Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-10


company with their comrades to the scene of their
conflict, for their revolvers and guns that they
had fired until they were out of ammunition and
then hid them to keep the rebels from getting
them. Some. alter dscharging their revolvers
finding them useless, hid them under stumps and
threw them in the creek, but yesterday returned
to the identical spot and found them all safe but
one, and that one was borrowed from Colonel
McGinnis, and suppose was found by the rebels.
Colonel Wallace this morning sent teleg.aphic.
account of the fight to General Mcclellan at
Grafton, and received in reply the following
which have kindly been permitted to copy:
GxAyros, va, June 2s
To COLONEL L<w Wallace:
congratulate you upon the gallant conduct of
your regiment Thank them for me, and express
TO the party how highly honor their hero
courage, worthy of their French namesakes. i
more than ever regret that you not under my
command. ] have urged General Scott to send
up the Pennsylvania regiments. begin to doubt
whether the 18th Indiana needs reinforcements.
Gro. B. MCCLELLAN
Major General United States Army"
Our regiment, heretofore being unaccustomed
to receiving either praise or encouragement from
high officials, unanimously voted three cheers
and "tiger" for General Mcclellan.
Below give you the names of the scouts who
were in the engagen1Dt, also the Company to
which they belanged:
Company AID. B. Hay, E. H. Baker.
Bed. Burkett, j. G. Hollcnback.
C-Tim- Grower, Jim. Hollowell.
DEThos. Brazer.
Geo. w. Mulbarger.
F-Lewis Farley.
E-Frank Harrison
Up. N. Dunlap.
K-Robt. Dunlap, Z. p. Thomas
Many incidents of hair-breadth escapes and
daring deeds are related of many of them which
are very interesting. Not that one was any more
brave and daring than the rest, but some were
placed by circumstances in far more critical posi-
tons than others. Hay, whose horse was swifter
than the rest, overlook them first, and is repre-
sented to have been completely surrounded BY
men with pistols drawn and firing at him before
his companions reached bin. He shot one man
with his musket, had fred all the loads in his re
volver, and with drawn sabre was slashinc right
and left, when he received the wound on the
head from the Captains sword. The Captain
had the sword raised for second blow when
bullet from one of the boys in the rear sent him
Keeling from his horse. Another of the rebel Off
GERS, a very large athletic man, had his horse
shot from under him and ran to a thcket, and
just as Farley came up to him, who was also dis
mounted, they clinched. The rebel being too
large for Farley, had him down and was in the
act of striking him with bis sword, when Hollo
well raised his empty musket and with one blow
killed him instantly, breaking his gun of ct the
breech- After breaking his gun Hollowell loaded
and fired, laying his gun on q log for breech,
and killed another of them who was armed with
two splendid navy revolvers. Before the rebel
was yet dead, Hollowell took the pistols from his
clutches and commenced firing with them. be
brought them home with him and next morning
rendered them to COL Wallace. The Colonel
politely thanked him but told him to keen them
as mementoes for his well earned bravery.
Thomas, who was armed with nothing but his
musket, shot two of them. and while loading the
third time, was within thirty feet of two rebels
armed with revolvers, who both stood deliberately
firing upon him. He had loaded, and while in the
act Of raising the gun to his eve, was struck by
ball just grazing his head, but with force enough,
however, to knock him sepseless. Scarcely had
he fallen when third man rushed in, gathered
him BY the throat, and with drawn sabre was in
the act Of striking, when ball from the musket
Of Grover pierced the rebel through. and he fell
dead upon Thomas. Thomas, after recovering
from the stun of the ball, pushed the dead BODY
OFF OF him, rose up and started to run, but after
reflection thought OF his loaded gun and returned
for it, he succeeded in getting It and killing one
more OF tae enemy, when they were getting short
self in cluster of bushes close by, and was
within twenty feet of the road, in sight of the
rebels while they were removing their dead He
says he counted ten bodies that they carried past
him that he supposed dead from the fact that they
made no noise, and three others that were groan-
ing as it MORALLY wounded. 1t was he that
overheard the inhuman sc0undrels compelling
poor Hollenback to wade the river after he was
wounded and taken prisoner After the rebels
had all left he crept from his place of conceal
ment and wandered all night over the mountains,
and did not reach camp until late next day
Robert Dunlap did not reach camp until next
morning, and could scarcely walk when he came
He got in close quarters and attempted to swim
the river with his gun, but finding il an impcdi-
ment, and seeing three men chasing him, he drop
ped his gun in the water, and after reaching the
opposite shore threw of his boots and coat and
ran about ten miles over the mountains The
three. after following and firing at him for about
four miles, gave up the chase. He came up to a
farm house, which fortunately proved to be the
residence of good Union man, who kept him
over night and provided him with horse to ride
TO camp upon next morning. Dunlap, of Com
pany /, was among the first to return-he and
Baker-and inform of the affair. His horse
could scarcely move when he came to camp.
They both jumped on fresh horses and returned
with the rest of boys to the scene Of the con-
aict. Dunlap has three bullet holes in his shirt,
and in one place the ball passed SO close as to
raise lump upon his side. Baker had his cap
shot of, aud wore one of the secessionists' hats
home. They all testify to Farley killing six of
them, and say that at one time he on foot, run
ming after eight or ten of them, who were retreat
ing on horseback and firing upon him. boz
Scarcely q man of them who has not bullet
holes in his clothes, and many Of them bruises
from weapons. showing the conflict to have been
a most terrible one, and one in which nothing but
the the Divine Power could have saved them.
To-day our comrade Hollenback was buried
with the honors of war;. do wish I could de-
scribe to you the scene at the funeral 1t was
certainly the most imposing ever witnessed.
The coffin was wrapped with the American flag,
aud beautifully decorated with flowers, contribu-
ted by the ladies of Cumberland. Eight of his
comrades were pall-bearers, and a squad of ~
men and one corporal, with reversed arms, march,
ed Immediately behind. Col. Wallace, with the
two Coils. of the Pennsylvania regiments, lead the
procession. Immediately following them came
the staff officers, the corpse in charge of Company
B; then followed the regiment in regular order.
As they marched up the ravine on the south side
Of the cenetsry, between the two hills, the band
playing the solemn notes of the dead march, which
Wse echoed back and forth, sounding as though
a dozen bands were playing the same dirge; the
music and the sad countenances Of the men had
such an eject upon the procession and the hun
dreds Of citizens assembled, that thes W. scarce
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