The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-15
Fighting at the Railroad.

ever, merely made show OF attack
/ ing.
Fighting at the Railroad.
General Reno. on the left, moved his
brigade along the railroad in the fol-
lowing order: Twenty first Massachu'
sets, Fifty-first New York, Ninth New
Jersey and Fifty-first Pennsylvania.
The first encounter was with large
detachment of the enemy bringing
gun to bear on the railroad. This move
was checked by n well maintained fire
| from RenO's skirmishers, and soon aft
er the right wing of the Twenty-tirst
Massachusetts, under Lieutenant Colo
mel Clark, charged and captured the
brick kiln within the enemy's line.
The other regiments of the brigade
were now brought forward on the left
Of the Twenty-first Massachusetts,
with the Fifty-frst Pennsylvania IN
reserve, supporting the extreme left OF
the line On this part of the field the
action lasted for about three and
half hours, when the regiments en-
gagged had expended nearly all their
ammunition. At that time the right
wing of the Fifty-frst Pennsylvania,
under Lieutenant Colonel T. S. Bell,
was ordered TO relieve the Fifty-first
New York, which had suffered severe
", to pass in front Of it, deliver one
volley and then charge the enemy's
works. This order was gallantly eX-
ecuted. At the same time the other
wing of the Fifty-frst Pennsylvania
and the Ninth New Jersey charged the
intrenchments and the enemy fed
from their entire left, leaving fifty pris-
oners.
Lieutenant Colonel Clark, after cap
turing the brick kiln, moved along the
inside of the works toward the right
and came upon a light battery which he
captured, but was driven back by the
Seventh North Carolina, which charged
outside of the works in a most gallant
manner. The defense against Reno
was both skillful and brave in the
main. Next to the railroad the breast
work was occupied by militia which
soon abandoned the port. On their left
the Seventh and Thirty-fifth North
Carolina battled against odds all the
forenoon. Beyond the railroad Colonel
Zeb Vance's Twenty-sixth North Caro- |
lima poured CALLING fire into Reno's
column.
General Fosters Decisive Charge. |
General Parke's brigade. consisting |
VI the Fourth and Fifth Rhode Island |
md the Eighth and Eleventh Connecti- |
cut regiments, was assigned to the CEN
ter in supporting distance of either end |
of the line Soon after getting under |
fire Colonel Rodman. with the Fourth |
Rhode Island, offered to charge though |
an opening in the intrenchments where
the railroad passed through. The offer
was accepted, and the Eighth Connect
icut and the Fifth Rhode Island were
to his support Passing the
rifle pits, Rodman entered the rear of
the intrenchments, moving toward the
right, capturing guns and driving the
enemy from his intrenched position be-
tween the railroad and Fort Thomp-
son on the river Simultaneously with
the movement of Colonel Rodman
General Foster made a charges along
his whole front. The Federal gunboats
had bombarded the Confederate lines
in front of Foster for over two hours.
Seeing his right flank broken in, Gen
eral branch gave up the fight and made
to retreat. ROdman's
was the eliminating point
Of the day and ended a battle most
creditable for all the troops and the
officers who commanded them. Before
the garrison in Fort Thomp-
son attempted to blow up the maya
zine, but failed They did, however,
spike all the guns, rendering them use
less to the victors. When the strength
of the position is taken into considera-
tion it is noteworthy that the assail-
ants came out Of the action. with loss
Of only 80 killed and $50 wounded The
Confederate casualties were Ga killed
and 101 wounded.
COnfederates Abandon New Madrid.
The Confederate abandonment of
New Berne and its defenses and
on March IA had parallel
on the Mississippi. On that day the
Federal forces of General John Pope
entered the Confederate works at New
Mo-, which they had evacuat-
ed the night before. This step had fol
lowed an artillery battle at long range
on the 18th between General Pope's
s,iaOa o11ng and tha ClOnfpdnrata gtIn.
boats and batteries