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II $100fr.Bv inserting the inclosed re* terl5» were lordered UP’. “J | .■ • Mver® co°-* ,o i rvirinieuts thrown ont in line—the 15th itusion whichport, you will oblige Company G, and j Mme a copycompelled me for a time toquit the field.*E, |many otners oi me reguucm. * ku uy jfianfc, and U»a 53rtt Indiana on the right The fight continued with the artilleryFamily different papers that other regiments arejflank. The enemy had opened on us for 6ome time, but the whole force of theenemy soon fell back and made a hastyport, yon win ounge (IHinoj. 0n the left to strengthen the leftmany others of the regiment. I sec by tDa the 53itl Indiana on the right!ro°r?'’! claiming the position which the 53rd In- with grape, canister and shell.' Jian* is entitled to—thnt is. first across „ At lW« time Major General Ord and retreat.it came up, and 1reported to them the disposition of :py command. It was reported to me thatmhEJZ.'fa ambush. The first fire wo got as we rebel cavalry was moving to my right,ichlm**,: , , ., w, f ,i i • i Major General Hnrlbut came up, arJ 0r^ ‘he bridge. Before wc reached tie bridge. , J thcm dispusitiJ ofAlvy, John Alvy, Nicholas Alvy, Loke Alvy, Benedict Alvy, James A.Allen, Wm. H. Bray, Wm.ivmg, Anthony Kell urns, Daniel Kellums, Asa Heliums, John Landers, George W Lawrence, Robert Lewellen, Jas. M.oe» for | we received twd flank fires from the enemy | command. It was reported to me that’the highest praise.The first fire wo got as we rebel cavalry was moving to my right, It would bo difl. — ------- —j ,Lch, and charged on the enemy’s battery on the j and I sent one company 5th Ohio Cavalry 'particular one without naming all; bnt (Baily, Man dal is Logs den, Henry B.The conduct of the officers and men _ _________throughout was gallant and worthy ofIBr,dsb,w j„hn T Unmsn. J. U.a highest praise. i_. . f T .,rIt would bo difficult to mention ,ny |Badger. Alonso A. Unman, W mv Saw I » it Comuanv G lost two of the in that direction to guard that position.: my thanks arc especially due to Colonels iChampion, Samuel Lime, Jame*tUI OU r 1 * ' ( Al. !*• n I A.J A Z mm*4^.1 ma »A : U«. 11 \fnrr«an and T A ant Pnlnnole ' r»i. _. _ • Y _ I It t f.lifaciur* best soldiers in the Division, Sergeant re rale- H. Dean, Corporal James Whalen.\gt they! We reached and secured the battery and beforeof oor . but il o learn no best alto bqly Ma* . . .idt our twelve prisoners, nfio Captain and oneIsnliine | Lieutenant. All this was done under a .U1,Li' storm of grape and canister fiom the ene-fiochioe ,uy’s batteries. Onward we went to the ciurhig liver, where General Veatch rodo up, tookMajor General Ord now directed me to-Hall and Morgan, and Lieut. Colonels iCbampioo, John move np Colonel Scott’s two regiments ~ to some thick woods on the right of my line cn the hill of Matamora. The bat*received.here another flank fire fiom the enemy; they being concealed in barns,;oul-hMit*. crib, .ml every hole that wa, °n.‘h« rigM-«nd were doing most ef-. ! ficient service, The firing at first wasteries, during this time, had got into position—“Bolton near the road, and Burnap r ____ Murphy, JohnRodgers, John J. Joues and Cody, James Morgan, Jeffer.onJones, commanding regiments of this, ., . lri , ,, T ,Brigade, and to Colonel Scott command-|^Arr» Absolam . utchell, Johning 68th Ohio and 12th Michigan, for Claudel, Joseph T. f Miller, Georgetheir prompt, fearless and energetic con- Cassidy, Henry Mock. Rnben Bduct during the engagement. Csssidy, Johu Miller, HintonThe field and staff officers of every Cannickle E(len Patrick joha Ttheiradvantageous to them. But we were on j spirited from the rebel batteries, bnt it regiment appeared determine^, to do all them like a shot. Here Company G