Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-04-04

it made havoc in their ranks. The result
was the capture of their guns on the left,
and the forcing back of their wing on the
centre. thus placing them in position to
be routed by general attack, which was
made about five clock by all the infant
ry, and succeeded in driving them in
fight from the field. Id. 49, RI
Night fell upon us at this stage, leav-
ing us IN possession of the field of battle,
two guns and four caissons, three hun
dred prisoners and about one thousand
stand of small arms Our killed in the
engagement cannot exceed one hundred
men, wounded two hundred and thirty
three. The enemy's killed and wounded
exceed one thousand. The inhabitants OF
the adjacent villages carried them to their
houses as they we're removed from the
field of battle Houses between the bat
tie field and Strasburgh, and even far be-
yond, have since been found filled with
the dead and dying of the enemy. Graves
were found far from the road where the
Inhabitants of the country buried them as
they died. Gen. Banks, in his pursuit
Of the enemy beyond Strasburgh after
wards, found houses on the road twenty
two miles from the battle field filled in
this manner, and presenting the most
CHASTITY spectacle. ......
The havoc made in the ranks of the
rebels has struck this whole region Of
country with terror. Such blow had
never fallen on them before, and it is more
crushing because wholly unexpected
jackson and his stone wall brigade, and
all other brigades accompanying him, will
never meet this division again in battle
During the night they managed to carry
off their artillery in the darkness. We
opened upon them by early light next
morning, and they commenced to retreat
Gen. Banks returned from Harper's Ferry
between 6 and 10 o'clock A. NJ. and
placing himself, ut my request, at the
head of his command, ten miles from the
battle field, pursuing the enemy. Rein.
forcements, which we had ordered back
from Williams division, and which |
had ordered forward during the night
now came pouring in, and with all these
we continued the pursuit, pressing them
with vigor and with repeated and dcstruc,
tive attacks as far as Woodstock, where
he halted from mere exhaustion.
The enemys sutferings have been terri.
BILE, and such as they have nowhere else
endured since the commencement Of this
war; and yet such were their g,l'antry
and high state of discipline that at nc
time during the battle or pursuit did
they give way to panic They fed tc
Mount jackson, and are by this time nc
doubt in communication with the mair
body of the rebel army. hope to b
able in a few days to ride in buggy
and place myself at the head of my com
mand but | have neither sufficient force
nor sufficient rank TO do that service tt
the country that hope and feel | an
capable of. No man could be better treat
ed than am by Gen. Banks; and yet i
he and his command had been here OF
the 23d you would have heard nothing o.
a fight, because our willy enemy woulC
not have been entrapped. want an eff
cient cavalry regiment-the Third Uni
. ted States Cavalry, for instance anc
additional infantry. wish you woult
see the Secretary of War, for instance, il
relation to this matter. | can do tn
country service if they give me chance
JAMES SHIELDS.