, 1862-09-11

Three Hundred Union men Against
1>i0O Rebess--1 he rebels LhOruu.n-
~ RUnted-..Caotnre Ut IneIr Com.
MAn0fnE officer and Forty others,

BALTIMORE, Sept. 8, 1862
I have the folio ring particulars Of one of
the most gallant engagements OF the war, 30
Tar as our troops were concerned, from an
otLcer Of Capt. Flusser's Hett, who has
brought dispatches to Washington from his
commanding officer:
Fourteen hundred rebels marched toward
Fly mouth, N. c., on Tuesday last, intending
to enter the town and lay it in ashes. a
native ts Garolinian. knowing the intention Of
the rebe1s, came quickly to town and report
ed the matter to Capt. ". e. Hammelt of
Haw klns' ZouaVes. No time was to be lost.
10 defend the town there Was one company
{F) OF Hawkins zouaves, one company Of
tek kularly enlisted loyal North Carosinians,
with such other loyal lighting civilians as the
at their post. Halo of the Zou.ves
were sick with the fever which prevails there
a. tbs g. ason OF the year, and all Of the CON-
nlss1oned officers we're sick, except Lieut..
Green, OF the Zouaves. who was disabled bra
Tonno received IN 3 former engagement up
az men deTolVed upon orderly serg't Green,
OF company F, ct The Zouaves. At the ap.
PR acb Ut 20 vast torce some AlH would
say, "sur1ender;" but this Was not the ser
geant's motto: He took his brave men, went
out on Tuelday, the ed inst, and met the
tntmy three miles from the to wn-
Ihe e1emy consisted Of infantry and cavalry;
the former under Col. Garrett {Thp in f1ct
Sas in command OF the whole force,} and the
after In command of Captain Fagan. When
. fetant Green came upon tue enemy he
found him bivouacked in the woods, lutend.
ing not to attack before the next day. 4 rebel
lnteLded giving the ALARM of the approach of
cur fofces By firing his piece, but it missed
Our boys took this rs signal Of alarm, aud
they dashed upon them With great earuesrness.
lighting the whole force for an hour, Sergeant
Grs cu conducting himself in the most gallant
1uanrtr. In the short space Of an hour he
whipI ed force OF LOO, captured Col. Gar
rett, thsiT command der 8 lieutenant, aud forsy
prisoners, together With mapy Of the cavalry
noises. The rebels lost thirty KILLED, With
the ordinary proportion of wounded. When
the tLeny broke aud fl~d, the loyal North
Carnllniars were fast and fierce in the pursuit
Of the:r rebel neighbor$. The chase was given
up orly Then the enemy was completely put
to fight.
Tie civilians fought ep!endidIy. Mr., PHELPS.
a carpenter, whose hos pitality l have e1io7ed'
Wa6 the inst TO tire his tavorlte rifle, taking
down the first rebl1 that fell. In This conflict
we lost three men killed-one a sergeant of
company F, Of tae Zouaves, whose name is
3liber; 1he other member OF the North Ca
rolina company and tile third, one Of C4pt,
tluese1's brave taTE, Bome of whom We're en-
gagged Let officers of higher rank look at
The conduct of Sergeant Green, aud learn wis
6oH-the Kind of wisdom ne now need: and
let soldiers learn from tue result of the aft 4ir
what even small numbers will accomplish
when they have the light sort OF fire in them,
The bravery Of our little army III Plymouth
observes, and Hill undoubtedly receive. the
bightEt honor in the nhtion.