took gradually slackened and it was evident j that could be done to render victory comthat they were being disabled by the telling shots from our side.General Ord now directed me to ad-S duct came within tny notice, did vanco my whole line. The movement (whole duty, and the men moved was executed rapidly rnd in excellent order. The 14th and 15th Illinois were onplete.The Line Officers, so far asa steadiness and resolute courage, easily surpassed.The Batteries of Captains Boltoncon*theirwithnotCummings, Thos. T.Ransoo, Elisha Conrcier, Theodore Rhodes, Henry * Dotson, John W. Rhodes, Sylvesterandand- the, off his hat, and cheered for tho gallant I the left of the road—all the other regi-[ 53rd Indiana. “Now boys,” said he. mcnts on the right. Tho regiments on!Bnrnap did most valuable service,ifiiieat-! “yon have taken one batterv, now tako i right of the road first drew the ene-: have won for them a high place in the es--,0 that one,” pointing at the'same tim0 imy’s firo and became lmtly ongogcJ .boat ti,nation of the Hrig»-le.Lrrnanit im-lle theyhalf a mile from the river. Tbo actionacross the bridge; General Ord here came becamt. very hot, but our 'men pressedperfect UP *nd or(lered ua across lbc bridge.— j them steadily and in a short time they iiii'pifJ Over we went, feeling glad that we had gave way and took shelter behind fences given satisfaction to our gallant General, and houses, abandoning four pieces of ar-hii, he f otherc.f Ventcli) who stuck close until wounded. j'Beiy 'hieh lind been silenced by ourif irrmt!*o i i-i /• i i batteries. 1 tic left now struck tho enemy **I he Dol'd, like a forlorn hope, was thrown .. i iduring, 1 fline, and the roar of musketry showedj right in the teeth of the enemy’s batteries, it hft(i a bcdVy forco lo con'tQna witu.work* berc R wa!i impo^M’bh* to maneuver more | But the result was tbe same—the enemythan one company, and in this position! was driven from his strong position, andwe stood under the most galling fire of the |lbe became general along the whole , j - » . 1 line—the rebels fighting behind fences andenemy a artillery ana infantry, ere any*. , f i jhouses, and onr lorces advancing over andfaking,extrairider it ’b**r« i«nff that f liuu.J; is veryinchesnics :» led for s H orkCan'll rend otile*,!S, fllliiKchines l there ill tv. .itt. Theother regiment came to our support. Respectfully yours,JOSEPH WHITTAKER, Captain Co. G 53rd Ind. Reg’t.Ueadquabters Second IlmoAoi:,Fotmii Division,Bolivar, Tenn., Oct. 9, 1862.Captain Binmore, Asst. Adj't. General, Fourth Division :around these obstacles.A rapid movement of the 14th and loth Illinois brought them t tho Hatehee, (riving the enemy before them and cut-The loss in killed and wounded, with a list of the names, is attached to thia report. It embraces many valuable officers and men.Colonel John A. Davis, 46th 111., fellearly in the action, while gallantly leading hi-i regiment in a«hargo. Ho has since died of his wounds. He was generous. noble and brave, and will bo regretted by all who knew him.Major Rheinlander, 25th Ind., waa severely but not dangerously wounded, and Major McGiain slightly wounded while faithfully performing their duty. For the rest I must refer to reports and lists here appended.1 should do injustice to worthy officers, if I failed to mention the conduct of myting off tho retreat of that portion below personal Stall. Captain Francis W. Fox, the bridge. A number of prisoners, over Assistant Adjutant General, was alway* j one hundred in ono body, threw down I at the front and wherever danger called their arm* and surrendered. j him, communicating my orders to overyThe direction i* which the enemy fell part of the field. When there was dan-back caused Colonel Scott’s command toDodd, JosephElder, Wm. T. Farmer, John Frakea, T. 8. Gibson, John Gaily, Benjamin Gregg. Alvin H. Hall, Martin V. f Hobbs, Wm. R. Howell, Phillip Hemphill, A. P. Harding, N. A. Harlen, H. H. Harding, Daniel Johnson, Wm. T. Jarboe, Wm. D. Jarboe, Win.