Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-12

son Saturday, Slst ult., loud firing was
heard five miles to our right, gradually ap-
preaching nearer to us. We were confident
the division ahead were having fight and
were being driven back. Gen. Sumner or
dered us out at double quick, through mud up
to our knees; Lut we had nothing with us
save guns and equipments. After crossing
the Chickahominy swamp our division formed
in line of battle, and over hills and through
woods and valleys we went with bayonets fixed
and pieces loaded. After marching in this
way for two miles, firing was heard and bull
lets whistled past us from the woods the
artillery were placed in position, the 18th
regiment supporting Kirby's formerly Ricketts,,
battery which did fearful execution. Charge
after charge was made by the rebels to take
this battery; but the 10Th stood their ground
firmly. The fight with our division began at
six o'clock and lasted until dark, when the
rebels 'skedaddled.' We were so fatigued
that we were not ordered to pursue them; but
sent up shout after shout as they fled. Hun
dreds of their killed and wounded lay upon
the field, the wounded yelling and begging us
not to kill them. The same rebels had print
ed on the stripes of their pantaloons
QUARTER GIVEN"
On Sunday morning at three o'clock all the
troops were reused up and placed in line, in
expectation of an attack. At six o'clock on
they came, and the battle again became hot
and Nm bri, boinu in limo
to the left, were not engaged. The fight last
ed five hours, when the rebels ran again, leav-
ing the field covered with their dead.
JUNE 6.-This is the sixth day since the
battle, and the rebel killed are not all buried
yet. Our men have buried seventeen hundred
of them certain, and as many as four hundred
| lie unburied in the woods near the rebel lines.
| was down there yesterday; it was a shock
| ing sight; some with their heads, arms, or legs
blown off; some with eyes wide open, staring
at you, others with fists doubled up and their
arms straight in the air. Our dead are put in
| good graves. with headstones bearing the
names and occasionally an epitaph for those
who have been buried.
| We are within five miles of Richmond, and
from the tops of the trees can discern the
steeples, some of the houses, and fortifca-
tions of the city. The fifteenth regiment &C.
cupies very important position in the line,
which extends twenty miles. We have the
railroad from which the rebels will probably
try hard to drive us away. Gen. Mcclellan
has been around since the battle and ex-
pressed his appreciation of the conduct of our
men. Gen. German told us the other night
that Magruder had told his troops, in his usual
style, that call h was not so hot as that
brigade (of Gorman's.D
Lieut. Col. Kimball, commanding the 18th
regiment, makes the following official report
of the killed and wounded in his regiment -
KILLED.
Co. C-Priyate Frank H. Fairbanks.
Co. D-Private VIM. M. Blodgett.
Co. E-Prlyate Luther C. Torrey, and cor
| poral John Toomey.
Co. K-COrporal Eli Sinister.
Co. C-Thomas Breech, contusion slight;
Alex. Lyle, foot, severely.
| Co. D-Edwin Blake, abdomen, seriously;
Benz. d. House, mouth, seriously.
Co. E-Corporal Henry j. Ball, back, seri-
ously; Pliny Allen, finger, slightly; Geo. w.
Albee, wrist, slightly.
Go. G-Adelbert l.. Brown, shoulder, Sc
riously.
Co. H-Corporal Harlan Fairbanks, thigh
and foot, seriously Francis Hanley, shoulder
seriously; Edward G. Hewitt, face, seriously.
Co. Milo S. Converse, leg and hand Sc
verely; Edward Lanegan, neck, severely;
John Mcclure, foot, severely; Alpheus Rem
lex, hand.
Co. K-Edward Hanson, thigh, slightly;
David Livingston, shoulder, slightly.
Col Kimball adds to his report-'I desire
to say that my regiment behaved with the ut
most GOODNESS and bravery during the entire
engagement, rushing forward three several
times to assist in working the battery (Lieut.
Kirby, I'd artillery, L. S. Az which we were
supporting, and afterwards driving back
the enemy at the point of the bayonet,
and occupying their ground, resting up
on their arms for the night, surrounded by
the dead and dying of the enemy. The hard
earned reputation achieved at the battle of
Balls Bluff was fully sustained by the regi-
ment in this engagement"