The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-16
OUR SOUTHERN tsTAFETTE
ASHBS's FIGHT

ASHBY'S FIGHT
The following is another account of the fight at
Patterson's Creek. 1t is extract from letter of
surgeon of Ashby's regiment to a relative in Ball
timGre. 1t confirms the account we have herete-
fore published
"Tbe report Of Colonel Wallace about the fight
lin the Sun of June 29) is an infamous lie. | was
present and know all about it. 1t occurred on
kelly's Island, in the Pot mac, near patrersnn's
Creek bridge, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Colonel allace sent thirteen or fifteen of his own
men and Union company from Mary land and
Virginia (cOmmaIdtd by Captain Kelly whom wa
now have prisoner), the whuIe commanded bv
Captain, not Corporal, Hayes, of the Indiana regi
ment. They surprised party of our men, six
strong, under Captain Dick Ashbv, when a drspe.
rate hght took piace-Ashhy making running
hight OF 1t, until his men were scattered and him,
self surrounded by the whole Yelling cnwardIv
pack, and left for dead. One of his men as wound.
ed siig9tIy by sabre cut on the cheek Ashby
was badly wounded by sabre cuts over each eve aud
middle OF the forehead, a sabre bavonet thrust in
the abdomen and one upon the elbow, splitting the
opne and opening the int, pistol wound through
the hand ana a number OF severe cuts upon the
back OF his head, given with a club musket-that
was our loss; they lost five killed that we know Of
Ashby killing Captain Hayes and the most ut them
We found around him number of ofsworG-bayonets,
IOuave caps, &c, and a Minnie musket the stocL;
of which had been broken over his head His
brOthe:, Lieut.. Colonel I. Ashbv, hearing of the
E.rbt rh..l, =
them. and determined n sya,a R;n ~ SUI pr1Te
fnrnJ tbaro Ma j.; = ,rIr GtI - ' N'"t"r'' ne
XIII, JIard W. ] u',r a''fu VIII, "itn oLu>hwr"d on
gave the order t" charge, which his men did
through the river hree feet deep.and rode in among
the bushes and laayina thnir hnrsa ~ ~ III w
by took as any as he could bring away and re-
took the two horses taken from hi4 brother nd the
to the bushes. We lost two killed Dr. O'Horton
and A. Ell, and tr nJi H'a's", ~: y il''Io9
one seyereI Tba ,',,d o"r S'Isu,y ana
saws we murdered vas f,nnJ hr 49, ~; L " ~ ! " "'I"ce
dillon whilst lonking for Dic abh - ~ hs rug CON
side by side v,itb Dick A1bhr 80 tie y as lalu .
aam. bowl and received evac,}, tia 80 ~, ;ue
from us that Captain Dick did until be died when
Lieut.. Col AShby sent them word Ia coua for binn
and bury him. The squad wh,, came for him s,id
that they had lost eighteen killed and two n.iss3ne'
have since seen letter from a persnn in Cum
berland to one living near Spring sld, Va giving
a list of the names of the killed wounded and
missing, making thirty nearly, the exact number
don't remember. We had ia the H. iight six. in
the Other eleven, making seventeen in all; then had
thirteen II 'uayes and forty thr Union Companv
making tVty siG in all This same Colonel IV rIJacc
some weeks ago came into K mney with his u boIl
regiment, when there vas no one To oppfs, him
but old men and wnm~u, Gan the Young men h ing
with the army at Wi. che-t-r, and roLb.d C,l..peI
G'bSnn's house Oi his daught~f's warch silver
ware, towels. naHklnS. IL All th Il orr pckad
thty or' ke open hy kicking in the pa, els mi C O
the locks, brerkl Z open trunks, g.. SC itfer'r .
