The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-10-04
TAE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON,
DetniIs or she Fight ana sur-
render.
Sr. Lor1s, Sept. 20.

Details oG Nhc FtHhN nm@ Sur- |
render.
ST. Lorrs, Sept, 20.
A gentleman named King, who
left a point on the Missouri river
opposite Lexington on Wednesday, |
arrived this morning. lie reports
that a severe fight took place on
Tuesday for possession of three
ferry boats which lay at the levee.
Prices force advanced on the boats
in two bodies, ono from above and
the other from below the town, and
after very sharp engagement they
were captured. The boats were
not in fair range Of Mulligan's guns
and his Notifications being so situ-
ated rs to prevent him from com
munding them completely, and his
force was too small to admit OF his
a sortie against Prices
overwhelming numbers; but King
saws he saw twelve wagon loads of
killed and wounded rebels taken off
after the fight. lie also says Price
assaulted Mulligan's Notifications
four or five times on Wednesday,
but was repulscd each time with
loss.
Between thrce and four thousand
reinforcenems from the North
probably under Sturgis, were ex.
pected to arrive late on Wednesday
night, but as Price had possession
of the ferry boats, they would not
be able to cross tho river, and Of
course could be oflittle or no serv-
ice to Mulligan. Kings account is
quito ineoherent and entire reliance
IS not placed in it. There's no ques-
ton, however, that q bate had TAX
en- place, but the details are yet un-
known. .......
HUDsoN, Mo-, Sept. 23d.-The
following account Of tho soige Of
Lexington is furnished to the St.
Louis Republican by Henry Brad
burn, one ofCOl. Mulligan's soldiers
who left Lexington on Saturday
morning:
The fort was surrendered on Fri
day afternoon. The men fought
for fifty.nine hours without water,
and had only three barrels OF vine.
gar to quench their thirst during all
that time. There was no springs
or wells Of wafer on the camp
ground, as has been stated. The
supply was from the river and was
cnt of after a desperate struggle on
Wednesday. The camp ground
consisted Ofabout ten acres and was
located q short distance from the
river There were breastworks en-
ltirely around it, with the exception
Iof that portion next the river. 1t
was here the hardest Of the fighting
took place. The rebels procured a
large number Of hemp bales rolled
them IN advance, and under their
cover gradually succeeded in secur-
ling = position in the rear. They
then cut offthe supply OF water and
had the fort completely surrounded.
They made but few charges upon
the bfeastworks during the entire
seige. Their object seemed to be
to surround the fort and cut Off the
supply Of water, and having succed-
cd in this, they awaited till Colonel
Mulligan was compelled to yield TO
q foo more terrible than the 81 900
rebels who surrounded him. 1rI
Previous 10 his surrender Col. M.
offered TO take position on alevel
spot Of ground and give Gen. Price
tho odds OF four to one in fair and
open fight, but no attention was
paid ioit. od' .ra
After the surrender tho rebels
mounted the breastWorks and seem.
ed mad with Joy. AS soon as the
surrender took place a party took
down the Federal Gag and trAiled
it in the dust.
Animmense amount Of gold sup
posed to be about q quarter Of a
million, fell into possession Of the
rebels. II was taken fiOm the
banka and buried by Col. Multi
gan on the camp ground some time
AGO. The rebels speedily unearth-
ed il.
Col. Mulligan wept like a child
when he found himself compelled
10 surrender.
The morning after the surrender
the men wore all released on pa.
role and ferried across the river
The officers were retained. The
loss ofthe rebels is not known, but
II is thought TO be not less than
1 900 killed and wounded, Their
first attack proved more disastrous
to them than the long seige which
followed. For a day or two previ-
GUS to the last attack, they were
engaged in burying their dead.