The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-06-05
LANCASTER, OHIO, THURSDAY, JUNE s. 1862.


the rebels, thrown around them, no, how.
ever. without being sgain surrounded and
50 eBsctuaIly bessi on every side. bebiod
and before, with the most uiisurmouota.
bic superiority both IN the numbers and
freshness Of the .e'el troops, that they
wen completely Grslroyed or captured,
fogetlier with their noble Col. and 9th, 7
field officers. l.H s.i st.g }saar
The severity oftbe 6gLt beggars oil at.
Temple 1t description. ea ral,yaAsH
No m,n upon the Geld Of battle ever
governed bis mep with more eooIRess,
judgment and braysry thsn did Col. Ken
Icy, His cry u, his men WAS not 'lgo''
but, ,"roms with me-" and they did 50,
every man Of them. When ordefed 10
surrender. he shot the one who demanded
it, and when o,erpoWersd and snmmoned
TO give up bis sword. be broke ths blade
in halves. was shot. wounded snd placed
10 an ambulance, mgaa smls tu t.t3
, He was q BaltimoreaD. ard 4 lawyer ol
iueabiliiy, apd esteemed By large mum
Der Of friends. His loss 10 deeply felt in
the Division, and his WOrtl, aeknowltdg
by1sn. 4 .'-1IH'h iirJia - t-lr,rs rod
The forces engaged upon our side CON.
prised eight companies, Of the Maryland
First. Two companies Of tho Twenty; ninth
Pennsylvania, Ivo sOmpshi,s Ira HsIrls
Guard. two pieces artillery Of Captain
Kuapr Battery and CSpt. Aapes Pio
ueer Corps Of fifty tmeG ,olsH
One gun WI icb was carrh d Fl the
field and brought TO y tFih 4 'Ela miles oI
Winchester, was sbsndohed necessafiIyi
and was captured by the enemy beiore tbt
folie wing tborbing. qsi y9' -oeoh"'''l
50 A Considerable bomber Of the Mary land
regimeh,'have eomS'in? h7s s'ss'''' Q I
4 sAruRDAr's YIetItNd.. 5i'f
'' Atfi0clock Saturday morning wsl
\ Ihwakcned, to ,maks preparations Br in
mediate retreat. The remnant saved from
the battle Of From, Royal had relrealet
I upon the road Which connects s,rssturs
with From, ROYAL. and the .bsby ker,
knpwd 70 be III close pursuit. -, - - O
Thtit movement. I, 0, seemed eyideptl
: intended 10 cut OF our coDnection will
Winchester, ant We saw, very Datuislly
before US the prospect Of On enemy (Ewell
in our front. shile Jackson, whom we bat
known to be behind Us near Hauisonburg
seemed more than probably intending {
push upon us 10 our rear. placing us be
tween two fires, each. doubtless. la,gel
than The little cbhtnand which lehaihet
TO Gen. Bauts, alter the Withdrawal Of 8,
large portion Of il to reinforce other les,
exposed divisions Of the army:
~ We sboh harmed tha. the forces Of Ew
Ill we're on the road npon which We wer
. re,reating. and 10 front bf Us. But "
moved on. and had proceeded three mile
beyond Strasburg. had crossed Ceda
Greek bridge. and had ascendcd the hi
beyond. A tohslerrstion seemed to hay
been created ahead of us. indicated by tn
return Of suffers, ieamsters and servspts
frightened themselves, and giving warn
ling to others to look out fof the slielI
which would imme diately be. bursiin
: bter our heads. There was for a Few mo
menls rush o: men, mounted and dis
mounted, back upon the road and lbro
the fields. as il they had already. ell
large numbers Of the enemy Eyerylbin
D seemed to indicate al immediate ba,,ls
! The soldiers received The intelligence vii
shout and with animated faces. n.
D Orders TO halt, right fsce. wefe imms
distcly lhoated from the head of the Co
!. umn, and repeated al the way down /
. the other end. In . momeIt all were Of
dered to take OF their knapsacks. whic
/ were immediately stacked up by the roa,
Z. side. aud guards were Appointed owe
D them. All were ofdefed forward at ono,
and the theh, though ordered to march
0 moved almos. at the speed ol double
b. quick; ,......, -
0 Presently Gen. Williams, who bad uc
o yet left Slrasbufg, came riding rapidl
!. with his staff to the head Of the column
and the soldiers raised hearty cheer 4
Q he passed. which continued up the colum
as he adtahcei to the front. Gen. Banl
o soon followed, and was greeted with sin
= liar manifestations OF pleasure AID conf
a dence 10 their commander, ,....,,
h We beloved elbsely. and the road VI
!. filed with wagons, some broken dow
/. others with the mules ths suddenly ava.
4 and all deserted by their drivers. who ha
o taken fright on the appearance of q few'
70 the enemy cavalry, and fled iu . mini'
# ture Bull Run stampede. rr .-.
The infantry were kept somewha! 10 III
;. rear until the General and his body guar
d bad advanced to ascertain the position (
d the enemy, and the space between wa
,, filed with the baggage wagons, Whio
!, were being repOssessed by their ,imorou
q possessors. under The inspiring inauent
|, Of the Wagopmaslsr's whip, who, ,enrAge
D at thoir cowardly rout. was driving the
back with most unmerciful lasbes TO ths
,r deserted charges. Men, &efe now see
!. fiocking back, and the baggage train vi
70 again supplied with teamsters,, e.
\. On again We moved. into and hToUS
Ia MiddleIoWp, and when we reached Ney
h ton, eight miles from Winchester, nun
- bers Of the euemy's cavalry we're seel
r. and we dashed into the village, and into
Ia small grove at the fuIlhesl end OF u
"a town, in which several Of the enemy We
\ seen as soon as we arrived in sight FO
). Ity OF sur soldiers had been captured
% % tie town only 4 few hOprs before our a
:, !, riyal, with a small quantity Of baggag
a. Most of,hs captured were sick.
, One of them who was killed--Dag
" n; II ~ .yon "a III mama 1thmk-whs