Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-04-29

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de.ibGralon with the 6euoral-n Chief it was
determined to attack the enemy's position near
TO the dam above Lee s Mill and there to she'll
large working parties hat the enemy bad out,
and if circumstances were favorable to push the
attack aad obtain loota5id Wit.iu Che enemy 5
line.
Yesterday, aJabouteight 0 clock A. NJ, there
fore, one q, the Generals Of Division threw out
party Of s4umeher- fUm Che Fourth Vermont
(of the Vermont brigade near to the enemy S
one gun battery, at q. point a.u d, and also
sdya1e-d New York battery Opposite the
enemy works at that place there IS % consider
able space clear " large wood, bat surrounded
N every direction except towards tAo enemy by
d dense forest, and oyugtOWu ath low shrubs
and Young pine Warwick Creck--itom four
10 five feet deep ana about twenty rods wide
separates taa field from The rebel battery. IN
the low shrubs and young prn3 thc Eermonters
made cher way right up 70 tie edge OF the
stream, and poured upon tae enemy ram
Of rifle shot tlal Ike soon onn1 II impossible to
withstand. After Il lev moments ui thl, ire
not @ man Was 20 be seen within lhe enemy =
lines Working parties, gaancrs, officers with
glasses, all dsapl cared, aud cover was the
one thing IN great demand. High praise Is
awarded TO tho ormJnt regiment Tor their
craftsmanship ana spirit
Two pieces Of TIE above mentioned battery
,on-pounder Pauots, under Lieutenant Flynn
then took UP q position 10 the edge Of the wood,
at one thousand yards from the enemy Inc,
and opened ire, when the enemy bmyely came
opt the business ana responded Wllh the large
gun IN Ihs one gun battery and with tVo 9th
ers ~ battery oehind IT, Lieutenant stewart
with tho second section 81 the same battery
Two t~cy@plundcr Napoleon guus-was or
defed up, as was !so the alt section, under
Lieutenant O'Donald WIN tins reinforce
mcnt tic fire Iecamo very heavy between the
artillery on both sides or Sklrmshers and
numbers Of the enemy sklrmshcrs also blazed
awaY whenever ucy saw a chance, and the fight
2re,a'sol 10 spread until itshould become gen.
.ial All along The lines. Oar fire was very ac-
curate. Many ol our shells burst to a meet ~
1t that very point in their air-draWn line where
it seemed they could serve their dangerous pur-
pose best and the artIllerymcn roarcd with de-
light Meantime thoremalnder OF the Vermont
brigade lay ia the woo1s AL around, in easy
distance to support che Fourth and another
brigade, under arms las in the field upon the
lelt Three brqades had gone forward from
their camp at this poHt, and were held IN the
woods n about two miles from the scene Of the
fight.
While The firing went on lrskly the Com
handing General came up, aud soon after Gen.
Mcclellan arrived upon the ground and made
his headquarters 40 house behind tho position
of the battery.
At about ten A. ~, after two hours sharp
firing, the enemy ceased entirely 70 respond, not,
it was thought, because his guns were disabled
but because our rilemen had ms position so en-
tirely under lire that il was about certain death
tor lis men 10 be seen. Iet, after u short ia.
'orval, be threw yordI shell toward whore d
iody of our infantry was posted, hut they fell
without effect,
General Mcclellan at TINS tima went down TO
The battery and wac received with great cnthu-
slasm. lie congratulated the Captain upon IN.
accurate fire, auG cjmpllmented the battery Is
one that could b. rehed upon
Two or three men had been wounded among
our akAmshars, aud the battery had lost IN
killed and wounded seven men. When our
anns took their first position ihe enemy had the
exact range, md in three shots cleared gun Ne
Of all buta sergeant and corporal. Tire,
men were killed and Jour wounded at this place
Though the two rebel batteries, which hal
thus far been ac.iye, were now virtually ST
fenced, no one as we have suggested, deemed
that they were permanently so and itappeareC
to be well enough understood that the enemy
game vas 10 play postum 20 and draw US ON
Yet ID waa now deemed necessary to know with
some degree Of certainty the qnemys force al
this point and bis disposition TO fight. Upor
consultation between General Mcclellan auC
two division commanders, it was therefore de
termucd to make u more decided demonstration
of attack aad accordingly, bowen three anC
iour r NJ, three batteries were ordered lorwaIC
into tue open field, and opened ire at about iiv,
hundred yards THIS again woke the enemy up
aud ho responded warmly fer twenty minutes
and tae0 once more apsed INTO silence No
deceived 10y tais, our batteries continued to PLAY
upon ms position for some minutes longer, whei
word was brought 20 the General OF the Yer
mont hriuads That tba er4ak WIS casllv florida blt