Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-05-15

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Some of the 18th regiment of this Stat
1t have recently had a skirmish with the enc
is my. A few of them were taken prisoner
c but got away again, during which severa
i rebels were killed.
1t appears, by an account in the Boston
r Journal that the First (Western) Viz
glaia cavalry were surprised by party o
Mosbys rebel cavalry whom they ut frs
: miSlook for friends. They determined
J however, TO do their best, and brief battle
} ensued,but the con est was 'qual,the rebe ::
having much greater number. Our lille
band finally took refuge in an old building
Some Of our men were wounded. one
was killed, our ammunition was nearly ex-
hausted, and the rebels had fred the house,
A surrender seemed imminent At this
Ijuncture part of the 9th New York cav
airy charged upon AIosby's men. scatter
ing them in every direction, killing and
wounding or taking prisoners a large por-
ton of them.
he day was ours. The prisoners we
had lost were retaken. More than 30 of
the enemy lay dead upon the field; 50 were
taken prisoners. About thirty of the woun-
ded rebels were sent to Alexandria last
night, In the cars, to he cared for. The
charging party following the retreatinc foe
through the town, killing them at every step.
pursuing them so closely that it is said oniv
SIX out OF the whole command escaped.-
MAY. Hamilton of the 9th New York saws
that he counted eleven dead rebels bv the
ROADSIDE between the town and the no;nt
where our charge was first made. and that
the citizens told him that the houses wera |
tiled with the wounded, who had crawled
away on their hands and knees TO hide, ard
.nat The entire command was destroyed
Mosby himself is reported wounded.
he loss on our side is comparatiyelv
light. One only was killed on the field
two have died since, and fourteen wounded
some OF them seriously if not mortalIv
Among the latter, it is feared is Mai. Steele
Of The lSt Virginia cavalry. The only men
Vi Inc 9th New York cavalry who suffered.
were captain, and two lieutenants.
The correspondent of the Burlington
free Press, who belongs to the l2th. with
mail party on detached service, were on
heir way to the scene of The above affair
When it happened, and arrived there fe "
moments after it had ended lie says:
Near Bristow's we were stopped by
igh'ened telegraph operator, on horse
'ack' who said he had just escaped from :,
arrenton junction, which place he report
~" the hands OF the rebel cavalry-who.
coordng to his account. had come in and
aptured The whole force Of Union cavalry !;
lere. We heard lis story and pushed on !.
Catletts, where we heard a diffe, emf ore
nd, fastening on TO Warrenton junction. n
e soon had the evidence of our own ewes ii
pom the true state of the case A fore. Of 0
lvalry in the blue uniforms of Uncle SANS :;
'ys held The junction, and the bodies of a ;.
ozen dead horses strewed around the soil. =
r!y house at the station, told of sharp u
irfnish on that spot. Sprnging from the
am, had taken hardly twenty steps, be- $
re came upon the be dy of dead rebel
stark and cold, face upward, in
coat OF rusty brown, and pantaloons of a,
iefnut' They showed me papers taken
'm ms pockets, showing him to be one :"
;mpleman, well-known scout and spy of 81
noted Moseby's command. Passing on lii
'ne house found lying around il seven til
~ wounded butternuts,' of all ages.
IN boys OF sixteen 10 shaggy and grizzled do
20 OF hfy years. They lay in their blood, A.
IN wounds as yet undressed, for the skirm. 80,
ended but a little while before we ar 90
co. some with gaping sabre cuts. some -.
u terrible bullet wounds, through the "
e. body and limbs. 1t was rough sight ~,
ur or five rebel prisoners, unhurt stood tro
with downcast faces, but willing to ans ae
al, ciV.i questions. Close by. covered Co
emily with blanket, lay The body of ro ~
ION cavalry man, shot in cold blood. after ~
mad surrendered and given up his arms, GRO
young long-haired rebel, who had re- zoo
yea ms reward for the dastardly act. and go,
near his victim, with a severe bullet Co.
nhd IN his stomach. The floor of the ha,
Use was strewn with wounded union cav -,
men, among them Maj. Steele. of the
Virginia, MORALLY wounded. and two nj Il,
seby's officers. Their wounds had inst ~
!" u'esseu, and the surgeons began to give inc
'n''o,l 10 The wounded rebels outside. tho
The result of the operation had
8 you see, altogether in our favor. Three 90" ae
OF the 18th Vermont were taken near ~, =
camp by Moseby's men, but escaped in
sS h' one of them bringing in a s,a,
81 morse with him. The pickets of tho Ss
u LOOK stragsler from Moseby's force. ~ .'
party OF the lst Vermont cavalry. which NJ,
camp Just beyond the 18th, Joined in h no.
skirmish. "0' III al Da'
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