has travelled among the enemy, and studied the position of all the by-roads.
, of Downington, Pa., is likewise marked as rendering important services.
He assisted
, which still remain to be occupied in an emergency.
The Secessionists appear to have been well armed in this fight.
Those taken carried Minie muskets, of
pattern.
Altogether considered, this fight was marked by great cowardice on the part of the
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looked admiringly on his way to the gallows, and said: “How beautiful are the grain fields!” --
, July 5.
it is now four o'clock P. M., and the
battle of Falling Waters is over.
Three men have been killed on our side.
Geo. Drake of Company A, Wisconsin 1st Regiment, was shot through the head and expired instantly.
One man was killed in the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, and one in
Colonel Thomas's 2d Cavalry.
Corporal McGinley, of
McMullin's Rangers, was shot through the foot.
Wm. H. Kuhns of the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, slightly touched from a cannon ball alongside the face.
Attending to duty.
H. S. Young, Company G, Wisconsin Regiment, musket ball in the head.
W. A. Matthews, Company G, Wisconsin Regiment, musket ball through the leg.
Bromis Napp, a Secessionist belonging to
Capt. Avis's company of the 5th Virginia Regiment,
Col. Harper commanding, was shot through the breast and still living, and lies in the house used for a hospital for our men.
Frederick Palmer, of Company G, Wisconsin Regiment, shot in the right leg.
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Reed, of Company K, 11th Pennsylvania, musket ball in the breast.
Just before
Mr. Reed was shot down, a cannon ball struck his musket, and bent it into the shape of an S, and cut away part of the barrel, besides driving the splinters into his breast.
Warren Graham, Fourth
Sergeant of Company B, Wisconsin Regiment, wounded in the left breast, right arm, and left leg.
M. F. Hamacker, Company B, 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, shot in left shoulder.
James Morgan, Company E, 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, and
D. R. Stiles of the same company, were standing together and were both wounded with one grape shot.
The
Color Sergeant of the Wisconsin Regiment was the first man wounded, but he bravely kept the flag up until some one came to relieve him.
Lieut.-Col. Wilson of the Secession force, is said to be lying in a house, a short distance from the camp, mortally wounded.
The loss of the rebels in killed and wounded must be considerable.
One man who witnessed their retreat, certifies that he saw them carry 27 dead bodies past his home, and that they had got their wounded into wagons and were taking them off as fast as possible.
He says there could not have been less than 50 wounded.
Our men found three of their dead upon the field, and buried them with care after the battle.
The battle commenced a mile beyond
Falling Waters, at 9 o'clock this morning.
The commencement was sudden and without any previous knowledge that it was at hand.
Col. Perkins had rode out some distance in front of his battery, and upon turning a bend of the road, suddenly found himself face to face with two strange officers, mounted.
They made the military salute, and shook hands cordially with the
Colonel, asking him what company he belonged to. He answered Company C.
Just then one of the officers espied the battery coming around the bend, and exclaiming, “Artillery, by G — d!”
both put spurs to their horses and left.
Col. Perkins shouted, “Now, boys, we've got 'em!”
and in less than a minute the battery opened hot and heavy, right and left of the road.
The Wisconsin Regiment was supporting the battery on the left of the road, and the
Pennsylvania Eleventh on the right.
These immediately came up into position, and poured in one volley before the enemy had time to form; and, in fact, they never got formed, but fought guerilla during the whole action.
This was probably done to cover the retreat of the main body of their forces.
Just in the middle of the fight, the Twenty-third Regiment came up as cool as so many cucumbers, and pitched into the chase, flanking out a considerable distance to the left, and routing the rebels from all their places of concealment.
McMullin's men lay along the road near the battery, and in the woods, fighting Indian fashion, Every man was cool and deliberate, and their shots told with fearful effect.
The cavalry of the rebels attempted to make two charges upon the Eleventh; but were broken and fled each time.
The pursuit was continued over three miles, and only ceased when the men became tired out trotting double-quick and loading and firing in the hot sun. The heaviest part of the action took place on the farm of a gentleman named
Porterfield, about two miles beyond
Falling Waters, and within one and a half miles of
Hainesville, where the army now lays.
It is four and a half miles from here to
Martinsburg, and it is expected that the first thing done to-morrow morning will be to march forward and occupy that place.
The behavior of
