Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-01-31

hands. on are klnderto Us than we wonls
have been to you" The only ditfersnaa,
was in the burial Of the dead. Thos. &c
the enemy were laid together in commo,s
I pits. Our own were buried in senaro,s,
graves, and on many of them | saw yo,na,
cedars plant by their comrades.
Beside one of the graves prepared ro,,
the enemy's Killed, noticed several lv;na
ready to be inferred. Oae poor boy Law L
the eaac. position, as | was told, III wIicL
he was fGhd He rested on IFS side. b;s
head lying on his right arm, while H.s nv
hand was loosely closed on bis right elbow
Ills eyes We're closed. and he looked 4
though he bad just fallen asleep.
After the retreat Of the enemy Il wo,
trnly sad and distressing to see the bodies.
of the sl'sin, and hear The cries of the wound
ed lying upon the field of battle. In ons
field whore the 9th Ohio charged upon Tho
enemy, eighiy-6ve lay cold in death. and
some fifty wounded lay grooming with sus.,
terings from their wounds On the otba,
field, on the opposite side Of the road !,
many were found lying dead and wounded.
Many were also found lying in the wood.
N every direction; others in the road and
in the fence corners.
Three or four dead bodies were IN bA
seen behind one tree or stump. II IVA,
most singular that the average Of woundoS
TO the number killed Should be so muc,
less than IS usual il. battle. The killed and
wounded were found to be mostly shot Il
the head or body, showing that our men
took ain at the enemy whenever they had
an opportunity. The enemy, in most in.
stances, fired over the heads Of our men.
which accounts for orr list of dead being 81
small compared with that Of the enemy.
Another correspondent who evidently i
not given to tender words when he speak,
of tie rebels, says;
All the credit and honor Of this battle /
due 10 the 10Th Indiana the 9th Ohio. NJ,
4th Kentucky, and III Minnesota; for they
did all the fighting, as it were, sihgle-hanj.
ed, with the exception Of what support they
received frcmathe artillery. They all fought
molly, and judging from the sound Of lie
musketry, they never swerved from fixed
determination TO gain the victory, and tEss
did gain it. The combatants were so nea,
each other at one time that the powlp,
burned their faces in the discharge Of their
pieces bat the underbrush was SO thirs
that bayoEets we're Of but little use. and
charge could hardly have been made.
He thus describes the end Of the mara
Sunday. night;
We all laid down on the wet ground. ia 4
perfect security, To rest our weary limbs 3
the distance we had come being over tes
miles on the direct road, lei alone the bush.
es and underbrush we went through, to saY &
nothing about two or three dress parades d
the Second for somebody's amusement, hu n
not our own, can assure you. And tbes
the roads and fields were awfully cut u
aud mud was plenty as il had rained a qoos
part of the forenoon. Oar mon laid joHH
TO rest without a mouthful to eat, many d
whom had eaten no breakfast but as Cant
Cross said, " The man who could not fast
two days over Zoil;eoffer's scalp. was no u
man at all +" and there was no grumblias.
as there was 40 necessity far it,. Hewever
the teams came up in the night with crmk
ers and bacon.
! shall not attempt to describe slae beaS X
field, the dead or the dying. OF courss. h
all battles, somebody must be killed. nd
somebody must be wounded this was D
exception to the general rule. shall rsp
ton only one Of the dead--that one ZolF
Golfer lie lay by the side Of the ros
along which we all passed, and all hads
fair view OF what was once ZolHcofer.
saw the lifsless body as il lay in a fene
corner by the side a the road. bot ZoE
Golfer himself isnow in he'll Hell isae.
ting abode for all such arch traitors. Ms
all the other chief eonspirators in this re-
bellion soon shaTe ZoIlicoiier's fate--sh
dead through the instrumentality Of .
.ayenging God-their spirits sent straisb,
way to hell, and their lifeless bodies hy ;
fence corner, their faces spatlerea viii
mud, and their garments divided no ard
even tue hair of their head Gu, Off and
pulled out by an nnsympathizing solhery Of
conquering army, battling for The nght.
The fighting was all done by about slg
regiments and the artillery. The rebss
tried their old dodge of MARCHING nm. gm
at shoulder, left hand raised cryls.
" Friends" but this did not 20; thew nd.
iipt fooi Jul DO1s.
Now, to account for the battle TAXI
place as it did. There were eleven rey I.
regiments here, two being. unarmed A.
Zollicoffer who was the presiding devila
though Criitenden had taken the commas
thought the 10th Indiana and KInreys Ba
terry were just two regiments by themselss
and did not know that they were support
by the balance of the division, which Vi
out of sight behind on account of the do
Der; and he conceived the happy idea
rushing upon and captuana these two re.
ments to get their arms TO supply his o''
unarmed men. So he took all The ava
bic force be had-some 5000 or 9,000m
and male the attack-with what res
has already been shown. Now this o.
goes TO prove that, in order TO put this
beiiion down, we must ito sonethin4
this fight, four of our regiments whips
and completely routed the great army b
was under Zollicofer, killed the old de
himself, and maybe Crittenden too, for
has not been heard of since the bat
The prisoners we have taken, estimate
force at 10000; bah we can take tx
any time, and any place, and giving
the odds three to one, whip them eT
time.
John j. Crittenden is deeply aaectei
the news from Kentucky. and has not b
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