Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-04-16
The vera.on, O.vs,,.vy Fight,

The Vermont Oavs..ry Fight
Mr. Walton writes from "ashnga
the following particulars Of the a. = "a
counter of portion of the w. Csv,.
regiment with the rebel Mosby Z
III am nov able 70 give an authephr
count of the late amentable affair of m.
cavalry with Mosby's compaav. On x,
3lst ut Major Taggart learned that Ma
by was at Drainsvllle, and ordered CAM
Flint with detaehments Of Companies
3, c and D, to 60 out and capture Inn
Accordingly Capt, Flint proceeded to e,,
cute the order. He struck Mosby's han
above DralnsWlle, and followed him /,
Broad Run, coming up with the enemy
that vicinity. Our men charged, who
part of the enemy reserved their fire up6
the parties came 10 close quarters, wb-
they poured in deadly hre, which bro,
our ranks, and at the same time the bal
ance Of the enemy charged beE,
our men could rally. To ts true t6s
that the reserve failed to give support. al
though that fact is not stated in the reno,
which have seen, Our los. was "a hN
lows
KtilsS-Capt, Flint, 1t Woodbury.
and private John Reed, a
Wounded Grout Git in feared
mortality, Ut. Holden and II
prlvates, lQ
Missjng-Meut. Sawyer and 80
priVates, r.
Total, lS
Among the prlvates wounded are Eth
rain Paddock (supposed mortality, and
Mr.. Brewster Severely, both of Crafts
bury.
Of those reported wounded, two hav
since died, and two are supposed to b
MORALLY wounded. have not the name.
Probably Mr.. Paddock is one of the four.
It's a remarkable fact that the heavip,
loss, except in officers, was in Capt. Bean
reserve of one hundred men who in the
retreat ran into party of Mosby's me,
and were badly used Itwould heen SAFE
had Bean advanced to thesupport of Flint.
attack instead of retreating. The eneny
pursued oar retreating force, but We're
fought at every good opportunity by Lien
Woodbury., with such men as he coud
rally, a distance of about eight miles, ami
to a point within two miles of our camp a
Vienna, at which point Woodbury. w,
killed. Of course it was Lieut.. Woodburyt
body mot Grout's) winch was embalpai
! yesterday. The report adds that sey.a
of the enemy We're killed and MAJ,
wounded
Our force was 1876, and that of the enc
my so. Capt. Flnt attacked with b
men against abe whole rebel force, and h.
men fought braveIy hand to hand as lon
as 1t was possible for force so UNEQUAL
do so, and at last retreated sullenlv.
The reserve under Capt. Bean numbere
one hundred men-a force amply suficleu
to rescue Flint and capture the enemy
Bean had attempted 1t. When the 6g6
commenced a stout Virginia rail fence d.
yided the parties, but the rebels thrr
down one length Of fcnse to charge d
Flint, and some Of our men had commenca
to remove another, so as to get in the re-,
of Mosby; 50 the way would have be-.
Thoroughly prepared for Bean to attaa
Mosby both in front and rear, had he Al
tempted to do his duty. BY his miserab
failure, Mosby escaped and our force VI
almost entirely cut up. OF 1856 men. L
are reported lost-leaving only % HOv
ever, it is probable that some OF the 81 T
ported missing have come in since the
port was made.
l cannot conceive any possible defeD
for Captain Bean, though | would be gl
to do so, as every loyal Vermonter wou
also be. Military men here condemn b
OF course upon the report of the aft
as 1t has come here, and as have stat
1t. This report is so direct and authori
tive that | cannot doubt it. In fact,
part of this statement is from an ottCl
report, and the remainder from a sergea
who was in F'lint's attacking party
feel perfectly justified, therefore, in sendG
I for publication.
A correspondent of the Free Press CIV
the following list of casualties in the alta
Kaled-Capt. S. NJ. Flint; LIST Lie
Woodbury., Bo. B John Read, Co. |.
Wo@nded-Lieut. Grout, Co. |, mort
ly; E. Smith, Co. |, a prisoner; G.
Gilman, Co. |, saber cut on the head a
, shot through the right arm; E. H. BsE
ter, Co. |, prisoner; A. Paddock, Co
a prisoner; Lieut.. Eli Holden, Co. c. 81
Der cut on the head; VIM. Belden, CO..
saber cut on the head Mitchell She
Co. B, shot in the head. Sergt. Hyde,
: B, slight saber cut on the hand; j.
Read, Co. G, shot in shoulder; Thon
f Owens, Co. c, shot in the wrist; j
| Morton, Co. C.
Most of the wounded and the bodies
the killed were subsequently recowf
. and brought into camp. (
, 1t would seem from this list that a
, panies A, B, G and d, mentioned by NJ
Walton, were not the only ones repressn
ed in the engagement.
FooD RIoTs AT THE SoUTH.-Ther
) ell papers state that the deficiency Of
, is resulting in outbreaks all over the sou
t Extracts from southern papers in relauA
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