Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-07-08

! tered the held, and they having a particular
fancy for taking guns, AZ once charged upon
them
SLIGHT OBSTRUCTION.
As they started on the doube-quick over the
field, whole division in sight Of our concealed
troops opened with muskerry Il terrific vollet,
and the crash Of a dozen loud mouthed brass
Napoleons being the first lntmation the enemy
had Oi the proximity OF such force This was
II surprise. All thought OF capturing the pieces
was abandoned. The huge gaps torn through
their ranks by the sweeping shower Of canister
were closed up, and strong show Of resistance
apparently made. They formed and directed
their hre u the direction whence ours proceed
ed. and for a few minutes the contest was very
lively and warm. But the death dealing dis
charges Of our hidden guns was TOO much for
the enemy and after an hours vain attempt 10
repel US, he fell into confusion, thence into a
| panic, and aed from the field in disorder, re-
tifng to his original position
The scene upon the field was bloody in the
extreme. Heaps upon heaps Of the dirty, grmy
cnated traitors lay dead 0r writhing in agony.
In macy places tney lay IN swuths, marking the
track ot the terrible dlscharg' OF one Ot these
guns. Oar forces, alter examining the field.
withdrew, leaving the enemy to bury their own
dead, ana 70 look after their own wounded |
an assured that an ins the lead was found one
rebel Nrigadlrgeuerai
The loss OF The lillrl and wounded was per.
iectly ti.ntiul not less tina fifteen hundred ia
This short and s,ngulnafy contest. while our
own scarcely reeenes one huuirrI
Among at N1unded IN O1r side ale Bcigadier
General Barns sIsntly m t1e lace ami lleut.
Blackenoy, oi his staff li,o slgh;iy Gen
Barns bchayed witt superb bravery. cheering,
encouraging, and taliylng hls men All his
brigade also behaved exceedingly we'll save two
COMPANIES 81 baxter Fire Iluavss, who stam-
| peded
The correspondent Of the Boston Journal has
the following
FIGHT o. sUNDAY-rHg ENEMY RspULsgn is
EyEEY QUAE1ER.
The enemy suddenly become elated Iii,
successes stimulated him to press us hard lie
thOnght he would have Us. Smiths division
and sedgW ick 5 fell back via Savage Station on
the Yoik River Railroad Ii was necessary
that they should halt and hold the position,
that the long winding train might move away
They took positions in the woods north and
east Of large field All their artillery, with
the exception ui two pieces. was masked in the
front, hearing upou the road down which they
bad retrealed
They hai NOT long to wait First the enemy's
skirmishers came in sight. carefully smelling
their way like venturesome mice toward toasted
ch :ess They saw the guns glIttering like gold
in the Sunshine. They looked, talked. poin ted.
Gne ut Two officers went back Other officers
came ap Sjon the dark mass OF infantry fol-
lowed The two .uns gave them a salute, bat
every where else there WAS silence. Flushed
with victory, the rebels started upon the dou bic
quick across the held 10 capture the coveted
prize. suddenly, quick as flash OF lightning,
twelve additional pieces hurled grape and can
lister upon them, followed by the roll of ten
thousand muskets No longer = thought of
getting the pieces, but how 70 get out Of the
place. After few frantic cfJtt- the ranks be-
came confused, broken, dsjonted, and no,with-
stonding the rndeayors OF officers to rally the
waycring columns they lied preci ecipitately leay-
ing a multitude upon the PLAIN dead and dying
1t was trap must successfully Sc, and sprung
upon flushed i5s. In this affair Gen Burns
was slightly wounded
The Vernon; boys Also mad a hand in Mon
days fight The Horh correspondent says
While Slmneg vas calamity engaging the
cno,mou, force in his front, demonstration
was made by o Jrre Vt the enemy against Smith S
orthcitOa u The extreme right. but j, needed
only da,hns ctarJ .r5m the Vermont Brig
aia 10 repul,e aad drive hm ineortiuru " back