Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-06-18
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gade on the centre, and Kitchens Heavy
Artillery Brigade on the left, in all num-
bering not over six thousand men. Near
the centre Of the line were two sections Of
q Michigan battery, which, for two hours,
threw an occasional shell in the woods to
our front, which soon elioited q reply from
the rebel artillery.
A small house near our lines had man.
his wife bad a large brood of young rebels
in it Who were advised to evacuate but de-
clined.
Soon rebel shell stove through the
room in which they were gathered and ex-
ploded in their midst, setting the house on
fire, when they at onoe took to the bushes.
Strange as it may appear, not one of them
was hurt, but the house was soon burned
up with all its contents Our men work.
ed vigorously, throwing up breastworks,
and sought to conceal them as much as
possible from the enemy. Towards sun
down Ewe's whole corps emerged from
the woods and climbing hastily over fence
formed in three lines. They had scarcely
moved when the Third Brigade opened q
severe cross-ire upon their flank, which
turned them over upon the First Brigade
and Kitchens Heavy Artilley.
About twenty live yards in front Of the
First Brigade's riAe-pits was fsnoe and
some bushes that concealed our works as
we'll as our men.
On the rebels came, with closed ranks,
and as they reached the fence, our men,
who had not fred shot, opened blaze Of
musketry all along the line. The artillery
commenced on canister and one-aecond
fuse shells.
The rebels fred few shots and fell on
the ground. In vain their officers tried to
rally them. 1t was of no avail, and they
-aoon fed in perfect rous.
The 6rst line which had reached the
fence were mostly left Our men slacken-
ed their fire as the rebels ran away, and
whenever one of those left would try to
get up to run, bullet went crushing
throug gh him. Finally, one of our officers
singing out that if they threw down their
arms, came in and surrendered, they
: would be spared. about four hundred Of
them gave themselves up, including two
colonies, three MISUNDERSTANDING one ma
jor, and twenty line officers.
Our guns covered the battle. field, and
night closed in on the scene Of the conflict.
E Next morning the enemy were found to
n have retreated nearly two miles, leaving
kho.r 1ad in 40
A prisoner says that Gen. Ransom rode
in front Of their lines before they came
out of the woods, and told them in shor.
speech, addressed particularly to his bril-
gade of North Caroiinians, that there was
nothing 10 front but the enemy's skirmish
lines, and that they would move out It
slow and easy pace, and at right shoulder
s. shift, and when they reached the edge Of
Of the woods to form and double-quick upon
a, the Yankees and take them prisoners.
Gen. Ransom was left dead on the field,
and his sword was presented by one OF our
private soldiers to Gen. Crawford, and
another soldier cut off his coat collar with
p the stars upon 1t.
" The First Regiment buried seventy reb-
els the next day, in front of their works.
thousand men in this assault upon the
q. "Yaskee skirmishing lines;'' Prisoners
all agree that they never knew such stub
born resistance as our army has lately
Ia Shown, and that it tells fearfully upon their
St morals as we'll as their ranks. They say
# they are worn out with excessive march
=. ing, toll and fighting, but alrfeel confident
. of their army being able yet to defeat US.
% Among the rebel dead was Colonel Ter
t. rill, of the Twenty-seventh Virginia, broth
I'd er to our General Terrill, who was killed
es at Shiloh. In his pocket was found let.
Mt ter, nearly worn out, from the United
States surgeon who attended Gen. Terrill
who said that he regretted that he was an
m alien from his family and State, but that
,d he should stand by his whole country to
- the last.
10 The Rebel Colonel Hoffman was also
e' found cut in two by shell. The color
Of bearer Of the Fifty-second Virginia came
H. almostup to the fence, when shell struck
h him and tore his body literally to pieces
-, but some Of the rebels got the colors away,
-" and we did not secure single flag.
& One of our men, who has been in every
ne battle, field Of the army Of the Potomac
ell says he never saw the enemy 80 mangleG
til and torn as they were along that fence
L.. Dead and dying men were piled up il
some places three OF four deep. Wound
ed men had pushed dead ones up in from
up of them TO shield them, and thsre diet
Nv shsmselves.
en- Our loss was not heavy, except in tn
by first engagement on the MechanicsVill
m. road, where we were compelled to leav
our wounded in the hands OF the enemy.
o' We have secured correctlis of the cas-
ck ualties in the several regiments. Man
- marked missing are wounded-how badl
ers or how many are even wounded We oar
- not tell
!, The rspulse Of Ewall's Corps, with sue
D. dreadful slauphter bv a foroe Lass thA