* Died Oct. 7th.Roseocrants, W. H. Reed, Wm. T.Rhodes, Daniel Sheppard, Henry Sprinkle, Wm. Sprinkle, Michaal G.Sturgeon, Nathaniel Sprinkle, ElishaTrainer, J. W. Taton, A. T. Vanwinkle, Ephraim Vanwinkle, Isaac Worthington, Wm. Wheetly, Wm.Wheetl rt Leonard• wWheetly, John Waller, Daniel f Deserted.move to the light, and the 46th Illinois (.’attain.— I have the honor to submit and the 25th Indiana closed upon his left; the following report of tho battle of the j the 53rd Indiana moved down tho road• • render | command were concerned :rt u$e’ j In obedience to the orders of Majoreciaily! Hutchee, mi iur as the troops under iny ;—all of them pushing tho enemy andicapturing prisoners.! The river and the bridge were gained, II our • General Huilbnt, the Second Brigade j but the fight was not euded. The enemy enuiuf j moved from Bolivar at daylight on the was collecting his forces on the opposite morning of the 4th instant, on the road side and getting his artillery in position, towards Corinth. At the hour of march- General OiJ directed me to move my ing. CobiiM*l Scott, commanding the 68th command across the bridge and to formThis is a completo list of my company. Yon will see one marked dead and two deserters, one of them from Dubois county, and the other from near Bridgeport; you will also see one of the corporals is a citizen of Kentucky. We have not quite been in a fight, but pretty near it. I presume you have read all the particular!ger of the lino faltering, which would 0f ^ {n tbe papers. It was a hard fightfrom three o'clock in the morning until dark at night. We were ordered in, but the rebels retired about that time. I pw-havo turned the scale of victory, ho dashed to the fjont of the 46th III. end led itforward, under heavy fire, to its proper position, restoring order ami confidence.All who saw his conduct gave him credit sume they heard of Companies G and Ky mayo tlieifiat we Office,for skill, judgment and courage.Capt. William N. Walker, acting Brigade Quartermaster, was constantly with mo on the field until sent back to secure the train. His energy and activity in bringing up supplies and transportationOhio and 12th Michigan, and Maj. Ricker, my regiments in line—''the first reoiment \ for the wounded, rendered his services of we have not actually tried our hand; bntand got scared. That was on tha 8th October. Wo have had a running fight of it ever since—our advance and the rear of the rebels. We are drawn op in line of battle nearly every day, bat as yetcommanding u battalion 5th Ohio Cav- on the r'ujht and the sc’ond on the left o/hgreat value.airy, reported to me for ordeis, and were the road, far enourjh to admit another re~ j The conduct of my Aids, LieutenantsI can tell you one thing, there is pluck and fight both in tho roaring 81st, and ifofrorkhur attached to my command duiing the ex- y intent hetireen each of these and the road.” j White and Hewitt, met rny entire appro- ] T* ~ ' ‘ ’ T'‘“S:\i ^. , a ,. . J ° i J i , .. /T-iiii a* «■ J ♦ she ever gets a chance she will prove it.Ii.