The New York herald., 1864-10-05


the beeastwor0 10 Sergeant Johasoa the First New
Jersey u attributed he honos Of bsng ths as V mount
81 ::a y. =:
oooiusion Captain J. u. Hart. q ths regimens was
wounded in the hand The oaptais has had tho misor
In during the past year he from
one wound and reoin his regiment than hs rsosivss
another which ssuds him again 70 The hospal No sss
has he been wounded
ns only oncer Of ours severely wounded in this On.
gagement was Captain H c. wier, Assistant Adjutaat
General on Geaerai Greggs stsd He was ahos thrcsA
the ieg above the knee, but Is hoped without toSch
ing tbs bono has bee. great mystery 70 al OF the
capt.ins numero treads here he hss so long escaped
efcsr ever In batsie He seems 70 Be- perfectly
delighted in aghtug and never contented when Out OF
there you owl win ia Sud CAPTAIN wsir il sincerely Sops1
that no may soon recover, = he avsoabie q an ad-
usant general having served With the command snoe t
organization both with Generals Bsyard and Gregg.
Major Falls. commanding the First Pennsyivania bAt-
Talon was Also struck 10 the breast with pisos OF spent
he ID able to continue in command.
LoGgEg or uELBRxD NEE.
twenty Ave in kiHsd ana wounded. Quits numosr Il
the Sixth Ohio were captured, n consequence OF the
enemy getting upon their nank.
The engAgement yesterday s considered By every
the psettes dght and handsomest victory the brigade
has ever had, and they have been numerous
The enemy carried Oh most OF hsilisd aud wounded.
though the bodies Of colonel and lieutenant fosnA
@ ss I .e's ass @ %
General General Donnovans stad and Captain Jones.
Aid.de-Camp TO General Young
Captain Butter wal captured night before last, and
intended toispeak Of s In my last despatch Is Is
Upon the night question Davies ordered 70
open communication with the infantry on the right Of
u.s. The night was exoeedinsIy DART, and tho roads
passed through thick woods. and strange TO all.
concluded to 90 himself Hs took With him the
Rok Nnuu used yNnrt NJ hA
Sixth Ohio regiment under command Of Captain Austin,
dismonuted a. an advance guard They had proceeded
ing Captain Austin suspectng thom % be rebs, cried
sfialtI who comes theref' Friends," the reply.
'Dsmount, one Of you, and advance alone" Upon this,
OF the party approached when Captain Austin asked
him who he WAS and what he belonged TO- "Captain
Butter, OF Cen Dnnovans he replied No sooner were
the words SPOKEN than Captain Austin seized him by the
throat aud threw him 70 tho ground preventing mis- Civ
ing alarm, General Donnovan's whole brigade
within few yards OF them Tie then sent portion Of
his force through the woods. making detour aud
ing upon the flank the enemy the road when they
poured volIey into them scattering them the Wild
est confusion in all directions Captain Butter IS now In
our hands, victim Of misplaced conndencs.
General Davies and staff were all yesterday moro ex
posed " tho enemy than any Of tho troops a. they did
net have the benefit OF bresstworks The General had
q favorte horse shot from under him, which Ia the
fought his brigade in manned yesterday to win tho
admiration and confidence Of all He was particularly
carrying ou. his ofders his assistant sdusaut ssnssa
Captain Fred Iremsine OF Albany, arrived from fur
0sA a e' tSs s,ss
in getting the troops into position and conducting the
nsh.. His horse was sho: early m Me engagement.
Lieutenapts Reynolds and Bown also deserving or
notice. The latter also lost hW horse
Rebel prso6efs oApured during the enaagemeu.
sn. the a rebel General Butter. Of
Whether there s any truthn tho rumor am uaaois TO
PRISONERS TAKEN BY raR HSxM1.
Tho only misfortune Of consequences which bafes our
forces the capture of quite number Of the Sixth
fhA Tnnth Ne
York. held the advance when spe rebels made the,r
demonstration. Unfortunately their tanks were exposed
nankpg parties either side at the same time chaug
in front, compelling them to fall back rapidly aud the
confusion some Ifty or sixty were captared.
GALLAHf CONDUCT ov sEK0EANT
At time q whole company Of the First New JERSEY
Company @ were cut of aud IN the hauds 0 the enc
my The company pcketina,a road when the rebels
charged down t. Brgadier General Young led the
charge person. but dressed much ike our own
men that they taken ior0ur troops. The o1acer
comm sndlns the company the only who escaped
in time The balance found themselves suddenly sur.
rounded and prisoners. At this time voey was poured
into their ranks which threw them into confusion
geant Watts rode up to General Young (mistaking him
for one Of our ohlcers and asked MN How zoe ne!
as much at q loss he was. Tho result OF t6s
atsir was that every man with the exception of one. 10
Sergeant Watts brought back with him Captain Jonss,
Aid.de-camp on General Youogs ssan
MsRIioRIoUs MnNiioH oy REGIMENTS.
Every regiment in the brigade seemed 20 vic With each
other yesterday in performing their duty n0Sy Never
cesdingy well and fought equally veil IS veterans.
The First Massachusetts, under command Of Major sar.
gent, and the First Now Jorsey under MAJOR
distinguished themselves Captains hart
and Hick, commanding oattallons OF the First New
Jersey, continually riding along the line enoo1ra9
ing the and exposing themselves !eokiosey 70 tho
onemy's are. This was also the oass with AL tho
officers
The men arc perfectly delighted with the result Of
their Efforts and to again have an opportunity
OF measuring their strength with the reoe cavalry
subioih list OF wounded in the division oo ooto-
D. shafsr, LIST Pennsylvania
W. NJ. I. Williams, 1st PennsyivRniA
s. May, LIST Pennsylvania
Mathew Aber lst Pennsy lvanla, deaA-
John Dunuings. 6tn Ohio.
Soliday, Ist PeonsyivaaiA.
John Grover, lat New Jerssy.
N. H Lose, LIST Pennsylvania.
Wn. johnson, 9th ONO.
John N. Leadiey, lst Wow Jersey
Joseph Fraulman 10th New York
Jacob Brown, 10th New York
Michael Charles. 10th New York
RobI u. Irwin, LIST Pennsylvania
Martin Ragnet, 10th New York
Lawrence Berry. lst Massachusetts
Henry Meyer. 1st New Jersey.
Chas. A douglass, lat New Jersey
Martin Cli1ip 9th Ohio.
Leroy Tracey, 9th ONO.
Alfred 5. Hilton 1st Maine.
f. o Ball, 9th Ohio.
Walter q. Slime, lat Pennsyivsom
Henry Baker, 9Th Ohio.
Alex. McCann, 10th New Yotk.
w. w. X. Kent, 9th ONO.
George ). crotners. ga United States artillery.
Andrew Prpge. 10th New York
Judsou Hama, 1st New Jersey.
fheo. johnson, lst New Jersey.
George Mason l3,h virginia trebei}.
Capt H. G. Weir, A. A. @.
Madison Colman, LIST New Jersey.
John watkins 9th Ohio.
THE PRESS DISPATCHES.
mr.. w. u. McGregsr's Dispatches.
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