Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-08-19
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From TIE Vermont Cavalry

FRitNp WiLhsD-DnRS SIR htye a letter
.rom my son IN thc l., Regiment Vernon. Cav
airy. aa,ej. =" Camp ON the Ramdan RIVER.
Aug 81 1852. IA ten B4uks' dwlsion, siy
ing au account oi the skrmlsh at Orange Court
House, Aug "a, winch viii probably interest all
Jour readers vino have friends IN that regiment
hs .ay-:
+ frisiay night, Aug lst, We started from
tuIepprr Court House Wijh the New iok jth
Regiment, and squadron OF the Mary land Cav
ary, and came % this place on the RapidAn.
about 10 miles from Cupepper, and camped r.
started carly and iorded the river, and about
hour miles ths side OF the town ran across the
enemy picket- exchanged shots. killing one
shd SnundIng one, aud lowed them INTO toA n.
aod the Vermont regimen. was ordered IL.
while part OF the New York 9TH was sent
around to Aank them Found the town iul Of
trey Coat,, having been started N by the New
Turk Regiment, and they undertook to cut
through ar, aut At one lme all commenced 10
t! back, except the jthsquadrou and Captain
Hall ot Company F tad ordered ac1untermarch.
The Company commenced 20 break al this order
but Captain Wells OF Company c, who was IN
the rear Ol them, drove them TO their places with
drawn sabre, and Captain Hall, seeing limt
Company G. was ready to support him, counter
nandrd his fret order ami gave the word,
Charge And We went IN with d yell, and the
ret,ls broke And He'd in very direclon, and We
after them, running them down and laklng them
prisoners Capt. Wells started with his Com
pany IN hot pursuit-through barnyard and
lane. and over hill. utter - lot-run them INTO
ditch, where they stuck ias' and We took
them As las, 80 they were uygTtakrn thef
Were sent 10 tae roA, After passing through
woods and undeibrush, and having sent over
hall ui hls Company back with prisoners Cap.
tam Wells turned to come back anu came very
near being taken by squad OF rebels, but man-
agcd 10 dodge thcr hull,ts, which were mainly
directed At hlm. John Mclaughlin was taken
prisoner and Alunfo a Hoy, is mssng-sup.
posed shot or taken, As we were going over
the hill nj brst we me-, : r,dcrless horee and the
Adlutaut told me TO catch him. Which did and
while holding him moment bullet wnilzed
pastand struck my sabrf near the point marking
It plainly, thought hey perhaps, meant ne
and took the horse back tu the rest OF the
Company. 1t was good one, aud belonged to
Lieutenant Baker--by mark on the saddle
There was not much more lighting and We
went back and looked up our dead and wounded
one killed out oi the New York 9Th and about
twenty wounded and mlssing-while the clt
sens pulled into the houses their dead and
wounded IN the streets. We did not search,
as think we should, so We cannot tell then
loss, but prisoners report about twenty killed.
| saw thred dead bodies at one corner. We took
back with US fifty two prisoners, and our Com
puny took Is Of them, and we lett two too badly
wounded 10 bring away. Hate, caps, hayer-
sacks, aud all kinds ui arms were strewed around
prumiscuousy- besides the dead men. and some
dozen or fifteen horses killed in the streets.
All this time our Colonel rompklns and
General Crawford were at "A safe distance on
hill, AT least u mile IRON town; and, after W.
had driven the rebels out, tho General sent word
TO us that We were doing well, aud to keep Ia
work. somewhat different from old General
Hatch. whom he superseded who would have
been right down among rs watching the tide
of battle giving orders and leading us ON. Ad
lutant pitkm was the only field officer We had
with us anu he did nobly and | would not
swap our little Captain loi any IN the Regiment.
and heth the IieuIcnan,s did first rate, and not