Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-04-25
The Fight at Yorktown.

We find in the New York Herald let
ter from the army before Yorktown, CIV
ing some particulars of the fight in which
the Vermont brigade was engaged. 1t
seems that the attack was made on We'd
nesday morning, the 10th, and kept up
briskly through the day, when the Ver-
mont boys slept on their arms preparatory
to renewal of the attack on Thursday
morning; and it is not improbable that
they were engaged in another attack, the
particulars of which have not yet been
received. The list of killed and wound
ed is the same as seceivod by us on Sat-
urday, but is less complete than the one
subsequently received. The following is
the letter of the HeraTs correspondent:
- Walon'S Daily Journal
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH ARMY CoRrs,
WARWICK, q. H., April II, 1862.
The Commanding General, on the night
of the 10Th, made further reconnaissance
of the enemy's position to our extreme
right, and after full deliberation with the
General-in-chief it was determined to at
tack the cncmy's position near to the dam
above Lees Mill, and there to she'll large
working parties that the enemy had out,
and if circumstances were favorable to
push the attack and obtain foothold
within the cnemy's line,
Yesterday, at about eight o'clock a. m
therefore, one of the Generals of Divis-
ion threw out party of skirmishers from
the Fourth Vermont (of the Vermont
brigade near to the enemy's one-gun bat
terry, at the point named, and also advanc-
ed a New York battery. Opposite the
encmy's work at that place there is con-
siderable space clear of large wood, but
surrounded in every direction except tow
ards the enemy by a dense forest, and
overgrown with low shrubs and young
pine. Warwick Creek--from four to five
feet deep and about twenty rods wide
separates this field from the rebel battery.
In the low shrubs and young pine the
Vcrmonters made their way right up to
the edge of the stream, and poured upon
the enemy rain of rifle shot that he
soon found it impossible to withstand.
After few moments of this fire not
man was to be seen within the enemy's
lines. Working parties, gunncrs, officers
with glasses all disappeared, and cover
was the one thing in great demand. High
praise is awarded to the Vermont regi-
ment for their craftsmanship and spirit.
Two pieces of the above mentioned bat
tery-ten- FOUNDER PARROTS, under Lieut..
Flynn-then took up position in the
edge of the wood, at one thousand yards
from the enemy's line, and opened fire,
when the enemy bravely came up to the
business and responded with the large
gun in his one-gun battery, and with two
others in a battery behind it. Lieutenant
Stewart, with the second section of the
same battcry-two twelve-pounder Nepo-
leon guns-was ordered up, as was also
the first section, under Lieut.. O'Donald.
With this reinforcement the fire became
very heavy between the artillery on both
sided our skirmishcrs and numbers of
the eneny's skirmishers also blazed away
whenever they saw chance, and the fight
promised to spread until it should become
general all along the lines. Our fire was
very accurate. Many of our shells burst
to nicely at that very point in their air
drawn line where it seemed they could
serve their dangerous purpose best; and
the artillerymen roared with delight.
Meantime the remainder Of the Vermont
brigade lay in the woods all around, in
easy distance to support the Fourth and
another brigade. under arms, lay in the
field upon the left. Three brigades had
gone forward from their camp at this
point, and were held in the woods at about
two miles from the scene Of the fight.
While the firing went on briskly tht
Commanding General came up, and soor
after Gen. Mcclellan arrived upon tn,
ground and made his headquarters at .
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