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New Hampshire sharp-shooting.--A letter in the Philadelphia Bulletin from Poolsville, Md., June 20, says:
The New Hampshire boys held Conrad's Ferry; but as their guns would not carry a sufficient distance to do the enemy any harm, a detachment of twenty men were sent from our regiment to act as sharpshooters.
They picked off eight or ten of the rebels.
The New Hampshire men had been firing pistols and guns that did not reach half-way across the river.
The enemy's six-pound balls came thick and fast among our boys, but, luckily, none were hit. When grape-shot were fired they all squatted, and the shot passed over them.
So soon as a six-pound ball would strike the ground, the boys would make a dash and dig it out. They got six of these trophies.
The New Hampshire boys got the others.
One trick of the New Hampshire fellows was to get one of their men to mount on horseback, as a mark for their field-pieces.
As soon as they fired, he would drop from his horse, and the enemy would set up a shout of triumph.
The horseman would then get up, and placing his fingers at his nose, would poke fun at them.
This morning, the enemy have evacuated the Ferries.
How long we are to remain here, and what is our destination, we do not know.
Van Nostrand. New York, New York. 1862.
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