Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-25
KENTUCKY NEWS,
LATEST FROM KENTUCKY OF THE
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nished with the following particulars:
This camp is located in Laurel County,
about two miles beyond Laurel River, which
divides it from Rockcastle County, and the
forces there consisted Of Garrard's Kentucky
| Regiment Colonel Coburn's Indiana Thirty
| third, and a portion of Colonel Woolford's
Kentucky Cavalry. Zolicoffer, with a rebel
force Of six thousand foot, one thousand six
hundred horse, and one battery, attacked the
camp about eleven o'clock, and was vigor-
ously repulsed by its brave defenders.
AT three o'clock P. NJ, Zollicoffer again
brought his rebels up to the intrenchments,
but were met by Calling fire from the Ken
tucky and Indiana boys, which drove them
back again in some confusion and with con-
siderable loss, and so discouraged that they
did rot renew the engagement. The Union
loss was four killed and twenty.on wounded;
that of the Confederates is not known, but it
must have been serious.
Colonel Garrard had, in anticipation of
this attack, sent to Camp Dick Robinson for
reinforcements, and we learn from the Lex.
ington Observer that the Ohio Fourteenth,
Colonel Steadman, the Ohio Seventeenth,
Colonel Connell one thousand six hundred
Tennesseeans, and one battery, reached
Camp Wildcat Just Is the engagement closed,
having been met by the first messenger who
left that place, going at double-quick time
for the scene of action. Glorious fellows
what a pity they were not in time to share
the honors of the first Kentucky battle and
victory. Colonel Garrard has evidently made
q mastery defense against a force more than
double his own, but now he has nearly an
equal number Of men. We trust that the
whole force at Camp Dick Robinson has
been sent forward into Laurel, for it is im-
| possible to estimate what rebel strength lies
| in the rear of Zollicolfers position. He must
| be forced beyond three long mountains and
the passes of the Cumberland" despite the
military necessity which compelled their oc-
cupation by him.
We have since learned that the Federal
forces engaged in this brilliant affair were
under command Of Brigadier- General
| Scboepff, lately assigned to service in the
| Department of C.hberland by Lieutenant
| General Scott. He is q Hungarian by birth,
and was MAJ or in the Austrian artillery
service up to the war for Hungarian Inde-
pendence in l94a-9 in which he greatly dis
tinguished himself Previous to his appoint
ment as Brigadier- General, upon the special
| recommendation of General Scott, he had
been, for several years, one of the Examiners
in the Patent Office at Washington. General
Schoepf will prove valuable acquisition to
| this Department.
A correspondent of the Gazette sends the
following partial list Of the killed and
wounded:
WOUNDED.
]. S. Coil, Kentucky Cavalry Colone
Walford-in thigh; bad.
Isaac White, do, in leg.
Edward Laer, Third Kentucky, ball il
back, and another through the left hand.
Henry Dowd, Company B, in right arm.
Captain Smith, Kentucky Cavalry, righ
wrist.
Captain Hooshin, Company I, Thirty-thir
Indiana, lost finger.
James E. Wood, Kentucky Cavalry, in tn
leg.
pany, Thirty third Indiana, in both legs.
VIM. Chandler, Second Sergeant, Compan.
D, Twepty-tbird Indiana
VIM. Toland, Company G, Thirty-thir
Indiana, in temple.
David Il. Mcdonnell, Company D, Thirty
third Indiana, in leg slight.
Warren Brewer, Company /, Thirty-thirt
Indiana, in breast.
Amos Ruse, Company l, Thirty-third In
| diana, right arm and neck; dangerous.
George Miller, Company l, Thirty y-thirt
Indiana, thigh.
Ancos Speck, Secessionist, Seventeenth
Tennessee, both ankles; right leg amputateC
by Doctors Daniels, Sloat and schenck.
KILLED.
William Hogler, Company I, Thirty-thirt
Indiana.
Lewis McFerren, Company D, Thirty -thirc
Indiana.
The above list is reliable, but 1 fear tina
when the field is examined more will bC
found.
Captain Howard T. Combs, of Oregon
Holt County, Missouri, is raising a company
for six months service. Captain Combs i
a son of the gallant General Leslie Combs
of Kentucky, and the "boy Captain" has
worthy representative in the person of hi
son Howard.
"A gentleman from New Orleans, ,Via Hen
derson, reached Louisville Wednesday night
He Gays the blockade there is perfect, an
that there has been no arrival or departur
for the last six weeks.
LONG TRAIN.
Yesterday evening the longest train tina
ever left this city started from the Nashville
Depot. 1t stretched from the northern enc
of the depot entirely to Kentucky. street, be
ing very nearly or quite half mile long
and was drawn by three locomotives. TIL
cars composing it were filled with soldiers
camp equipage and some of the horses be
longing to the artillery.-LOuiSUiILe Demo
cTdt Gath.
. News from the Arctic ReEiOns-Ten Me
Starved to Death Poor Success of Lh
American WhaIers.
, The Whaler ALerL arrived at Peterhead Of