Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-01-18
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Further Particulare OF she Aaaair al
-..rt I-H5 GaIVesIOn. SaE

Further Particnlare or the AaHaIK nj
| H '-' GaIveStOn. .r-,tifl S.&
NEW YoRK, Jan, 49, The following particu-
lara OF the land attack on Galveston have NOT
heretofore been published; ,coa e,5d,s @. =.
On the night Of Dec. 3lst, o reconnaissance
was made by Capt. Shfeeye, with, twenty. .ave
men, which resulted in the discovery of large
rebel cavalry force in the western part Of the
city. II will be borne In mind that detach-
ment Of the 42d Massachusetts regiment, which
occupied Galveston, were stationed on wharf
In the eastern end of the town, that 10, the
front nearest the bar, Capt. shfeeye at once
reported bis discovery to Col. Burril by mes
seDger, whom two platoons Of twenty men each,
under Cspts. Proctor and Savage, were sent
out. IL was reported aoon after that Captain
Shreeve had been captured, but the platoons
sent out met him and his command falling back
In good order. ..,ss, lf
About this time the Harriet Lane sent up
signal. which announced, first, the enemy sp-
preaching BY water; seoond,, the enemy ap.
preaching by land. Col. Burfill being notified
Of these signals, Immediately turned out his
battalion, which, all told, numbered less than
three hundred men, under arms, and construct
ed barricadea OF barrels, hogsheads, boards,
end whatever else he could fnd, scroas the
wharf, and tore up plsnks, leaving epnly Q
Word was eoon sent In that heenemy In
large numbers were crossing the bridge, and
had already taken possession Of the rear Of the
town 10 strong force. ssu1i sal
Daring the day the rebels brought light pie
ces OF artillery, concealed In loads Of hay, and
fixed them In O warehouse about Q quarter of q
mile from the wharf, and when the Harriet Lane
was fairly engaged, opened FIRE with these pie
ces upon the Union forces. The rebels planted
these guns for the purpose OF obtaining ON emf
ladlng range on our men, bus o bkllful change
Of position and barricades defeated their de-
sign. aLA b Ntei
Our soldiers fought bravely and for four hours
refused to yield to an oyerpowering force. The
enemy was fairly repulsed twice, notWithstand:
ing his artillery, while our troops had none, and
wiihstanding he had ten to one.
Full light of day came before the fight be-
tween the rebels and our handful of soldiers
Was ct an end. The little band was standing
up against all odds, whenit was discovered that
Q white flag was floating from the Harriet Lane.
The meaning was not understood, Col. Bnrrlll
being ignorant that the Harriet Lane was In the
enemy's possession. Soon after white Gag
Was displayed On the gunboat 0wasco.
Col Burrill dispatched Adjutant Davis to as
certain the state Of affairs and consult
"a to the course to be pursued. Adjutsnt
Davis proceeded In small boat, and hay--
Ing completed bis business, was about to
return, when he discovered that the Union
troops on the wharf were marching of. He
saw them 60 10 the street, where they were at
once surrounded by rebel soldiers and citizens
I--they had in fact surrendered. The Adjutant
Of course did not return. nevSt-la,,s
The rebels, In addition to these prisoners,
captured thirty thousand rife cartridges, five
thousand picks, and Ave hundred shoVels. The
loss of the Union land force was quite small,
probably not more than four killed and twenty
wounded. 4. "a n ~ ~ :. 3.