Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-03-23
FROM NORTH CAROLINA,

New York. March l4.-The Herald's cor
respondence from in front of Kinston, N G..
dated the llth, gives the following account o.
the fighting there: .. T........
On Wednesday, the Sth, the enemy, consist
ing of Hoke's division, made determined eff
fort to turn our lefthark. They came up rath
err unexpectedly and furousy and the conse
quence was the loss on our part of q large
portion Of two regiments, who were fanked
by superior numbers The left of the line
held by the Cd Division, Gen. Carter, fought
desperately, resorting to tire bayonet when
their ammunition was exhausted. 10 com
pensate for the losses here, Col Savage, of the
18th New York Cavalry, made detour on the
rear and captured nearly one hundred rison
ers The same afternoon an attack was made
on our right and repulsed without loss. Gen.
Schofeld came up in the afternoon and as
sumed command.
Night coming on the action ceased. Capt
Fish, of the 18th New York Cavalry, had lost
two small howtzers, and Capt Kelsey's artil
lery had lost Napoleon gun We had taken
perhaps two hundred prisoners during the day
Thursday morning, the 9th Mallory fully
regained his original position; and continued
to hold it ...'
The enemy charged upon him three times in
the forenoon, and were each time easily re-
pulsed with some loss of life, and a small loss
of prisoners to them r. .......
The forenoon was mostly occupied with
light skirmishing along the whole line.
We still held our original line, ample breast
works having been erected, and stout hearts
occupying both them and the skirmish pits
All through the evening of the 9th and
10th, the rebel fury again belched forth
They had evidently learned of something
that urged them to unusual desperation, and
we afterwards learned that it must have been
the reception ofintelligence by them that Couch
was coming up overland to join Cox. This
of course necessitated furious and speedy
onset upon Cox, in order to annihlate him be
fore Couch should come up. p .5g
All night long they charged again and again
making six or seven different charges, amid
the roar of musketry and cannon that was
deafening and terrible, as it swept and surged
through the night air. They had driven back
our skrmsh line from their rife pits to the
breastworks, and they seemed determined to
pour thei- hordes over into these But the
wave was sent bounding back time after time,
and finally, on the morning of the 10th, as
they attempted another flank movement upon
our left, it is said that we took from them an
entire regiment of Alabamians.
From this time their ardor began to dimin-
ish, and yesterday afternoon when left the
Immediate scene of action, there was every
prospect that we would soon regain the skirm-
ish pits and win handsome victory over the
maddened foe. We have probably taken from
the commencement up to last evening not far
from 1000 prisoners. Our entire loss from
the commencement in killed, wounded and
prisoners cannot be over 1000. The Colonel
ofthe 1lSth Ohio was severely wounded in the
leg. 9s.at t'rtv'b
GEN sHERlDAN's MOVEMENTS. =
New York, March l4-The Times Army
of the Potomac correspondence, dated the
Ilth, says, rebel deserters report that Sheri-
dan captured Lynchburg after short battle.
The Herald's Washington special, dated the
18th, says, the military situation to-nightis un-
derstood to be more promising than at any Pc
riod during the war. r ,'i'i . 'i'-