Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-11-29

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Issms tfths both the gtdde sae At. Rssd
discharged tlfeit tnusketE Upon the foe
which brought them into 4, more tfecipi-
tate action than vas laid down. in thelt
programme. =. The horse of Capt Gault
was shot from under him, and the guide
received two of the enemy's balls, which
brought him to the ground. Reeds horse
was, also, killed, and such was their per-
-ilous and exposed c6hditipb, That both
were under the necessity of taking shell
ter under the cover of shelving rock,
which induced Reed TO suggest to the
Captain, in his peculiar style. that they
were both gone up, sir p Col. Marshall
urged on hiss column, which was between
"a quarter and half mile in advance of
the I'd Ohio, when the hattie commenced.
. Capt. Gault was cut off from his COM
mand, and in order TO rejoin it with the
least prospect of safety, had 10 swim
the river, and carrying Col. Marshslfs
revolving rife in his hand, and then re-
turn and reach this side of the river at
point lower down. By this time tue
engagement between Col. Marshall's
command, Aon the marrow road at the
base of the mountain aud Immediately
on the banks of the river, and the foe,
which had entrenched themselves upon
the top and along the brow of the NOUN
tain, became general, and three ONapt.
Gault's men fell at the very commence
ment of the action, and a number more
of them were wounded. This company,
from their position, had to bear the
brilnt of the battle, and coursgeously
and persistently did they do so.
Capt BerryhilPs company of the Sec
ond Ohio, which had been placed in Col.
Marshall's command, bore themselves
most CALAMITY, and rendered most effect
i've service by scaling the mountains,
where, under the command of their fear
less and intrepid Captain, they accom-
plished deeds of noble daring. In point
of suffering the company stands second
on the list, as will be seen by the more
detailed account of the result of the en-
gaSement. 1t is copied from Major Har
ris' official report, prepared to be submit
ted TO Gen. Nelson. Ii soon became
evident that the foe was faltering before
our fire, when we were opened upon from
the opposite side of the river, and thus
exposed to both fires, our command main
tanned their ground until the artillery
was brought into action, greatly TO our
relief The slain of the enemy left on
the bate field on this side of the river,
whom we buried, and of the three
wounded prisoners who were cared
for by US, two have died, making the
number of their dead, so far as our per-
sonal knowledge extends, TO be eleven.
1t is stated, however, that they acknowl-
edge their loss in wounded, prisoners
and slain as many as sixty. The Second
and Twenty Ohio participated in
the action, doing good service. The Fiji
ty-ninth, who came up later, by a we'll
directed volley, silenced the foe, who, by
their fire, were trying to pick off the ar
tillerymen from the other side of the
river
In this contest our boys faced the fire,
and showed spirit of determined bra
very, every way worthy of Kentucky's
ancient fame. They fought-they con-
quered. Among the incidents not de-
tailed in Major Harris report, / must
mention that he is among the slightly
wounded. That he is alive is doubtless
owing to the fact that a silver spectacle
case and well filled pocket obstructed
the passage of the ball, so that only the
point of the bullet was imbedded in the
flesh. Col. MarshalPs Kentucky jeans is
badly riddled, both his upper and neither
garments look decidedly the worse for
the contest. Even his cap was ventiia-
ted, and his noble steed fell a victim 10 |
the enemy's fire. To the great gratifica-
hon of all his command, he still lives
and unframed | know that
he will ever cherish with the most CRATE
ful emotions the many instances of devo-
lion shown him by the gallant soldiers
whom he led and cheered by his voice |
and presence during the battle. He
heard the cry time and again, as he |
passed along the line among his soldiers:
Colonel. we are with you; Colonel, We |
will stand by you;" "Colonel, get out |
Of the way, they are shooting right at |
you," &c.
This engagement lasted one hour and |
! half After our men were brought into |
action, they never yielded one inch of |
ground, although they were exposed to |
The enemy's cross fire.. both from their |
mountain ambuscade end the opposite |
side of the river. The advance under Col. |
Marshall, including Capt. Berryhilps |
was less than five hundred, |
while our Information in that the assault |
was made upon us by force of one
thousand, who had chosen their ground |
well. We routed them, taking four pris-
Dners beside the three Who were yvoun-