The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-12-27
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We condenso (rom the louisville
Journal OF the 10Th, tho following in ref
ercncc to tho fight at Mumrordsyille, Ken
lucky.
The skirmsh lasted about forty.fiyc
minutes from the commencement of the
attack by the rebels to the close, at which
time the rebel cavalry iled prceipitately,
leaving their dead on the field.
Ii should be borne in mind that tho four
companies from the Thirty-second InGi-
ana Regiment, Col. Which, under com.
mand of the lieutenant Coloncl, crossed
to the south bank of Green river upon
the bridge near Mumlordsvillc, aud were
thrown out as pickets in squads of eight
or ten, upon an open meadow, at . dis
tanco OF about one hundred wards from
The river bank. At the Mum lordsyille
depot there was a concealed battery Of
three guns, and there was another bat
terry of equal force about Il mile distant,
in southcrly direction. Thcre was n
belt OF timber skirting the position of the
four companies from Indiana. When
the batteries opeued the Texas Rangers
made charge for the timber. and about
the same time an order was given for the
Federal infantry to rally upon the same
point The .ndaniuns executed the or
der under CALLING fire from the batter.
les. They thus reached The weed, and
under cover of the trees did fearful exc
euton in the ranks Of the rebel cavalry.
The loss sustained by the Federal troops
was incurred under the effect oC the first
fire. The rebel cavalry dashed in among
their ranks before cur troops had found
time to form. Once T rmed, however
they gallRntlY advanced to the wood
sganst fearful odds.
The fight fer II few minutes is describ.
ed by an eye witness as a desperate en-.
counter. The gallant India .as iesortct
10 their sabre beyonets, forcing a hand,
to.hand combat upon their enemies s,
long as the rebels could be induced tc
stand up and face cold steel. Whontht
lndianians finally gained the wood, they
opened fire upon the Rpngcrs, who flet
prcciptateIy, leaving their dead upon Ia,
ilcld, including the bofy Of Colonel Ter
~, who was killed by musket ball
which entered his lower bowels.
The rebel loss is even greater than a
first supposed. There were found upor
the field 90 dead bodies and the boaie.
Of twclyoor fourteen horses, In addition
10 the bill of mortality, large number q
rebels are known to have been wounded
The Federal loss was thirteen killed an,
an equal number wounded.
Two Regiments Of Federal troops, th1
phirty-sixth Indiana and the Sixteenth
Ohio, entne promptly up to the relief o.
the four compSnies Of the Thirty-secon.
ludianu, but the rebels had no taste for 1
renewal Of the fight.
Some instances OF desperate daring ar.
related Of various members Of the Thirty,
second Indiana regiment. Aninlorman
assures US that he ives a witness TO III,
iact that youth OF seventeen, who Join
cd the regiment ut Cincinnati. bet " hos,
name he could not learn, threw on tn,
restraint Of the company dril Cor IN,
time, and stationed himself behind tree
From that point he fired fourteen time,
during the engagement, loading and iir
ing with as much GOODNESS rs ii hu wer,
out dnskiRg, every shot bearing mess
age OF death TO some misguided rebel.