New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-12
INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE OF
WILLIAMSBURG.
BARBARITY or THE REDELs.

BARBARITY OF THE REDELs.
Major Ryerson of the sth New.Jersey took COM
lnand when Col JobUson was wounded, but feu
quickly after, pierced ty three balls His body was
found on the morning after the fight, stripped of
everything, bis head having been crashed "i'n tue
butt OF IA musket after death. ..
Many of our men were found dead, with bayonee
and bowe.kuife thru,ts, VINO had on'y been wounaed
by bnneis iu tie legs or srms, .bOwng that they
were inhumaply murdered by rbe Rebels.
TIE JERSEY BLUES DISCOVER THE LAST DITCH.
Details were made on Tuesday TO bury the dead,
and in tie di ch ard upon tie banks where tho
Rebels msde their stand, their dead were piled up
in places three deep. Many OF the jersey ooys
,hougut they bad found hdt last d'tch when is tne
buruen of sou. ern orators and heart-hrers II was
believed that tue Rebels had 600 or 200 killed and
three times the number wounded. During Monday
they played tie old game OF "ffiends wMte
aags and the star. and Str pes upon our troops
a d succeeded in decei ing them several tines Opcs
a la.ge body called cut "dont shoot, we're your
friends we're New-iiamp'hire toys," and when
under his lie tley were ltrai'ied TO approach our
rar ks hey suddenly ey-lea their pieces and throw
a ruldeious fire an,oi Z oar men.
THE GRAyE-DIGGERs.
A correspondent says the grave-diggers pause .
moment Gs We ride up. We ca ute them, aud then
commence TO insfeNt he dead bodies. O9e OF tho
digge-s, uoi,iBe us, makes ,ne remark: Gen han.
cock las been among the Ri5ils, you see, ar."
" W. n, Sc men s -, by the go der. OF Hancocks
Brigade Z" we ask. "WeI should think SO, was
tbe RESPONSE Z" ye II take the throubie 10 eesrnin'
thin ven lind THERE all shot either Ia tie head or
breast 1bate the work OF the hasseychuse.ts and
Name boyes. tell yes, thins the boyes fer yes"
We did maze the examination suggested, and every
ooe OF the 50 dieTs who ay dead at our feet was
found shot In tile manner described.
WILLIAMSBURG AND TIE INHABITANTs.
The houses ure chiefly built Of frame. 'wo stories
in hight, while number VI brick dwellings, con.
struc ed in the modern stvle also erected upon
the main street. Old William aud Mary College,
an Institution of tie Cooli. times of Virginia built
OF Engish brick, Islands opposite The site Of the first
Capitol in Virginia. Ibis building was used by ths
Rebels for th- purposes of a hosI ia during their
OCCUPANCY OF Williamsburg. Tue 81 y coutans three
churches the Oldest OF ich is the Episcopal church,
now alec u-ei Z hospital for the wounded Rebel
soldiers. There is also an Asylum Tor Lunatics,
tanning et the pIesent me over 100 ilmates male a.
well "a female. There are also number OF private
dwellings OF more or lees beauty.
The ladies' reslIlOg IN the place appear occa-
siouay at The Window, but only TO tauBt insult
oar .oiders as they pass qui ty aiong the streets.
humber Of UuiOn Men have been forced into
their service, and ever! thius pertaining to inde-
pendence has seen entirely ignored. That the pin-
pal por Of the population has lndorsed Tire doc
trucs Of the kebels j. pr we'd by tie appearance Of
,be city, tie houses, il mort ius Guces being un-
touched, the Rebels taking good care to practice
whose OF inions 90 not CONFORM 10 their own.
REBEL HOSPITALS.
The acconmodaions OF The Rebel hospital. are
ne, essary OF the paiuest character the majority Of
tre wounded being ob.ised 10 lie upon tie foors At
Wilism aud Mary College, the old Episcopal Charch
tue Methodist aud Presbyterian churches, men were
found o' them yet remaining with their wounds
Consequence OF the inefficient attention
OF their own surgeons, who, on Iuesfay morning,
cane through our lines under a flag of truce The
request made by these SURGEONS 10 attend TO their
own soldiers was Immediately granted by Gen. Nc.
Clell4p, but from some uneNllHiued cause few Of
them wore TO be seen during tie day.
The Rebel surceoas consist os twelve men, among
whom ARE The following: Surgeons j. l. ID. Cullen,
Medical Director Of Louestreets division; d. Cnan.
cellor, Nineteenth Virgini4; Tnornhi Of tue Elev.
euth; McCoukey, OF the IH enty iylth; Thomas +.
Maury Of the fntt; Payne Of the Foorih Cavalry,
aud G. HagriEon, OF Tie Twenty fourth Virgins
regiments.
REBEL TROOPS IN THE FIGHT.
At the kuspitils tie following named regiments
were represented by wounded soliiers:
Gen. Ander0ns Bgisade-5th South Carolina
Cavalry, Col. Giles; PALMETTO REGIMENT, consisting
OF .iXeen companies eharI-shooers, all armed with
Enheld rifles, ana commanded by Col. Je kins 9th
South Carolina, Col. Brltion. Gen. Rbodes's Brig
ade. consisting a Ire 9th, 5tb, and l-th Alabama
Then followed the following nemed rcgimeois l4th
Louisiana, l0,h Alabama, Col. Woodward, which
Lsd IL is certain, 81 wounded; 18th Mrsssippi,
l9tA Virginia. Col. FaUlkner "a Florida. Col Warf
18th Virginia, 18Th North Carolina greatly
en-, up) lyih Mississippi, 9th Mississippi, 9ih and
ith Alabama, ST. North Caroiina, 18th Virginia,
l3th Virginia, Col. Allen; ist Virginia, Col. VII.
Iians: .h Virginia, Col. kemEel l7th Virginia,
Ch. toarfe. snd llth Virginia, Col. Garland; I'D
Gaorlia. Lieut.. Cob Barclay 9Th Geogs, 18th,
6 h. S,i, apd l9,h Alabama Reg aents, 30 Virginia
l3th snd l,lh North Carcliua. The 9Th, 10Th, and
llth Alabama, aud tie i9th Missssissippi consti-
uted Gen. v docks Brigade.
Tho above ist ie not full one by any means, but
he beet that be obtained from the soldiers at the
ifeseut time. Among tie wounded OF the priyaies
{, Adophus n. Lshdsber- OF Philadelphia, q mem-
,er of Company f. OF the 9th ALBANIA Regiment,
Who was v wouudsu III the leg by ball. He 10 = Ger
nan, AID ssys thai he Was impressed into The
ervice.
Gen. Elrly. it is said, is rDcrtally wounded. Gen.
Carly. w.Sh his brigdr, and DIvirion-Gen HILL ro'
aired 10 the battlefield toward evening, but 700
ate, however, TO b, Of any service. During nn
tay there, it is reported that he was wounded -
hove stateo. AZ tie time Of the re-enlorcemeht,
zen. Johnston accompanied them, but returned %.
pre he had proceeded great distance, ascer.sintn6
bat portion OF tho troops were on the retreat W
sunday il is reported that there were |o:oVV men ~
williamsburg, ing amos. ting entire force Of tas
iebel array at Yorktown. ah..>
The retreat, however, ef these nsa Ase ~