Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-06-11

l"I""H up tAltUhluE from our extreme
9 leit to the railroad, near Fair ON. Station.
The distance from the point where our
= edtlhworks were located to the edge Of
= the wood could not have beou more than
lour hundred yards, Ihia position The
''o'i. heI" uull, dy da"n"d on SUNDAY
'"oI hIhg.
"Cn' Ilelh|c'hon was on the ground ai
we HoN' as soon us "ay daWoed, accom-,
i'"'''e" IS TWO alas. "tn. hooker met
I'""' |'" ."' Nv" t'''''5 S'1 u'"h at I"r
'"o. ~ "'' Oe"'"u our n'e''l"o'ks' 81.
'",r."s 1t lI'" '"' l"' o'J pfoGoea'IGs.
",',l' '''"''''' N'lS "'d 9'Ih.S' "IT.V'
5' '"' '''"1 soon ",''H """ '"o HA"'
','''i" "'5 was '"N'' "'eL"s one "i 10
n" "J"'I' advantage 10 lh' enemy, o'
,,'', ',1n 'o"e'"''ase" I"eF MAJ" i'ice
upon lHI7 pofu3h u' our .Ioht lines, and
',.' -, g'l''' was moro a'sas.ro"s '! 'h'm.,-
'"l" COZ" """'a' H aasw"1g &dyh' sf-..7sd
."s 'Is ~ one anI ln '"cr number
N"""'eu III is lmlo-el'Ie 10 form an esu~
ma o''oIa' Oh 'hriT men brought mas
l''so"e'1 S''o "cir loss IN Killed ana
"ou,.'1'u uP"''" oI tA'ee thousand. Ihey
-, ,,,,,, = 'l'''1'e |I'a""' II i1 true, anu
t"'"'" oo"S'"e ei"o'o ground, besides
tr"'Ee "Ln'ofT oi guns camps, e4uPpage,
W, :" - % "vp"'eS, %"'CL "'ay ""too'ly sen
mn inLshi,nnts r,La LS.JI,. JII1 w. 10 PEN
up 'n""o''onIS, VINO doubtless secretly
"HtI'mn II, 10 see 'Ae cry Ial INTO The hands OIL
"CC'e''iIl'
Ve''' 'I''"'"tIiI"h, al . a. IA ordered a
4 o'o,'"U'sa"Ge 10 hc made Ly SINAI! force
." '"t tv'I oi IAe WOOD ana to the ught,
,o"aEo IHe railroad. \ lieutenant with
"" C"'aiI5 LIeh crossed over the wheat .
( TO penetrate lhcwood near the Williams.
burgh road. when the e3emy's nicl,als op.
peared at his front He immaai,tatv |
turned back anI rcported to Gen UairtJ. I.
lemun the close proxin,ity of the enemy
In the meantime, the other partie. sent .
out came in and reported the enemy in |
great force in front OF our riIht and left |
ilank1.
1t was about quarter Of seven when
, Gen. He!Rtzelman ordered Gen. Hooker
to attack the rebels in his front, and d.ivc
( them from the woods The Excelsior
brigade marched out from their camps in
the woods to the Williamsburg road, the
New Jersey Fifth and Sixth following
The Excelsior brigade filed in the wheat.
field in hon, cf our carthworks, to the
right OF the road while the two regiments
OF New Jersey troops took a lositioR to
The left. As the Sccord Regiment, Ex-
ceIsIor brigade, was forming in position to
the front OF the wood, the rebels opened a
RAPID ana neayy fire upon it, killing Two
or three puvates, and wounaing about six.
Among those wounded at the first fire Of
me Eene!' was Lieut.. Lawyia ,iermeI. y an
a'd 10 zen NIckIeS) AMI captain Nolan.
lhe me oi the,enemy Immediately he
came simultaneous along Their entire line.
he Ne" Jersey troops fought spIendld-
~ '"a4!nS ana hrins without iimchins
!'o" 'Ae!r position General Si'hie,,' reg !
lmen's .l'I' d'a great execution, advancing at
every HrG upon I"e reoels masked hy the
Woou. ', h"|eyeT' twas plainly 10 he seen
''e enemy "au every aaNa"HSe' anu d
,''" ''So''satJ c''1f "'' g,oi' az W9 Io" ~ ttl )
''L,a''
"en. Sich''5 rone along 'he front OF ms
men, IN lllt midst of lHII which