The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-12-27

.N Dteenilsr H.
Al about half past ono this bncrnoon
our ramp wis starticdh by the rattle OF
n,aeioctry, which scemed 10 come from
the sonth bank Of Grcon River. II was
known that part ofCvL Willich's mag.
nifcert regiment, the a2d lndianu, was
doing picket duty on that aide, end the
Infrrencvst once wnsthat the lusty Ger
msns had either nttnckcd tie enemy Ur
cen attacked by them--most likely the
former. General Johrson well knew the
sound 70 be- that Of fght--lhe direction Of
the firing and the hour OF the day told
plainly That at least a skirmish was uctu-
ally going on---prubalIly n grand battle
pending. So he ordered the signal pnn
10 Sound, aud for the frstiime our rcgi.
mcnts formed In line of battle.
A messenger shortly came over with
the Intelligence that Willicl's pickru had
espicd rebel soldiers in the woodn beyond
them, and Immediately their lion-hoartcd
Lieut. Col. Henry Won Frebra, hhd odror.
sd two companies 70 advance, and IL pos
tiblc, effect their dislodgnrui. The enc
ny rctfcatcd halfn mile TO his man body
without firing shot, and the two compG-
nies pursued him, steadily advancing "a
tkirmishrrs. Suddenly aud unexpectedly
troop ofrcbcl cavalfymcn came d0shirg
ever the hill, and careless volly from
their shot guns tod OF bows that they
were near falling into an hmbuscbdc, tnd
that the enemy was actually intheir front
In considerable force. But, nothing dnun-
ted, the broyc GoImans, veteran like, re-
iurncd the vollcy with n ngalling Gre, slow-
ly rcirceting 80 as 10 bring tho enemy out
from the woods, and into lev,l, ono n
field. The cnomy, confident IN his num-
bers, was not slow 10 accept the invita-
ton. In The meantime. the two cop,pa
nies being hard pressed, the buglc was
sounded TO bring up the remaining eom-
psnies Of the regiment. They camo on
right cal untly, part Of them having TO
cross Green river, aud fell in upon the
right and lcf, flank with ne much sppa-
r,nt cooincssos if this had been their
hundrcdth battle instead Of their frat =
Thon followed an almost hnnd TO hand
conflict, lasting fully an hour. The enc.
my strovo IN vain TO draw The Germans
up the lby fcigncd retreats. n masked
battery was 30 planted as TO haya swopt
our brave fellows fore and att, had thcy
for moment permitted their valor TO re /
the bettcr OF their discretion; but, know.
Ing the fearful odds arraycd agsinkt them,
they were content to hold their around.
Finally, when the enemy dcsnuirra of
getting them ldto the amhuscndr, they
nnmaskcd their battery ard opcncd frc.
The hrst ball passed between the Adm.
tnnt and Major Of the regiment, who oc.
tuplcd rtsticns not many feet apart
Tic bclchlng cannon WIS the siguul o
another onset by the Texan cavalryncn
aud right well did they perform the work
Capt Welsshbollich, Company G, formc,
his men In hollow squhra aud the cayalry
men charged their front, their right al,
thcir let, but they wcro a. ndsmnnt, th,
squnre remained unbrokon, W hile many o
The Texans, equally brave but less sue
rsseful hccaune they were ihe uttackinl
party, hit the inst. Tho cava arvmcn re
tiscd, uiscomftcd, and then an entire repl
mcnt Of rebel infantry dnrkcned the nh
and came marching down toward ih,
brave men composing Company G, but
CALLING fire Irom our front and rght scat
tered their forces and gave them aome
thing else 10 think phont. Col. WiIlicl
hud been ordered on duty at hcpdquartcr,
and consequently did not get to his rcgi
ment until the heat Of the battle was over
The regiment was forced to fall back
short distance, not being able TO stan,
sgainst the artillery. The rebels did no
pursue. They carried or their woundc,
and then beat hpstyretreat II is know,
that tho rebel force consisted of 'Fcrty'
regimonte Of cavalry two regiments of in
tsntry and three pieces of cannon. Tn
rebels lost forty nine killed. Their mum
her Of wounded s not known, but I'M
dcubtcdly Il Is large.