New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-03
M VICTORY NEAR TIE DLACKVATER
he Rebels in a Chosen Posl'lon'
FIERCE ARTILLERY ENGAGEMENT
CHARGE CALAMITY EXECUTED
,reeLs PUT TO ROUT.

oc, Pryor-sBenvy Fiahtiug-The
Driven 49, Rebel Killed - Cur
conduct Of Our Troops-M""-
/ ..ebuscsts seventh NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
4 I'm, Special Correspondent
SUFFOLK, Friday, JAM 30, 1868.
/ us,. inst resting on our arms after bard and
n 1ancbt battle with large Rebel force under
! w. Pryor, our own being led by the gallant Cor
I s A considerable force left Suffolk at mdn'go'
....rlsy. 10 attack that IedOubtabe nero oe"'
o., who. with strong artillery ana hi'n"'
n,re. was known 10 be advaDtsge0usy ros.eu re1'
D,..r,ed Eo,se n Mace nearly ten mics from
go Eor once we were agreeably disappointed
q hsno able 10 find this General, oil most 'e'""s
tanners. and were advertised OF PloV"''e
souter. When pushing our way inrouen 'ne me-
h.ds that now constitute the roads IN oil inns fesop'
an, advance guard of cavalry received Voney from
,ha .nemy's mounted pckets-some MY III nuuoei'
rha advance fell back a moment, not knowing now
..n.b Of An ambuscade might be in waiting, when
,be 18Th Indiana charged Oh the foe, sendhs MN
s,inc all abroad. This was about SIX miles from
camp. ,,. ,los
Contpuinc our march, we had achieved two miles
more. when q furious eannonadiDg broke upon US
"a hich our own batteries, the 9Th Massachusetts,
Capt. Davis, and Foletts replied Win such Vieor
ana effectiveness that in The course oil TWO nours
thu Rebel fire slackened, when our inianiry pusheu
On and charged upon them, and making one OF TWO
TEMPORARY stands, the enemy at length iel BACK 10
Che Do.rted House, some TWO miles further his
WIS NOT done, however until several had been Killed
and wounded among our men.
Feeling their way cautiously along through this
dismal swamp ana forest country, they soon were
able 10 get the range of the enemy, when tie roar
~ cannon and the rattle Of musketry became inees-
Gan, and deafening, and the CALLING effect on our
rank, told that familiarity with the localities and
usctce in getting the range, bad rendered tue enc
mys fire able TO tell on our ranks. AT about day
break the FIRE was CALLING, and the roar and din oil
cannon very great. But increasing light gave US q
better aim. and il was not long before its effects
were reen in flying foe, who soon put wide dis
lance between us.
The enemy were chased some eight miles beyond
he Deserted House, till they escaped over the
Blackwaler. Several infantry engagements &C.
cured during which several were killed aud
wounded.
bad been driven though the most of the dead and
wounded bad been removed by them, in consequence
Of our necessarily slow approach the slain horses,
scattered equipments, and, more than all, the iorn
u,es on the very SPOT they occupied, showed that
,hsy most have suffered severely-more 80 than we
did ourselves. Our own Losses were as follows:
SIXTH MASSACHUSETTS.
KIILED-Lieut- l.. ID. sawIeie, A. wilmington Geo. W.
WeTSDnp-Ausu.ua Reed arm smputstsa; Francis II.
T., ~ F Wood, CAPT Baitlett. Aojt Allen. Lieut..
FOOD W. II Smith j. A. smsEt, W Wbilconb, and L. w.
hAdIsth Toe horses Of Col Foilansbee AID AdJt Allen
sEyKNIH MASSACHUSETTS BATTERY.
wouSpxD-H. J. CIlis James Kegsn, morally leg am
pusisd j. 4. Huntington; au0 slightly hort, o. 1. tdwArds
nos Emmott, John hayes, h Cleveland, H. T. Down.s
W. Ha,ken, N. C. P.meu.eT, n. c. fGnhsm, and b. Al.
Peabody. -
KnLrD-F Frank Leighton o. - MuIpby Jers Butler.
WoUNDED-C0Tp. hshSnns, Louis CneVah. - Peters.
ELEVENTH PEkhsYLVAkIA CAVALRY.
Two wounded
THIRTEENTH INDIANA.
worxDxD-L.sut hewsOn severely, seff. A Fortney.
Jsppiues j. Jeuks, 49, sample two names unknown.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. skw.YoRK.
eerg. Wstsen, 20. X. and W. Smith
sIGTY-SIETH EKw-YoRK.
Ten Killed. Il wounded.
The fighting on our part was done by the two
batteries nalned-the llth Penney lvania, and the
18th Indiana 9Th Massachusetts, l3Otb, Ggth, ll2th
Eew.YUrk and Pennsylvania.
The Seventh Battery achieved great honor in
sustaining furious csnnoIadlng, and in moro than
matching it, in this it's first engagement. No veier-
sps could have done better. Some Of tho new regi-
ments struggled badly, but tue expedition was On
the whole admirably commanded and executed.
Starting at midnight Of Ibursday, 1t marched more
than thirty miles through the worst roao imaginable,
aht Elk or seven hours and thoroughly logged tie
slemy, and returned 10 camp within twenty.four
hours, exhibiting throughout most admirable pluck,
fortitude, courage and endurance, which promise
Hch results in the future.
This, the meet considerable engagement in the
Blackwater region, should be remembered as a
Union victory.
A good many interesting incidents might be
selected. One Of the Pennsylvania onscrpts-
/" Involuntary Volunteers came out Of the woods
be had entered 10 avoid the rebel sbot with horse
and three Rebels ahead Of him, aud three rebel
puskets 10 his hands. A 18th Indiana soldier was
aging his shoe in the woods, and when be looked up
two bayonets were pointed ut him. lie went little
way with Lis captoIs, watched Lis chance, and,
Selling tie guns, brought both his eustodians into
camp.
large number Of prisoners were captured.
Andrew Grimes, a member Of the 18th New
York, was killed in the engagement. lis name was
not in the list