The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-04-17

compel MN tOnDandOn his guns and bag |
gage Or cut thom to piece'.
1t appears that Gen Shields had right !
ly OWNED the intentions Of his crafty an.
Iagonist, for on the morning of the 23d a
re.ontorcement Of FIVE thousand men from
Luray reached front Royal on their way
10 join Jackson. This re enforcement was
being followed by another tody Of ten
thousand from ShertyYille, bu. recent
rains having rendered the Shenandoah
river impossible, they were compelled to
all lack withou! elIacting the proposed
junction.
At daylight on tho 24,h our artillery
again opened upon the enemy. He en-
tered upon his retreat ia good order, con
sidering what he lad suffered. General
Banks hearing OF the engagement on his
way 10 Washington, halted at Harpers
Ferry and ordered back a part Of Will
Ism's division. Gen. Banks himself re-
turned, and alter making a hasly visit to
Gen. Shields, who was confined TO his bed
with his wounds. assumed command OF
the forces In pursuit Of the enemy in per-
sou.
ThO pursuit., was kept up with vigor un,
I'll they reached Woodstock, where the
enemy's retreat became fright, and the
pursuit was abandoned, because Of the
utter exhaustion of our men.
The killed, as reported, are 103.-
Among them the country will deplore the
loss Of the brave Col. Murray ofIhe S4th
Pennsylvania volunteers. who ftll while
gallanlly leading his regiment in the face
of the enemy.
The wounded are All, many Of thom
slightly; and the missing, 24
The enemy's loss is difficult 10 ascer
tain. Two hundred and seventy wero
found dead on the battlefeld-forly WI re
buried by tho Inhabitants Of the adjacent
village. aud by a calculation made from
the number Of graves on both sides Of the
valley road, between Winchester and
SIasburg; their loss in killed must have
been about five hundred; AMI in wounded
Ia thousand. The proportion Of kille'
and wounded Of the enemy shows th'
coseness and terrible destructiveness O
our fire nearly half the wounds being
fatal.
Tile enemy admit loss Of betwten ;
thousand aud fifteen hundred. Our force
in Infantry. cavalry and artillery, did no
exceed seven thousand. That Of the en-
f envy must have been more than clever
b thousand
= Jackson, who commanded in the field
i, had in addition to lis own stone wal
d brigade. portions Of Smiths and Loring'
k brigades.
- Their force in infantry must have bee
v nine thousand. The cavalry of the
Il united brigaIes amounted to l.600, an
: they had 36 pieces OF artillery.
q The Federals had 5000 Infantry, 10
,T cavalry, and "a pieces of artillery.
4 The thanks aud commendations of til
Ie country are due he officers and soldier
70 for their noble conduct on that tryin
or day. 1t was worthy the great peop
~ whose national existence they had pledge
A. their lives to sustain Col. Kimball, con
he mauding the FIRST brigade, and the eeni,
u, officer IN the feld-cool, brave and jud
ps cious, executing orders with visor al
n. sagacity. Col. Tyler. commanding Il
A Third brigade, winning the admirati'
n. OF the army by the fearless intrepid
with which he led lis gallant brigaGe al
I'd achieved the decisive movement of t
,is dav.
- Col. Sullivan, commanding the Cd bri
nd ade, with the gallan. CO.. Carroll OF I
'tv 9Th Ohio, presenting for the whole of Il
ed eventful day an impossible barrier
no tween the enemy's right wing and
,re goal Of their hopes.
,.s Lieut.. Col. Daum, Chief Of Artillel
- sending his messages of death with U
- crring certainty, and all the brave offic
, and soldiers who knew their duty a
ina performed it, earned for themselves
od gratitude Of great nation.
md TIE incidents of tho day, if written
ike would fiji volumes, but few may Sc
' a. to show the temper of the men in VIII
or hands the fate of Union is held.
his color bearer of the 9TH Ohio Vounte
bv was three several times shot down, w
the Cspt. Geo. P. Whitcon, of the color CO
hio, pany, seizing the colors, pressed forw'
nth He too soon fell, when they were upl
MA, by wounded corporal unable to
nth from his knees.
hth Lieutenant Col. Voris. commanding
III u Sixty-seveuth Ohio Volunteers, allhor
oud himself wouaded in the thigh, caught
envy colors from the hands Of the dying
DDS. gean,, and calling on his men to fol
up him, pressed forward where the fight
lght fercest. This same man covere
test, wounded rebel soldier from the
tion. night air with his overcoat. as sooT
de-" the flying enemy left him lime to
ob around him.
'eA Ah 1t should not be fargotten that
po' proportion of the officers and men eng
ioi' in this fight were 'raw" troops, ha
Town never before heard the screaming Of ST
iruc' the whislliug of bullets, or met an er
rang in deadly conflict, and that they wei,
they posed to that ''slone wall" of Jacks
and which has never before turned
and backs upon the Union army in pa'tle.
saved The officers of Gen. Shields stat
nemy entitled TO the gratitude OF their co
up men for the fidelity with which they
roops CHARGED the irving duties that dew
'Id to upon them. They had 10 penetrat
since lhickest of the fight to carry to
General intelligence of the state o
. still field, and they performed their d
Jack. throughout the day with fearless ala
g en- The following is list Of officers Of