Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-06-20

es. TO prevent this, were cut from many
of the wagons and mounted, and the wag-
ons and contents left as our booty, The !
wagons were filed with munitions Of war,
blankets. knapsacks, clothing. baggage of
officers and men, and with considerable
amount Of -four and forage. Having pur-
SUED the assault and pursuit of the enemy,
I speak particularly Of these officers. be- ;
cause, being of my immediate command,d
their conduct was under my personal OBJ
servation: and because, thrown suddenly
in command of different dctachments, of
troops, to the officers of which I am
stranger. am unable to mention the
names Of many whose. bearing and cour-
age are worthy Of praise. The detaeh-
nicnt Of the Fourteenth Regiment of Ohio
Volunteers, commanded by Colonel Stead
man crossed the bridge Immediately after
the Seventh Indiana, and was followed
quickly by the Sixth Indiana, under Col.
crittendendA Col. 1Steadman captured a.
large amount of tents, a number of mus
kets and rifles, and other munitions Of war,
and / believe some prisoners; we were
separated during the engagement. but his
conduct. as well as that of his officers and
men. is spoken of in terms Of much praise
by those who witnessed it., Lieut. Col,
Sturges, of the SAME regiment. in charge
of the artillery, managed his guns with
great celerity. l understand that he was
assisted and directed by COL Landers. by
special delegation from the commanding
general. SO informed, i did not myself
give any directions in regard to the guns.
Col. Crittenden was necessarily placed in
the rear, for he left the cars at Webster,
after tedions journey. but TO take up his
march on Phillippi. his men marching in
the rear. in the darkness of midnight and
inthe raging storm would necessarily be
vastly more fatigued than those in front.
Still they and their gallant commander
held mp with unfaltering spirit and did as
great service in the fight and chase as it
was possible fer good officers and good
men to do. Whils descending the hill
towards the bridge body of troops made
their appearance on the heights to the left
A friendly cheer assured rs it was the
command OF the gallant Colonel Milroy
and the 1st Virginia Regiment, command
ed by Col. Kelley, and detachment from
Col. Irvine's Ohio Regiment. A rapid
descent down the declivity enabled them
to strike the retreating enemy, but not
with SO much effect as If the descent-could
have been made a few minutes sooner
Col. Miiroy assaulted that part of the ene-
my who had left the main road sad betook
themselves to the hills to enjoy the protec-
tion of the trees. while Coils. Kelley and
Irvine command pursed the enemy up
the road leading towards Beverly They
succeeded in overtaking. killing and
wounding number. but, unfortunately,
Colonel Kelley himself. fell severely
VIC unded by pistol shot in the breast;
my men carried him into the tosn. when
surgical assistance was Immediately rem
dered by Dr.. Geo. w. New of my regi.
ment. who had proved himself rs gallant
and courageous in the field. as he is skill
ful in his profession. Just before we had
approached the town, he volunteered to
make reconnaissance of the bridge, and
bore my messages along the line repeated
ly, seemingly unmindful of his own per-
sonal danger eia'1 9ei = sifs3 80
Capt. 6. w. Robinson, of Col. Kel
ley's command. reports to me that he cap
tured Capt. J. w. Wiley of the rebel ar
my. and upon his person found his COM
mission from Adjutant. General Garnett
of the rebel forces. and other papers of i'm
portanee, which he reports he holds SUBJ
ject to my order. enclose his report. 1t
perhaps is no: my province to speak
much Of that part of the expedition which
marched by way of Evansville under the
command of Col. Kelley, Milroy and IT.
wing. and their commands 1 know moth
ing personally of their march prior to ar
irving before Phillppi. and only speak of
what I myself saw. The two commands
or bodies of troops arrived almost sinai
taneously upon different hills overhanging
the town. and did all that could be done
to arrest the fight and punish the enemy.
only undertake to report the particu-
lars OF that part Of the expedition under
my Immediate command. and which
marched upon Phillippi by way Of Web
ster and The Bridge. 1 speak of the part
of the expedition commanded by Coils.
Kelley. Milroy and Irvine. only because
Col. Kelley's condition is such as to rem.
der report from him impossible. In do
ing so may have made some mistakes.
but not Intentionally. | herewith hand
to yon the reports made to me by Coils.
Crittendeen, Milroy and Steadman. Our
loss was two wounded and two missing:
what the enemy's loss was is not certainly
known. as he succeeded in carrying off
many Of his dead. 1t was inconsiderable.
perhaps not to exceed forty / have heard
the conduct of Jonathan w. Gordon Of
Col. Milroy's command spoken of in terms
of decided appsobationdby the officers Of
the same command. !. Since we have been
here. he had small mounted scouting
party on hszardous expedition and per
formad it in q very satisfactory manner.-
David w. Check, Ginmissary ard Quar-
termaster's clerk, at my instance. mounted
a horse and role at my side, bore mo ssa,
ges and rendered me very vahable services
and proved himself brave and coursgeous.
The colors presented by the ladies' OF, Aus
rora to the 9TH Indiana regiment were the
Stars and Stripes which first floated over
the town o.l' '','a' s''., =
The disuniou flag was captured by Capt,
Feffy'sI command, Of my regiment. and
the stars were run mp and given. to the
breeze in its place. 49, ~ \
Capt. Will. q. Moresu of Col. Critten- |