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Iftafwet. ;!-thOn July H?tht the 5th and 6th Indiana ta cavalry, and two sect ion a of the 24 tb Indians Battery, set out for itacon, to re-liovc the Union officers -imprisoned there. •Theexpedition; arrived'too late, the rubais had removedltho prisoners to another plua* of greater safety* Uen* AloGook'e force skirted at the same time to effect a junction with, ^looeinan, but were overtaken-, by/-an . overwhelming feicc, andCobliged lo let Sherman's .command ciit its«iway out. Tbii rebels attacked them on Saturday iiioruhig/ July 30tli.tho engagement lasting ull day until night. Sunday morning found them completely surrounded. Colonel Aduina, Gndiug resistance hopeless, escaped to Mari u»; Colonel Caprofi, with his command, escaped once but w*a;agiHn. surrounded and .his men cut to. pieces. The 6th Indiana also tcat, through the enemy's ranks, were againTJ a tacked and their loss is' ‘unknown to ;sfFour informant.' CreneraJ’Stoneman, Cols. ] hBiddle and Butler, Majors Thompson and JI Sopor, GaptuiflS Whitman, Elliott' and * ^ Teuhey, l.ii'uts. Anderson, Stanton, An-; ^ gel I, Lincleays John Hubbard, Miller, jf Simmons and Clvgg nre prisoner^ Lieut*! c Chittenden. hilled; The 5th Indiana lost ]}• i tfearfully. A soldier who escaped reportsithat rebels surprised Colonel CapronV ( camp, shooting: kis mon and braining t them with guns while asleep- The 5th , \Indiana lost about 400 n»eu. . ^Three hundred and iifty prisoners of |
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Fort Wayne Daily Gazette
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Fri, Aug 12, 1864
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