Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-06-13


of the force which has played hide and seek before Nc
Dowc AZ Fredericksburg, whether they the febe
eft wing evacuatng their positions, subjects
conjecture They all seem TO 20 70 the rebel centre an'
right, and no dou1t Instantly brought into actor
against Hentgelman, Kearney and Reyes
For two afternoons huge smokes, covering the eniir,
surrounding country have risen from the woods beyond
| ne river They would oommcnec about noon and con
unuo until night but after darn no ERE could be- seer
anywhere which could explain THO cause ConirAband,
tell ne that an immense amonat " obacco il being car
RED out n Richmond by the negroes and IL all piled
a. place some two miles nom the town. where Il i,
mixed with urpentnc and will be- set on fire a. soon as
they have Il All out II the rebels don't Get tobacco
smoke enough to choke them, viii not be their fault
ihavo distinctly beard rcqel tauoos every evening.
and when the wind was favorable, the hummlng n rail.
road trains and the blowing u whistles There seems
10 be some great travelling done the railroads passing
out Of Richmond, but whore am unable to say.
TEhNiniH sLAugurEH Or THE HFHPLs rHB LAM
rArrLE.
A member Of Battery A, N. Y. Artillery,
in Casey's division, which is known as the
"Napoloon-gun battery" which was in the
front line OF the FIRST days battle before Rich
mond, has written a relative in New York a
thrilling description Of the carnage inflicted
upon the rebels by the FIRE Of that battery,
from which wc make an extract;
The destruction was no rble Our spherical case
shot arc awful missiles, each N them consisting Of "a
cloucd mass Of sevcntysix muskct balls with charec
ofpnwdc Zoo the center that is feed by fuse the same
a. shell The missile FIRST acts solid shot plough
ing t' way through masses OF men, ard then exploding
hurls forward shower Of musket balls that NOV duwn
the foe IN heaps Our battery threw twenty four Of these
minute, and had the exact rtnge " every pNt ~
the field, every shoi told with hightfu effect But the
enemy were not al al dauntsd They marched steadily
on, and hailed perfect tempest OF balls upon us Why
we. as well horses. every one shot down
will forever remain mystery 90 me. We did not ininn
the eaden hail however, but kept pouring
into the dense Of the oe who canc ON in prlg
lus and overwhelming furce And they fought splru-
didy too Our shut tore their ranks wide opeu and
shattered them assundcr in manner that ffghtnH
20 witness but they closed mp again once and came
on as steadily as English veterans.
When they got ihiu four hundred yafis We closed
our cssehut and opened them with canister uud such
destruction never rfcWhefc wituesscd A. each dis
charge great gaps were made in their ranks--ind, 3D.
whole companies went down before that mufderuus fire
but they closed mp with order and discipline that was
awttnspuuE They 90 ho animated with the eur
age Of despair blended with the hope OF speedy victory
they could By An overwhelming rush drive as from
or p1st lu.
IL was awful 20 their ranks torn and shattered by
every discharge Of canister that poured right into
their faces while their dead and diving ay loo niles close
up and still kept advancing right the face ~ that
tire Al one time three lines, behind another we're
steadily advancing. aud three of their Aals brought
in range Of one OF our guns shotted with canister
'ftfe p shouted the gunner, and down went those
three flags aud gap opened through those three
lines thuuderbolt had torn Though them a,athe
ae1d lay soatls. But they al once closed up and
came steadily on, never hating waveriug right
through tho woods, over the fence, through the ld
u5ht up % our guns, and sweeping everything before
them captured every ficce Whom delivered our last
he they within fifteen twenty PAGES Of us and
all our horses had been kiutd wounded we could
not carry OF gun