The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-11-07

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Col Connell to his wife In this city:
CAMP CoNNEII, nearl
london, Laurel Co., Ky.
Oct. 20. 1861
DEAR JENNIE -0nryesterday morning I
took the line Of march with my Regiment, on
Zollicoffer's track, to this point about 25 miles
from where he will mako his final stand, with
orders to take and hold this position until the
main column could cOmeTup.w Stedman with
battery of Q pieces followed last evening, to
support me here. They arc now in camp with
us. We have advanced II miles south Of
Camp Wildcat, to the Cross Roads, which we
now command. All along the road we saw
evidences of the shameful flight of zollicoffer,
which was worse panic than that Of our for
ces from Bull Run. They had cause to be
frightened, as while we lost but four killed and
fifteen wounded in all, Zollicoffer admits that
ho lost 160 men, in killed, wounded and miss
ing His army was composed of vandals and
thieves. They stripped the country like an
army Of locusts, breaking open houses stealing
even women's and baby's Clothes tearing of
bed clothes, and making fires of furniture; kill
ing cattle, and leaving half unconsumed; and
cleaning farms Of every vestige Of fences. No
wonder the people through here hate them and
the secession cause. Ihavo passed through no
part Of Kentucky that was not almost unit
for the Union. The young men are nearly all
in our army.
The first telegraphic accounts Of the fight
were shamefully unjust, and don't know that
full Justice to all will ever be DONE Tho ac-
count was evidently sent In by Kentuckian,
as he gave credit to Garard and Gen. Shoept
alone Garrard and his men were not In the
fight and Gen. Shoept, disclaiming all knowl-
eige Of the ground or men, having just arrived,
permitted Col. Cobun and myself to conduct
the fghtin our own way.
Shoept is fine officer, however Hungari-
an refugee and splendid looking man.
Mr.. Fullerton acted as his aid-de-camp.
Fullerton is as brave as lion, and very ener-
getic. He has boen acting as my scout and
special messenger for the last two days, and
he goes everywhere without fear.
We are now in pleasant place, beautiful
battle-ground where II they dare attack u.s. we
can whip 5000 Of them. They will not attack
us, and we will move on to them when urfull
force comes ur.
I must confess that there Is nothing poetlcal
or pleasant in the scene presented by battle
field after the fight. It is sorowful to see
scores Of fine young men lying strcwed around
goaning and gasping with pain, and many
cold in death. IL hours after the battle,
found manv of the cnemy's dead unburied
near our trenches, and nobody else seeming
: willing to put them into the bosom Of theil
mother earth, I took Adjutant Davis and file
|. of men, and gathered them together, took de-
scription of each, and laid them side by side in
common grave.
Say to the people Of Lancaster, that not mar
of the 18th regiment has been lost and but I
few are sick, and they not dangerously SO. /
wasn't their fault that none of them were hur
in the fight for they chafcd to getinto the fgh
I like dogs in the leash, and occupied the mos
J exposed situation throughout the fight. / cal
. rely on them / know now, and they all feel,
1 believe that they can trust me.