The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-19
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sOkss Of Vermont.
OUR BOYS RESTED ON THEIR
ARMS
NAMES esE WEgEG H&EE.a.EED.

New IoRK. April 10. The correspondent of
the Herald III Warwick Courc House states that
our killed, wounded and missing in the Vermont
Brigade on the l6tn inst. is about 100.
lac attack WIS made by Two companies OF
the VI. 81 rnder Lieut.. Whittemore. After
iorJlng creek up to their arinpits they drove
the rebels, in superior numbers, from their rifle
PITS at tde point OF the bayonet.
While in the stream three rebel regiments
opened On these two companies, but they moved
steadily oil, gained the bank with thinned ranks,
and wet cartridges, and drove the rebels before
them. They were ordered to retreat however,
and did 50, lighting step by step.
Subsequently, the Vermont Ath, Col. Slough.
ton, and the Vermont 9th, Col. Lord. made IL
brave but Intellectual attempt to cross the stream
on the dam, but the enemy had the gun of his
one battery trained particularly upon this point,
and they were swept back by the combined fire
OF that gun and the enemys rifles.
There was considerable loss in the 9th, which
was in advance. The division General ut this
time ordered The fire to cease, and our men slept
upon their arms IN the position they respec-
lively held, and beyond d donb5 the fight Will
be renewed to day.
Tho loss OF the enemy was severe. The names
OF Lieut.. Whi,temore, who led two companies
OF the Sd Vermont, aud of Cos. Lord and
Soughton, of the 9th and 4th Regiments are
in all mouths as the especial heroes OF the day.
Some from the Sd Vermont were killed IN
crossing the river and others after having
crossed. Their bodies were not discovered.
The following are the names OF the killed in
the Sd Vermont:
Private J. Goodman, Joseph Leroy, L. Briggs,
Samuel Sweetland, Sewell Danforih, John Neal,
D. Campbell, 0. Stevens, ID. Elliott, a. Taylor,
Go. d; Sergeant Perry, Privates VIM Fuller,
o. Boyipgton, Co. f.
Wounded, Sd VermonI, prvates Fl. ii. Patch,
a. "A. Bailey, Co. A !; Corporal Flood, Co. b;
Corporal Hutchinson, priyates w. Davis, Jo-
seph Blanchard, |. Bishop, Ii. nill, s. A. VAN
delete, Thomas Reynolds, J. Bales, Geo. W.
Washburn, Co D; Prisatcs n. Bnckam, Il.
Brown, T.. Fuller.
Com pany +. Capt S. f. Bogue, Lieut.. Chan.
dler, bolh badly Corporal Fairbanks, private
A Reed, &. II. Ross, j. Smith, w. Whitcomb,
r. Ii. Rowcll, e. A. Perry, j. II. Butterfeld,
9. ii. Paige, Co. f..
Prvates McCary, II. G. Hoy', j. Lewis,
VIM. Scott, Thomas O'Connell, Co. *.
.c,Two men of tho 4th Vermont, Company |
were killed, and Capt. Anterior was badly
wounded. Capt Reynolds, and others whose
names we are unaqle to obtain, OF the 9th Vt.
Regiment were killed or wounded.
BALTIMORE, April 49, The Norfolk Day Book
of yesterday, in sEeculating on the objects OF
the mission of MERCER, says it is an event
fraught with grave Specification.
It says it is most probable that the French
monopoly of tobacco underes the whole mys-
terry.
Tho Day Book of the 18th states that in
the skirmsh on the night of the 18th, Colonel
Mckinney, of u North Carolina Regiment, and
Is men were killed, and IS wounded.