Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-12-19
NUMBER 223


IRE upos them-CRpI. Dfiard being in the lead
with his men made spirited res 1Onse. TIE ensmy
about two OF three hundred strong had formed
under brush covered bark Of creek running
through the field, which made for them 9 capital
anabuscade. The firing Continued for some min
utes, our men being guided By the smoke from the
enemy's guns, save now andth en- one Of them would
venture 10 sbeW his head. Seeing that they had
disadvantages ehaTgssWas ordered an5lyallanty ex-
lecuted Capt Dllard leading under their fire. The
Yankees began to leave theirlurkiDg place ard
strike for the timber which, luekely for them was
not very remote, but before they could reach il
our boys made gcsd targets Of their backs az they
ran. When they reached the fen and woods, tn y
paused, as it were, 70 take advantage Of the loks
and trees and resume their firiRg but seeing from
the rapid advance Of oar men that they would
soon be OyertSken, and killed or captured, they
only discharged few ineffective shots, and fed lks
4 frightened herd Of wild butialoes into the noun
tains leaving twenty-One killed on the field, and
many wounded, three of whom, We understand.
were picked mp the same dsy by General AndersOo's
command while hsbbling along in the attempt 70
make insl escsps. Ore Yapkse who vas either
slower or braveF than his eomraees remained con
csaled at the bank Of the creek for sOns time but
upon atse3Tt to regain bic company BY fight was
fired on so hercely that he dO1e ed behiod stump,
and threw up both hands in submission. Captain
Diard c0mmGnded his men to cease firing ard by
a notion OF his sword erdeFed the Ohio q Red
/ Head y 20 approach r. en- snd was o. eyed. Ei b.
teen others were soon after made prisoners by the
rsG- guard commanded By Lieutenant Colonel
Moore. In all this skirmish oolY one Of our men
was killed, and but one wounded, notwithstanding
the air, at times, sesmed 70 be surchRrged with
Whisting minnie balls. but thus the war goes on
/ for nearly every engagement the Rebels y set
9 fabulous price upon their lives.
One Of the men picked up By General AndersOn'u
command Ess, from the beat Information We can
get. doubtless shot By Captain billiard, for the
enemy wss leaving the field, one on horseback went
dashiDg by towards the woods when be snstched
gan FROM the hands Of one Of his men, and taking
deliberate aim fred &C him on the wing as 'tWers
causing both man and horse to reel, a. IL one or
both were badly hurt-A wounded man stated
afterwards that be Vas thus sEOt, and wounded IN
the hip.
Before proceeding it may be mentioned that a
smile passed over the faces Of al the soldiers a.
they noticed how sxultiBgy two small boys OF Capt
MeKinney's company, hitle Dick Allen and Collins
Bright walked forward, demanded and took each .
gun from two oTeTgrOwn, burly looking Yankees
The brigade now fulfilled the orders 70 march
back 20 Sny ders distant about mica killed beef
and hEd bread rStions brought four miles, from
Gen Loring On the pike.
Gen. ARderson's brigade, as We have before hint
ed at, had passed along two or three niles 70
right, over very rugged mountains, getting their
fsld horses along with great difficulty and danger.
until they struck the turnpike three miles south Of
Cheat mountain pass, s point Gt which bis orders
required him At daylight on that, the morning Of
the I2th but from soms insRrmOaneable barriers
along the road, which Eere presume, in bis way,
he did not reach there until o'clock. Upon the
arrival Of his vanguard, the enemy, about three
hundred strong, and IN ambush, suddenly opened
fire upon them, took. killed, ard wounded ire nsiVe
nneteen or twenty Of then, but bold charge drove
them up the mountain. it is not known how many
| of the enemy were killed ard wounded. The COM
mand had been cent to this place with a view 70
drive in the enemy picsts Ead attack Cheat noun
tain il the rear, while Ges. Jackson Wss 70 storm
it in front and another obi sCt being 70 prevent
Inducements from passing hence 70 their fOrti6ca
tons at Crouch e. where II was intended that Gen.
DJnelson's brigade should cooperate with that Of
Gen. LoriDg.
