Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-04-06

tain Macbeth, of Charleston, was cap
tured, severely wounded, and large nnm-
beers of wounded rebel private soldiers
fell into our hands. Our loss was seven
hundred and thirty-seveni of these the
cavalry lost one hundred and seventy
one. The most sorrowful sight saw
during the fight of the 10th, was that
when the detail from Fitzpatrick com
maud came Off the field each with u
dead soldier in front of him, on the
pommel of the saddle, taking the re-
| mains back for burial. The losses of
Kilpatrick's command is proof positive
they fought well, even if the infantry
line were disposed to deny it, which
they were not"
A LABoRIoUs MARCH,
Surprising we had got through with
rebels, the column set out for GOldsbo-
70 at its best pace; yet this was un-
commonly slow. Nowhere in Georgia
Virginia, South Carolina, North Carroll
ma or Tennessee have | seen such fearful
roads as those we traversed after leaV-
ing Black river. Such unfathomabe
mud in the roads, such deceptive quick
swamps, morasSes and pitfalls were new
er seen before by this army yet the
men wounded during the fight on the
10th were taken over these roads in ar
my wagons, when ambulanCes could
not be procured Many of the cases of
severe wounds did not survive this hOr-
rible ride. The wounded men preferred
this suffering in transportation among
their friends to abandonment among
their enemies.
THB BATTLE OF BENTONsvILLR.
About nine o'clock on the morning Of
the 10th the skirmishers of Carlin's di-
vision found an advanced line of the
enemy near the junction of Mill Creek,
with Hannah rpn perhaps three miles
from the spot on the map known as
Bentonsville. The right of the rebel
line was protected by Mill Greek and
their left by swamps. Considerable Skin
mishing took place, when
sLoCUM GETS UNEASY.
Morgans troops had been fighting an
hour or more, Carlin was quite heavily
engaged, and wounded men began to
come back from the line in squads, when
Gen. Slocum began to show little I'M
easiness at the strength the enemy dis
played, They confronted both of jeff.
| c. Davis divisions with q solid line of
gray backs behind good earthworks, and
Morgan reported that they stretched far
beyond his right. The struggle for the
Goldsboro road promised to be severe
one, so Jackson's division, Twentieth
corps, was put into line on the left of
| the road Gin case it was needed" staff
officers were sent back on the road at
their greatest speed to hurry up Ward s
division. Capt. Moseley, the last one of
| several sent with the same message, met
the old warrior couple of miles back.
Ward laughingly motioned him away,
as if he already knew the message by
heart, urged his horse into brisker
walk, and the sweating men of the
Third division pricked up to keep in
sight of their general. Ward and his
men never march slow toward the sound
of an enemy's guns. They arrived at
Morris house at one o'clock, and Slo-
Gums available force-four divisions of
| infantry--was on the field.
= CARI1N FBEL6 fOR A FLANK,
When the troops were disposed salts
factorily for attack or defence, General
| Carln took Buell's brigade of his divis-
| ion and moved off through the woods
more than mile to the front and left,
in search of the enemy's right flank.
He found the enemy, but he did not
reach the end of their line. The move
ment resulted disastrously for Buell. s
| brigade. The rebels left their works
and came down on Buell. in swarms. 1t
| was afterwards ascertained that an at
lacking column of Joe Johnston's army,
consisting of three divisions massed,
burst forth upon Buell. as he appeared in
front of them. His brigade was over
| powered and forced back through the
| swamp in some disorder. General Buell.
| had two horses killed under him while
endeavoring to rally his men. The mass
| Of rebels moved irresistibly on envelop-
! ing three guns of Stockhouse's Nine
tenth Indiana battery, pressed Hobart's
| brigade and Robinson's brigade out of
the woods into the open field where
| Morris house was situated. They had
gained half mile of ground, four hun
dred prisoners and three guns by this
vigorous measure.
GENERAL sLOCUM FORMS A NEW LINE.
General Slocum, who, with Gen. Davis,
had been driven out of the swamp by
the rebel advance established headquar-
tiers near Morris house, and made a new
disposition of his troops about twenty
| five yards in front of him. General Rob
inson's brigade had checked the advance
| of the enemy after q couple of retro
grade movements. Robinson's colonies
were exasperated, and jointly returned
a profane reply to General Williams,
when he asked them if they could hold
that line. We've come back about far
enough; We'll stay here and fight till
the Internal regions freeze over" &c.
The new line was made to conform to
Robinson's and Hawley's advanced po-
sitions, and Slocum, decidedly cool, sat
down under tree to await further de-
yelopments.
The line at two o'clock p. NJ, when all
the troops were in position, was about
two miles long.
| - THB FIVE GRAND ATTEMPTS,
During the day the enemy made five
grand attempts to pierce this line at
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