DISASTER RETRIEVED: Recapture of Front Royal by the National Forces; SURPRISE OF THE ENEMY (6/1/1862)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 6/1/1862

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WASHINGTON, Saturday, May 31.

A dispatch received at the War Department states that a brigade of our troops, preceded by four companies of the Rhode Island Cavalry, under Major NELSON, entered Front Royal yesterday morning, at 11 o'clock and drove out the enemy, consisting of the Eighth Louisiana, four companies of the Twelfth Georgia, and a body of cavalry. Our loss is eight killed, five wounded, and one missing, all from the Rhode Island Cavalry. We captured six officers, and one hundred and fifty privates.

Among the officers captured are Capt. BECKWITH WEST, of the Forty-eighth Virginia; First Lieut. ORMMELL, of the Eighth Louisiana; Lieuts. J.R. DROKSON and WATERMAN, of the Twelfth Georgia.

We recaptured eighteen of our own troops, taken by the enemy at Front Royal a week ago, among whom were:

Maj. WM. F. COLLINS, First Vermont Cavalry.
Gen. H. GRIFFIN, Adjutant, Fifth New-York Cavalry.
Lieut. DURYEA, Fifth New-York Cavalry.
FRED FARR, Adjutant, Maryland Infantry.

We captured a large amount of transportation, including two engines and eleven railroad cars. Our advance was so rapid that the enemy was surprised, and was therefore not enabled to burn the bridges across the Shenandoah.

A dispatch from the Associated Press reporter gives the names of our killed as follows:

Capt. Wm. P. Ainsworth, Corp. John C. Babcock,
Corp. D.B. Barnard, Edward R. Barnard,
Cyrus A. Brackett, Calvin Cushman,
Ben. Lashure, E.R. Allen,

-- all of the Rhode Island Cavalry.

The loss of the enemy is not yet ascertained, but is said to be large, as our cavalry cut in among them in splendid style.

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Disaster Retrieved: Recapture of Front Royal by the National Forces – 2-3
News from Harper’s Ferry: An Attack no longer Apprehended – 3
Important from Norfolk: Reports of Refugees from Richmond – 3
News from Corinth: Further Particulars of the Evacuation – 4
Interesting from the South – 4-5
The War in the Southwest: Gen. Halleck’s Army – 5
Gen. Burnside’s Department: Arrival of Gov. Stanly – 5
News from Washington: How the Recent Gratifying Intelligence is Received – 5-6
From M’Clellan’s Army: Letter from Our Special Correspondent with the Advance – 6-7
Editorial: The Dilemma of the Southwestern Rebel Army – 7-8
Editorial: Future Population and Resources – 8
McClellan Vindicated by Halleck – 8-9
Advance of Gen. Banks – 9
Gen. Butler’s Administration at New-Orleans – 9
Gen. Mitchel’s Column – 9
Central America: Unsuccessful Attempt to Blow Up a Powder Magazine in Guatemala – 9
The State Paper – 9
Fire in Chicago – 9
The Weather at Cape Race – 9