Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-07-04

W caly below some extracts irtm o. let
t.rr,ce.v.i By 81, wit. hs, week, from Phi
y4te d 4au BAN cl thi- place, Of e.. a, l-t
VI cavalry, wh, was am,ns ile wounded
"a, Cedar Greek
MiurLsrowy. ta. Jals p. lst-.
Ny horse va SHOT. and my leg IS
frastureI. lay under him stunned alI partly
iu.eusi5lc for l had received bios 10 tue head,
from what / cannot tell. 10 was not O. mu,se ct
BAN. and / think must have been piece Of a
she'll. as one exploded about the time iell kill
in. the horses, Corporal La1don's aud toe ones on
each side q him. Landon was cut some and
bruised. and So were the others, but Slightly. Ny
horse getting ur rousel me, and 1 tri-d % get ur
but found l could not. and it was only ROW 1 knew
that my leg was broken. BY painful effort /
dragged myself oil the road ia.o a dry ditch, a5
on ,he road Tan greater risk OF being killei-
The firing was tremendous for about f.teeu min
utes, tie enemy had fix euas throwing she'll and
round shot at us, and large force Of iaiaairy
firing at the same time. IL Is astonishing; 20 me
that none we're killed. A number were Houai-d.
about forty think; four OF Eve may not recover.
1 have learned from the rebel soldiers TIA; many
of them mistook Us for infantry, as they could
not see US for the elodi Of das; we were in. aad
So they fred low. This my account for so Gaay
horses being -hot.
The enemy 90, into the road shouting all yell
log like so many Indians. and began disarmiu-
the wounded / calculated on being shot OF run
through by bayonet, but was happily disap,
pointed. for the fellows treated ne kindly. Two
Of them came. was lying with my face aud head
all bloody All they though, was dead till /
raised my hand. One says Where are you
hurt told him my Lee was broken. Give
up your revolver, and let me take OF your belts
you'll not be hurt said be. Both q these were
Irish. Aad one fellow came up and says be, " Ia,
Ia, my fellow we've caught you fellows In our
trap at l,st. l knew we could do it, said,
"yo, have and done it pretty smar,ly, toc.r-
They lifted NE into the field adjoining, aud left
me saying an ambulance would come ami take me
to some house There was lot around me wound
ed and beediog and moaning. Il was sad scene.
It was about the middle OF The afternoon, aud the
sun was shining hot. Regiment sitter regiment
seemed to be ranging into battle order, as it they
expected Banks to rally and return. group Of
officers were near Us On ors.blck, and enc. hear
ing me ask soldier If We were not d be taken
somewhere, said, "You will be taken good care
Of; We treat our enemies weli-bettcr than they
treat u.s. This was a thin-iaced oldish mar, with
a gay beard. was told that be was oh Gen.
Jackson himself. The ambulance cime at last,
aud we vers taken to Miidetoau into the hotel,
and placed on the floor. All the basement Of the
house was filed With wounded. Two surgeons Of
the Maine cavalry we're taken, and labored all
night ia dressing the wounds Of our men. The
citizens also took hold, and many Of them we're
very kind. My leg was not attended 90 till
mornins, and suffered great pain. We were af-
forwards moved into church, where We have
been two weeks and have the constant attendance
Of a surgeon. Tue ladies Of this place have been
very kind and one in particular is in every day
and spends part Of the forenoon and afternoon
nursing the sick aud wounded. Her name is Miss
White. The church is about the size Of the Bap-
for we'll, considering We are prisoners.
Jackson. fearing being penned up by fremont
aud Shields, retreated hastily, taking with him
all cur men that could walk. Poor Corporal Ian
don had to go, though much bruised about the
head and body from falling and being rode over
and trampled upon. My leg is broken in two
places, about three inches below the knee, and
about the same above the ankle. Tie Doctor says
it is doing we'll. write with great difficulty, ~
ing on my back desire 70 remember ti1t my
life and ell tia. relates 70 Is in His hands who
only Is good ami wise, aud knows What 10 best for
me. l am still prisoner, though paroled.
Mr.. Balm alludes 10 the accounts Of the
retreat given by the correspondents Of the
New York papers. and pFonounces them full
of hear-say inaccuracies and exsgger4tions.
that Of the Worlds correspondent
We learn from our returned cavalry men
that he Mr.. Bain) was in hospital at v inch
ester. of course in care Of our own men, and
was doing well when they left week since
The Hartford Post says that the man who
acts as the Breckinridge party in Vermont
is to make convention OF himself in July.
Last year he was divided on local issues, but
he hopes this yeAE 10 present an uubroken
front to the enemy.