The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-18

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enemy At MIddletown, and we we're ordered i"r-
ward double quick, hy Ger. Ha'ch. We were
soon in tie town. where We were ordered to bait
The r.bels. who were on be rlsnt OF the f."n,
soon opened a fire upon rs from their Datttns.
Most of the shells passed harmIessiy over "ut
heads, bur it was any hing but pleasant as
sure YOU for u.s. unused as We were To the
E. smell of powder to slt quietly on our
horses to he banged away at without having
tho power 10 return fire. One shell burst Just
over our heads. and severely wounded captain
OF the Maine cavalry another wounded Lieut..
Dantorth Of Co. G. flow i9ng We remained
mere do not know, but should think about
! fifteen minutes, when We were ordered 70
=. charge" This was a welcome nrder, and Was
promptly obeyed. As soon as Sc were out Of
toe town which had sheltered US, the Tebvls
poured III voliey alter yoliey INTO our ranks with
their nusketry, while their artillery Kept play
! ing into us. Companies A ana u we're badly
cut up. The Name cavalry also suffered g.
ycrelv. We were exposed . rukInL ire for
more than half 4 mile. but we Kept On ~ as
good order as possible under The circumstances,
AND finally turned to the left, gaining the shell
ter OF piece Of woods. Shell and round shot
came crashing through the tres, but iortu
nately did us but liule injury. We thea con-
! ;lnucL oar retreat over a by-road to NeVtown,
where we found our infantry and artillery en-
gagIng the enemy, who vas posted IN strong
! positions Oh the rghs OF The town. Our forces
! held the enemy in check until near dark, when
! tney Uegln to Withdraw from the town The
| enemy came on as soon as our troops began to
retreat, and took possession OF the tOwD. Ia9
! cavalry remained DcEind to cover the retreat.
| Considerable l.me being occupied in Getting our
InisntrY INTO marching line, che rebels IN.
proved the opportunity, AID soon bad theT Oa,-
| teries IN / position - tarow shells among Uug
RANKS S1Ino OF tbam bursting umou. The r.nke
created some disorder, bat We c0uid not move
because tt" infantry uaI not ali ye' paesel
| Growing boiler, thsy came uu sn4AIn. charge
! upon us bat they we're drive h2cn with great
loss by lew we'll directed yoileys IRON ear mug
kerry All this tim@ the rebels kept up an in
formal Yelling, making night hideous. We lost
| quite d number OF nOrsca, and quite 3 number
Of our men were woandcd bat thInk there
was 10 one killed 4: thla place I.ieut. Holten
OF Co. lad his horse shot undcr hun. aud
Lieu Page OF the SINE Company WAS thrown
! from his horse. AT Icngth We We're ordered to
move forward, winch order We obeyed promptly
| Oar batteries being placed in position, - lev
well directed SHOT sienced their batteries quite
| eitectualy, and we MAJ ched IL good order 70
! " Inchester without further m0!es tatIOn. arri-
wing there about mldnlght. Here We rested on
our arms i0r few hours, but early the next
morning wo were awakened from oar SAUNDERS
| by the thunder OF the enetnys artillery who
were coming down Oh US from the west OF the
town. We were soon in our saddles. formed
IN line of battle awaiting turtle. orders. Cor.
don brigade engaged the enemy % the right,
and Donnely's on Tie left Our men fought
we'll, but were overpowered by greatly superior
numbers the rebel force being 20 eco, while
our force was bat about 1000. A. length We
we're ordered to charge through TIE town. LED
Oh by Gen Hatch, We charged thTOu n the town
| 1T furious rate, but our infautry lines were
broken and the men were retrea,ing IN disorder
through the town, but were quickly iorne in
| good order AS soon as they came out OF the town
! The retreat now commenced IN good earnest. the
cavalry covering the retreat Fac rebels toll
| lowed us, throwing shells AZ US whenever they
could get chance. a. Tar as Marunsturg, but
they did us but Ettie hsrln. and the retrea, was
conducted IN good order to Mnliamsport The
cavalry arrived u. the fordlng place opposite
Wiliamsport :. lttlc after inidnlgut. our did
not cross until daylight the following morning,
when We all came safely across. Friday even
ing of the week, one squadron One 4,h)
Of the Vermont cavalry, together with d de-
tAchment Of the New York 9Th cavalry. under
command OF Col. De Forrest, started 10 make
an expedition to Martins5urg We entered the
town at daylight the following morning and
surprised the rebel iickets, capturing eight Or
ten of them some horses and u team together
with United States flag belonging to the cIt-
zens Of the town. which they had stolen from
| them. The citizens received US verv 10Y fully,
aud seemed greatly pleased when We brought
back the old flag TO them. We did not consider
It prudent Tor us 10 remain III town unless we
had force OF infantry 10 support us, 30 We fell
back SIX Or seven miles and encamped The
next day, which was Sunday. being reinforced
! by Two regiments OF infantry and tw, or three
bat:alions OF srtillery. we advanced and took
possession of the town, and holsted the stars and
stripes, to the great delight OF the loyal. pa,ri
otto citizens OF Martinsburg. We remained
here until the 18th OF June, when we were or
dered to Winchester The forces from liar
| per Ferry came on the same day Since then
our squadron OF the Vermont cavalry has Lern
to Woodstock to escort d lot OF prisoners 20
! " rochester. The number OF the prlsoners il
about 40, including one Colonel, two Captains
and two Lieutenants
| am happy u be able 10 state tina; lns loss
! IN our regiment Ia not near rs large as it at first
seemed All of Company { are safe except four
The names OF these are Washington Hunt. who
was sick III the hospital at S'rlshurg. L4ngdot.
Nichols who was taking care of him. VIM.
Ring, teamster. and VIM y Dudley. Nichols
ana Dudley are prisoners do not think our
loss IN the regiment will exceed seventy men.
We los oil our baggag, wagons, CAM eau-