Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-07-17

uhont o'clock, as about one hundred
..;oooc and returned soldiers, all armed, under
, ", command Of COL Cleveland Winslow. late
e tbo Durvee Zouaves, were passing through
v;aotoonth .trcet; near Second avenue, they
-aro attacked by large number OF rioters
n.;.nlo+s and other missiles were hurled upon
49,, from the housetops One man who had
Inorco3 COL Winslow's force, and had repeat
adv fired into the ranks, was shot by one OF
-. volunteer soldiers, who stepped from the
.1.y Iovoled his nusket and fired. The man
1roonod and was left lying in the street. Two
1,,,g;tzers we're then loaded and fired into the
cr,vd making great havoc and causing them
- rat;ra down First avenue. Col. Jardlne,
tote Of Hawkins ZouaVes, was severely wound
al by shot in the leg, and was taken to q
bon.o in 18th street, which the crowd after
ward threatened to attack and take possession
II The wounded officer By charge made upon
Col Winslow force, one captain, one leuten-
ont and fifteen prinates Of his command were
killed. Col. Winslow charged i've dlstlnc5
times upon the crowd. The effect Of these
charges we're most terrific the street was
yrreWn with bodies at least twenty or thirty
dead and fifty wounded. AS soon as the crowd
.lisDersed, COL Winsl0W came to the Central
Office and reported the result Of the engage
ment, which was the most desperate which has
taken place since the commencement OF the
riots in the city. Capt. Ukell and TT. Brown
were killed; 1T Upton and Col, Jardine were
shot in the groin. COL WinsIoW, rs soon the
crowd was driven off, marched his men down
the Second avenue to Fourteenth street,
thence to Third avenue, and thence to the
Seventh Regiment Armory, TO await further
orders. lie first reported to Governor Sey-
mour, at the St. Nicholas, and was ordered by
the Governor TO report to Gen. Brown, at
Headquarters.
General Brown, as soon as the particulars OF
the fight were related 60 him, ordered COM
pany 0fregulars, 200 men, commanded by Gap
tains Putnam, Shelley and RoWOlle, and large
BODY of policemen, to the scene OF the slaugh
Ter, with instructions to use every effort to pro-
cured the body OF Colonel Jardine and take it to
place Of safety. The military carried two
field pieces
TIL Regulars arrived upon the ground about
10 o clock An immense crowd was found
waiting. The house into which Col. Jardine
was taken, after he had received bis wound,
was surrounded by the rioters, who refused to
dispense until they had contested the position
with the soldiers Capt. Putnam then ordered
hi men to turn the howitzers upon the crowd
The pieces two in number, were loaded with
canister and orders were at once given to fire.
The artilIerists then poured their death dealing
yoley upon the crowd, which dispersed rapid
y, bearing of their killed and wounded. The
soldiers now marched to the house in the eel
lar Of which Col. Jardine was lying, and remov-
ed the wounded man to carriage in which he
vas taken to headquartero and afterwards to
the St. Nicholas where he was attended by
several physicians, who pronounced his situa
Jon extremely critical. Both of his legs were
broken and he vgss severely wounded by mus
kel ball in the hndr The other rounded lfi-