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[K; r Pn?Q Ibesiifc liid. Vol.= M the FkfeJ of Baltic near Marfrec**-)• f boro, Tcncese. • ' ,;•■ . {January -kh,. 1602. ^L'Ws^ j The R\fol ana\ Wozt7?t!ed of CopC, Blcizcht'*' - • ... Cotnpany. f—I' Tribuste:—I pen von a few lines to *acquaint you and otir friend* id led. of our rc-!cent fight here with the confcds, which our !:• funerals say far siirpa^*^ the noted l“ShUc;b/' ji^ebft NashviUc, Dee- 2lt;M* with order* to-;;'var^ this pbee, and our DfrLsign was put irxjfront, and have* held the front for teii days.-— j , ^ o had a continuous sktrenching with the robs :■ Levergny to ibis place where they tnndc \■\ stand. On the morning of the olsi we ! t . , wore thrown in front of our lines a* skirrotsh- i^ ers. As daylight appeared the rebs como.v2rx.-ed ;taskirmish with us from rifle pits. they dug :during the nsght. Old Co. G replied to their: saiubtLion. with cool and deliberate aim. Soon S the contest become very warm and Col. iJine.= ! sent me an order Jo bold ray position at all \; buTartia. VTlt;; had breastwork made of rails and •11V0 ^ n°x'' looked forward to see their columns j : advancing, and was not long huld in suspense, • w* • sootl the rebel column came over the lull hi !( front ot nsf some 500 yards distant, and we*. . 1 .poured a rain of.lead in their ranks until they Ivlt;!en- :M Lkrlt;i 150 yards when we vrcrc ordered Joha ' *° retroat' jom-our regiment We fought ;. them from behind a fence until we got to our jr?and r°f'. In lh“ skirmiiA 1 Iost one killed and oTT-3 ' *^'sf “S’ -■'ndrew Rhodes was shot through .•ht tl!4! h=:irL r ran to him' llc iookeil at mc jjUt jwill tlcver s‘‘oke- '^‘e ,'ul*s came on and our lines! met them and such another whiz as that I never • heard, but we made the rebels show their; backs and as they nut over a hill we slaughtered ’ use : nearly half their number—what lt;mr bullets did iod : not our artilllcrr with grape did. We were in j ith . hot contest from S A. M. til’ dark. Our heav- ] on icst fight was in a cotton field and the fire from I tit- ; the rebel shell bursting over us as we lay down j a-e set on (ire tin cotton. In this cotton field one i no, shell knocked six men down, killing three of! 'fit- ; them, one of my Co. .one of Co.. 15, and one of!' another Co, the rest were wounded. We cap-: sre ' tured .several rebel banners. Sml the rebel jOil ■ battery was playing dreadful havoc in our lines I ml oil'* ;v- J • , Ml thick and fast I? from the mountain cloud.^ . In this engagement bod! Col. Mines and Lt. Col: ^ ; took command. 1 forgot to say our Adjutant jr. - ~ - ■ * * IJ.LO a_,i. \_gi, .: Leonard were womided and ths ranking Capt, 1eswim severely wounded iu die skirmish atri so ' 1!-: we have no field officer left. The killed in Co. i 10 G arc 2, Andrew Rhodes and John Adamson.: 111 ‘ Adamson liaditis brains shot Out by a piece of;; shell. Poor fellows, they are sadlv missed bv ‘ r' their friends in arms. Their loss' starts the i ll, soldier’s tear. !; Missmjr, Geo. W. llulchcr, James Coates :i;uk{ Jaslcr Cooper. I really fear they are a‘ i all dead. Wounded 15, Sergt. (ten. Jf. Rhcnles, i in | wounded in tic hrmd, Charles S. Edwards, shot j i» ; through the thigh, llesh wound, Wra. Brooks i *: slightly wounded. The loss of our regt. in ! m j kdk-d wounded nm! missing is 73. The loss in . ^ j Hrigade is lliid, it. Division 1000. TJiero arc : »■ j 2 rcliels killed to every Union man. f have • j stren over oOt) dead rebels on but a few acres of I- : ground, in one place where tficv made their i '■ j charge.’ ’J’he rest of Co. G are alt «o. K. thu- ! ! Ulun-V IVk‘n(is wiU by this that all who «re lt;- not mentioned are safe. I kam from : ;■ j bunfcy of C. I) 32th Ind. that t)Hr i •' n ibl'uil-v c,,t “P. »lso the 32d, and in fxt aU ti.nl! s | WCJ'e e!'K«Sol suffering severely. 1 will close ! s ,as you wilj have tiio general news by the tele-11graph. Wo have had no mail v»,% 11
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The Howard Tribune
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Thu, Jan 15, 1863
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