\»ine, nediiion. I Iheodrd Indiana was moved across;bation. They bad been on 8taff duty f 1‘ i ...... . .... . . I judge from the way tho boys acted whenwe were certain we were going to enter tho ring. Every one was cool; no ono straggled, and every raao was in his place, examining his gun and cartridges. At least three times in one week, ever sinco the battle near Perrvvillc, have woour My force now consisted of the 15th j and directed to the right, and tho 14th j only a few days, hut they proved thcra-.,p„ „ Illinois, Lieut, (fid. Rodgers; tho 25th Illinois followed and was moved to the Shelves worthy of their position.J’ ! Indiana, Col. Wm. II. Morgan; the 46th ’ left. The 53rd Indiana had scarcely I Major Stephenson. Senior Surgeon of ! Illinois, L’ul. Dm is tho 14th Illinois, j cleared the bridge when it met a most | the brigade, devoted himself to the relief r|lt;’ol. Hull; the 53J Indiana, Lieut. Col -deadly fire, and in attempting to form in 0f the wounded, and his skill, energy andline it was thrown into confusion—the devotion to duty was seen and felt by myrriox ^ m Jone; Company L, Secondaiiui!i£ j mcnt Illinois Ailillm*, Cupt. Boltoiregion; and !ground tendering it impossible to execute! whole command.have; Seventh Ohio Battery, Captain Burnap, |the order, as tho river bent sharply to the: I desire to call special attention to theHide i» | with the Cavalry under Major Ricker, ami I eaat at the bridge and tho ro«d ran for reports of commanders ot regiments and been drawn up inline of battle, and idof ^oor 1° rt?K',ne,,tK lt;d Infantry, uudcr Colonel j fionie distance clo^e to tho river bank, batteries and to tho cases of meritorious Light of our wary foe, blit it was a flasheausto Scott. jut mentioned. j leaving scarcely room for a company in- conduct of officers and men, mentioned oacb tjme Yesterday our brieade waatvuy in lible tohanical t tu«i-In* e*-e made achi urn1° grtdembleufr. laciiine rale* of t dura-My command reached the “Big Muddy’* [stead of two regiments. The 25th Indi at dark and cammed on the west side, ana crossed and met with the same difti* Brigadier (teneral Lauman camping on iculty with tho 53rd Imliana, the gallingthe cast side. As soon as bridges conbl (fire of the enemy and the nature of the be repaired next morniug, I sent the 25th ground rendering it impossible to form in ludiana across to cover my front beyond! line. flhe 15th Illinois effected a crossing ihc camp of Gen. Lauman, and then fol* j with some difficulty and moved in goodin them.I am very respectfully,Your obedient Servant.JAMES C. VEATCH.Com. 2d Brigade, 4th Division.lowed with the train and nitillery, bringing up the remainder of my forco and forming it on the cast side. The cavalry 1 '-lurtt‘ j |»ad been sent by Major General Iiurlbut.»e len*i ! | . . i , . , ...(•euiin, I here received instructions from Major General Iiurlbut to move rapidly and cautiously to the lUlchco, ut Davis' Bridge, and to hold and occi the crossing. On rcachinwall at {Morgan. 25th Indiana, re|ut Iliwt Our money flier In ley are ifl.aenli.itlul un.iiy k autie daily se hut•order to tho left. At this time General Lauman reached the bridge and several ofhis regiments crossed the river.ABSTRACT OF KILLED AND WOt’SDED.7lefts and Bat's. Killed ITbun.6One of 15th Reg’t 111. Vol. Infantry,his regiments, and perhaps more, became ,d-massed with mine, between tho road and !s,1tho river. The enemy during the whole ! j,*,1, , time kept np a most destructive firo of R?R_l *nd-4 *« ilt;1I I4 ilt; «# «lt; lt;3 1 3 13mpy the ground at musketry, grape and cauister, principally Bolton ti Batteryiching the front (’ol. directed on the bridge and upon our forces * 1 f .a, reported to me a! who were ciowded in mass on the right. 