Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-09-26
BATTLE OF CAaNIfEx FERRY.
Full. Particulars of the Fight
Eolil, ef Colonel Layye--Gnllant Conduct
o. he Tr~O. ..s-CLit. Dvycr's Sword he.
cap. p.ur> he l. il sht OF rloyd.


Eoail, Of Colonel La,ve-Gnllant Conduct
a. he I'f-O. ..s--CLlr D,vycr's sword Re.
Ca p az 1.-i lac E'.i sht OF rloyd.
From Il full and interesting account of the
hal. le oi Carni.rx Ferry on Tuesday last. when
tcn. Rusecrsl, ruulrd General Floyd, by The
>ln cial c"rrrs, a'n LEM ot the Cincinnati Com
"ecytiJi. W. extract all We have space for. 1t
VIII we'll bear reading.
1 Lie army were on The march Thursday mcrn-
II g al . clock. On tie march, this incident
/, related:
PURSUIT OF REBELS.
Two Of Corn's troopers, however. had wan
dtr, INTO The Country iUr break last, before the
SCOUTS got IN. and we had not been i'll town
many minutes, when they rutlr up the Charles
ion pike. III The lower end ol ine town 10 Il
sharp lLrn in the pike, hel're they We're AL
mon, ,slIed of he f,c.s ahead at them. A "Se-
c,sa daIi.sel. who WAS lying from Town to her
home III lhe coi.niry, met, anl warned Them In
escape. As they wnrlcd, some III S:cwari 5
ln'!I;:na c,valry caught glimpse ot ,hem. re-
coanIzIuy ihrir Gua,iy s;y iirIr green shirts and
whIIc c.iii,u s.r ,pes c:issci on heir caps, anu
with ii.cir gallant Captain III The le.Id. gave
them hot cl.;Ise. II wa,awlld ride, and II mer-
ry une. The poor fellows fled Tor life. or cap
>.
straight lines from nose 20 tail, and the whole
course was .home stretch" The luose stones
IN The rode flew like chatf. and fire flashed from
the iron Lools of the horses under the hard col
lision. But the Hooser hors,s were swif.esi.
and directly u scattering fire and shouts OF tn
unIh heard in town u mile from the scene, an
nuunccd the end of The pursuit. and soon alter
Two caplivcs and their horses were led back ex-
uli:.niiy 10 Sumnrrville. The prisoners. hnd-
II .l..a,
their ANIMALS aud attempted 10 take 10 the
bushes. but Il few close sliols caused them 10
elevate their hands and surrender. One of
them, Poindexter, was from Clbcll county. and
the other is sun of Rev. Kennedy, e,!iior of the
SoulheIn Methodist ut Park-rsburg. He was
The bugler of the troop. and besides his masi-
cal instrument. Il sword which belonged 10
Capt Dyer, of The 7Ih Ohio. who was killed at
the recent surprise at Cross Lanes, wascaptured
with him. 10th prisoners were in that affair.
and they testify that Capt. Dyer died gallanly
while attempting 10 rally his men. Capt. Stew
art has charge OF the sword. and will he happy
t. return it 10 the friends OF Capt. d. if they
will notify HIM where 10 send il.
They advanced to the
VICINITY OF CROSS LANES.
From thence we advanced 10 Il point within
Il mile of Crus, Lanes, where The road forks. a
branch leading off to Cross Lanes. the main
road tOaducliny TO Carnifex Ferry, three miles
distant. The sounds of skrmshing in the for
esIs were constantly increasing III animal i'n,
and it. was obvious that we were approaching
The rebel posIion. hut the General WIS still III
/ he dark about the rrads. lie WAS informed "f
another cross road to Cruss Lanes, mile or Iwo
IN advance. and WAS sal isficd the enemy could
moi he lar from it-since that was The route l,y
which they had surIr.sd Col. Tyler. gen
erai reconnaissance WAS decided upon. Strong
columns were Gci,luyed upon The hills IN line
oi battle ana heavy dciachments were ordered
To sweep through all the forests in the vicinity.
