Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-18
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-fuum6ers sioristreugth5 1Isfaney that reei-
ment well postedsin any 4respec BILE woods
4 scouIdi hold "a bTigadegdt bay-unIesS the
brigade knew that souly8 aoregimeuts was
1ttheFesdS siodf b8e Fr9Ow Sei 10 TOO 1seIl
iinR yesterday i noticed iourimsh sas they en-.
fteredi al belt Of forest \ TIE eene,tyt were
shelling the Woods7 s7tEomsai opposite eleva.
Iittoh, ahdihuge bolts came crashing through
the tree. tops scattering boug ghslant leaves
4 an 0tl tliditrectiohs, but.ofl this open; lznown
4 1dangerthey seemed little afraid bre ca STING
!onWdEds with iresolute steps, but starting
lfWtthsnerEhnP! cOuyulsiTe fearfif a deaf rus
litiedior tWigT cracked IbBhinG lthems This
is undoubtedly the reason that fiank5moye-
ments'Arejso 30 much dreaded. I apbrsheni
that ath1ndred mnskets5 5suddenlys opening
I hresinhthe rear. of al;regiment could scatter
IT IN pautciRnd iGOufusiun. q lad 4aiH9i!n
1should like to make few remarks on
the affairs of ofiyesteFday, but it lis so olexces-
slSely mean to- sit down and scriti6iss a
game alter IL thaslbeen played that L rre-
train. Certainly had we knownlsthat q
ItnFces was ipostedsh and a. iplatoonl dis
posed there that this edge iof the woods
twas lined with rebels, and that iowerd down
our path through the forest was unob-
1 strqcted, we could have dOneib betters But
what nSe to tell over like beads hours that
| have hedfiooE az 10 1870 Essaa, 4aaEo
i.!llna a former letter L gRVe,yOu an nlder. OF
battle. Gen. Stahl, who, with his brigade,
had 1.-THE left, asked permission 10, advance.
I IT was given him. aHea advanced. driving
theH enemy's outpOsts through ,althin belt
,ot woods md over an open Wheatilield into
4 qmtefal thick woods Itiwas Whileleross-
E1ng this wheatti field in pursuit Ihut lhisl own
Eighth New York Regiment suffered, such
iosssa{The enemy, Gmbnshed Ia the ~ heat
on tue iedgeiof the field, lind the feu CO
and IN! !theiW0ods, suddenly Feyealedi them,
Eselyes by a1terrible fire thakcnt down near
tJyathe whole, Of the two companies in adj
.Evance. q accordance With, their usualtac
tiealthey then gave way, ,iand Stphl, drove
them bapkiatIthb point Of the bayonet iun,
til ilheitonndah his brigade, with it's batteries
4nearly surroundedsa They oppressed around
the guns bpt the pelling storms of grape
and oapiste with the rifles ofamy brave
''Bucktails," who were detailed to, the sup=
port of t;ei batteries, ii heldatlem at bay.
\ Stahl command then fell back, at first In
1 sometcoufusionsb but finally in good order,
aud took position on the open ground, ex;
4 pecttug the enemy to follow, but they pre-
terred he-woods and made no pursuit.
Milroy, In the meanwhile, who bad the
centre, pressed steadily forward from the
ground where he. 6rst took position, plant
ling his guns each,time nearer and nearer
the eneny's batteries. His. artillery deliy-
cred its fire with "a precision truly Temarkr
liable" y went over the. ground where the
1enemye guns were planted, andiit was fur
roWed with our shot and shell as with q
plow, andiwhere one battery. .stood4I count.
ed twelve. dead horsess MFIroy's iihfantry
deployed through the woods, taking adj
vantage of u. deep gully. to cross d wheat
field, wherei itheywers exposed, !, and charged
gallaptlyinp the hill,where one iof the Op.
posing batteries was planted, cutting down
sue gpnners with their'6Cei, Had they been
supported think they would have captur-
ed battery. They made the crest of the
hill too h6t' ID hold 6nAthe part of the
enemy, and held their position until re-
called! e - - t9.iattouI 5t'Tp',b lsttf +.
I SehenEk was disposed on the right, to
SUPPORT 'Miiroy, and Col. Clnsireta the lat;
ter had the extreme right and the advance.
But our right wing, with the exception Of
Clhsirets little brigade, did n6tget into
Faction55 nor did SteinwAy. who bad COM
m9nd of the reserve. Jackson g reserve
WIS kept shifting from wing to wing dur.
lag the enga cement las occasion dehihhd-
N BY 4o'Cl6ck Our whole fotces wers again
in posi- ton, and had the enemy only lc5os.
enH,to attack imagIhc his rout would
have been Complete. But Il seems only to
have been his intention to holdtus in CHECK
unltlhi baggage train could cFoss the
river, for he ac6mmenced 5ct6ssing it while
the engagement was sttll prog gFessfnR. In
the morning he had driven back Shields
advance from aR attempt to burn the bridge;
IN the afternoon became TO the. support Of;
Ewell In the affair with us. OF course NO
accurate knowledge of the force Opposed 70
us can be 6bthined, but It greatly exceededi
ioursi JRckson'sh armys propeE 4numbers
from, y, 900 to- %, 900 men, But they are,
greatly demorallzed and poorly armed. In
tue action he had two brigadeS each on his
right centre and left, with a abrigadeiiu re-
serve that he kept in constant motion along
his-l -lines Bat =zliisaabriGad ades-aEe.s email Z
Eael Fegi9snt was drafted mp To- $50 men,
but desertions aud struggling have 40, re-
duredl lthem that they will probably average
scarcely 600le6ehF Many Of thesehre boys;i
Of purse in. lraf fling All manner Of material
rs taken, lRndTdrRfted men never tight 80
well tRs those WHO go to 70 attles oluntarily
it'll all his pFep61dBrA nee 6f numbers he
was actually. afraid dgtveus saltight.-
s0ur men were to0t-soFe aud worn down by
/ much marc hing, ltttie sep an few rs.
tiOnss But LrRallY believe We came very
near whipping his his s'wh lie force Goulti
Stahl hafss been sippSrEs sSd9 T;the teAttuI
lCoelt ptmtet0tRhlehi he'Waafat first exposed
! had been eros and We WeFenfiR Rhtins on
ieaaal tp6ttpg ths X y think, We
IiWOnld have driven, his siriR ht hack on. .tbe
l river. ~ nd dilrUy 3 gallait little l9rigade,,
1 " boil tered with an ado tiioaaI e9imsht or
two, would have i broken his ,IcentFee and
"a sen at least one battery. lsli a.ii i4,ist
~ dG no one ffia OH "a ia ga 1 IA