Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-02-23

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ali. a portion Of letter giving mora detailed
account chan a. have elsewhere @aa Of rhl d,
o.4. nghHua ia which the 9ta Vermont a 80.
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tAAP OF TIE 9rH VERMONT I
Newport, North larollnl, Feb. Ii.
EDIOR HERALD You hove doubtless noard
.aa. th oh has had 81 engagement with tie
rebels and got driven from their post, but tht
enemy did not make very much Of the affair
Their force numbcseI rom 2,O00 to 900, With
q, tas. three pieces of artillery They lrst at
Lsckei %. II, posted at Gale Creek, lour mills
from this place The company bad not NOR
tLan thirty armed men. They next advanced
ou Co. b az Bogue Sound Block House, three
mIes .rom here, and o. the lel- link Of this
position Company y numbered about sixty
five armed men though the forty recruits had
tLcif guns only three hours before they began
q use them. Capt. Kelley wa - command Of
u regimen. at tta place, and ca WAS 10
charge bis Lieurl8l,s The eacmy opened
upon he Block House witt three pieces 0l ar.
uIory, snd sent from SIX huudfed 10 one thou-
sai uieu o. attack Tho post aud a5 the same
time Ca. a the line Jf retreat. But company
3, were not 10 be gobbleI up 80 a5Iy Toj
fired upon The enemy as they advanced, and st
w. have since learned, killed one captain, tao
Aeutlnanli and four men, and WDupd5d seven
teen, and .hs company chen put i0r the woods
d very quick step for lle swarms oi rebels
WgTl after us screaming and Yelling as ylctor-
0us s0ldiera know bow 0 d0, They wounded
tav j vug mea Nm 2 Smith and Nathen
Dsi0Ig. all took eigh. prisoners, r4mely II.
W Fletcher, Davis Weller WIN. B, Jeuk.,
Thomas Ripley, Franklin ly9e, Ffanklin Cas-
we'll, Thomas kuld and john 6r4ut the lass
four were nov men. Our Two wounded men
were lett by the .lhels, and are nov ia the hos
f.tal at Morshesd doing ineiy Smith was hit
Ola tie head but was 10. seriously hurE. since
taen g. /. Ourkeg was accidentally sho.
though tua lao.
Our escape from tbe rebels was mos. ioru.
uatl a5 DC appears on reviewing the aildit. ihc
company "a. ordered 20 l0.4 the place as long
90 poaai0le, and t oas held unl ,ome ol tho
boys thought that the lieutenant commanding
was calculating ~ Surrender the whole company
as pfisOntrs, but such Has not his plan. But
it is generally believed Chat u We had remained
Two minutes longer, 81 would have been taken,
as iAe enemy were closing 10 on several sides.
The CON pSny ietrceted ten miles % Alorehead
City. where it arrived Tuesday evening.
Alter the iafcla had routed company B, they
turned then attention j. the res, ". tlc legi.
ment stationed al Newport under cmmana oi
Cap. Kelley There was also at Newport one
company OF artillery and one company o. clyal-
~, the whole force under command % LIeulen-
ant Col Barney 0l The Jth Vermont After a
l.rs ttfhf ftt ~
10 retire, and b. toe rebels held lie T0ai 70
MoEehead they had % take 0 roundabout ROAD
10 Beaufort. tU3nty-thre- miles, where they ar
rived Wednesday morning, and in The afternoon
crossed to Morshead and joined Company B, and
Tho 9th Tas itself again
Ine regiment lost nearly ali ;a baggage. hay.
TO-, burned It a. Newport, 20 keep 10 from cap
ture. AZ Bogue Sound the boys had to leave
THEN hing. a. there was 30 time even to pick
/ them up a. they reireaied.
Since the lAy O. the Ugh, Esh. 2d, SIC have
hld quite cool rsatheT, and men and officers
alike have endured many hardships, which they
/ hate borne sithour q murmur Las Friday
we we're reinforced ard started out rom More.
head ia search % the I5hs, and arrived here in
the evening, but few hours alter the enemy
lcia The indications now are that the olemy
has retired aud We hope 20 get tents, and over.
coats, aud blankets, Se soon, and 20 to living
again It il breaking our recruits II with a
vengeance, but they stand 1t well. Last night
We hAd seventy more arrive from Vermont.
The regiment lost siI oI eight killed, and some
twenty wounded There alc about ios.y miss
ink supposed % be prisoners
" are to remain here, aud Company b is to
20 10 Gal" Greek, which is in adyanes. We
have found some Of our dead here stripped oil
all bat .heit under closhlng, aud the rebs served
two Of their own wounded in the same way
Two men whom they supposed m0rt,ily wound.
Cd, but who may yet be saved by our Surgeons
Lieut. Kelley is promoted Isl Lieutenant Of
Company + lsi Sergeant j c. Baker, Go b,
is "a Lieut. ol Go X Lieut. Holman, Co e, Is
misslsg; Lieut.. Bolton, Company &, was quite
seriously wouHded-a ball passing through MN
under both shoulder blades.