Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-06-12


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ority IN the iaial power wh'Gh Tue niinhie
ball has over tne aoun9 Line pan.
Inc WOUNDS ininc'ou W 'nc chc'hy were
manly by the iat'er i,au a,: .ne ieauen hsi'
~ when our men Terg oomEeJ y s.na 81
long been composcu U, cpnlya i"steau 9i
round shot' many u'prc i'aone,s "ou'u oo
mourning over tne ioNI' anu many more
homes drapcu III 'unera, weeos. r1ur GOT
respondent ieels particularly gra,eiui 70 the
blockade, beng morally certain that had the
bali wnich lodgeu 80 nalinlessy IA Ms lcs-
g,ng peeh MLnnlei ne woulu nave 9ecI
oDhGcu aiw"ys ne'es'fo. j " wr''e s.anuine
on one ,oVt-a eoou neurc Oh speech Ior
JuvenaI' put one wnlSh ne wonla rather %
eAcuseu ron p,ac''caly e.hpouy'ng. hsm
II, ihe u s,'sht ap'aa'on .e'1 upon n's ies ~
tno p1i aItgs io.c'"9 two .nlcshess ., lca.n
er anu one oi cio,n, Is sulloleiluy sussI;.Ne
VI ruwa.u W sauS,y ni' nouoi"'o "''o'''o"
ior uiii't'ry adventure .
THE CASUALTIES OF SATURDAY..
OF those who entered into close range of
the enemy's guns, scarcely one of the officers
that saw escaped without some mark of the
enemy's bullets on clothes or person, when
no positive wound was inflicted Gen. Nag
lee was struck four times by balls that pierre
cd his clothes, inacting slight bruises on
his person. Lieut. West, Aid de- Camp to
Gen. Casey, who continued constantly rln.
der fire while actively discharging his duties,
had his clothes badly torn by a piece of
shell. Lieut.. Foster, who was equally cool
and energetic. heard reported as wounded.
but dscrcdit the statement, which | sbonld
be sorry to believe true Of 10 efficient an
l officer. Capt. Smith, Cen Casey's Assist
ant Adiutant General, and Lieut., Uarripg-
ton Raymond, Aid -de-Camp, were disabled
G by sickness--Licut Raymond fretting upon
9 his sick bed at the thought that he should
be compelled to inaction at time when his
services were so much needed by his Gen
!, eral.
;, !. OF the line officers not positively wound
:, !" ed, Col. e. II. Van Wyck, Of the Fifty
u sixth New York Regiment, seems to hay,
a met with the most narrow escape, being
II struck by a spent shell which doubled III
/ / his sword sheath. and severely bruised hi
! left knee. Had the shell been nearer it's in
u itial velocity, the Colonel would have lost
:, pair of limbs, of essential service to ma,
" of his active habits; and had il exploded
e = Congress would have been minus one of il
y q working members.
y All sorts of REPORTS were aHoat ;mme,l;
y y ately after the engagement in regard to acci
u dents TO prominent officers. in General ia
;, seys Division more particularly. The ien
y y eral himself was reported to me first a
; wounded, and then as killed. but / was han
9 py to be able to congratulate tho brave on
e soldier on his entire safety before leayin
! the field with my dispatches.
= = General Casey's son in. law, Colonel Hunt
y received ball through the feshy part of hi
- thigh, inAicting wound more painful thai
7 dangerous.
= = Besides tho guns, Gen. Casey lost all hi
y camp cquipage, his tents being pitched ut
u on the field of battle in such near proximit,
to the rebels M to render their loss iDeyit
able in case OF the slightest Welding of hi
in troops. The Generals in his division mus
/. also have lost their effects, which, fortunate
to ", were of no great value. ali the bagrng,
IS of the officers as well as the knapsacks o
ys the soldiers, having been some days bofor
70 ordered to the other side of the Chicka
Is homny, with the wagons, Ouartermasters
IS stores, and everything not absolutely indi,
a pensable So the loss was slight, except /