Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-04-15
The Siege Of Yol ktown.


Department up TO ~ CLOCK to-nlght' lester
day The enemy works were carefully examined
by Gen. Mcclellan and Iouhd to Dc very strong
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WASHINGTON AprI = 0n tae afternoon OF
ouhuay Snip o'ht hau O9eh 'aHeu' and our gun
ooa's N"u snci's' out 'He ""'cr p"''eFlcS' LHefe
was eohsluerauie aeiay caused III crossing Deep
creek AZ v ar"IcN Iourt iiouse' anu resistance
was inaue ~ '"e IcOelS' uu1i"S "Hic' several
caSuai'le' occurred on our sue an tne '9'u-
nca places Oh importance og aI orN'o"h l'ao
pe'' taken ~ every punt l"e SIea'eSv en'n"-
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count u 'u0 Vu"'F Is con'"'ucu ID IHe l'Hp"inS
daPaIch
BEFORE YORKTOWN, Saturday Evening.
Hon' Ea"m ". NaHi2a, Secretary Of War
lhaI p9ftlon Of the army recently concentrA-
tea at VA foht advanced yesterday morning IN
The direction OF Yorktown, ~ miles distant
The right was assigned TO Cen morrill, brigade
Of Gen. Porter $ division, $50 companies OF tho
Sd Pennsylvania Cavalry, and portion OF
Berddu $ sharp Shooters, acting as sklrmlshers.
Nothing Of interest took place until their arr-
val at Big Bethel, Il miles distant, where they
met the outer pckets Of the rebels. The troops
were delayed here ten hours IN recoustg2ctins
DFIdge Nhicl had been destroyed. The rebels
retFeaed before the advance Of our sktrmishers
% Ho"aTd lreeA where they mad some aban-
loned eart4works Four shots were fired mere
~ NC igpe's '''hl '"o pieces "hich Nef' soon
-! wy -" i'"o'o ''i'n4 '''t'' y ""V"
~ i'.oi9 I-"' d "AS'J 'e'''"'' '"A'"5 '"e'f
P', ~, WIN ''i'','
i'' I"a'u colJ o' we army HeF9 rested lo1
" 'I7l'' WINE zen, .loFi'i' gfISaue advanced
,'''eo MIC 20 e''gHi's'i'e ana S'A loil's RON
io'N'o"n' Dy . oiooA ''iS morn ''e column
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rom ,.r.sept -5ic4iions vba,r f,tif,53ioos
extend some tv, miles i, lar,,tb ana NOM,
be,vo rims 1,ba .oro,,,d i, front 80 ,b.,r
heaviest INNS il low ANA s,yon,ny maxim, i
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"li''eu ~ '"e SUN pSno''gts o' 'oo ieH'ng"'
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April I. Nothing has been done to day in
front OF Yorktown, but II reconnaissance and
some cannouadng ut long range. telegraph
has been bllt 70 headquarters near Yorktown.
The 5. Il. Spalding came in this morning
from Ship Point. The rebel works abandoned
there are quite formidable. They took of their
guns, but left their barracks complete. Ship
Point Is about eight miles from Yorktown, an
tording iins base for operations.
NEW YoRK. Auril I. The Philadelphia In
o,i,er has the details OF the 6aht near York
town Berdan's Sharpshooters in u vance
Gen. Portcr's Division had the centre. General
SeIgwick the extreme rjrht, and Gen. uamil.
ton and Gen. Smith the extreme left. The FIGHT
was carried on almost entirely with artillery.
with the exception of Berdans Sharpshoolers'
Weeden's battery opened first, followed by
Martin 5 on the lett Soon Gnmn's Sd Rhode
Island and the 5th Massachusetts were in posi.
ton. and the battle commenced in earnest. The
DISCHARGES were rand on the Union side and an
swered at intervals by the enemy. The first
man struck was j. Reynolds OF the Rhode Is.
land battery. with a piece of she'll. Two of
Col. sam Blacks men were next hit by a 80
FOUNDER. One was wounded slightly, and the