Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-11-14
LewisSurs BOYS at Poootaligo Fight,

lug hard battle on the pocata.igc River,
driving the euemy.ove- t miles of their
own chosen ground, and compelling them
to fy over the river Pocataljgo ard 70 burn
or destroy their own bril.e to prevent us
from following them. We wrote to you
ils. before starting, but could not give
vou any satisfaction in regard to The nature
of the expedition, anl nov sna.! give you
the pa,,icul,rs, a. far as We kuos them.
We packed our hasersack. on the morn
ing of the 2l-,, and got rythlDg IL
readiness. The orders came about )
o'clock il the afternoon, when We got 0n
board Of tha boat and lay in the lllTb5r
till lust before daylight. Then started
along with a number Of transports, With
the different regiments, comprising IN a.
1900 men, battery of t guns, ani 8
marine battery Of 3 gus, which was
worked By the mariua., aud was a,so
drawn by hand By them hey ara very
destructive and also very handsome bat
,ery. We had s,so one company Of cav
airy, although they did Dot arrive 10 time
70 make themselves useful. We landed
on plsce called Macky's Point, AMI io5k
up our line Of march A: after marching
about :. miles, we encounterei the enemy
in strong force, with Il pieces Of artillery
We had e severe battle, lasting about :
hours; a, last We charged % ,bem, and
drove them; they managed to get their
gun. away, but We captured some ot thelE
shell and ammunition, and pursued them
about / miles, lighting mos; OF the !iue,
when they crossed the bridge All ta.-
tToyel i, after them. We .J..0aci over
the swamp and into the stream, but they
made US pay dearly FOX our bravery they
cut US with grape aud canister, TIL we
got under cover. We have humber Of
holes in our clothes-hs., cauteen, and
haversaek shot of-aso I holes through
the flag, aid one Of the cellar guards shot,
though not very serious. Oar Captain
was killed, and also Capt. Wayne, Of COM
pany +, aud Lieu,enau;s wouuied: to:a!
loss il orr regiment Of 400 men, l. killed,
-j wounded, missiag. The 47;h Pa.
los. a!mos. as heavy; they had 600 men ::
their loss was loo killed, wounded aud
missing. The total loss will reach l in
every s men that was there, although We
did not have over 1000 men engaged
The Rebel loss was supposed to be much
larger: We saw quite number o. them
iyingarouud The General made a speech
to Us last evening, aud comphmentei US
very highly. He told Us that he had
given Us I single days work to 10, and
We d.i il, aud did il B5bly, whipped olr
enemy, driving him + /. miles ou, Of their
own chosen position cut their ;slsgraPLic
wives, tore up their railroad, and COM
PEELED them to destroy their bridge also
compelled them to move large bodies Of
troops, which all know is very eIhausting
And what were the feelings Of those two
cities, Savannah and Charleston Tbey
we're in the greatest terror their women
and children lcit the town; il fact, We
have taught them that We can strike blows
that vii. make them tremble il lacir boots
Our campaign IS just begun for TIE winter.
We have had three expeditions, a.. Of
them proving successful; AMI We viii MT
let them have enc minute rest as 0ag az
they are in arms. We expect TO 60 II
three or four days in another, but | hope
i, will not be quite a. hot as this one,
We are iu good health and spirits, but our
apple butter is all gone. We expect to be
paid o-norrov, but can't tell whether for
two mouths or four, as We haze four
months due Us.
We saw some pretty hard sights on the
22i, we had to carry cur wounded J.
miles on our backs, as -e bad 10 other
remedy, but We brought - n all eff. We
had to bury poor Capt. Hamilton, as brave
a man as ever lived, on the field don't
know who will be our Captain COW. Col
onel S,ravtridge is Cur Colonel, he was
Captain Of Co. B, but got his commission
just before We started He led US nobly
for his first fight, and if he continues to
10 50 well he will be Brigadier before
long. forget to tell you that We both
lost our blankets We are getting along
fine, and have 60, good quarters although
we some times see some pretty hard ones.
No more at present.
DANIEL b N'GREGoE,
Color l.A-,T 4 the -sia Ee- +. '
JAMES ii. FRO>s.
Cpr,- Erpp Ahout hslfn7S. II