Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-04-02
The Battle near Winchester, Va
Further Particulars.

Ohio battery to return the fire. and while
he was directing the operation thesplinter
OF a rebel shell struck him in the left arm,
and disabled it instantly. One man and
horse killed, belonging to the battery,
were the only casualties besides this on
our side that day. The rebel loss is sup
posed to be twelve men. A few of our
pickets were captured.
At night both armies drew up in front
OF each other, and awaited morning to re-
new he contest. The rebel force was
seven thousand infantry, twcnty-eight
pieces OF artillery and twelve hundred
cavalry.
On Sunday morning. at ten o'clock, the
rebels received reinforcements, under
ten. Garnett, amounting TO FIVE thousand
more. The Union forces did not exceed
ten thousand men, and, with the excep-
ton OF about FIVE hundred. we're of Cen
eral Shields division exclusively. At
haif-past ten the enemy made a feint on
our left. commanded by Acting Brigadier
General Sullivan. opening q heavy fire of
artillery, while the real attack was direct
ed against our right, with the object of
thanking it. Gen Kimble commanded on
the right, where the heaviest fighting was
done. There the enemy were strongly
posted in woods and behind q stone wall,
and the rebel artillery was posted on en-
inences on both sides of their left wing
Our whole artillery force engaged consist
ed of four batteries, twenty-four pieces in
all.
The contest ragged ~furiously till3 o'clock
in the afternoon, the fighting being done
chiefly by the artillery and musketry, at
n range of not more than three or four
hundred yards, and often much less.
The rebel infantry opposite our right
now debouched from the woods and at
tempted to capture Doan's battery bv n
charge. The first effort was nearly sue
: ccssful, but the heavy discharge of grape
compelled them to retire in confusion. A
second and weaker attempt likewise fail
ed, and the enemy fell back, with heavy
loss, behind the stone parapet.
Gen. Tyler now ordered his brigade TO
charge the enemy's batteries on the left,
and a most deadly encounter followed
Twice our men reeled under the storms;
but in the third efford they routed the
rebels with tremendous slaughter and
loud cheering, capturing two of their guns
and four caissons.
Our loss in these struggles was heavy.
I Jul VI ObO DlGl tnzdAGu III tic Eighty
fourth Pennsylvania, twentv-six were
killed and eighty-three wounded. Col.
Murray fell, leading this gallant corps for
ward, and many other dashing officers
were killed or wounded. The Fifth and
Eighth Ohio shared the glory, and the
losses with the Eighty-fourth, and the
Third Virginia regiment also suffered
Lieut., Colonel Thoburn, commanding this
corps, was severely wounded leading itfor-
ward to the last charge.
The enemy's killed and wounded
strewed the ground now in profusion, and
their left wing was utterly broken and
their center wavering. On their side the
Fourth and Fifth Virginia. regiments suf-
fered the most. The former was terribly
decimated. Several attempts to rally the
right wing failed, and to add to the con-
fusion the Irish battalion of a hundred
and fifty men when brought forward and
ordered to fire upon the Union troops,
refused to fire, and a rebel regiment I'M
mediately drove this gallant little band for
ward, but could not COMPEL them to fire
upon the Union army. Forty corpses of
the hundred and fifty afterwards strewed
the field,
Meanwhile the rebels gave way on their
left and centre, with a loss of seven hun
dred killed and wounded, and two hun
dred and t~hirty-six taken prisoners. Be
sides these about fifteen hundred mus
kets were taken, and many other valuable
trophies. Our loss does not exceed one
hundred killed and three hundred
wounded.
The roar of musketry and cannon was
incessant for several hours, and particu-
larry between two and six P. NJ. The
rebels withdrew under cover of night in
some confusion, and retreated about four
miles towards Strasburg.
Yesterday Gen. Banks, at the head of
n large force. pursued them and at last ac-
counts they are at Strasburg, loosingevery-
thing in their flight.
The loss of the rebels must have been
enormous.
They have abandoned their wagons
alongthe road, filed with dead and ound-
ed, and the houses on the quite are fonnd
crowded with their wounded and dying.
The dwellings in the town, adjacent to
the battlefield of Sunday, are also found
filed with the wounded. The inhabi-
tants aided the rebel soldiers in carrying
off their wounded during the day, and
burrying them quickly as soon as dead.
OurartillePy makes terrible havoc among
the enemy in their fight, and the rout
bids fair to be one of the most dreadful of
the war.
WINCHESTER; March 25-Evcning.-It
is currently reported tonight that Gen.
Banks overlook and destroyed two hun
bred of Jackson's wagons
General Banks. who was on his way to
Washington, on Sunday, returned and as
sumed command.
In the meantime, General Shields Divi-
sion, commanded by Col. Kimball, pur-
sued the enemy beyond Newtown, she'll
ing them the whole way.
JacksOn's men, who were perfectly de
moralized and beyond control, threw
overheard their dead and wounded to
lighted the wagons in their retreat.
1t is a noticeable fact hat nearly all of
the rebels wounded were shot in the head
and breast, thus showing the superiority
of onr markSmen.
Those of u troops principally engaged
were as follows:
The Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania Regi-
ment.
The One Hundred and Tenth Pennsyl-
vania Regiment.
The Fourth Ohio Regiment.
The Seventh Ohio Regiment.
The Eight Ohio Regiment.
The Seventh Indiana Regiment.
The Thirteenth Indiana Regiment.
The Fourteenth Indiana Regiment.
The First Virginia Regiment
The Michigan Cavalry.
Daum's Battery of Parrot guns.
1t was evidently known to many in VIM
that Jackson was approaching.
from the holiday attire and buoyancy of
spirits previously displayed by numbers
Of the Secession residents, both men and
The fact of General Shields's command
been screened from observation
on the cast side of the town, led the in
formants of jackson to believe that our
troops were evacuating, and that Jackson
could enter unobstructed. This evidence