Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-09-02

treating foe, the boys getting raggsd sga;,,
lhey continued on to Manassas San 81.
they halted TO prepare for the
BATTLE OF wAPPING REIGs7s
THIS affair occurred July Esd. On the sas
the Sd corps were sent forward ns,ob;--
from to II p. m, resting within aho,,+ 81
I miles of the Height. The next norn;no tha
ISt regiment of Sharpshooters and some IN
fantry belonging to our brigade 1.-THE ID, tenn.
porarily commanded by Col. Berdan aora
pushed ahead Of the picket line and tool
sition l. front of a high hill on which tho
the rebels were posted. In the affar,oo,,
the sound of the bugle half mile in ~,
rear, to advance" caused the skirmisbar.
to move forward Company was di,;ao3
| into two platoons; the first, under Sergeant
Jacobs, went to the left, and the second nm
der the Captain, who had command also of
the reserve, was on the right of the regiment.
These men soon became engaged, and a spir-
| tied fire was kept up to the extent of 60
rounus per man. Two Maine regiments in
the meantime advanced. up the hill and rush
ing upon the enemy drove them therefrom.
After this the Excelsior Brigade charged two
more hills successfully, causing the rebels
to scanper away.
Ourloss was not very great That of Co.
I G was two wounded viz: Sergt VIM. NJ.
Babcock in left eye, and private VIM. f.
! Wheeler in the arm. Babcocks wound will
probably render him unfit for further service
he losing his left eve. He was dutiful
| soldier and eomrade much to be missed
| Wheeler's wound was not serious, and he APP
| peared to treat it rs a good joke Three
! prisoners We're taken by Wesley Arm6eld,
| our pioneer, who left his corps to 90 into
| battle. As he appeared with his captives,he
| informed the boys that he had ''eut off the
| prisoners communication with his axe" As
/ he, like Vincent, didn't care about chopping
| when fighting was going on, he has since left
the pioneer corps A. Summer is appointed
in his place. .-.-
! The ). ) are now temporarily encamped,
awaiting further orders, and resting from
their long and tiresome march of As DAYS
1t Judkins is acting quartermaster. having
been appointed soon after the Gettysburg
! battle, and gives general satisfaction learn.
| The weather has been quite warm, but we
have occasional rains. SIS
Rebel Atrocities al Lawrenee-i Tale of Horror.
! Mr.. KEMP, of Lawrence, Kansas, who
witnessed the recent massacre by QrANrRELL's
men, and who himself had an almost miracu-
Ious escape from DEATH has published a state
ment of the affair, from which we take the
| following
During all this time citizens we're being
murdered everywhere. Germans and negroes
when caught, were shot Immediately Many
| persons were shot down after they had been
| taken prisoners, and had been assured that
| they would not be hurt if they VOID sur
render. Messrs. Trask and Baker and two
other citizens were SO taken, and while being
marched toward the river as prisoners, after
| being assured that they would not be harmed,
| some gucrrillas asked their names Mr. Trask
| gave the names, when they were immediately
| fired upon, and all four killed on the spot,
| except Mr.. Baker, who is not expected to live
however. Mr.. Dix had been taken prisoner
| and his house set on fire, when one of tine
tiends told him if he would give them his
! money he would not be killed. otherwise he
would. Mr.. Dix went into the burning house
| and got Il thousand dollars and handed it
| over. He was told to march toward the river,
| and had not proceeded twenty steps when he
was shot dead FROM behind. Mr.. Hampson.
clerk of the Provost Marshal, had a revolver
and tried TO defend the few things he had
| saved from the johnson House His wife
| intcrfcred, and they told him if he would
| surrender he should be treated as n prisoner
and be safe from harm. He surrendered, and
was Immediately shot from behind the ball
entering near the spine and coming out below
| the kidneys in front. The wound is not con
sidered fatal.
In one instance the wife and daughter of a
| man threw themselves over his BODY. beg
| ging for his life. But one of the inurdereTs
! thrust his revolver down between the two
women and killed the man.
Before ten o'clock the body of the gucrril-
! las left with their plumber leaving a guard
| over the prisoners in town, and a few stray
! glers. The few persons wounded were
wounded at this time by the passing fiends.
| In the early part of the day most persons
| were fired at from very near and killed in
| stantly.
One of the first persons out was Col.
| DeitZler. NJ. Williamson and myself belped
! him carry of the dead. The sight that met
US when coming out, cannot describe.
| have read Of outrages committed in the So
| called dark ages, and horrible as they appear-
( ed to me, they sank into insgnifcance in
! comparison with what | was then compeIled
| to witness. NeliknoYn citizens were lvino
| IN front Of the spot where their stores or res
| ldence had been, completely roasted. The
| bodies were crisp and nearly black. We
| thought at first they we're all negroes, till we
| recognized some of them. In handling the
| dead bodies pieces Of roasted flesh would re
| mal.s IA our hands. Soon our strength failed
| Us in this horrible aud sickenng work Many
| could not help crying like children. Women
| and little children were all over town hunt
! ing for their husbands and fathers; and sad
! indeed was the scene when they did finally
| finally find them among the corpses laid out
fer recognition. | cannot describe the hor-
! rors; language fails me, and the recollection
| OF the scenes / witnessed makes me sick
| when i am compelled to repeat them.
"a The New York Commercial Adsetiser
| relates the following curious circumstance:
! A few months since, three persons pur-
| chased a piece of ground in Greenwood
| Cemetery, which they subsequently, parti-
| toned off to their mutual satisfaction Last
| week, on three successive days-Thursday, Fri