Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-02-28


rom nai ounce to full ounce ball The bullet Is Of
novel contradiction il ia not Of connca shape like the
regular Minnie but Is bunted az The point aud swes by
gfadua hollow curve TO the base, which is concaye,
like nc ordinary rifle ball The object Of this Is 10 pre-
vent ne balls from glancins, ismon fault with the
iNe~f cencal balls. These balls striking bone,
"' shaitef rather than glance from ~ object ofsome
moment when Il strikes oifccr u rank, who may
thereby be disabled ftoh thc shot.
These hardy pioneers Start out in the morning with a
hard biscuit in thet pockets aud fac their shoulder
for the rebel earhworks where they remainun relicv.
ca by flesh gang SO adventurous they, that many
Of them crawled UP within fy yards Of the rife pits and
exchanged words as we'll as shots with the enemy From
trees watching oi the appearance Of figure behind the
oteaswors when, with fo carefully poised he sends the
Dali win unerrng aim 10 It's mark The rebels soon took
sahtage o. THIS, and would stick up old hats 10 draw
hc ire, and then IT, The sharpshontcs dcoyer.
ga INC uick ana were on their guard Why don't you
come out OF your lorl cried Of them 10 rebel OPP
poneut why don't you come Ia Z" answered the reb-
e. \ ou are towards" the parting sautauon Of
both During the first DAYS firing ouly four OF these
men we're wounded though Il is estimated that not less
than forty Of the enemy killed. aud numbers wound
ed by Their hre One piece in front Of Drcssers battery
vas kept IN silence during the morning by the sharp
shooters picking of their gunuers At last the shell
rom our own battery, falling short, drove them away.
on the rampant to take aim ia an instant he was pierced
lay iii nightall.
REPUtsR on THE BioHr VINO
shortly ahet noon an attempt was made to scale the
enemy $ position on our right, where IL suppos-
ed he had tedoubt which had been exceedingly annoy
ing during the morning The Seventeenth Forty-ughih
and Forty ninth regiments VI Illinois Volunteers. under
senior Col Morrison Of the Fory-ninth attempted the
feat he led the charg' with great g,lantry until
uved at The foot Of the enemy's line under ter
rife fire from them Here Col Morrison iell shot in the
MP his horse being killed The regiment here faltcred
aud fell back The Seventeenth, under the major At
tempted TO stem the tide Of affairs, but failed also.
Again aud agan the attempt made TO gain the
brtast"otks, aud twice they repulsed, The whole
column fell back The road bad been so strewn with
logs trees and BREACHES ~ 10 render IL almos, certain
death 20 advance, and tht attempt given mp. The
enemy deluged them with shower Of canister and
muskeiry. Captain -, OF Company A, Of The For
" NINTH was killed. Our loss in this engagement may
be put down At about seventy killed and wounded al
though the sorry stories aud WY faces Of the men would
have led one to believe it ten times that number
BAD wEArHER--A MONT OF HORROR
Hardly had The camp fires been liz for the night when
drilling shower set in which turned into steady
hl Of rain The wind veered TO the morrill, aud turned
suddenly colder The weather. hitherto SO pleasant
was turned in an hour into wintry blast VERY soon
snow began 10 fall and the temperature fell below reez.
Many Of the soldiers who had been separated from their
oyefcoas and blankets during the day could not return
10 get them. Not tent except hospital tents in the
command. Provisions growing very scarce The mud.
dy wet clothing freezing upon the chilled forms of the
hungry soldiers An what night was that in which To
bYouac have since been told that Of wound
ed men crying, 10 he taken in the pickets $50 they say
haooed 10 those OF ours requesting them take him in
regarded as \ ruse, and the poor fellow died not Of
wounds but was frozen to death Not FIVE houses could
be found within many miles, and these used
h9sPhs' various eNpediens were iesoited TO- 10 ward
Of The icy foe. SApngs we're bent down and wigs in
terwoNen into shelter leaves piled up made kind Of
roof IN Keep OF the snow Large fires kndcd and
the laid with their feet 10 the fire The victims to
cold and exposure hunger and neglect on this night
will hup long page in the record Of mortality Of this
eyentul siege.
