Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-05


 Table" This number closes the twenty fourth volume of Harper. For sais by Patton, Water bury Book Stors.
 MILITARY IfEAs.-We are handed the fol- lowing iron one of our boys in the 9th Res't, describing their retreat across the Potomacs ; BANKS DIVISION, Co. E. 5rH Coss. VoL.
 WILL1AMsPoRT, Mp, May 27th, 1862. J DEAR ---s Thinking that you might be anxiess te know whether am alive or not; | take this opportunity to let you know that 7 am safe. cFst a IT | s$Eh#AE+95
 suppose you have heard of our Bull Ran scrspe, Jour flight from strasburg.) The Rebels have driven us back across the Potomac to our old camp at W. We had only about six thousand men they had,at least thirty thousand. We have lost q great many men and immense quan- titles of stores, We retreated forty-6ve miles day before yesterday; and had to fight nearly all the way. We saved all but about eighty of our wagons. They killed our sick and wounded, even went into the hospital at Strasburg and ran their bayonets through the sick. It is im- possible to tell how many we have lost from our regiment, as they are 50 scattered; there are ten missing from our company. But they (the rsbels) will pay dearly for this, when we go through that valley again. The First Maryland regiment was at Front Royal guarding the rail road; when they were attacked by a large force of the rebels, and were nearly all killed or taken prisoners. The pioneer corps which consisted of fifty men, were all killed and taken, but twen- to. We fought them three successive days i; we had nothing to eat for nearly forty-eight hours. I can't write any more for we are ell in confusion; but ss soon as can will write again and give you more of the particulars.
 Yours, 0. ?. c.
 GEN HENRY VESSELS of this town IS com manding brigade in the field before Richmond.
 THE F1rrH.-rhe following are the casualties in the 5th Reg't, among those from this county, so far as reported,
 Co. C-Danl Ay res, Salisbury, taken prisoner.
 Co. Milton Gibbs, Colebrook river, wound ed in calf of the leg. John W. Sherwood, Sails. bury, taken prisoner,
 Lieut.. Col. Chapman, of the Fifth Regiment, has been promoted to be Colonel.
 THE SERVICES rendered by Gen. SEDsw1cK's division, in Summers corps, at the engagement before Richmond on Saturday last were much applauded by the authorities at Washington. Gen. Sedgwick, it will be remembered, comes from Cornwall in this county. They drove back the enemy at the point of the bayenet covering the ground with his dead, thus retrieving the first ill-fortunes caused by the enemy's unsus- pected onset.
 LIEUTENANT WELLS, of Company l., of the I 13th Regiment, has received an appointment on the Staff of General Phelps, conferring upon him the rank of Captain. In this position he will be able to do much to promote the comfort of the men of Litchfeld County who enlisted with him, and who are attached to the same Brigade
 - The Hartford courant gives the following list of " deserters' from the 18th Regiment, be- fore they left their barracks at New Haven. for the seat of war:
 Co. G., Peter Billings of Canaan, deserted March 17th.
 February Fist. ~
 Co: l., Andrew Bronson, of Litchfield; Seth frlnk of Litchfeld; Chas. Ostrander of Litch- held Geo. Ostrander of Litchfeld; Vim. R, Parker of Litchfeld; James Robinson ofGoshen: deserted March 17th, 1862.
 Of the above we know of one of them, Andrew Bronson (of Washington, not Litchfeld, left the company on advice of the surgeon. and in such poor health that he was totally unable to go on with his regiment; and from the five reported from Litchfeld, but two went from this town. and one of these held his residence in our iail just prior to enlisting.
 - One of the items of interest and rejoicing the past week was the release of 14O0 Union prisoners, most of them confined in loathsome Southern prisons. Among the names we find 'nat ot '. E. Galpin, of Washington, in this c0untv Ho n Qd D..