Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-10-29
E',om the Cinrlrsion Courier.
The pocotaIico Victory.

III" fight at P,co;aii2 % as the les rerate r'ss-
,arcc of small force on eur SHE agairst
largely suaerir ttrce ul tie enemy. Tile |
re-; ul.e of tie after ended in wild, diSas-
t"ous rnut. Their dead lay al! along the road, !,
haverS,rks. cantcens, hats, shoes, anmnni-
ton chests, cartridge boxes. hny,net sr"b-
bnr.lS gnns. d., all rvi'larcing Il hasty and
prrc;pitnte retreat Nearly all. or n great
rr pur,inn of the enemy, had come with bun.
dies If Iighlwnol, tied with twinr ard inter
wnvrn with hemp or t',w, 81 az tolisht quick.
IL. Their purpose was. no doubt, ,hedestrnc.
ton nl the bridge. great many of these
fi.sgUtS and fire bran,!s we're found on the
route of their rrtrrat
The first tintlrnation Of the pncrny's advance
was Il fcint Made on Coosawatchie. They ar
p.:retl at that point with force OF only
about one hundred and fifty, tore up the track,
but did no damage 10 the bridge. 1t is sup
posed they must have been panic srcken
or they would doubtless have carried out
what was the evident inject of the expedition
About ten o'riuck Wednesday morning
Co!onel Walker received. nutre that The enc
nv were advancing in force from Mackay's
Punt. His skirrnl>hers hud been engaged
with the enemy on the whole road from the
extreme ou,pnsts back to Old Pocutalign. At
the latter place the principal tis hit was mace
From the hest Information CLEANED from dit
fercnt sources, the eremy had seven regiments,
Consisting of troops drawn from T!bee Is
land aud Fort Pulaski. They were command.
ed br Generals Terry aud brannon, the for
! ner being chief S'me ot the Regiments who
were in the fight at Secessiunvile were en-
gagged here, among them the Ith New lamp
SURE and lOOth Pennsylvania. Only ~ por-
tinn of the cnenly's iOrcrs was engaged, the
other hring Eelu in reserve. The fight lasted
from eleven o'clock in The morning to live III
the afternoon, at Which time the enemy re-
treated Our troops buried forty ol the enc
Iny's dead.
As already reported. our loss VII, iiltecn II
killed and forty wnun'tcd.
Ont of iiir,y.tive men carried into action
by Nelson's Light Artillery, Of Virginia, four
nea were killed and six: cen wounded. This
battery also carried into action forty five Gov.
rrnment horses, and after the action had only
eighteen fit for duty.
The trees and houses at Old pocotalgo are
very much ril,lled with shot. The enemy
hal tile advantage oi a thick wood. y par
ticirant SAWS that they fired in yollrys firing
five times to our once evidently with the view
of in,midating our men. They carried off
all their wounded.
The 18th Georgia and a detachment of cav
airy. under the command Of Col. CulQuitt,
were ordered down Thursday morning to tol
low up the enemy, !; courier having arrived
stating that the enemy was in force at Mack
.v's Point The Georgiaus on the road gath
cred mp quite large stock Of overcoats and
other articles found on the road. Two new
made graves were alsD discovered. The enc
my's dead lie scattered along the route. down
to the point of landing. During the whole
engagement they were carrying their wound
ed and dying to the rear. One man who saw
them on their Retreat, states that he met q
continued stream Of ambulances going and
coming from their boats. On their advance
they had killed some sheep, but in the hasty
retreat were obliged to leave their plnnder.
The enemy had about sixty Of their cav
airy with them, which, however, was not
brought into action. Many of their dead and
wounded horses were also laying along the
route.
Col. Walker was in command of our troops.
General Beauregard was not there, rs report
ed. Generals Gist and 11good arrived on the
field after the action WAS over wi;fi large rein.
f6rccmcntS Their services were not, lowev-
er, required.
The eaamy's gunboats are still lying near
alarkey's Point. They command field
across the Peninsula about two miles in extent.
The most vigilant lookout is kept by our cav.
airy. and a sufficient force is at Pocotagn
ready 10 resist any similar movement OF the
enemy.
General Beauregard, after the action, tele-
grapLed Colonel Walker the following dis
patch:
sSAvAyxyH, Oct. 23.-Colonel compli-
ment you and your gallant command for de-
's'' CT. BEAufEcAnD.
Our troops accomplished all and more than
could have been expected. The force that
first met the enemy consisted OF the Rntledgc
Mounted Ri0emen, Captain Trenholm; Char
lesion Light Dragons, Captain Rutlc,ige j;
Beaufort Iulunt.c cr Artillery, Captain Vim.
Elliott, and an infantry company, who stub
bornly and successfully contested the cnemys
advance until the arrival Of reinforccments
The Others afterwards engaged were Nelson's
Virginia Battery, Murgan'ss squadron of Cav
airy. Major Abney's First Battalion of Sharp
Shonters consisting Of Captain Chisolm's com,
pany, Captain Alston's company, and Cap
tain Buist's company.
Every commissioned officer in Allston's COM
pany was wounded; Capt. Alston, Licuten-
ant Middleton Stuart aud Lieutenant Cater
severely.
Captain Chisolm's company from Grahams
Vile, was in the train which was fired al, and
one mai, wounded in the leg, which was af
terwAris amputated.
Captain Bust'S company held an important
position at Bees Creek, aud WAS exposed to a
raking fire from the enemy but maintained
the position without llinching.
Where all behaved 50 well it would he un-
jlst to discriminate Our troops have again
vindicatei the high reputation they have
achieved on every field against tho invaders
| Although not ul tile magnitude of general
battle, still all feel that we have, nv thi, de-
feat accnrnpli.hel - great deal, and taught the
Toe another lesson Which lie will not soon for
get. 1t is another Seces,iunvil!e contest.