. Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War ... . ack of the famous Bucktails, under their gallant leader, Colonel Kane, upon a large porlHarrisonburg on the road to Port Republic, toward which place the Confederates were in full retreat, closely but warily pursued by Generals Fremont and £ambuscade, where his regiment was fearfully cut up, and himself wounded and taken prisoner. It will be seen that the humanity of Colonel Kane led himof Pennsylvania Bucktails. But the Sixtieth Ohio had already beaten back the bold Confederates. The evening was waxing late ; General Fremont did nor
. Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War ... . ack of the famous Bucktails, under their gallant leader, Colonel Kane, upon a large porlHarrisonburg on the road to Port Republic, toward which place the Confederates were in full retreat, closely but warily pursued by Generals Fremont and £ambuscade, where his regiment was fearfully cut up, and himself wounded and taken prisoner. It will be seen that the humanity of Colonel Kane led himof Pennsylvania Bucktails. But the Sixtieth Ohio had already beaten back the bold Confederates. The evening was waxing late ; General Fremont did noremonstrated brave Colonel Kane of the Bucktails. Let me at em, general, with my Bucktails. Just forty minutes Ill give you, colonel, said Generalm the pines ; they were soon surrounded by a cordon of fire flashing from the muzzles of more than a thousand muskets; but not a sign, nor the shadow of iBucktails were forced to retreat across the fields of waving green, firing as. they did so—but not the 150 that went in. The rest lie under the arching dome M. EWALL JACKSONS CONFEDERATE ARMY, STEONGLY POSTED IN THE WOODS, NEAR HARRISONBURG, FRIDAY, JUNE 6th, 1862. i! SoTXL?Ct\TA^ TThe sPot where this dead]y conflict took Pl^e was about a mile and a half beyond a riSftJ^X £ tV^A™ PercJ Wyndham of the First New Jersey Cavalry, having been sent by General Bayard to reconnoitre, was led into an ^T S hZ«1 a °i What had 9°™™? ™s rapidly transmitted to headquarters, and General Bayard was ordered out with fresh cavalry and a battalion Lri Sl» general engagement at this hour, and the troops were ordered back. But do not leave poor Wyndham on the field, and all the wounded,1 of vffi -r • Wfl Aep thr0Ufh *he.\°?dB °n ^ see what is in there, and out again when the time is up. In go the 150 at an opening the trScherous forest enemys straight and unyielding as the blade of a matador. Oh for re-enforcements! But none came. The brave
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