The New York herald., 1862-05-07
SCENES IN AND AROUND YORKTOWN.

Our Special Army Correspondence.
YORKTOWN, May 4, 1892
uzxaEr or ouR TROOPS EXAMINING woRKs AT YORK.
TOWN, ETC.
The special correspondent Of the HERALD sent you
This fo full details of tbs Yorktown
by the rebels and its occupancy by the Union troops
aftsr his thorough inspection of the the encom
passing orthcations and the opportunities he had for
such examinations has left but little, in the way Of
gsanngs for me- material for the present letter The
town has been OF excitement all day
From highest gene ais TO lowest privates there
has been intense esgerLess inspect the earthworks
with their mounted guns which have long looked out
with such menacing wrath upon our troops, and the
town itself, whose occupation by our forces
has SO long been looked forward to as a
fofegone conclusion. The revolutionary associa
tions connected with the place had no doubt
added intensity to this eagerness Of course II is
Soud question that many have been dcuby disappointed
In the first place there strength and durability
In the works and their armament 10 resist attack than
rsre expected and the second place there are less
features Of interest In the town. ntrnsicay considered
than most persons expected to find.
CAUTION CONCERNING DESTRUCTIVE coSTRIvAScRs OF THE
~s1s-r~
Int not al who wished " visit the place have been
permitted TO do So Tho vianous connections Of the
fugitive rebels the way OF "insernal machines and
other dabolical contrivances to kill by whole
SALE enforced the necessity Of placing a conn retent
guard to protect against falling into their fend
sh traps The loss OF life and the wocndng Of others
occurring after the occupation acted saluary
warning Several at detailed to examine
che works, streets, houses and fields for some
distance around, TO discover these concealed ma
chnations for the destruction Of human nfe They
found scattered all about in the streets adjacent the
entrances leading into the town. through the ntrepch
nsnts, along the parapsts Of the earthworks by the
river shore and the roads and nelds facing fort
saticns.
lido not know how mary vcre discovered altogether
bus there were hosts Of ,s~z An escer told me tha
he found thrty o. them ~issan compass Of squar
rods They are slavcn-Dch ro1nd she and 80 concsai
cd under se ground 20 leave sstle, n any, sxerSs
indication o, their pres.n>. Captain weeden and Cslc
mel Woodbury. dissoctsc one and found " TO consai
nearly feur pounds Of very and very fine pods
mixed. Each has oHi fuse, and above It plunge
with krob so constructed tha, persor walking aor
and stepping upon brings tbs plunger down viii, suf
cent force upon cap undsrneath tescause It TO e
plode AT present small white flags indica
whore they concealed-that is 10 say,
Tar their presence has been discovered
should have stated that number wsro found
deserted officers tsnts. or,y two e<sualtcs have hs
pened from explosions occurring yourscorrospo
dent sent his account of tse evacuation this morpn
william Perkins, q telegraph operator Ger Heintz
man 8 headquarters, stopped oes and wss instant
killed His body fsarfully riatllatsd. The 9th
casualty consisted happily In only the killing ~ hors
riK noDY ONE or OR sHARrSsooTERs yorSD
while some Of our d.ving in search Of the
murderous missiles, they came upsn the body Of you
Durkee one Of the sharpshoo Ssho killed (.
y mornings since, as viii be remembered, in q slig
! scrimmags betwssn our picksts lie buried bu,
: Few inches below the ground. with his clothes
face down-the rebel way Of showing their disresp.
20 our dead, whsn they condesceDd TO bury at all.
T head vas riddec by dossn bullets. The presumpt
A that he must have been shot at after being killed
qualification 10 the hencish hatred entertained tows
our sharpshooters, who. through their wstchfu vi
+, lance apd unsrrng rifles, have worked such terri
Destruction In THAR ranks The remains were tax
tesre Of by the regiment and will now receive dec
burial
xuuAsr GovxRRoE or yoaxTowy.
General Fitz John Porter, A. just learn, has been
poinlsd Military Governor of Yorktown and the For
fourth New York Volunteers. Colonel Siryker, order
here A. present guard, and 70 put the place con
sion f prssibs bordering on reepectsblity. The pI
Az certainly very Ehhhy now, with the refuse
~verv imaginable character left behind by
rebels and the muitudinous specimens Of
.porcine species, who walow about 10 uxuriousns
sumptuous resality. For the present this will be I
depot for government stores, the army post Office n
nor, from which daily steamboat communication will
mad with Fortress Monroe Baltimore and washiug,o
and IN consequence HE town Tor tyne will occupy