Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-14

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From the Indianapolis Journal.
During the recent campaign In Cheat Noun
taih' there were many gallant expioits perform
ed, OF whicn no public mention has been made
Inc whole country Tor miles around was pat
lie neid' In which scouting parties more or less
numerous met every DAY IN BLOODY oct unim'
portanf conf lcts. Among the minor battles
the most bloody and braveiy conducted o
which we have heard, took place between Cap
Coon s company OF Aimoalls regiment While
ont scouting by command oil the Col, and a
considerable division OF the enemy under the
traitor Andrew J Donaldson, OF tennessee
At the request OF MI. Commissary Lowe OF tbs
city, Capt Coous has furnished the following
clear and interesting account OF night, which
shows that no better f!ghting has been done BY
any body OF men during the war. over sixty
OF the enemp were found dead the DAY aiter tne
0gbt. by one OF our virginia regiments, ana IN
subsequent skirmish hve were iouha oe''u ~
Cap. Coon s own men, making IN az neN
seventy killed In this gallant Dut SO lar uhPuo-
ilshed ngnt:
... u CAnP CHkAT MOUNTAIN M
western FHgiI'A, oG'' 70 ".
on tne evening oi the i2tn U a, q,
~ elock' was olaefHa - of so " I'D = sonn,
70 Pr'ceea WIN aeta,i Sn =. W. m'.n . a W.
lhe country oflweeh Gneai nounIain :a 1Au I"s
ner CamP,l ploceeaeu GOWN Tue Pihe aoou'
.our 'hnes - PoIaS Mneie PAN ieIcs a'los"
lne mountain 70 IIhw"ler' an" iouho" lupus
s,o,e 10 60 'urller On account ., tne eAle'iie ne
oarkhess. nc oi.ou1ceo a' 'he punt anu as
soon "s was nsn' aosa.eeu unui we "eu -
a. n'Heneiais jain, Puins ''pe". ~ .'
from wagner camp. mere iouha 'ne nouse
Geserteo' anu from 'ne vac, 'il Tue i'f'n mouse
'he Gay before was couPiea' anu now uesef'eo
came to Inc conclusion that the rebels were In
'he neighoorhood. ~
linen sent out TWO scouts, ana IN a snort
dime they came oaeh, anu reported 'n''t .hey
had seen the irali OF SIX cavalry. whicn n"d pro-
eeedcd IN Inc olfec, inh "i oen. AeJ hoIu camp
detailed Corporal Kline and iour men 10 pre-
eeed upon Inc Trail, ana ascertain tne character
ofthe cavalry. They foii"wed the 'raii across
meadow about lao yards vide, and advanced
up the mountain sue d shol. ois'''hce' Wneh we
neara 'ne rePoTl- -oliweh.y -I.e guns; ilnlie,
diateiy iofmed my men Al line Oh oatlie anu
gave the command orinara -aonnie quie.k
we aavaAer aeiess 'ne ,neaoom' ".u nao ~
'nto inc ih'uoie " lne "o1''s' nneh 'nG ieoeiH'
~ y distance o' aoo.' one nunuieu y",uS, oPeh-
eu nie upon Us WIN "' .e'Is. n.I T un9
hai'ea NY .ceu anu ie'ui N'u .neti nie anu zen
o''.s I""ul my 1""s' "nu 'o".u my my"
oehiha tne pahA vi 3reen ln"s ian ua~H esi
'Hloush 'he n's".oI' aeie Hpeneu mu
ana ,or nan ah noai e''u =. nct anu nea.y' ine
reoeis atteh,P'eo " ioi'ii I. ane VI pa.,e aoous
nuy yaros IN our itoht' oul as iAs' 's twea'y y,
them would get INTO ilne we wouid snoot nan
nff f11p dtiWn
Their otfcers used every exertion to get them TO
make charge upon us; but they wouldn't come
to time. They hnally attempted to Hank us.
and we fell back, under perfect storm OF bui.
lets. abont one hundred yards, and l formed
behind lot OF logs. BY this time they were
not thirty yards In our rear. Afier nrlng nall
dozen rounds, they again commenced u hank
movement, and drew on my men' and pro-
ceeded toward camp. The enemy's force con
sisted oil twenty-five hundred men under a. >.
donaldson. OF tennessee we kiiied sixiy-two
of them, and wounded large number, with
loss Oh our sid e OF but four missing and seven
wounded: The I'd virginia regiment found
thai number OF the enemy dead ihe next day.
Our men fought like veterans, and seemed IN.
tent upon but one object and that was TO Kill
as many "secesh as possible. I.
After proceeding toward camp about Two
miles. we halted TO await relnforcements.
After remaining about an honr. one OF our
scouts returned and reported that he had shot
at some secessionists in our advance and killed
one of them. ! then sent ont two scouts and
they came back and reported that The woods be-
tween us and the camp were fu'l OF the enemy;
and farmer by ihe name OF "hne' toid US
that our camp had been attacked by large
force ol the enemy l formed my men INTO a