Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-06-19
News OF the War.


S Fpfd, evening OF the 9th, says
= N'u can record the greatest cavalry fight
D. n' tie war. Gcn. Pleasanton this morning
u at daylight crus7ci the RappahannOck in tw,
cilrnus, his right at Beverlv's Ford and biz
: lett 80 krlly's Ford, Xix miles below The
i1rd= were captured without loss. Beverly S
! Ford was taken by spirited dash Of the Sta
I, ~. gnI the Sth y y, and We we're on the
, south side before the enemy we're aware Of
%. 'eu- Gresg took hclly's Ford with o
Sigh, -kimi,h and no lOs-
The u -ht column was under Gen. Bll,rl
a,i DE- had proceeded only milo from tie
liy.r when tc came upon Gen. Jones whole
p bri gale, Who lad Just shaken themselves out
90 t''ir -rep IN time o. Sct ready u rocei,,'
u-.
!ac t-A. now commenced, AMI continued
from 4. VI. u 3 p. NJ, by which time the
entire i'rcc 1f StIart, consisting acc0rdiu.
o. laIaI- found IN their camps Of l2,0cU
efva!1 aui id i.cc- &c artillery, had been
'utsg.u, .ud i,,n driven hack three rlii,-
"u ti' night aaI hye miles on the left with
te'y i--, ,ur forces forming junc-i n
unr Eauiv Station 90 . O'Clock
Ta, f-stns yf both columns under Gen
Huiori aHj Gen t'Icgs was very gallant -
NJ singh, instance of Inishchavi0r occurred.
Tie cem..r-j clar-c Of the day was made 10y
t.e "rI Penn. cavalry, supported by the 6,u
E.-li.rs. VIXEN they dashed on a whole bri.-
aic 90. t.- enemy and were taken 10 flank Or
aHpta.. ir.-iJ,, and, though ovvrpowcrcd.
-7liaHtir cuJ thric way out
Two oi t'eu. GrrE-s brigldcs. under Col,
Nsnlunn ami CJl kilpatrlck. had hot work
aii the IN ruin-, but drove the enemy from
g.. river O. Briudy station
The r--'- yVtrt. utfmarif.aliy- .upari,r -
u- including our small supporting force If
infantry Notwithstanding this We drove
them hack handsomely, aud captured two
huuIrcI prisoner and one stand Of cOlors
They iIad FIVE large hrigades, under the com
maud uf Cen Fitz-liugh Lee, Jones. Field
and Robinson. 1Itu sixteen pieces Of artIlle-
~ under MAJ. Bscsman. They had been
r,yicved the previous day by Gen. Lee, and
w,ro 11ier or,icr- tr leave on their grand
rail into Maryland and Pennsylvania Wed
u,s'iay morning.
Important Iap'r, were captured IN the
camp %, JONES brigade, showing the strength
Do. tir whole ioyce and It's intentions
Ihr fight wa- discontinued about three
'rlpcs. the rebels falling back upon strong
infantry supports which came Up by rh
lr I'd t1I-Pl er. supposed % be part OF Long
street force. which, from letters taken, We
learn Wa in that vicinity on saturday Our
tlr,,- returned almost unmolested 70 tins
sidr o. the river during the afternoon, tie
an BOY declining To make any serious attempts
- regain their lost grounds. We lost sever
IL 1.hc.r-.
lhe following j., a partial list Of the killed
,ui B Davis, o.h y Y Lieut. Col Irwin.
leth y y Capt. Davis, 9th Pa. Capt.
F~',, ,fh : \ Capt. Clnfcid, 81 Rec
D 3 4 I
net seriously MAJOR Morris, 9th Pa, wound
cd and mi-sInC. Lieut.. Col. Bgolerick Gnl
Major StIlmorc, lst NJ.
Ire los If the enemy in killed. wounded
and prisoners, FIR exceeds our own We got
two or three of their brigadcs under the IRE
of our artillery with the shell and short fus-
e.. and tore them svfully.
t,.a lee, /: was pretty well known, had
a--embled his cavalry supported by artillery
AMI Infantry. ietween Culpepper Court
ll'u-, aud Beverlv'7 Ford, with a design TO
-.ui taom upon a rail, and this fact is fur
tires -u'-i1u;irtcj from = document tha; leu
into rira>nJ,a's bands by which it was as
rsr'yiGcd talt >,ulrt was q havs started on
hj- iurucv within an hour or two n the time
cur forces came ZIP with him.
