The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-04-10

bullets Is well seen on the trees where the Rebel
right wing was stationed. These are cut aud
goshcd rs f storms OF grape and canister had been
\. urCd into thcm, strms as thick AS mans wrist
having been sevcrci oy a single ball. Our f.e at
this hNt,e shows terrible precision almost up-
heard Of. bl,t OF scars and sphnters is marked
upon The thceet ranging t-ou' an extreme hight Of
seven ieet to within Aalf yard Of the ground,
most ot the shots being about breast high,
On that portion OF the ground defended by the
stone wall, Of the men who fell by our fire nearly
all were hit in the head and in the majority OF
cases instantly killed few poQls of blood show
where some poor fellow, severely wounded slowly
ebbed his lite away Very few of the Rebels await
ed the shock when our gallant regiments, dashing
up the open field, advanced {, the charge. One ur
two were blyousted, STOPPING beside the W al cap
and cock their pieces for another shot. And in
case the impetuosity OF one soldier carricd him In
side a Reb | y guard where, as he could not use
his nuSket they took to fsticutA, the Rebel strik.
ing out with his fist receiving scientific blow in
return, and then becoming prisoner to his Oppo-
nent. Although much broken bv the charge, the
enemy did not give up the hght, but continued to
fire at the victorious lucS OF the patriots from every
stone and fence When the wall was cleared of Us
defenders, two pieces " cannon, hitherto masked,
opened ON Tyllrs brigade, but were souu captured.
In this fight the colnrs Of tho 18th Indiana received
Is balls, and had two bearers shot. The 9th Ohio
suffered more severely STILL having FIVE OF its c0r
bearers struck down In The matter of noise, Meth
inr can equal the wild hurrah OF the Ohio bows,
NlSn leN itSi att1GkNV INC tNNCtSt iut lAtk'i NlN
the sAriekng to an alarming extent, especially
when they thought there were Sigus Il w1vcuuE n
our side; but IN the charges change CAM ov'rthC
rcbci-, aud the Buckeye hurrah was roar which
could be heard for slilcs
In QUE place Uurt with huiulu leg in It was
t'Gu1, upright on tae gsruni, Nbsrc It's owner hnd
s.yod, and portion oi fugcr was seen also stick
ing TO tree. where it had been blown ir m human
h'ud. This was scar wtcrr the SAN Ptunsylta-
MIA Regiment ust is Cniuucl. by the terrible storm
81 Al. ala. Ia. a
cover but which ha@ ~ power To- check the yic,cd-
Gus advIuc, Of our columns, IN this battle, many
~ the Cfhcars used muskets Rul riHS5 Ov thS side
Of their own Insn. Alth ugh th's is SOMEWHAT M
posed TO the strict rule OF tactics ths cSaulll le
seems not to have been lest upon the soldiers.
When the roops first entered Winchester the reo-
pie kept very quiet and secluded; their rampant
Sccssanism was robbed Of its expressive features.
Soldiers that entered The few places rtuNmiug
open were given the articles they wanted without
nlpucc. This did not lastloug; finding themselves
uamuested some of the b1ldrst spirits made their
appearance on the street to sccwl at The military
hands paradinr up and down. and sncerU a. the tIr2i
soldiers. At the hotels and stores gcul If all de-
graUs OF baSeuess was forced upon osc IN n ed Of
change. If any grumbled t1cv wyra saucly in
torucd that il was good enough tUr Winchester
(Which is very truc) aud Woul0 buy anything IN
the place. In view Of this STATE OF affairs Gen.
Shields had an order read to the regiments cf lis
division fnrJddmg ten TO take tAe southern rags
AMI subsequently the nstivcS have r',u ed to c'r-
culatc any but thoir CVu cooperation paper, show.
ing a dawning OF reason whcA argues we'll, and
prov that they still plssaSs aonc o ths attributes
of the white race.
Winchester is Just about 100 years behind the
age - dirty, sloycny ill-pnvct rickety, unpaint-
ed foul l-sIuelling town. In ali which II resembles
every other town in the Stat, which W. have visit
ell. The demAralizing influence of the mstnu-
ton" is cverywhcre apparent. This lovely VALLEY
of the Shenandoah reminding the traveller of TIC