Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-11
(Arny Correspondence Of the Delaware Gazctto)
From the e6th Regiment.

CAziP NEAR ALEXANDRIA, VA, June 2S, '62.
As | promised, will give you Il detailed
account Of the fight and lis casualties, which
happened on the 9th inst. First and foremost
is the universal praise which is awarded to the
Goth and 5ih Ohio regiments for their bravery
and uniring efforts to conquer upon that event
full day; but superior numbers will overpower
the best Of troops, and our boys were forced to
yieid 10 the overwhelming force which Jack
son brought against them. separate times
did the G6lh make bayonet charges, aud once
thev drove back the eEemy distance or sever
81 hundred yards bat were in turn forced TO
retire, while cur boys trod over the bodi g Of
many grey back soldier and officer who fell
a victim TO their mistaken notion of Southern
honor. Bat 10 the point. How many of
companies + and K are wounded, miss n and
killed? Cd Lieut.. Sampson is missing, though
he was seen about 2 miles from the field OF
battle, and taking eG to the right too much he
was picked up by their cavaly we suppose
he led my company light into the iace of
death. They shrank not at the order. but
faced tie iron hail, aud thanks be 10 fortune
none fell to rise no more. james Jacoby, lst
Sergeant, is among the missiug-was seen a
bout miles from The ground where the battle
was fought, but he, too, was oVerpoM cred ard
fell into the hands Of the Duttcrnuts. Ser
gCant Chas. Custard was also taken prisoner,
having struck for the mountain, and overpow-
cred by superior numbers, brave US brave could
be, be, fell victim 10 the carelessncss or neg
lect Of some OF our Major Generals Corpo-
raj Chas Tnrner was taken prisoner while
making coffee about , miles on the retreat, al
though admonished, by Lieut.. Clark, to ske-
daddle as the Grey-backs were close by; but
Charlie was perfectly cool about it aud said
he believed he would have a tin of coffee
first" Don't know whether they or him got
that coffee, but viii suppose they did, as they
do not often get Rio, but plenty of Rye. Cor.
pora FrankinGeld was taken prisoner but not
wounded Corporal Marion taken prisoner
but not wounded. Corporal Boyd was woun.
ded in the shoulder, having been shot by a
musket, tearing of the humerres thus causing
q very painful wound. / saw him in hospital
at Washington, ID. G. and is doing we'll He
says David Justice is ambitious and brave as
lives. ibis young man was wounded in the
right thigh slightly. Joseph Rhodes, one Of
the plucky boys OF the Shaw settlement, was
wounded slightly ia the right leg below The
knee. He is doing well. J. Parker was Ia
ken prisoner, and l think probably wounded
lie showed On the retreat large bullet hole
in his blouse, but was too spunky to admit he
was wounded. Henry Black well known at
home, is also among the prisoners He had
fell back, as all supposed, out of danger, aud
went TO a house TO get something to refresh
him, when the cavalry captured him. Sol
Bsily also fell into the hands of the Grey
backs. My last missing is Sol. Beekmau, as
brave man as lives.
The casualties Of Company L, Capt Bux-
ton, are as follows: Capt. 4. J. Buxton is
still missing, but we do not know whether he
is wounded or not. God grant that he may
be only prisoner, foS braver or more Ell
cient officer sported not in the Camp Of the
66th. Lieut.. Watkins, small in stature, but
large in everything that constitutes n brave
soldes,s also missing, and doubtless prisoner
Of the Secesh. We hope he mBy, with Capt
Buxton, be returned to his country to do SER
vices again for the Stars and Stripes. Ser.
geaut Butts, who fought valiantly on that E.
ven,iuI day, is also missing. The missing are
as follows; Corporals Pell, Courter, Oscar and