The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-04-04
War N ews.
THE BATTLE or WIN
CHESTER.

NlNiHtsANhf NuFNn 81
We are most Unexpectedly called upon
to report another battle which has added
one mere TO the list Of those brilliant sue
cesscs which have lstely attended our
advancing column--a victory more bril-.
liant in the fact that not even tho most
distant suspicion OF an approaching foe
and on impending battle was for mo-
ment entertained Jackson had been
driven away In an ingloriOus retreat, had
abandoned his strongholds which he had
held for six months in security, bis bag
gage had been transported r,vious a. the
removal Of his forces, AZ ifthc retreat had
been carefully provided for, and he had
been pursued by the federal troops sever
al mil,s beyond Srasburg, whore the
chase was abandoned, the forces With
drawn to Winchester, and Jackson lc0
70 pursue his course down the valley Of
Virginia.
This tack having been fully accom-
phshcd, as was supposed, the whole coll
umn was being removed TO Fairiox Court
House, upon the turnpike which leads d.
rcctly from this place 10 Alexandria aud
the greater part f,nh corps darmce was
on its wny, me having proceeded upon
the march Gcross the Shenandoah over
the pontoon which had been constructed,
ne far ~ the VILLAGE OF Snickcrvillo, a
distance OF nineteen miles from Winchcs-
ter, and four miles beyond the river.
rHE sKIBMisH ON SATURDAY IN wHicu
CIS. sH1ILps WAS WOUNDED.
The first notice Of tho cncmy's np-
proach wns received nt9 o'clock A. M,
Saturday. Major Copeland, OF General
Banks stat, with about twenty-five ofthc
Michigan Cavalry, kept skirmishing with
the gucrrillas Of Col. Ashby from the time
II their first appearance until O'Clock in
the evening, when, nsccrtaining the mp
ptosch Of Con. jackson in force, he sent
word 20 GM Shields of the threatened
attack upon the town. Upon this inIor.
nation Col. klmball's brigade aud Capt.
Hunt ngtun's battery, First Ohio, were
immediately advanced upon the Stras.
burg road, the direction from which the
tncmy were approaching, and only
nilc from the outskirts Of the town mot
tho cncmy's battery IN position at the
right OF the road, upon hill, their guns
n'l pointing down the turnpike. Captain
lluntington's battery was immediately
placed In position likewise, at the right
"f tho road and in hollow, and General
Shields, with his staff rode 90 the front
and himself gave the order to firc when a
she'll from-thc cncmy's battery exploded
n"sr him, afrngment striking his arm and
causing frncture Of the long bone, not
making the slightest rupture of the skin.
The skirmish clos,d at dusk, the only
other aocid Mt ofwhich was the killing Of
IN artillcynHn and one horse.
During tho fight Gen. Shields contin.
urd 20 give his orders a. 1t nothing had
happened, aud in reply to an ofli,cr who
asked, "lou IRE hit General. are Won
notl" he said "Hcs, am, but say moth.
irg about IT," and he continued To Issue
his commands with irmncss aud nppnrcut
urconcern, until the severity orhis wound
crused faiutncss, aud hc was necessarily
t,movcd from the field
THE RATTLE or SUNDAY.
From carly morning our pickots were
Engaged with the cavalry Of the enemy.
who rode up and down, In the woods aud
IN the road, shooting at our men both from
thc saddle and dismountcd.
Tho 6rlug brought ost our artillery
again to the position where tho enemy
hud commenced to harrass our pickets.
Tho whole battle was conducted by
Cen. Shields, who issued his orders from,
ack-room. two miles distant, at his
l. adquartcrs in Winchester.
The artillery, who had oncomped near
the place whore the skrmish had occur.
rid I'm the previous evening, were ordered
'o be reinforced by the entire command Of
Gen. Shields, composed Of three hripndts
ot infantry, the first commanded hy Col.
Nathan kimblc, OF Indiana; the second by
Col. |. G. sullivan, of Indiana; and the
third by Col. L. II. Tyler, of Ohio; whose
command, leading the right wing, ap-
peared most conspicuously throughout the
battle.
There were also engaged four and
half batteries of artillery, commanded by
Lieut.. Col. i. Daum, aud sixteen compa-
MICS OF cavalry, commanded by Colonel
BroElheod, Of Michigan. Our pickcts,
whom the cavalry OF tho enemy had an
noycd so much in the morning, were the
Eighth Ohio, and the remainder of their
regiment was the first n como 10 thoir
assistance, who engaged in a promiscuous
fight with tho enemy until the arrival Of
the full reinforcement of Gen. Shields
division, already enumerated, who imme.
diatey were put in line Of battle, extend
Ing from point short distance 10 tho
lett Of the Suasburg turnpike 10 point
two miles distant upon the right.
Their first and heaviest fire was, how
ever, opened by their artillery upon our
In, they hoping by that means To draw
our attention aud forces in that d rcctinn
aud by sudden onset and charge ofthcir
ihiantry and cavalry upon our right TO
outasnk US. The attempt was entirely
unsuccessful, aud the fire was directed
against the right.
Tho forces thus placed were under a
continual fire OF the batteries Of tho enc.
my, returned the san most vigorously
and constantly, while our men dropped
down one after another, and the grnans
Of the wounded were added to the roar OF
the artillery through FIVE long hours, from
half past ten till has past three. From
that onward until dark the tight WAS one
of muskotry--o close hand TO hand CON
hets, Of hazardous charges and desperate
slaughter. The order was giycn TO the
whole right wing TO charge, aud, led on
10y Col. Tyler, they rushed fcsrlessly and
fought bravely ill the enemy was forced
10 retreat,
We cannot attempt TO give due credit
60 all who fought we'll. but those who most
distinguished themselves must ho men.
toned, and among them the Finh Ohio.
When ordered TO advance they marched
forward uniinching, supported by the
Thlrtecpth and Fourteenth, Indiana, ant
when in the very fsco Of the cuemy'i
cannon, and when they coull alnosl