The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-01-03

we're runriing hridcc about miles FoH
ne, when they were fred upon eecOss u'e NV
or. One was wounded in the thigh and arm
nhen they all broke and run without rcturp'
ING the ere ltwas perfect Ball Kun AZ
fair. They mn through our lines ss last -
horse aesA could carry hrm. some wnhow
cps, and most Of them 50 badly scard' ""'
they dill not Know what they were doing
Now .cme,hiug sl'cu, the box you 'cn' vs.
We cane IN from picket shon' ~ oe'osS'
whcu Que OF ,he boys met me and SAID we'e
was a box at Head Quarters for me TIA"
took .iO men to carry. tva' much surpri'-
cd, and was sf,aid You had sent VS. Tot OF
clothing. But when We opeucd the b'S' we
we,c surprisej to dn 4 a nice lot afcaial"','nd
such time ns We bad you canuv, im'g'n".
assure you We felt rich. We went to W"rk
Immediately aud rotup good Ohio dinncr'
|, was the best dinncr we have had since We
ien Tiiin. You may he assured II tasted well
When we have not had anything 80 gcOd for
months.
I There were 80 many donors, that | cannc,
write To- all " them, but please give them all
our iha nks. We will wy and ray you back
in fighting pbels.
/ think We will havca big feld In few
DAYS. The bridge is finished across the river
end some W ttr troops are crossing. six
Brigad,s .. c ordered aud ccmirs here One
B,ucry ha. lust come. The tgth will go
ovct ~ day or to morrow. Preparations are
m,le fcr a grand movement soon. Look out
fur breakers!
C,sr Woop, DC. Is.
since sealed my last letter 10 You, VI
have had some exciting timcs here. About
/ o'clock Yesterday, the rickrts Of Col WI
icA's s2i Iud., German Rcg't, we're attack
ed by about 1000 rebels. They consisted .
4 one Regr Of Mounted TcSan Hangers,
regiments " infantry aud one battery Th
!. alarm being given, the balnnce d the "E'
ssed the river to assist the pickcts' The,
=, engaged them in good earnest. Thirty min
utrs after tho attack wa, made, disraic
came for re endorsements The longrol wa
ID. beat IN our regiment, and In five minutes on
whole regiment was un6cr arms, and lcrmc
=. in line ol b,ulc, aud started on double quie
for the sccnc Of acton. ~ was mile dis
, taut, aud the fight was about over 10y th
time we crossed the river The 39th Indian
regiment, coming ater us, formed on OF
lcft, when We advanced In sulid column
4 When We arrived the rebels had rttrcatct
The engagement lasted Ntout 20 micutes.-
The Germans had Killed md 10 wounded
Three of these died during the night. 1t
hard to tell what the loss " the rebels Is bu
they were seen to carry ~ from the field, an
more were lying there at noon TO day.
Our regiment and the 39,h Ind. fell bac
10 the n,cr about sundOwn. and lay on ou
: arms ali hight. We waited till IL o'cloc
! to day, expecting an attack, hut they did nc
d come. Col. Gibson aud others went ont I
the battlefield about II o'clock, and foun
30 dead aud wounded horses. They killc
the wounded horses and buried the dea
" men. 1hus ended the affair We had
II chance to smell little powder, aud heard n
: cannen b,l's aud she'll. buzzing over su
II hcnds and that was all. "N obody hurt"
: the 10Th.
>, The rebels had no uniforms They NJ
dressed as citizens in every style. The
hats are alike, with Texan Rangers"
" brass letters on them, There are some ol,
gray headed meE among them.
;, About 10000 federal troops Game in her
u since yesterday.