Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-11-12
GALLANT RALLY AND CHARGE
GALLANT coNDUCT OF GEN,
PILLOW.
Address of General Cheatham.
GLORIOUS VICTORY
NAMES OF THE KILLED AND
WOUNDED.

WOUNDED.
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We have conversed with Mr. SAMUEL
HARMAN, of the Washington Rifles, of this
city, who was an eyewitness of the battle
of Columbus, and from him we gather the
following interesting particulars:
To prevent the Federals from erecting
batteries on the Missouri shore opposite Co.
lumbus, and to act as scouts, Col. TAPPAN's
Arkansas regiment, Col. MARES Louisiana
regiment, and some cavalry, had been for
months encamped on the Missouri shore op-
posite Columbus. News was brought to the
encampmeut about o'clock ON Thursday
morning, that the enemy was coming upon
them in large force, and was actually only
three miles distant. Immediately informa-
ton of the fact was sent over to Columbus,
when Gen. Pillow, with Coils. Pickett's, Rus
sells and Wright's regiments, and Log
woods cavalry, were transported to the
Missouri shore. They had only landed, and
gone about half mile from the boats, when
the enemy appeared in full force in the
woods, and the fight Immediately COM
menced. The light battery which had been
stationed on the Missouri shore was first
brought into requisition. but the enemy
kept advancing and driving in our force as
they moved, till finally, by II o'clock, they
ment, our troops being forced under the bluff
to the waters edge
The enemy, flushed with victory, then
partially ceased their pursuit and engaged
in setting fire to our tents, taking prisoners
and committing other depredations. They
shortly after opened a fire upon the steamers
Prince and Charm, which were engaged in
bringing over reinforcements, sending ball
through the wheel house of both, but not
seriously injuring either. This act led our
friends at Columbus to suspect that our side
had been repulsed, and Immediately heavy
cannonade was opened from the Columbus
side on the enemy then in our camp on the
Missouri shore. The 128 FOUNDER did fear
full execution. In the meantime, Gen. Pill
low having been reinforced by Col. Carroll's
Walkers ,Freeman's, Stephens and the 18th
Louisiana regiments, reformed his forces
about q mile above onr encampment on the
river and executed flank movement ON the
enemy, recaptured our battery and was gal
lantly driving the Federals before him with
great slaughter, when, about 2 o'clock, he
was still farther reinforced by Col. Smiths
regiment and Blythe's Mississippi battalion
in command of Gen. Cheatham, who, on
landing on the Mississippi side, briefly but
eloquently appealed to the men ''to follow
him, and he would lead them to hill or to
victory" The men, being fresh, soon caught
up with the flying enemy, and in eonjunc-
ton with Logwood's cavalry battalion, pur-
sued and cut them down to within fifty yards
of the gunboats on which the enemy de-
barked,-the enemy meanwhile keeping upa
most terrific cannonade upon our pursuing
hosts from the gunboats.
We captured large lot of ammunition,
about two thousand stand of arms, a few
pieces of artillery, besides knapsacks,
wagons, colors, and overcoats without num-
Der. y =
The enemy had engaged in the fight ten
regiments, fifteen pieces of light artillery
and some cavalry This report Of their
force is from prisoners taken We had IN
the fight at first only Col Tappan's 18th
Arkansas regiment, Col. Freeman's 22d re-
giment, Col. J. Knox Walkers I'd, and Col.
Pickett's 1st regiment, in all about 2, 800 eff
fective men. These compose the body, who
hanked the enemy, recovered the battery
that had been lost, and were driving them
before them when Cheatham's reinforcements
came up, and, adding to their discontinue,
made them retreat in doble quick time.
Mr.. Hartman says that when he left the
scene about II o'clock Thursday night, one
hundred of our killed had been brought in,
and 1t was supposed that there were from
fifty to one hundred more scattered about
upou t4t uelu- NE cStlIudlcS LIE HOuDQeQ
on our side, at from two hundred and fifty
to three hundred. Capt. ]. Welby Arm
strong was shot all to pieces; Col. Pickett
was shot between the shoulder and breast;
Major j. G.. Finnie, aid to Pillow, had the
lower jaw bone ON the right side shot off,
Capt. Saffrans was badly wounded, but was
not dead up to II o'clock Thursday night;
1t. J. Walker, son of Samuel P Walker,
was badly wounded in the right leg; Capt.
Easley, of company of D., CarrolPs regi-
ment received two bullets in his right breast,
and Capt j. Layton of Liberty Guards,
Piekett's regiment, was badly wounded, be-
ing shot in the shoulder. Capt. Taylor of
Pickett's regiment, was dangerously wound
ed, being shot in the abdomen.
The whole field was covered with slain
Federals. 1t is supposed that from four to
five hundred Federals at least were killed,
and as many wounded. 80
Over two hundred prisoners had been
brought in Thursday night. 1t is supposed
that the enemy lost in killed, wounded and
prisoners, at least one thousand.
Among the prisoners brought in were Col.
Dougherty, in command of brigade, Gen
eral Bowling, Col. Buford, a Lieut.. Colonel,
q Capt. of Artillery, and number of COM
missioned officers.
From other sources we learn the follow
ing particulars of the wounded:
Major Thomas Stokes, of Col. Watkins
regiment, Capt. Irby and Lieut.. William
Coleman, of the Cuba Guards, and three
privates in Capt. Whitsett's company, are |
reported killed. Col, Preston Smith had |
ms morse sn0J under him. Sergeant Sam
uel Croft, Robert Riley, John Young and
George Frazer, Capt. Whitsett's company,
21st regiment are among the wounded.
1t is fortunate that the Federals made
this attack at the time they did, for anoth-
er day would have found a large portion of |
our forces on the wayt to Pedueah.