Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-09-27
The failure Of Gen. LrE,s combination.

buted to the fact that Gen. h. r. JACKSON
to whom an important commaEd was intrust
ed, did not carry out his orders What hi
command was doing whilst the other divisions
were waiting upon them, we learn from
long letter from Camp Barlow, Pocahontsi
county, Va-," published in the Atlanta ga
COnfederacy. 1t appears that they left theil
| camp The night of the IIth, at about Ii o.
clock, and moved in the direction of Cheai
| Mountain, through a hard rain; and at about
/ daylight, the weather having cleared OIL 10
| the mean time, arrived within three miles OF
the enemy's camp, when they halted. Hear
ing fire of musketry, they again advanced
but bad not proceeded far before the head OF
the column was fired upon. The correspon-
dent narrates what occurred thereupon as
follows:
dense forest, and we could not tell whence the
shot came. A party of scouts were forthwith
detached from the vanguard, who fianked the
road right and left, and coon succeeded in
routing the advanced pickets of the enemy
without any loss on our side, and but one kill
led on theirs. The whole column now NOV
ed forward, but we had not proceeded far be
fore il was announced that the enemy ia force
were coming down on US We could distinct
ly hear the heavy tramping of armed men,
and a rumbliug noise, like that produced by
artillery wagons rolling over rough road at
no great distance from US. We were now Or
dered to fall out of the road and take posi-
tion in the bushes on the left-that being the
highest side OF the mountain. We had not
more than got our position before the enemy,
as we supposed. were within 100 yards OF us,
but the road here made such an abrupt turn,
and the bushes that interviewed were so tblck
as to almost hide them from our view. Pretty
soon one or two guns were fired not far from
us. when the Newman Guards, which COM
mlnded the road, fired one volley into The APP
preaching mass of men, which was quickly
returned by them, when their commander
immr diateiy gave the order TO charge upon
US. Instantly our bayonets were fixed ready
to receive their charge. With loud yell
that rent the morning air miles around, they
rushed down upon US, when the firing COM
menced further down the line to the left OF
our Regiment by those who had at first been
prevented from firing in consequence of the
dense forest which then interviewed between
them and the supposed enemy. About this
time the cry, "GeOrgians! Georgians Geor-
OF ans ~ was heard TO proceed from the ranks
of the supposed enemy. We were at first not
inclined to interpret this cry as it was intend
ed by those whence it proceeded, fearing lest
it might be cheat; and we were strengthen
ed in this belief. when, above the surround
ing noise. we distinctly heard the stentorian
voices of Gen. Jackson and Col. johnson cry
QUILTS d cheat; they lie; pour it into
them. my brave boys" and we were just in
the act of pouring one CALLING fire into their
midst. when we discovered the white badges
on their hats and knew them to be our own
men. Two men-Sergeant Fielder, OF the lSt,
and soldier whose name haven't learned,
of the 18th Georgia Regiments, were killed;
two dangerously wounded--T. I. Brown, OF
the Newman Guards, and Corporal Hogue, OF
the OglethOrpe Infantry; two slightly wound
ed-W. B. W. Dent, of the Newman Guards,
and private WEIGH, of the Southern Guards
all except the second mentioned were OF the
Ist Regiment Georgia Volunteers. This was
a sad occurrence, but neither party was TO
blame.
The causes which brought about this sad
engagement were as follow: A detachment
of 80 men from the LIST and 18th Georgia reg
iments under command OF Lieut.. Dawson,
OF the 18TH left this camp several hours IL
ad vance of the main body of Gen. Jackson's
column, with orders to effect passage
through the mountain, and form an ambus-
cade near the road at some point between the
enemy's pickets aud their camp, in order to
prevent them escaping from US when the ad-
vancing column should rOut them from their
posts. This order was executed, so far as re-
CARDS reaching the point designated in tue
order and forming the ambuscade; but Lient.
Dawson had not been long in his place of
concealment before gun In the hands OF one
of his party accidentally fired, which
brought out party of the ankees sta
toned near 10 investigate the Cause of this
firing. Seeing his ambuscade would be dis
nd innnaSihla N
the order first given, Lieut.. Dawson de-
termined to act as he thought best. He i'm
mediately ordered his men 10 advance on the
nearest post of pickets, which was not far of,
and happened TO be the post at which was
stationed the reserved force for the advanced
pickets TO fall back upon. This furce con-
sisted of about 40 men. who maintained their
position brayely for short time.
But our men advanced on them so rapidly
and poured such CALLING fires into the midst
that they were soon forced to beat hasty re-
treat Our men sustained no loss-nine dead
bodies of the Yankees lay in the road before
them; no doubt others were killed i'll the
woods, as sixteen guns were found on the
battle ground that had been in the hands of
the enemy. After this skirmish, Lieut.. Daw-
son concluded to proceed down the road TO
join the main body OF Gen. JacksOns column.
When they approached near US, the heavy
ed very much like the rolling of artillery and
the approach of large force. Knowing
that Lieut.. Dawson neither had large force
nor one piece of artillery, and not having the
least idea of meeting bis party at this point |
all being informed of his instructions-we |
1t once concluded it must be the enemy, and |
fred into them; and as the firing from our |
side at first proceeded from one company |
1nly-the New an Guards-the rest not COM |
handing view of the rodd-they supposed |
Is to be the pickets of the enemy.
We now moved forward to within one mile /
md half of the enemy'S camp, and the /
whole force was deplOyed in an open field |
n full view of it. We remained in this field,
lrawn up in battle array, expecting the |
lankees to come out and meet us till late in |
he afternoon, when we were marched back
bout four miles, where we biyouacked for
he night in an open field without tents or
nythIng 20 protect US from the chilly air and
he heavy dew. except our blankets. Early |
ext morning we went back to the top of the
mountain, and the whole force, except about
wO hundred, were deplOyed in wood on the
EFT of the road, near the field in which we
7ere drawn up the day before. Two hundred
len advanced forward and performed every
hammer of movement that could be conceived
4 order to induce the Yankees to come out
rom behind their Notifications, and to decoy |
hem into our ambuscade. But if one may
ldge from indications, the enemy felt by no
leans safe in their entertainments, and had no
lea OF coming out to give US fair fight.
When night came on we returned to our
empOrary camp, leaving a strong picket
uaId on the mountain.
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