G.u. Pl1-sutJn, in view Of the iniorma-
tipa ,b,v. stated, was dispatched with por-
tiol.- of Tire Iiyisi,n- Of our cavalry, com
uua.l,. hy t'en,r.l- ButoTd and Grcgg res-
l,c-,riv.r, prevent the commencement OF the
lra--lmuc. Toe force under Gen. BliO-i
c,nsi-'.-l "' tlr l-t, p, 5th and 9th regular
cavalry eui tar 9Th Pennsylvania cavalry
au. '...j uu.i,r General Gregg, portions If
the --h \"a irs. the -th Illinois and the
81 ludieus. s,.n. BIi1rd's force which WIS
on JLc ii-It, FIRST met the enemy's picket-
halt "a mile N,uth Of the Ford. when a severn
trciSru, .it immediately commenced, the 70
h.l, hain. u heavy force and resisting tho
advance Of our troops with continuous hand
t' baud lighting.
G,u. CicS- brought his force up 10 tho
5.... and h.,.irue engaged The enemy grs-
da7lv gave WAY, di-puting every inch OF
,hc ground desperately however In this
way 'ug men made more thana dozen charge,
iu the midst of the rebel ranks, relying a.
most entirely on the sabre. which they used
with terrible effect. The enemy on the other
hand repeatedly charged, also relying main
ly uu thrir receivers. Both sides were repeat
cdly driven back in the course Of the battle
though We succeeded in driving the rebels
Fitz Hugh Lees and Wade Hampton's divi-
sicu- OF cavalry with artillery all command
ri by Maj Gen !. z. b. Stuart, back 70
iheir pickc,- were first encountered, where
ri,aeint0u found the enemy 50 heavily rein
.or-ai vi.h infantry and artillery, as to make
il prudent 10 return to this side Of the river.
This commenced at about 1 p. NJ, Gen
Plra-entla bringing of about 200 prisoners.
IS OWN wounded aud the bodies Of his Of
Ger. who had been killed in the engagement.
The 9th Penn. cavalry, which was in the nd-
vance under Butord. los; heavily, including
5iN officers killed, wounded or missing. Capt.
Davis WIS kille.l BIZ Il shell, Maj. Robert Nor
rls J. missing, and Lieut.. Lennig is also mis-
-iu- Lieut. T. Ellis had q revolver shot
through hi, les. and Captain Liepor was cut
with sabre.
The sth y. he'd the advance under Gen.
Gregg. under tSe immediate command Of Col
DAVIS. who was killed on the 6eld, aud after
slightly oayeriny acquitted themselves with
much sallintry
On tle return 70 this side Of tie river the
enemy skirmishod frequently with our rear
-usri, doing Us no damags 20 speak Of, how
ever our llss has not been definitely asccr-
,aincd The proportion Of horses killed on
both sides ~ this almost unsxaupled hand
'1-heri cavalry battle was very large. Tie
held II which Buford and Gregg first became
-nSaSed, through the whole distance Of FIVE
nliee over which the enemy we're driven b.
'lrc getting back - their reinforcements,
vas strown With dead and wounded rebels.
OiHcera represent this as the fercest and
llopdiest cnv+iry t.,4l % the war.
\ CoIInth dispatch Of tho "a IN the Gin
,onuati papers, states that heavy reinforce
ncnts were reaching Johnston from Sav,n-
nah and Charleston, and that two entire div
isions from Bragg hsve gone TO his aid. Two
q Van DoTns brigsdes have been transferred
b Mississippi, aDd are at Columbus.
Adviccs per Catawba state that reinforce
ncnts houI Brashear City and other points.
10 toe number Of 5000 reached Gen. Banks
,u the 30th and 5lst. Our troops there ont
numbered the rebels four TO one. The rebtls
are eurrrely renned in and no sueoor can
-each them Tdeir force Is vsriously stated
- from COCO to 10000. They were suppl
II vitb corn meal. but have lew other pro-