Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-08-05

rain of metal, hut stood unfinchingly
throughout, eliciting the unboulded nd
mration Of their men. Finding that the
supports did not come, Gen. Strong gave
the order for his men to retire, and they
left the field in perfect order.
A little while afterwards the other bri-
gade came up, and made up for their apN
parent tardiness by glorious deeds OF valor.
Rushing impetuously up the glacis, unde
tered by the fury of the enemy, whose
fire was notintermitted for second, sew.
eral Of the regiments succeeded in crossing
the ditch, scaling the parapet and descend
into the fort. Here q handSto.hand cons
flict ensued. Our men fought with des'
peration, and were able TO drive the ene>
my from one side Of the work to seek
shelter between the traverses, while they
held possession for something more than
an hour. This unparalleled piece Of gal.
lantry was unfortunately of no advantage,
The enemy rallied, and having received
large reinlorcements, made a charge upon
the band of heroes, and expelled them
from their nobly won position by the sheer
force of numbers. One Of the regiments
engaged in this brilliant dash was the 4Sth
New York, Col. Barton, and it came out
l
part Of its dsatrous treatment is, that the
enemy did not infict the damage. 1t was
the result of mistake on the part of one
of our regiments. The 4Sth was among
the first to enter the fort and was fired
upon by regiment that gained the para
pet some minutes later, under the suppo-
sition that it was the enemy.
About midnight the order was given to
retire, and our men fell back 10 the rifle
pits outside of our own works, having en-.
gagged in as hotly contested battle as has
/ ever been fought
Our casualties, as may reasonably be ex-
pected, were very large. The lis. of kill
led, wounded and missing fools up fifteen
hundred and thirty.
Among the killed are Col. Putnam, Of
the Seventh New Hampshire Col. Shaw,
of the Fifty fourth Massachusetts Lieut..
! ColGreen, the Forty, eighth New York;
Adjutant Libby, of the Third New Hamp>
shire.
! General Seymour was wounded in the
foot, while directing movements in the
/ field
Colonel Barton, OF the Fortyseighth
New York, was wounded in the thigh by
! q ball. which flattened against the bone.
1t. Col. Rodman. of the Sth Conn, was
seriously wounded.
1t. Col. Bedell, of the Sd N. H., was ta>
ken prisoner.
The day after the fight, the steamers
Cosmopolitan and Mary Benton were dis
patched to uiltonHead with the wounded
and every house in Beaufort is occupied
as hospital.
n,,r o,l loJ;a- ,,a,o
day, at least that portion Of them that
were on the field within the limits that
our burying party was allowed to approach
the rebel works. Those who fell on the
glacis and in the ditch were inferred by
the enemy.
Individual instances Of heroism during
the contest were numerous. Among 9TH
ers it is mentioned that the color,bearer
OF the 54th Massachusetts, stood noby up
on the glac's with his flag, endeavoring to
rally the men, and finding the task use
less he walked to the rear, still holding
the flag aloft with remarkable delibera tion
regardless altogether of the fearful conse-
quenees.
The siege has not been suspended
Operations are in progress which General
Gilmore is confident will result in success.
The following extracts are from the cor
, respondent of the n. Y. Tribune:
When the brigade made the assault
, Gen. Strong CALAMITY rode at its head
} When it fell back, broken, torn and bleed
) ing Major Plimpton, of the Third New
! Hampshire was the highest commission
, ed officer 10 command it. Gen. Strong
+ Col. Shaw, Col. Chatfeld, Colonel Barton
Col. Green, and Col. Jackson, all had fall
, en-. Stories are flying about that this re
Q giment and that regiment broke and run
D that but for the frightened 54th Massa
Q chusetts (colored) we would have carried
the fort that the 9th Maine did not re
feet much honor upon the gallant Stat,
l she represents, and thousand other rea
a sons which care not TO enumerate. Iti
e absurd to say these men did not fight anC
!, were not exposed to perhaps the mos
1 deadly fire OF the war, when so many off
] GERS and so many Of the rank and file wer
, filed. 1t must be remembered, too, tba
this assault was made in the night--a We
r ry dark night-eyen the light Of the star
t was obscured by the bllckness of a heav,
:, thunderstorm, and the enemy could b
n distinguished from our own men only b,
t the light of n bursting shell and the hasl
II ofthe howitzer and the musket. The SAL
, Massachusetts, (negro) went boldly int
i battle, for the second time, commando
h by their brave Colonel, but came out of
led by no higher officer than the boy, 1t
' Hieginson.
1 Another Assault and Repulse-D Desperate
4 Fighting
? The lst brigade, under the lead of Gen
4" Strong, failed to take the fort. II was nov
. the turn of Col. Putnam, com mauding tn,
: second brigade, composed of the 9Th New
f Hampshire, the 62d Ohio, Col Steele, th,
1 9th Ohio, Col Voorhees,, and the l00tl
+ New York, Col. Danely, TO make the at
y tempt. But alas the task was too mucl
" for him. Through the same terrible fir,
}, he led his men to, over and into the fort
and for an hour held one half of it, fight
ing every moment of that time with th,
utmost desperation, and, as with the frs
brigade, It was not until he himself fel
2 killed, and nearly all his officers wounded