Lieut. Col. Gcodnerss servant was cut of in the
march and captured BY scouting party, and We
learn that one of the Yanl ee officers is nov making
kind Of pack mule Of him; they also had two hors
es shot There doubtless other interesting facts
connected with the commsnd Of Cen Anderson
those however, with which We net sufficiently
Versed to attempt detail.
General DoselsOus brigade, having fallen back
to Soyders Oa the evening Of ths l2Eh, killed E0d
broied beef which WAS a. fresh and saltlsss a. the
waters of : free stone spPlrg. Hsre he bjTOuacsd
until the ext day. The family Of kF. Simmons
was stsyinz at this place, be hsVsg been taken cH
prisoner BY the Yankees. Gen. Lee had furnish
Gen DonelsOn With this infOf nation, and AZ The
sau1 time sted him 10 see that they were pro-
tectsd snd kindly cas- s1 for al Of which he prompt
" attended to. On the evening Of the 18Th Osd-Is
were received &c retarn 20 stew arts Run lar
down as the Simmons house, the plsc; at which the
forty-eight prisoners hsd bssn captured on the
Ilth for the purpose q assisting Col. Campbell,
Ehuse regiment had been ordered down the pre-
vous day with q rife six -pounder-the authorities
believing doubtless that it might be unsafe TO leave
this regiment alone with but one piece Of artillery.
The Brigade reached Col Campbell sOOn after his
arrival.
The next day I4th) all being quiet, a council was
held at Headduarrers IN which IL 80 deemed Ad>
VISIBLE sc understand, for the entire army to fall
back TO Valley Mountain and Big Spring al its base
where our supplies were in store, Whereupon an
order was immediately issued for Gen. DonelsoniS
Brigade assisted by the regiment Of Col Campbell,
TO start ct daylight and bring back the cannon TO
Suydrr's. The undertaking WAS not accomplished
until O'Clock 1 the afternoon, being greatly trcH
bled and retarded in its transportation, having to
cut 8 passage for il ever . rough steep mountain.
Returning by the Matthew'S House. at which
the four first piekets had bsan captured the
Ilth one of the inmates, middle Egsd woman,
found out by come means that was surgeon.
and came to me- stating in pitful tone that oOs
of the Yankees whom We had shot three days be-
fore had besn brought there, and was about to die
without medical aid. alighted from my horse.
and upon entering the miserable habitAtOn, saw
man of large frame stretched on his blanket
upou the floor with nearly the whole top Of his
mead lifted of By muskst ball, causing entire
.ide Of him to be paralyz.d, and rendering him
sperehless yet from signs, leaving him
onits rational for he looked me in the eyes n
an srxiOus and wistful manner, then pulled out biz
Durss. a. good a. 20 say, DO me al the good you
can and 1 will pay you. told him, BY the way Of
comfort and encouragement, thathe would be some
time recovering, and would perhaps need al the
money be possessed, but dressed his wound with
ali the tenderness and ability could command,
made for him the beat prescription could and de-
parted knowing however at the same instant, that
Il was time for kim 70 settle his Affairs in this and
preuare for his exit 70 another world. The road
no " being good we left Snyder's and proceeded to
ioin Gen LOring, who had fallen back from
Crouch's AMI was in person with bis command St
the Conrad House. near the mouth Of COnleJ . Run,
and as soon IS our brigade esms up the orders we're
given thai they march up the pike in the direction
Of Valley Aountaiu, the whole army BY the came
order proct sding in like manner.
The march continued until about twelve o'clock
AZ night through a Peltng rain, when We we're
permitted TO biEouac until day; near every man
dropping down at the word halt, under the iDhu-
ence of fatigue without q dry thread upon his
persou. Nor shall ever forget that Nj Bolts and
nvseh thinking that We wOEld have some adyAn-
tage OF h others, slipped CT 70 what We supposed
in The dense darkness 70 be an empty shack pen,
male our pallets on the ground, and how horror
struck We were upon agaking the next morDing
| "a A,dipg oTrsalVps the inmates of a eOW-bOusR.