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J*eteta6urg. June ;.Several letters were received irotu out volunteers on Hnncjay, dated the 9th nit.—We Icarti by these, that our boy - -uflerc* severely during the siege « f Fort M#,»scs particularly in the sonic under r. *1. Milter Twenty two [more than one Ivrh of the original number] were wounded, m verul dangerously, th* ugh With the exception i f the galhint Shore (die founder lt;-f th* company) it was hoped i.* ne mortally. None of the letters give the name of nil thr wounded—w*j have however collected thi following : One if the Rnokers, [there are three of that nu nr in the company,] Robert Bttck.Wilh-m R.Chevev, !?• rhert C. Lofton, Nicholas Massenburg, Kara Sxith, J«-s :|)li Bcott, Thos; Scott, Nut’l. II Wills, Grieve lrummnnd.We lament in state that -d lieutenant Henry Gary died the 2*1 day of the siege, after an illness of some time.Pour Shore was carried off by a lockjaw, the produced by a wound in the leg.Our volunteers were placed u the right in the sortie under col. Miller—anti were exposed ton galling fire, to which circumstance is to be attributed tlieir great loss it. wounded.cArHe:rdSmS.thewhDuIvAll the letters mention, that the loss of h**tonburlt;off)ofTsparDua ItQ«if tatchfnigcthe Indiana nuut have been great. In th* sortie under col. Miller, they were posted in Iront of the British, and as rn quarter* w.-re shewn, it is expected their I033 in killed and wounded must have been dread fuh •. Jitfiabfican.Defter* vra* received in :.whmi : und fr t. *evera! of the I*etrr*fntrg i . iutrteeri at Fort Meigf, giving some detail it r»F the aiege and different sorties, and slating the names of some «»F their comrades who wen wounded during thr existence of the : ?• g* and *k; sorties of the 5th. These • Nido Us Mamfeubtirg [dangerously.]---Pi 'kvr fr«»in \n»f li' («!it(o,) R«-fieri Rlirk (ditto,) VV-.n.U. ChevtM .) Kza Sti'h fii»:tor) ('» •. f Drainin'* il. J-neph Srnu, Thnmas S Hut Ik rt C. Lofton and Na thank I II Willi* There we e C3 in all of the Petersburg Volunteers wounded, the name : of . II if wh t» are pn ndsrd to hr g’ven in s\d;sr;qnon» jc-lter-, as well as other particuln ii.tr • 'in^ » ' the frr. nds »tf the ,v gallant men. Lt.ilEvuv Gary died very suddenly on to - nmming *»! the 4»I* M •.—Wo undcrstririfl il.e only Comnar,::mii(’lt;l pf- j firtr of thr I*. V. on duty during the sUye. • ■w:*n Lt 11 r/iintn J'tsdulr, the if - bring s--k. jLetters from Fort Meigs, c nfir.n their death of Mr JoilW Sjioh •-! the bravevolunteers from this ]btcr. Ii»- w*»- ::t*pch- j e • to the bakery ?io ably luan.tgrd by Her ..... grant John Henderson, anil received a wound from n splinter, which »r- diiced riielock jaw, and term in a fed in his dpn'.li. %IntcUigmctr.We pre-time Gen. II*rri**«»i will n \ continue much I nger to fcf,t on tin* def~nv!ve , but that tin v will very n on pr-vccd to the attack of Detroit nod Mablru.—VVe 1«*.«*:» from the VVr*tc:r»' r «•*. x •• that his armv is to hr? rr’u 'r’*d ! \ the 3rd, 8».h, 17th. T9?h and’ *1t* Pr• jn* nts rt Infantry P. S. Annv. Col. .him I,v gni/s Regiment of Kentucky M'utved Hi ' • fir n-.rn (1300 stroie} hr.i probali'y joiucfl I. him by.this rirf.r. — • j added in'ibe j»r»- ^•lt;ni force at ImowIi, ^-ill swell lus nr. 1kec • ■fofprike«cmalltIA i. 74,bn;Billforthtino. to 5r»00 men, or more ; aui . t, *is»#:»»g. ' *ITof , * ill fvr.Hiinte : ^uch In* operations against th£ rm-mv.n.I 1
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Richmond Enquirer
Richmond, Virginia, US
Fri, Jun 04, 1813
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