The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-04-17
The Cavalry Fight near Drainsville.
UNION CHURCH, April

UNION CHURCH, April |.
About two o'clock this morning the mel
who were enjoying chilly nights rest wer
gently aroused by the Bugle's sounding " II
horse The sound of course at such TIM
OF night was rather an unpleasant one, but i
Deant something and was promptly obeyed
and ten minutes later company A was in lin'
, and headed by Lieut. Edwards was moving
out to form in the column which was starting
for Drainsvi,ie in search of Capt Mosby, who
it was reported was with his men in that Vi
, c;nity; towering about to "gobble up some
Of cur pickets.
The scout was commanded by Capt Film
Go |, and was composed of the following com
panes: Co A. Lieut. Edwards commanding
Co B, Lieuts Woodbury. and Sawyer com
manding: Co c, Lieut. Eli Holden command
ing: Co ID, Lieut. TrusseIl commanding; c.
G, Capt G. H. Bean commanding; Go |, l.
Grout commanding.
From each Of these companies there wert
detachments of from ten to twenty five men
numbering in all about one hundred and fifty
men.
They proceeded 10 Drainsvlie. some eight
miles distant and surrounded the place, bu,
finding no rebels there and believing them tc
be near by. they cautiously advanced in the
direction OF Leesburgh, and just after daylight
espied them sccreted in barns and behind sew
eral stacks OF hay. On cur men advancing
the rebels opened fire upon them. Capt Flint
ordered the rnen to draw sabre and " 90 in,
which order was promptly obeyed.
The rebels were inside of high rail fence
and teigned 20 make an escape: thereupor
cur men scattered cut in different directions
with the intention Of capturing as many as
possible. The rebels observing this move in
stantiy formed in column and with drawn sa.
bres charged upon our men in right gooO
earnest They were dressed in our uniforms
and as our uen had no way of distinsuiShin,
them hey soon mixed together and hand
to-hand conflict ensued, resulting in the kill
ing, wounding and capturing Of the most o
our men. All sho escaped say it was ths
most determined fighting they ever saw, fa
exceeding their encounter at Orange Cour
House or Ashby's Gap. The following is tn,
list (as far as ascertained) of the killed wound
E ed and missing.
f KHveI-Capt 5. NJ Flint; lst Lieut. Wood
, bury. Go B. Jno. Read. Co |.
IlioUa2ed-!.ieut Grout. Go ], mortally
L. Smith, Co |. a prisoner G. H. Gilman, G.
|, sabre cut on head and shot through righ
arm: f. H. Brewster. Go |, a prisoner: \
Paddock, CO |, a prisoner: Lieut. Eli Holden
Co G, sabre cut on head Wm Belden, Co G
. sabre cut on head Mitchell Shoro, Co B, sho
ir head; Serst Hyde, Go b, slight sabre Gu
on hand J. I. Read, Go c. shot in shoulder
Thomas Owens. Go c. shot in wrist; inc
! Morton. Co c.
+ NSsinq.-Co 4. Corp Wm J. Longshore
, Colchester: Corp James Kelley Vino )ski-
= Privates, o. L. Ferguson. Burlington; \
o Shatzel. kee<eviIle, y. v; Geo. ID. Ansor
e Polt Kent, y. Y; Ii. Ii. Bradley, wour Ced
n Thomas Ralph. Shelburn; J. Emory. \
Enosburgh; Milo S. and Levi A. Taft. Hun
ngton; $. Moses. Huntington: S. H. Cari
Nl..lor
d :. Sr0ve. Richmond; Co |. +. II. Brewste
, \. Paddock. r. Coles. A. Dorman, j. Eros
Sergt. Perry. Corp. NJ. Warner. Corp. !
= Lila. \. c. Lunt. G. Hemingway, Gee
S Jackson. G. b. Nimet, \. Newianl. A. !
: Ober, r. Eaymour. T. Smith, T. 2. Skinne
Il c. c. Thompson. i. Griswo!d, 6. Skinner, ,
8 Stephens, J. Sunbeam. - WhitrDy; Coo
u J. Saunders. H. Waters. Sergt S. Chelli
) wounded, VIM. Moncriet, II. Hadaway,
r Darling. Sergt. Haswel!, Corp. Vaughn,
% Curtis, Ed. Carl, Jo. Farnham, I. G. Har
T. Howe f. Russell, $. Smell Co. ID, Sers
Ide. Corp. Morris, Corp. Wiggens, Cor
IS Coombs, Private Chas. Bckford, l.. Blaidse
e c. W. Clifford. J. s. Clark. II. =. Danfort
ID J. y. Fox, 0. $. Hendrck, II. A. Moore, /
-, b. Philbrook, NJ. Y. Rjnnell. S. Washbur
~ Corp. Southworfh; Co. B, Sergt. Coo
IN Sergt Rodgers. 1t. Sawyer, Corp. Wilde
r. A. Barrows, W. Barrows. John Henry.
r. Hasiett, +. Kinney. Joseph Hutchinson.
, Rogers: Co, {, Sergt. X. p. Alirich. woun
IL ed aud prisoner, Corp NJ. NJ. Rice, Corp.
or Blanchard. In0s. Kerrigan, - Fost.
is, wounded and prisoner, ID. Leahy, WI
q. NomdS. - Northrop. wounded and pris
:, ner. L. Wardner, II. Waterman, Jc. Wrig!
w. - wounted and prisoner. The following We
0' also brought in wounded: Corp A Georg
II. Co. c; Corp. Johnson. Co. b - Coour
ge Co. B; y II. Bradley, Co. y: Sawyer,
g. . c; Geo. Woodward, Co. c. This is a CO..
>" plete list as far as can be ascertainsd fro
P The rolls of the different companies. Con
OF NJ r. Sergeant, and VIM. Chamberlin,
,p- Co. |, IRE aso missing.
Capt Flint and Lieut. Woodbury., show
.reat bravery in raliying the men. Th
la' were two OF the finest officers in the re
of ment d ii their loss is severely regretted
ne both officers and men. Capt Flint had t
i, = ball holes in MS body showing that be "
indeed in close quarters al the time he "
iof killed. Lieut. Woodbury. was shot ,hrou
for the body, the ball entering the back,
lev 0all passing into his head. Lieut. Grout
e;, shot in his right hip.
Major J. Hall With large detachm.
'p' went III pursuit and has just returned IL
od- succeeded in recovering the bodies of m
are of the killed and wounded.
y, The rebtls were commanded bv Capt NJ
Ivy and fought desperately.
The bodies of Capt Flint and Lieut. W
hurx uere hrnught In last evening" Il,