The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-10-04
War News.
mn LEXINGTON FICmT.
PrtVnsn 1.cifcr from one OF tic
n1pule Gunrds who Fought
umdcr Col. mulligttn.
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from TIC 81 Louis Democrat
The following private letter which VIZ
ore permitted to publish, gives a hiehl,
interesting account Of the recent fght ri
Lexington,
f.sNNafdA Sent. al.
Nv DEAR FRpsD. You will receive
tefc9c ySu stc thlu, the intelligence oI
NE aifrnander nf- ihe garrieonrut f.eEiur
Ton. The 6Rlt which occurred onThurs
day ~ latt week, was btit tifclihiihnry 4,
ahs rrrator dqht Which has Aimee liaker
rlace, end which resulted in the uncon
ahlonal surrender Of he post on yester
dsy At 10 o'elook PM H' -f1 I'
90 On Wcdncsdny laat eur town and for
were invested BY force variously estimut
ID b fom $4,000 20 ID, 1000 mon under
command ofPrice. Rains, Parsons, SlacI
and who else I know not, but certain 4
=, that the ehtifc army Of Jackson I,
hsse. ra 4riv s'i
The 6ghtvas begun by the pckets a,
early as & o'clock, aud was continued
curing the whole Of the night Early on
Thursday morning Il was resumed, and
laeted % a late hour Of the evening, wher
nag Of truce was scnt in proposing
tcfma Of surrender, which were at once
rejected hy The officer in command.
By tbc dawn of day on the following
morning the Eight was resumed, and dur.
ing het day many attempts were made 10
carry tho place BY assault, in every in.
stance, however, the enemy mcoiing 0
signal repulae, with great loss. In tho
meantime the water had given out. In
deed az early as Wednesday, il was an
nounecd that the water bod given out, and
the men were wnrnol not 10 cat salt pro.
Visions (or fear Of provoking thirst---aud
for wanl Of water no bread ould be hnl,-
ID. Thus for three days aud nights did
the brave men endure the torturos Of con.
tipunl watching, of hunger aud thirst, tlll
n many INSTANCES they actually tainted
IN The trenches. Add 10 oil this, the fuci
ihat there were near 1000 horses inside
the Qualifications, many hundreds of which
had been shot IN the carly part Of the
fight, and could not be removed, and were
purifying IN the sun, ill the stencil be-
camS insupporiahlc, aud Won can form
rome idea Of the horrors with which VIC
were surrounded, 10 say nothing Of the
dangers 20 which we were continually
Auhjected by the firing ofVol,eys of mr.
ullcfy aud muskctry from foe conceded
behind houses, hanks and trpcs.
Late on Friday evening the funl charge
was mtdc from behind hemp bales, which
he'd been rolled up for brcSstworks, and
the fire wuu No heavy ua to force n part
Of Col. MHrshaPs communicative COM
pAnies of Home Guards and a company
pf the Irish Drigadc---tO retreat insldlo OF
the second breastworks. In this oharae
one of the eannons o. tho Home Gurds
end = bnsa piece belonging 60 tho Irish
nigode wcFo captured by Harris COM
nland. Az this critical juhetnrou dctach-
meht was sent by Col, Mulligan 10 sus-
cain the rctreauhg forccs, WIN returned
- thc charge, Ralliod outside tho brensi-
WOrke, drove the cnsmy boforc them, and
capturcd both pieces Of hrtillofyl I'm
hssdiStely aftcrthis clmfgc white flag
vas sent in by Gen. Price, and Col. Mui.
ligan, in vicw of the condition Of his men,
surrendered the post.
g A mnrc gallant defense in not on rec
ord, aud although suffering the 0Ntrcmc
of hunger and thirst, the bravo officers and
relAiesn shell dtteTltepa at the etrrn no =
reHsity which forced them TO strike their
nag. ,r,,vn0 adj 9on.fr,rr
Tho thought that their Government
had neglected them IN their need, aud had
turned deaf car 10 alt their nipplicO-
touE for assistance, wns even more pain
hil than the physical tormenIs they on
dured. 81 30 ,'"..rr t. .H $500
, Ofthe killed and wounded can seAre-
ely VcntuFe aI estimate. Those who
profess 10 be informed tell me that the en-
tire Federal loss DOES not exceed one
hundrrdrhd any In killed aud wounded,
Of which only fovty-two arc yet dead,
while h l'hI Of tho State forces is GER
iainiy not less than twelve hundred, of
which ut least deo hundred arc Killed.
Nearly every house in town Is hos
pital. The aaddcUt want prevails ovory-
where throughout the country. StOrv,-
tion Is staring US in the face; and men
who six months ago wore reported wcOl-
thy have not the means OF providing for
their families single day..
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