1J Mich. Vol. Infanfry.TotalV.'ork.ERfing.rebel force occupying a bouse on the left General Ord was wounded and taken, 1,0of the road about four bundled yards in from the field. All that could bo done advance. The 25th Indiana was in lino was to hold the ground. In our present of battlo with the centre in the road. 1!position no advance could be made—and sent Col. Davis, of tho 46th Illinois, to; awaited orders, move on the right, and Coi. Hall, with theay our brigade drawn np in line to give the famoua John Morgan a twist, but ho has learned that paTt of tho tactics which reads, “Retreat, double quick, march,” and he done bo. I don’t know what name they havo given the battle of the 8th. It was at and all around a village called Porryville, and it was the first sight of tho kind I ever . saw, and a ghastly one it was. We en* •y camped light in amongst tho dead, ex-91 pecting the battle would be renewed in 5 the morning. When morning came the - enemy was gone; none but their dead and ^ wounded remained, and they were, being numerous, lying over a space of ground20From Capt. OWeill’i Com pan r*Bolton’s and Manu’s batteries had Dicks’ River, near Crab Orchard. Ky.J14th Illinois, ou tho left. As soon as Lbia crossed the bridge and kept up a vigorous disposition was made, n section of Cfpt.ffit1* on the enemy.Bolton's Battery, under command of} At this time Major General Iiurlbut list of Capt. W. O’Xiel’s company, 81st Lieutenant James, was brought up and jcame to tho front and took command’- Regiment Indiana Volunteers, (company • shelled the house and barn in a most cf- ■ Ry his order I moved the 46th Illinois, feciive manner, driving out (ha rebel pick-! 68th Ohio and 12th Michigan across the, lt;)’Xet, which fled to the woods on tho left.— I river and to the left of the road. Here!258 between six and ten miles. I only wentover a part of it, but I seen plenty to do up my curiosity for the time being. The j dead, in somo places, lay in heaps, andOctober 16, 1862. f1. , 1 * ,_ _ , m other places scattered; they were snotEditor REronTF.it; Below is a correct;.in every conceivable way, and were lettmost of ihorn unburied, and werelidlot bi 114 d*r.i,L\V,A.u. theadjoin-Colonel Morgan’s skirmishers advanced ! they formed in line on tho 14th and l«th and occupied the house, and reported the ? Illinois. The 25th and 53rd Indiana j hill clear of the enemy. The line of bat- foamed on the right near tho road, tie now moved steadily forward, over most difficult and dangerous groundTho whole Division now moved for- _____ warg, sharp fighting took plnco on mytraversed by hollows and ravines and rov- left which lasted only a short time when ered with deusc woods and thickets. The tho enemy gave way, and the battle, so road was narrow and difficult. The re-ifftr as *he Infantry was concerned, had mainder of my force was held in reserve! closed.and marched on the road. Wo moved in! My command moved steadily up on tuo this manner about two miles, meeting no jl®R °f the roail through a large open field cnemv. Wc had now reached Borne large; to the top of the ridgo in the field. I ho opon'fields cutup by deep galloys and Ta- enemy hail retired to the edge of tho woods vines, and in front of us, about three-.and placed a battery there to rake tho hill fourths of a tui!c\ was a high ridge, with,*® ™ advaoeod. I halted my lino in aeill, Captain.Titus Cummings, 1st Lieutenant. Wm. IL Elder, 2d Lieutenant.John O’Kiel, Orderly Sergeant.John A. Hargis, 2d Elias Brucr, 3d Wm. Heath, 4th W. II. Mitchell, 5th Solomon Mitchell, 1st Corporal Wm. Lanman, 2dLewis K. Foster, 3dElias Lanmau, 4thJames M. Sims, 5th “ (Ivy )Ja*m Fowler. 6thi f11• «a I44lt; «finally buried in heaps. They are butternuts iu reality, as the whole of Bragg’s army are dressed in butternut-coloredclothes, and are a dirty, poverty-stricken looking set. We aro picking up deserted rebels every day, who arc tired of the sport and have got their rights.W. O’NEILL.JCjTThe abolition platform used to be “free soil, free speech, free trade and free men.” Their free soil is now under martial law, tlirer free speech ,s‘ imprisonment by the goverinent of those who differ from them; their free trade ii tha infamous Morill prohibitory tariff, and their free men consist of negroes only !
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