FRIDAY NoRNiso-e1ooN rnosrrcr.
The shots Of rdomen at The dawn Of day awakened
such slept TO the fact that they in the face Of the
enemy. Few, however, needed such teyeillc AS thc
falling snow had keptmost Of them from dreaming dur
ing the night Tho scene was ANYTHING but cheering
hree inches oi snow on the ground, TIE mud frozen
hare a farKu and hall ia vol. H.
long the bleak hill tops succession OF rtpuscs on
the previous day Much fighting, some losses but not
a foot Of ground gained yet
TIE COMMANDMENT Opened.
AT about hafpast the sound Of the thun-
dred, with long reyerbefauon in the distance told
the v'r dogs hsd at last OPENED thes mouths and were
paying most grandy their compliments the rebel bat
teries From an eminsnce We could the smoke Of
their chnneys and the suke from the guns Of the fort
Every little while could be in the distance. high up
IN the air, sudden puff Of white smoke. sprung As II
from nothing, and then so Ny curl in graceful folds,
snoW-white cloud moment more and the report told
US was bursting she'll instantly followed by the rum
bic uf The gun from whit had been The loud roar
Of the cannon kept growing thicker and faster The
heavy columbiads and Dahlgrens in the fort
ing the ire One two, three. aud then half dozen at
once! The terrible game Of death becomes exciting!
Nearer, clearer, doadliet than before,
1t is, II is the caunon's opening roar"
The guuboats advancing the 0ombardmeut has fair
ly gun. The cheers went up in thousands The death
dealing bolts OF Fort Doncson. Aack, there were few
Of knew what protection and defense nature had laid
against The ingenuity Of ar and which the deluded in-
- "eN'inPNau Nuth "hhatuIh puf-
pos' v" w my teh zee Nhat gteat natural uaVerses
ahu % Us hau oceh thro"h up oy Tue prime
Va M uls NO' eOu'u we KNOW WhAt oonb-
PieoI "nu ui'ues ". WITS ol .noasahu years haa
WIN nv le sIuos OF uose mus inc area OF the place
was 50 large that nearly the "hoe force could De renov
"a Io 'e ae' Lont' slp mus le"Ne We shells 70 eN
Poue against me peaA hsdts' OF crush through the
deserted huts Of the enemy.
eau,.e a O9slonIl Snet rom 'he uat'ele' sur
ul'ns 'e ou'e ine OF Ie''hses must nave tnld upon
iu Yn'N} On uif o'ue' rue ny enemy .ePneu uu'
l5 i go ',' nau 9rtl HPritt lh slAlou'
"ei''ei FA'y 7seiuus9 oelB "l'hk l" HsH
@ VI 'uo'I.t ul4l o' NaIol- me M'ahtr wa
80 aH rusty anu ''e Ioaua hlpPeIy ana eloBBeu "lu
S'" lhuu
IhE sIohALNe POSTPONED
Deuy 'ha' tne atleinpt WOULD ne mad'
10 Val,y 'ne 10y uY Storm on mat hlBhI Inc otlay ll
tsoc'Ens ''"luiS P''ehVeG H. nt'hB dohe' Al
e ant ullt lohs Silet lux thtS came post
s III "1n Nseol.s aq a"oul4hces,fsauy lot we nea-
IA a. l. . - ~ w jun . " lntilotlgu
90 a. ~ ,ulprssu "i' plo',,lois, inc s'"t
VI 'e ''ANs NV permitting iluon u@h poilatloh'
SATURDAY.
The night passed rather aaietly Early on the morn
ing an attempt was made by the enemy to capture m
battery which had caused them so much trouble durn
the dAy The alarm was lust given in time 10 admit 1
the gunners manning the guns few rounds Of per
cusson shells sent them hurrcdly back after arousin
the whole camp
THE soKrIR IN FoRcE-cAPrURR or scHwARrz's
BATTERY.
The enemy. true to his tactics and true also TO tn
dictates good generalship made formid able show
force the right Of our position From amid the con
fusion attending the narrative Of facts CLEAN the hi
lowing particulars 1t appeas that the rebe offcers