Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-10-28
pnrllonlars Of lhe Wild Cnt FLehr.

Kentucky is now our nearest fighting
ground, and many brave soldiers are ther,
from Northern Ohio, whose friends will b.
interested in ell particulars Of ngnts upor
the "dark and bloody ground The fol
lowing details of the Wild Cat fight are from
tie Cincinnati Gazette of Saturday:
Since receiving the intelligence of the bat
tie at Wild Cat Camp, yesterday morning, we
have CLEANED some additional particulars
from three wounded soldiers who arrived in
Covington last night. Their names are D.
q. Mcconnell and VIM. Chandler, Company
D, Thirty-thir Indiana regiment aud henry
Rothrock, Company l, same regiment
They are but slightly wounded in the legs,
and are on their way home to Shelbyville,
Indiana.
it appears that about eleven o'clock on
Monday morning four companies of the Thir-
ty-third and part of Col. WOlford's cavalry
regiment mot mounted, however, were at
tackled by two or three regiments of rebel
iLfantry with one battery of artillery. Our
men were intrenched upon a ridge which
completely commands the only available pass
toward Camp Dick Robinson, which it was
the design of the rebels to reach, and they
were allowed to come within seventy-fve
yards OF the breastworks, when the Indiana
boys sprang from their shelter, and poured
their fire with unceasing vigor upon the foe
for nearly two hours. There was little reg
gulariey in the engagement so far as the
rules OF battle are cJncerned, for each Union
soldier fought as though the fate of the day
rested VITA him alone, and such bravery
has rarely been recorded during this rebel
lion as was shown by the Indiana boys on
this occasion. The rebels, too, fought like
tige 8, but the great disadvantage Of ap-
preaching their opponents up hill, and un-
der steady FIRE from behind entrenchments
soon began to tell upon them, and they kept
falling back at each volley, dragging their
slain and wounded with them. Our loss is
four killed and thirteen wounded, as far as
we can learn, but it is more likely that more
recent intelligence will show an increase Of
both.
The loss of the rebels is variousIy esti.
mated at from three hundred to six hun
dred. Toward nightfall the rebel forces had
fallen back almost out of sight, but it was
thought that possibly they might renew the
attack with increased numbers, knowing the
weakness of the Union force, and the ut
most vigilance was kept for fear of sur
Prise. About midnight tho alarm was given
by the booming of cannon from the rebel
side, and q simultaneous movement by both
infantry and cavalry upoR the right flank OF
our force. By that tine, however, one of
our Ohio batteries, but which we could not
learn, had arrived upon the scene, and imme-
diately opened most efeetual fire with
SHOT and shell, which scattered the flank
rascals, and after few rounds completely
sllenced the rebel battery. NeXt morning
one field piece, 9 slE-po4ndeT, was found
spiked, with both wheels shattered by one Of
our shells, and fourteen or fifteen dead bodies
scattered around it.
1t wss probable that our battery was that
Of the Sixteenth Ohio, which had passed
through Crab Orchard Springs on Sunday,
and the Springs are about twenty miles
from the scene Of action
Thirty stand Of arms had been captured, q
number Of blankets and large quantity of
aeeoutrements, including terrible homemade
knives.
The Fourteenth, Thirty-Eighth, and Six
teenth Ohio, and two Tennessee regiments
are now in hot pursuit of the rebels, and it is
not improbable that hot and bloody work
has been done since these struggling pa'ticu-
lars reached rs. The ball has fairly opened
on {" the dark and bloody ground, " and it is
very safe to predicate that nowhere during
the progress of the present war will Il be
carried on with more ierceness and unfiinoh-
ing bravery upon our side.