\ more hrllian. spectacle :wiis Lever see III Vir-
gina. and The animated scene cannot be fitting
" dcserItcd. Our fine reg imenis were dcIlov-
,,i acres, several boil meadowy knobs. their
wings expanding in imposing proportions, bur-
ni,.rd weapons glcaincd in The sun light. spir-
lied hurscs and held liurscmrn were d.s>hIng
swiftly over Ike I;.rr OF the firli an ll.c q, ner
Il :: uod in iuld relief on Il commanding emin-
rnra. Surveying lie q! Cling prospect with a
cool, confident and cXLl;ant eye. Here WAS
'...lic array.
on TO THE FRAY.
Gen. Brnham's Brigade WIS again ordered to
advance. Or skirmi>lers mo, cd over the hIls
.,ri. uns liie rebel IIckeis. and ihe Comlnander-
,n- Chr agaIu l.,,sHed 10 Ibe front. Shortly
.i.crwardl, We gained the anXiuusly louked Tor
rr,,.s ro:.I. NOW" said the General. 1--WE are
all riynl-lherc Is no danger in the icr." The
con ,iciIun tnlr We wrrc rapidly clusinS on the
,nc.ny WIS .ml.Ie,sed cn every mind. Every
eye u.EllcL ;is ,he wurl passed, flight ahead.
Ia is. tiyh a.,radl' Then we hraId skirmish-
ing more lively Than rvrr. not u mile distant.
prcc,.lr, by Il ell Triumph and apparent pur-
SUIT. Sub We were totally igm,r: Of the en-
int
whether II WAS on The rood We Were pursuing
and therefore lhe cGldmn was divided 10 guard
all roads Ln.Il our know lctlgs was nb>slHle-
lu. LIS; sss,r.mIsh scenird conclusive. AMI while
discussing 1t. an uiiiccr lode up a'iioIhciiiS.
We l,:,,c I,.st ci.;,,cd u strung detachment ui
he rebel, irJnI lneir Camp TN Tie hill, and The
men are Pursuing Them III ihe wools. Their
fires are Burning. and Their camp cquIpagr WIS
lett oil the grond. Fifty he;u! III ocei cattle
We're III ,u raI,iu ed En- Grant was how. snund-
ed III r;lIne,t. "Ilay push on nuw, GENERAL.
: id General Benh;Ini. "i.Iid uncover ihe iuX?-
i'll do II in earnest ii You say SO. The Conn
nrlncer ln-C Chief, musing Il momnnl, replied
.y-e-s, GO OK And brave old Bcnham pushed
ahead quickly. wagging his head and swinging
his pun,crvus arms with obvious satlsficilon,
exci..inIing I've got my brigade nuw. and well
20 on" The Comnlander-in-Chiefr rode mp IN
10 the rebel camp and across the hull 10 good
point of observation, but Benham moved ahead.
Ills nuIlc brigade was passing rapidly; Colo-
mel loves regiment renl..iling behind 10 guard
the road.
had passed up with the General, and had
left him bit II moment TO admire u rebel CUlu-
urls baggage. which he had left in Iii, haste,
when the whole Column pricked up their ears
mt The sharp sounds of Conflict. apparently not
more than !. few hundred yards IN advanc =
Indeed it sounded rs ii 1t WIS directly before
us. Twe.,ty or thirty shuts were fired in quick
succession, and we had scarce time 10 think
when a long dreadful roar opened under our
feet shook the cliffs and ihr He'd every soul. 1t
was the roar ol opening battle.
THE QUESTION.
1t was then precisely 3:45 o'clock P. NJ
There WIS discussion at headquarters at thar
moment, whether the iroops should go into
camp or into battle. The day had been fer
vcn.ly hot The troops had marched seventeen
and a halt miles-havIng been on loot sinc,
O'Clock in the morning, and were hardly re-
freshet after the previous day y march. Besides
many of the hest companies had been scouting
all day. Indeed, most Of them We're unht ior
battle though all were eager to go into it, come o
whtn it might. 1t was now too late. ne
deepening roar in the forest told us 100 so'e'',n,y
thai discussion must end. Volley inter V"ley
in dread concert continued. minute i.'.'
the NV lul roar of hostile cannon struck III us
deem dianasnn. Our own batteries hau not
coni. mn bnt stood on the hill wailing orders.
Ed;nt Cen Harris IF sent McMullin's howitzrrs
and Snydrr's Two six-pornderS mrwari ~ no'
hnste Lorsrs and mules unucr Tue i's'i P'""S-
r., pond,ro,.sly onward. the ammunition way
an. ,bun l,rin. ,n their heels. The i2ih Ct,'
alpfl ialrw