Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-05-02

artillery were occasionally thrown in that di
rection and some tenor twelve killed, which
caused stampede, and they had to be driv
ell back at the point of the bayonet
1t was their work which raised the waite
some two feet while the four companies O
the Vermont Third were over on Wcdnesda,
and caused us the loss of twenty.nine men
who, wounded, fell in the mud, and wcr
drowned or strangled in this bog. Thei
bodies were mostly taken out urder the aas
of truce last Saturday. 1891 ''t
GEN. MAGRUDER AT YORKTOWN tREMBLETI
/ .' IN THE KNEES, ' ." '.t.'
! General Magrudcr is at Yorktown, and has
lost the braggadocia with which he was wont
to march all the troops upon the peninsula
on the double quick, down to Newport News
last fall and winter, to give the Yankees -
BY tic time he reached Bethel however
he generally considered discretion the bcttei
part of valor, and announced to his men that
we had received reinforcements and he would
have to wait until they went away. He is
represented as much depressed in spirits,
and, in conversation with other officers, says
it's no use in fighting if they cannot stand ut
Yorktown; that we have an immense force
here, and will just overrun them, and ruin
everything and everybody in our march.
! TIE C0MMIssARY STORES, BAGGAGE, ETC, NOV
| ED TO THE REAR. 49,.
| The commissary stores, ammunition, bag
gage, wagons and every thing movable, hare
been mored to the rear and are now lying
about t'co- nda-Aalfmiles to tie rear Of YORK.
toton, and the whole line of their defenses.
THE REBEL FORCE AT LEES MILLS.
The Rebels had engaged at Lees Mills only
two regiments, and seven pieces of artillery
they had more artillery and infantry about a
mile back, but did not bring them into action.
The infantry were the "Louisana Cut
Threats" and the Fifth North Carolina
when our battery opened upon them in the
morning, they did not know where the shot
came from for some time, but finally conclu-
dcd it was from the edge of the woods, and
returned the fire. Our shells made fearful
havoc, exploding right over their guns, and
forty or fifty men were soon carried out dead
and wounded, when the order was given to
cease firing as they could not see where their
shots were going, and did not know what
they We're doing. Some of the artillery were
10th to quit, and were firing parting salute,
when shell tore through the carriage of their
gun, and exploding killed AL the men and
threw the gun several feet. The rille-balls
were singing all around and whenever a head
was shown above, pop went ball, and adj
dcd another to the list of killed and wounded.
down on your knees, you --~,
and crawl out, cried the Colonel. 1.-THE -
Yankees will blow us all to -, if we don't
let them alone They then crawlel out Of
the fort through the ditch which had been
dug Tor this purpose, and seeking cover of
the woods all was soon quiet. They thought
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not fire with our artillery, as they had no
idea we would attempt to cross. When the
artillery again appeared, achievements hay
ing came up, the Colonel in command of the
brigade was riding over near the edge, to see
the location of the ground, when rife bali
took him through the head, killing him in-
stantly.
When the infantry commenced to cross
and reached the rife pit they began to fall
back into the woods, but the cry was given
that thcrcwas only one company and the whole
of the rebels (over four thousand now rush
ed upon them to cut them to pieces. The
terrific fire of canister and shell they received
as they sailed out Of the wood broke them
up, and they again fed to cover and content
ed themselves with shooting from behind
trees at our men as they were retiring. They
have learned from our artillery firing lesson
that has caused the officers to give the most
positive orders to mot fire upon US Or
(" do All thing to stir us up"
THE DIM AT LEES MILLS.
The dam at Lees Mills, which this fort is
built to protect, has over twcntv-six feet of
water at the breast, and covers several hun
dred acres Of ground along their line of de
fence, and reaches two miles and a quarter
towards Yorktown, which is distant about
four miles. The dam now being constructed
below it is for the same purpose--to protect
them from an infantry attack, except at such
points as they are prepared for US.
THEIR SUBSISTENCE.
None Of the camps near Lees Mills have
had anything for two weeks but salt beef and
crackers. Formerly, fresh beef, pork and
-four were plenty, but now they are suffering
for food. Neither coffee, sugar or sal. have
been given out for two months to the troops
who have been here upon the peninsula -
There is another information of valuable
nature, but it is not deemed prudent to make
it public.
AN ATTACK UPON OUR LEFT WING.
Yesterday afternoon a party of rebels made
an attack upon the pckets OF our left wing,
anu ih ISpiiSi''S iNcHu we IOSI TWO klllcu ana
three wounded.
NEGROES IN ARMS--THEY FIRE UPON OUR PICK
ELS.
The commanding officer on the extreme
left reports to headquarters that his men were
fired upon, in the skirmish yesterday, by
negroes uniformed and armed. This comes
from undcniablc authority. Nov let the or
der go torth--no quarter to men fighting with
Indians and negroes
THE YORKTOWN BATTERY OPENS UPON Us.
The Yorktown battery fired occasionally
shot from their 100 FOUNDER during last night,
but they did no harm, except to rouse our
men from their slunbcrs.~
THE LINE OF FORTS RUNNING FROM YORKTOWN.
The line Of forts running from Yorktown
in a nearly direct line towards the Warwack
river, ard not in curve as some papers have
it. But few men car lie seen on them to day,
and very few about Yorktown. Where they
have been thick heretofore, now we see but
an occasional sentinel
MARROW ESCAPE OF PROF. LOVES BALLOON
Towards evening, yesterday, one of the Of
ticers connected with the signal corps made
an ascension in Prof. loves balloon, in front
OF the rebel fort on the right of Y yorktown. A
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