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courand fortitude.At dusk, when the enemy was repulsed,:y wasBrigadier General Palmer led the 3iat Indiana and 90th Ohio, and General Cruft the fit and 2d Kentucky, to the point of woods on the left of our artillery, and in line with our advp.nce^§n the left across the river, and in range of a«rebel battery, which unmaskeditself upon %ir lads, shouting lustily, butthe troops lam down and escaped injury. Aposted in the wood, andtile remainder bi tuc un^«ut .it maintained until theposition, which ] eBomy evacuated Murfreesboro.The following summary of casualties shows how bitterly the enemy fought this noble brigade, vij:Killed. Wovsdf.d. MishimiwoWHOw10oscmm3 •0o£a0*omsMBMOftRegiments,% • S.3Brt0B03II* Ii % 8fta3Iat Indiana. .......51st Kentucky.............139* tb Ohio.. • •• •••*#•+•»+• •••• 17 2d Kentucky....... - 9Stau'lait'b Battery.... 5ft I I 13 117 59 24451 67 » 12.4552735812312* * •M.34304610337314810387961377720Totals............ 49 49 9 239 239 6 123 129 417The conduct of the troops and their officers, as already remarked, was heroic! The 90th Ohio, although a “raw” regiment, distinguished itself. The gallantry of Cols. Sedgwick, Enyart, Ross and Osborn, of Capt.Standart and his artillerymen, attracted verygeneral observation. Like Loomis, Standart was Division, Chief of Artillery, and like that noble soldier, he proffered to fight his ownbattery. His Lieutenants, N. A. Baldwinand E. P. Sturgis, were conspicuous for their courage and steadiness. Ofstaff, it may be said emphati)f Gen. Cruft’sically, that likethe staff of every other (general on that ter-did their duty unflinchingly.rible field, they The conduct of Orderlies Wmay man andCorp. James T. Slater, of the 2d Indiana Cavalry, was conspicuously courageous. * - '
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Cincinnati Daily Commercial
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Fri, Jan 23, 1863
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