The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-06-26
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- r,ls!J Battery Ohio Artillery.
We have been handed the following
letter. for publication, BY Mr.JAMEs R1Eo,

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CAMP IN TIE. FIELD, near Corintb, !
''''''''f '' June Sd, 1859.
Dear Brother: We. are last settled,
though under marching orders. Imado
our camp in one week after leaving home,
found all things well. Got here in the
evening. went out to see tte pieksts and
see the way the land lay, when all at once
q two ounce ball came crashing through
the limbs and uuderbrush lar intimation
10 come no closer. took The hint. We
had skrmishihg by The piekeis i'll We'd
nesday when we made an advance upon
their works, drove them, in, held our .pO
sitiou and during that night pI upMs
fourth line ofparallel canAon proof breast
aorks On Thursday they came outof
their lines to break through The ceIter .aof
our right wing, when upon advancing IN
solid column, they exposed their ff,nt
and aank at The same time to outaftillery.
Our line was in the form OF a semicircle
on a,fidge ofiow hills. On Thursday
evening rockets filed tho~ all. cannon
we're discharged at irregular intervals. the
.oars..were working necessarily. and we
expected 10 have ih6m walk .idtous next
morning, but morning came and SO did
white flags, from deseriers, who brought
thea incredible news that the rstels had
evacuated. The thing was rost admira-
bly done. They had, to all appearances
been making preparations to force Gen.
Rope''s command from our left and cap
ture H. The thodgbtless and young sol
diers seEt up cheer after cheer. II was
believed BY those who knew best thst We
we're 10 great danger of-losingGen. Pope.
AS soon therefore Tasiit was ascertained
that our right was in no danger the order
was to help Pope. So about noon we
marched to our left. directed, in part, by |
the heavy guns that kept the elements
aroused by their smardorous thuDder.-I
Why wc stopped short Of helping distance
| do not know I'VE were not needed, ! |
suppose, General Pope has in the, siege
of Oorinth, rathertaken the feathers from
all other caps They appeared TO have
a spite a, him, and accordingly he has
done all the hard fighting that has been
done He marched on in pursuit, and
rpmor says, has captured FIVE Iocemotiyes
q large number Of bars. 1900 stand o.
arms, from 5000 TO $4,000 prisoners,tWo
batteries Of field pieces. Itis also report.
ed that Mitchell has all their baggage
train, II all reports be true, rebellion il
this par, is played out We hear good
news TOO, from the East; hope it is true.
That they are demoralized here 10 ihel
West VIC have the most convincing rrooG
The uniform testimony Of deserters and
prisoners, and the marks Of precipitation
and confusion of their retreat from here,
togeiheY with the a'temptat the Wholesale
dsstruo ion of their camps. Wagons, har.
ness, stores Of all sorts make, it,oertaia TO
me that thsy will never, make another
stand here. It is said that they left inI
three divisions. butt is my opinion that
each party aimed to see lo,N5, h The
best informed think it was, and perhaps
is. their iIitehtion TO fail baes upon Grand |
junction, and try to make o. staod there
The rebels If they will not quit their9olly
now, will 60 into partizan variars, then
banging viii commence It ought to
have commeooed before now. It was
impoli,ic before, but row guerrillas sho'd
and will be suppressed by iexterminaticn.
as we have. prisoners for hostages, For
the good Of both parties summary meas
ures must be reserIed to, and when the !
powers that be, naue the act Of armed
plundsring. oapitaL let swift execution
follow the offence.
! The Colonel apd semc-othsF officers of
the regiment went over 10 Coriuth, tho
Gay after the ovacuation. They found |
some Union feeling, They speak ofoue :
case in particular. alady, native Of Pa.
She said there were two rebel regiments
behind her house in the commons; some
three weeks ago their time expired, aud
they antsd TO 60 home, and 60 home they
would. Besuregard tried to pacify them