Litchfield enquirer., 1868-11-12

taken by the regiment in the battle of Ce-
 dar Creek is too long for insertion, in full
 and we could give no fair idea of it by ex
 tract.
 .SToEsnNG THE LINES AT PETERSBURG.
 ''Ail mounted officers were ordered to
 leave their horses inside the earthworks:
 and the division moved out in front, lit.
 tie to the left of the Lookout A heavy
 picket fire was opened, under cover of | which the lines were formed, three or four deep in all except our brigade, which had
 only two, although on the right of our di-
 vision, and our regiment (of course in the
 front line. The charge was expected tc
 come off at four o'clock, but day began tc
 dawn before the signal gun was fired.
 Skinner had command of the right wing oi
 the battalion, Jones of thesleft wing, Hub
 bard of the whole. The advance was made
 en echelon by brigades, with a great rush
 and yell although part of the First Bri-
 gade (thc Jerseys,) broke and ran inglo- l rlously- Tine advance was over precisely the same ground as on the 18th of Marcn, and the firing came from the same battery and breastworks, although not quite so heavy. Lieut.. Colonel Skinner and seven
 enlisted men were wounded-none of them
 mortally. A shot, which. judging from the hole It made, was something smaller than
 mlnnle bail, struck Skinner on the side. uhdef the right arm, went through an ov- efcoat, Wadded blouse, and vest, pierced
 the skin and travelled seven inches on the
 rlos, then came out and sped on, and may nave wounded anotLer man, for aught that IS known to the contrary. There was but little firing on our side, but with bayo- nets fixed, the boys went in-not in a very mathematical right line, but strongly and surely, on, until the first line WAS carried. Then, ,invigorated and greatly en . couraged by success, tIey pressed on, ,-the opposing fire slackening every moment,- on, on, through the abbattis and ditch, up the steep bank, over the parapet into Me rebel camp that had but just been deserted Then, and there, the long tried and ever faithful soldiers of the Republic SAW DAY LlGHI!-and such a shout as tore the concaVe of that morning sky, it Were worth dying to hear On the ground where so long the rebels had formed and drilled their battallons, our line was now reformed, aud then pushed on, over the hills and far away -across pike and past telegraph which was quickly cut,-then on, until at length Colonel Hubbard found himself and his half battalion alone on the Boydtown plank road"
 SAILORS CREEK.
 ''Ihe firing grew heavier and nearer and at five o'clock we reached the cavalry battle held of the morning. Although tired and played out, there was no halt for us but we moved forward into position, ad- vanclng beyond our batteries, which We're playing lively tune from 9 hill close bv. When formed, the line was advanced sometimes by brigade front and sometimes b3E 3Ettla ttlank-but always on, until we crossed steep bank, from the cfesa a ofP fPaIt nqdsr rebels poured down murderous fire Tni,7 T,ie mes Were formed, the Second Connecticnt ', nolunteer Artillery and Sixty-Fifth New 1ofk Ill the second ine+ Evervthino be, Ing ready, "Forward!" sounded along inc whole line, and away we went up the hill 1 under very hot fire. It was tough work 1 to get oyer the crest but at last we got thA 'ohnnles started, and made good tIma af. ger them. The Second Heayies cantnrel Nahone's Headquarters train. and mnnU prisoners, besides one battle flao, w. were badly broken, but after runnino nm or some distance were finally halted and eformed. Colonel Hubbard and Ma;or Jones came up in time to present ns to 5enerals Sheridan, Wright, Wheaton and 1am6lln, who all rode along to the front We also advanced soon after, and fonnd hlngs Tn promising condition. Ganar,I 1Well and staff and several thousand nthar nsoners had been taken, together will 'aSon trains, guns, caissons, and sm,l, . rms without humber One of the Dr;so. , CTS sl told us that they had but three puns f BATTLE REoo1LEcTIoNs AND PERSONAL, V
 SKETCHES. Y" |
 Almost every man who went thronob ; old Harbor, Winchester and Cedar CraaI, & as either grazed or bruised or had b1s 1t tflnehts or equipments shot throngb. " nose Who saw Corporal Cooper, of Com n my h, on the morning after Cold Harbor Ii Ill never forget hin; he was nowhere a ounded more than skin deep, but his |, othes were rlddled, and his person grazed tl on crown to heels; one shot had gone " ross the top Of his head th'eisn'st razor. tI ,rporal Lewis BisselI, of Company A, had a singular experience; at Cold Harbor he '' as struck in the pit of the stomach by st 'ent ball. which knocked him down and q locked the breath out of him, but did no g rther damage. He was mustered in at tt amp Dutton and Was never sick, never on O. iAOoShs dONCh uIdFcD, uglC or ot finnish, never detailed away from hls cI ompauy, never wounded, (except as above '' entioned, and never fell out on any Ii arch, until the regiment was mustered t. 1t. Probably not five other men, out of " e more than two thousand had similar b sperence. e ''The most unpromising officer that left amp Dutton was First Lieutenant Angus IS H. Fem. He was but eighteen years IL d, of freckled face and awkward gait. and g. regarded with surly contempt by win. 7 y and consequential brother officers. Ey- y private soldier, too, had hls fling at a i'm. It was considered very impadent iu Il i'm to be an officer, at all; but he had re. :uited his forty men, and there he was. \ ith commission in his pocket from Gov, ' nor Buckingham. There was no getting | way from him, and he was assigned to Co. f :, which was kind of a regimental Bota- r Bay. (That company had been formed f. y transfer of what the Captains of the oth- q nlne Companies c0nsidleyed their refuse; f,