn guns nsess1fny Mefs uscaarged a.
" uPNAru snsie' sna uhe'' ure almost "hoi
!" 'n'o"n -
W an s'iuenec o, ,ns terrible accuracy
~ 'us nIs =, 49, a. SG..y' Mn'en slienceo
y cry rsoe' gun, 'ne .use' o. to'r oi ms Aho's
D Nsy Sg"ncAn 'eoei regiment was s,poV'r
" a''sn. ansies ~ pos'.on; nSered . co
~ ~, s wv s ~. mhsi" a." ae ~ 9,
:. - az suI ~. uo - "' Th n.e s"u u'eIS>S y
~, nsS "s 49, @ 1.er -snIse sn",
~ 'qu.ny ePsos Fss su ,'as .se 'esimen' u,
- ,Sss., % 10y SaU. ~ Wv. .' enss' % M.uln y
a..laiy .prp. pit and cleared % the .nsa.y %sss .r,
49, from their guIs.
~ Amongths incidents Of the fght was q
M 70 livery fiom ieyer oI Sergeant Fletcher,
Company Z, Sd Vermont, on the sick Ii,