Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-06-06

to our support. Gen. Naglee lad his
horse shot through the knee on Thursday
last He is the most daredevil sort Of a
clmmauder | ever saw, always iu front.
aud ;1ll Of fIht as he eau stick If be
does not gel Us into a scraTe where We
will lose our hair or something yrse vet,
| shall be perfectly satisf d. Bat be is
very proud Of our regiment, aud gives u,
great creii, for our past services. Severai
times their cavalry were seen in the aj-
vance, and We were expecting cbsrge-
We were drawn up in line, with tsyonets
fixed, with five companies on each side OF
the artillery, waiting f5F them, tu, they
d,du't come, aud We we're stil safe. We
now hear heavy G'ipg on cur right, across
the Cai,kahomiay, aud if | mistake no;
one of the Divisions 10 tha; direction Is
trying 10 cr0.s the river.
have not been at al. well for several
days past, bu, AN better to day. Expos
ure, aul coarse raii5ns, have brough,
on IN attack Of ny old complaint, the
dyspepsia, and l sLtFsr from ii q; times
most severely. JAS CHANBEaLIS.
enc Month of iniGn oonriy yogntetr IN the Grcal
Wales OF Virginia.
WlLLIAM,PoRT, Nd, Nay -
Nj las, letter to the .Sur Il. Chronicle,
wrote at Charlsstown, Va, soon after We
had crossed the Eivrr-aud this one an
obliged to write after crossing back.
Gen. Banks troops were all taken out
Of the ShenaDloah Valley, except twl
brigales Of infan;ry, two regiments ot
cavalry, aud two batteries Of artillery,
making in all about seven thousand men
Abou, the 10Th inst, he fell back from
Harrisonb burg to S.gasburg, and commenced
sortifying.
Saturday morning, 9th inst, i. wa:
rumored that We were completely sur
rounded, aud i. was the commanders Oh,
ject TO cpt his way throsgh to Wiucbes
ter. We fell back 90 Strasburg thc
train was sent ahead; and the retreat
commenced. The stores that could not b
moved, were burned By our troops. A
Newtowu, VIC found the Rebels had faukec
Us, and captured part Of our train. Cav
airy were sent to their relief, aud by thu
time they pressed Us SO close in the rear
that We had to give them battle, thi:
side Of Newtowo. One battery, two regi'
meu,s Of infantry, aud battalion of cav
airy, were engaged in this, during which
time our train was Sc. a-goiug, all right
Night came on, and We camPed jls' on
the other side Of Winchester. Picket fir
ing was going on all night. One Compa'
ny Of the % Mass fought the Rebel cav
airy till oue o'clock in the night, in which
they report 20 men killed.
Sunday morning, the battle was renewed
q. break of day Donnelly's brigade, con
sistiug Of the 2Sth y. Y, i6,b Pa, and
5,h Conn, were ordered on the left, with
a battery. The 81 Brigade, Gordon's S
consisting Of the 3ri Wis, % Mass, 29,h
Pa, aud the 9th Ind, were ordered 90
the right. with the other battery The
artillery were engaged abou, an hour
before the intautry commenced; they
moved down the enemy. ranks with
grape and canister, which threw them in
utter confusion. When tie iuftu;ry be-
came engaged, a deateuing roar Of nusket'y
was KEEP; up for about an hour, when the
enemy was strongly reinforced, and the
bullets came flying like bail This was
too much for our handful Of meD, aud the
order was given to retreat. The .lth
Ind 29.h Pa. and ID Mass, became con-
fused, broke ranks, and went through
town considerably scattered, but were ra.-
lied aud brought IN order on this side
Col. Murphy, of the goth Pa, gave his
horse to his hostler, who became frightened
and run away with the horse, leaving Col.
NJ. to fall prisoner in the Rebels hands.
The 81 Wis came off in good order except
that the right wing was little broken BY
the other regiments running through the
rauks. We soon came to Stone ledge,
where Cos G, Il, and l., Of the 3.i Wis,
halted, and fired or / rounds, which
checked the enemy considerably, and with
a tremendous slaughter. The store houses
in Winchester were fred at the same time,
to prevent the stores falling in the enemy's
hands. When We passed through, the
citizens fred vo.ley after volley into our
rauks: a number Of them were shot dead
BY our men; aud, as sure as this army
will ever pass through Winchester again,
SO sure you will hear of that city laid in
ashes. Tie retreat was conducted splen-
didly, by Gen. Banks in person, They
got all our knapsacks, and few muskets,
e orny'aEeO nv their