"'N 1"S'''fi C'" HthS &C al! HNrr tn u--,
aud leaving note in the i"b tum which
Ihrv TOOK rr ""'ch, saying they save
Virginia, not To ROB. They took all er private
letters from ladies', d" aod amused III n.eive> by
'r"i"s '"t" a'"hg M '""H 'ol"nrl Gibson MS
Un'nn mar; he gave me tie account and to, k ne
|" MS mouse wh"r" l saw the destruction ui : 10
perry. ih5y served Others in til SAM. WAY STAY, d
a short time and then made a hurriaJ rrrIa,t c,r'
rNing with them two killed aud three wounded
some "t th old men firing upcn them fT,,a the
mountains
KcntucLzians Goin. South
During the past tea DAYS IT, re h,S been 2 nor
fect rXodus of allan, ,aiwart K.nturki,r. I,,,b
Louisville Kv. to Tenzess,p t. ! j., ih,. Snthrn
amy. At a fair cnmputatiun 500 have left I,ui.
vile Ior hichm"nd via NaShv, and The cry is,
sh'! they come Az drrate e>'imat. more
W. S",th to nave g'ne from hrntucky
eratn SaTes 70 fyht j., d,rsrc.t - 'It H."''u
constitutional liberty In c,nrct, ~ .t? .i',
spontanenus movement Of K.uruckians wa c,,r
the following from the Lexington Sioie.,oo, of rS
terday. -
OrK GALLANT Vo1rxTEEns-As gallant o,.,,
of c,rizep. soldiers as ever Kent st., - ,art%I @
sic Iei, our cjty last wa.k tnr +La d.,
Stote, sarvici Unior-sbri.y.rs nav ~ I
| Nnrthern svmnatbizprs NAV snarI hH, tha boar,.
| nf this comnn,itv will hoo, in s,,na,br i,h ~
| k, - I,a1 1,,rs ;,, - ht,i g "a - WIN "'
E,r -, ~ ~ ,r ;,a @ ~ ., f
iutS S"u"E III ~ W" &c Nv" At C"'np
.''o"c' nraI rI " o," 49, "e, en'eIpu
elie | &c, e. nho are ots"hi|eu III
| ''Tpt? d.. I praor;n;a t.
! IFI:, ~, II u;; Nao' We
ISL Leu,'-Soel II ii2!ns
! "a "a L.eu.'-Ts"' ID l'Ne'''
81 L'tnt.-Ed' heehe. =, ,.
The oihcers are 100 wen known mere 10 need
encomlum rom us ,
lnuc1 en- "a nei % ~ a. e nu leu
| such OF Vi AeH Ni'HS III Tue 'o"'euef"'e
Ear davs mast every train Of cars to Louisville
has h,rMe oar nnmbsrs of Ko,,nakians das,irad fr
the Can federate service Thes@ gentlemen are sa
credly respecting the laws of the State, going,
they do the capacity of private citizens, and as
suming their military organizations when beyond
the line of Kentucky. They constitute companies
of two regiments which have been accepted by the
Confederate States.
Reo,,,turcd
G,L rbo.,o.to, L., ~ hi, Q ,,,hr; l. - A.
"' N"" WV ~ " 0''' y f"''''He' 'n0
following despatch:
CEDAR KEYS Fla, july l5-The schnoDprs Fan
nv R,ssedv ard three R-othprs uf Nay Orlaars
I "a ~ pI;ra pro,ob oF unb;;,, u - - -
@rad bv IincoIn's c,uisarS an6 sgrt ~ I,rs -
- W.. - rIo,,,t,,r,d ~ oe' ~ a. II r. ,- ~,
o. ;,st hy thn Flnrids Iorres Ii ntsna,t SaIdsn
~ ~ !nSs'; So, " Wv ~ 'Ua ~ -, a, ~
ou'eu 2t".es ? % i %mu b'ar snn+ %n Tau,b.s
.'he ~ ~ " tb rbonnprs are SAFE Of Cadar
y - ,ad u,iII he sent bore
hes'' "oN -. p; ,,nood p,a..,l
NH. SL;~miSh AT NeIynort-NeyyS
+b.t .kirmish took placp at Ne" port News on
1hr,sd.v NIGHT last between one hundred and 6ftv
Tnrisisrians under Ii-ut Col Dreux ard a regi-
mont Of New York uaves
The Inuisianians were ont on a scoutinc exnodi
tior ,rbar ,bey encountered the enemy ard a hr;st
fire was opened aud kept up for some time on both
sides Three of the Canfederat-s were killed amo1u
!e me-" iI'e. S a D -. go. t E r ' VI 'ue ene~y
MI" M drt ptshnrr E..oasI Of .b;' -; =" .
tba Filling of Col D.Ruxsr hnt ss CI II l. +
Richmond for Yorktown on Thursday ro,rring II