Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-05-17
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near Williamsburg, Va, on the 4th and 9th INST
What strange infatuation prevents the authorities
from publishing full and authentic accounts OF the
skirmshes and battles occurring on the Peninsula,
no outsider can divine Our losses there up to ten
days ago must have been 200 in killed, wounded
and missing and yet with the exception of few
items from the wounded who made their escape and
few unsatisfactory sratches in the newspapers,
the public still in much ignorance of the fate of
many of our brave men. OF the killed, wounded
and missing Virginia troops and Of their exploits,
we have had pretty full accounts but we have seen
nothing from the pen of North CarOlinian giving
an account Of our forces anywhere, unless the &C.
count of the Ellis Light Artillery furnished the
Richmond Dispatch by a North Carolinan.
The Richmond papers have been blamed for their
silence in regard to N c. troops, and we have Joined
in the censure, but on reflection we are satisfied
they are not wholly to blame, if at all. Why is it
that the officers or privates from North Carolina,
who know, do not give authentic facts of battles
and SkirmisheS of good bad Deeds of the killed,
wounded and missing, in which N c. troops are
engaged? We regret their silence and especially at
tins time, when so many anxious hearts are painting
Our people want to know the TRUTH the whole truth
and nothing but the truth.
This silence of the army, of the officials and of
the newspapers, in regard to affairs the Pennsu-
la is producing depressing influence the public
mind. The impression is that our men have been
fighting more or less ever since the Williamsburg
| affair; and yet we have seen nothing, except few
notices based upon such authority would not JUS
tify publication. Mcclellan, in his dispatches to
Washington, claims victory our forces at Will
| liamsburg, although the Surgeon General of his
army Acknowledges a loss of 5000 in killed and
| wounded
The notice to-day, in another column, of the brave
ry and severe loss of Col McRaes regiment, af-
ffords but meagre idea of the intrepdity of our
men and of the excessive hardships they endured.
The fell of several excellent officers is mentioned,
but others not named, and nearly 800 prvates
who fell were taken prisoners not mentioned.
We are told that Col McRaes and Col. Hoke's
N. c. regiments and two Virginia regiments, COM
posing Gen. Early's brigade, were ordered by Gen.
Hill to take battery which was doing immense
| damage to our army. Gen. Early ordered them
| forward Col McRaes regiment on one wing, and
Col. Terry's Virginia regiment on the other. The
ground was very difficult to pass over-much of it
was swamp with chestnut limbs, &c. obstructing
their passage. Col McRae's and Col Terry's alone
succeeded in getting through it. exposed to dead
ly fire, with mud halEknee deep, yet they pressed
on and drove the enemy from the battery. Had the
other two regiments been equally successful they
could have held it and prevented much carnage. 1t
is reported that Gen. Hi perceving the destruction
of the two regiments, especially McRaes, ordered
South Carolina regiment to their rescue but they
faltered. He then appealed to them to save their
brethren from destruction and jumped fence and
ordered them to follow him, Sut they would not go
he then ordered Coils. Terry and McRae to retreat.
Col. McRae's loss was nearly 800, and Col. Terrys
over 100. We do not vouch for the correctness of
the statement, but give it as we heard it
Among the killed and wounded were many gal
liant and noble spirits who deserved better fate. We
are gratified to learn that Capt Ham. c. Jones of
Salisbury, of Co. K. 9th n. c. Troops, has arrived
in this city, and is now at the house of his relative
A Williams, ESQ.,, where he is kindly cared for.
Capt j. behaved with great gallantry, and was
wounded with minnie ball through both thighs.
After his comrades were Withdrawn from the fight,
he arose and was moving off after them, when, be-
ing noticed by the Yankees, a shower of bullets
were sent after him. He then fell upon his face,
and laid there until be supposed they had lost sight
of him, when he again get up and went on as well
as he could for some twenty PAGES, when they again
sent volley of bullets after him, and kept up the
discharge until he thought it safe again to fall to the
ground and lie there until he supposed he might
again proceed with safety. This ruse he practiced
| A. l. I'll
followed with a shower of balls, until at length he
obtained the protection of the woods at which he
was aiming whence he got a conveyance to the hos
pital at Williamsburg. This was the way in which
several other wounded men shot at in attempt
ing to reach the woods, and Capt Jones thinks that
In this way Col Badham was killed. On the next
morning, when it was discovered that the wounded
at the Williamsburg hospital had been left to fall
into the hands of the enemy, Capt Jones got on
his clothes with great difficulty, and hobbled till
he fell in with his friend, Col j. F. Hoke, who fur
nished him with saddle horse, and had him care
fully put astride, with his greeD>wounds pressing
against the saddle. Thus mounted, he rode some
forty miles, when he got into wagon and was
brought to Chickahominy, where he was met by
his brother and his faithful servant Howell. Capt
Jones is accompanied by Lieut. Maloney, Mary
lander, who was badly wounded being shot through
the upper part of the breast Both these young
gentlemen are devoted to our cause, and expect to
be in the field again in few weeks. They are both
enthusiastic in their praise of Gen. Early and COL
McRae
ARE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE EIEMPTs UNDER THE
CoNscRIPTIoN AcT?-We stated in our last that we
inclined to the opinion that Justices of the Peace