Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-06-28
CASUALTIES IN THE 2OTH.
HAD oraRrEpe, 2tth REG'T o. V. I. I
Near 1utay, June IL, 1862.

write, yet feel that the anxious friends ofus all
at home, must be apprised Of our fate. The
hardships and exposures iucideut to daily march
ing for 80 consecutive days, eliminated on
Monday last in Fight at Fort Il opublic, u
brief account Of which ! will give. On Friday
last, the 4th Brigade Of this Division, left Col.
umbia Bridge for forward movement up the
! Valley. On Saturday at noon the Sd Brigade
| followed in the wake of the 4tb. Sunday morn
! ing the 4th Brigade met the euemy at Fort Re
| public 10 numbers ten times its own, and we're
repulsed. During the afternoon, the 3d--our
Brigade-poached the scene Of action in time to
save the 4Lh Brigade from a complete route
During the afternoon the enemy made no fur
thcr demonstration upon our lines, under the
mistaken impression that the whole Division
had come up. Thus things remained during
the afternoon aud night, the enemy were in plain
sight on the river bauk. Tchr numbers could
with .he uid Of glass Ge easily estimated, aud
all saw and knew that at least they out number
cd US six TO one backed 10y two regiments Of
cavalry, while we had but two companies and
| large portion Of them bad been taken in the
charge Of the morning. What WAS to be done
could we stand 40 attack from such overwhelm-
lug oddsY No, that was impossiblel Could
! the balance Of The Division reinforce us in time,
uo Must we stand be re and be murdered?
! Such were tie orders; and so at an early hour
we marched out upon the feld-well knowing
what must be our fate. Thus we fought for
four hours until amuuiuon was gone, or nearly
so, during which time we had driven them like
dogs from position after position; but alas for
fltes Of war, their superior numbers Obliged Us
to leave our left flank but partially protected,
when they turned aud forced US 10 leave tic
field. which was doue iU good order until n
charge Of cavalry upon our regiment-wbich
was in the extreme rcar-broke us, and we
sought safely in the woods. Col. Buckley, Capt
| Fitch Lieut. Dice, Stewart Smith, and about
81 Of our men, together with Capt. White, Of
the l,t Va, Lieut. APP, Bath Pa aud men
from every regiment Of the two Brgadcs making
! 10 all about eighty men. who remained together
under cover from which we emerged and reach
cd Luray last night, fatigued and nearly worn
out In fact, the subscriber reports him self as
used up for the present. My blood runs cold
when think of the carnage of that fcId-it now
only surprises me that any escaped. Colonel
Buckley had two horses shot. | bad three shot
aud my sword belt shot from my waist. Capt.
Fitch was struck by ball in the back, tearing
bis coat from shoulder to shoulder, but FORUM
| atplv nof othnrvica ;,;ur;nr hin, Pvt 7 have
not time to make further personal mentions,
save that my noble friend, Capt Luce was shot
dead upon the field, near The close of the en-
gagement. Poor Captain, was obliged to
leave him on the field, together with all our
dead, aud a portion OF our wounded. "Sai
thought" that one cannot pay the last tribute
to the brave departed dead which civilization
aud affection would demand but God knows
that we have paid the noble tribute Of affection
aud admiration for the bravery of the noble
oues who have fallen, but have no time to
write more. will try and send you list of
casualties 10 ouI regiment so far as known, Us
many questions will be asked by all our friends,
that feel bound TO seud it, painful though it
BIZ to US ALL
Field officer, Lieut. Clark. missing; Major
Clemmer wounded in leg.
OFFICERS WoUNnED Capt Burridge, n
head; 1t llulburi, 10 arm; It. Norris, in leg
slightly 1t Grnnel, in arm; 1t Russell in leg
missing
OFrlcERs MISSING -Capts Hayes, Smith,
Hurlburt. aud Lieuts. Bishop, Wilson, Gregg.
ry Nash, Woodbury. and Neil.
The following is a list ofihe killed, wounded
and missing in tue different Companies.
A.-Killed, u p Turner left on the field
Wounded.-J Il March, NJ StJohn, Corp Dali
rympe, I Smith, Frank Mowry, p A Decker,
all left on the field MissiDg-Sergt Hoyt,
Corp Reckett g Covert. g Roach S M John.
son, L p Young, j. ohm Sylvester, A II Frazi er,
p B BroughlOn, L Mallby, i Q Clark, j
Ellis, j Exene.
B-KiIled none. Wounded.-N. A. Ger.
man, left on the field; NJ Burget, Geo MeNutt,
both present. MissiDg-Sergl Farmer, Sergt
Is A Isham. A Langworthy. q A Atkins
| Spencer Atkins, j NJ Bsur, A ii Benham, o j
Buuick, j Doe, II Hicks, d Newcom, WIN
Potter Rupnels, G Phinney, S Stanley, S b
Wilder.
! C.--Kied, sergt C w BriltOn, Corp w A
Burwell, A A Monty, w Lisley, all left on the
Sergt Ii NJ Ryder, slightly; j Windy, d Thom
as, G w Eustlick, mortay; w II Runyau
slightly, all present. Missing-Sergt r S
Jones, y II Bailey, r w Cross, j A Frazier
) Flemming, u G Lindsey, ii G Lord, r Mer
TIls' NJ Maloney, ] Noble, f Sperry,
!. Crosby
i D-Killed, Corp T c Rcmley, T w Smith
both left on the field. Wounded-M A Hart
u II w Morrill,, WIN Mendleson. Missing
+ Segt Walbridge, j Hugh, Wm II Jones, J
!, heplage, L Randall. G Wait o Brewster
E-Kied, Capt II Luce, Corn Dalrymple
both left on the field Wouuded-F Brown
- slightly, l. Webber, Wm Robinson, slightly. 4
Mccartney, slightly, Corp Howard, bruised
& Corp Parmenter bruised, all present. Missing
Il Albert BlaDehaFt, NJ Maghen, II Hill EmoT,
Hopkins, ii Warren, j G Greenee, |. Hill \
e Gilbert, j Jones.
II F-Killed, T. r johnson, Elson Reed, Jr
both left on the field. Wounded-St Jerome
A Sanford present, Sidney Smith, left on Ii
r field Missing-Sergt S Hall, Corp G Woo
?. ford, Corp n Norris, Corp c Hayes. j Belknal
= w Call p Ii Chnpin, @ V Clark, A Cole,
= Cain, Case NJ p Durkec, Dodge, NJ Nj
" lone, + Smith, Marley y Atiss.