Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-11-21

ms tefcpsr ~ uertai4pisee about two
A q 4 kalf hilssthf sidsei 4 rebel camp
Grcenk iaf. (lAe sene we attacked
some timd sgdl fos the purpase of attack
ing and il possible to capture some Of the
rebel piekets. We arrived at the place or.
dersd &iihlhe Ohio cohspakiss About 1 2
o'clock at night. and found that our scouts
had driven in the rebel ADVANCED pickeis,
and had bpiltsp large fses which turned
ont to be very bad policy. as il notified the
rebels Of our spproatli and gave them time
to- reinforce their Pickets. Alter arrang-
Ing our forces in order. we. moved forward
under the command Of MAJOR Bell, to the
attack ,-a-eompsny D sccapy ing the center.
one Ohio company marching to the right.
and another to the left 70 flank the enemy.
while sthird one IVES held sss n rcscrve.--
We had not marched orerla quarter of q
mile IN this order before the two Ranking
companies returned to the road. repor,iAg
that owing to the nature of the ground il
vss impossible for them to proceed In the
manner directed. lone comPsny then fell
in on the road in advance of.onrs, the 9th
er in our rear. We had not procseded'fa
in this order before we came to q place
where the lGrecnbriar riveet rms up to the
road on one side and the mountain on the
other. We had no sooner reached this po-
siiion than the rebels fred on Us. The
Ohio company returned the FIRE and fell
hack into my company and reloaded. ]
dared not allow my company to FIRE the
first round fearing they might kill some Of
the Ohio company. After the Ohio eesa.
psny had loaded ! advanced with my com.
pany. and theirs. and gave them taste Of
our Mimic rifles. They fred slso. The
Ohio captain thinking that owing to Their
Notifications and reinforcements that they
could not be taken easily. ordered his com
tpany to retire. which was followed by lh'
other Ohio company. Concluding that 1
would be useless to attack the rebels will
my conrany alone l ordered company [
also to fall back.
I 7 feel very proud Of my men. Although
they were nearly as nanch exposed as tn
OHIO company, they rev. armed in the rank
like old vste,sus. and ssid to me that the,
would 60 wherever wished them.
The Ohio company in front rs MS hac
two killed. nine wounded and 2 missing
they now say they have ionr missing
1.-Two were wounded snd one killed wlil'
mixed up with us. 1t seems almost mi
racle. under the circumstances. that no
one of our company received even scratch
Though several had holes shot through thei
coats. pants and blankets. The fight oc
cnrred about one o'clock at night and as j
was very dark we could not tell how man,
rebels there were opposed to us or how ma
ny. If any. were killed. I'D a....ll sal
The Grst accident that has occurred t
any Of our company happened this after
noon to John Aldrich while ost on pickle
duty. His gua accidently exploded. sh
! bullet cutting his thumb and two first I'm
gers badly and bis third finger entirely of
We will miss John very much as he mad
one of our best soldiers. iase s.aag
1 Dan Armstrong Has been qnits sick blu
is now almost we'll. Will MattingIy i
also impssving and is able again to be up
but will not be able 70 enter upon the dis
charge Of his duties for some time.. TIL
health Of, company Dis ntolsrahly g''od, :
1t is the only full company in the 9th Re
! s;ment. A Lieutenant of the yalparais
lcompany will he At Tour place rccruitin
flor the 9th Regiment and If there are thre
or four or even six good men tina: wish
,ljoin our crowd of braves we viii receiv
Them. and grant discharges TO some ths
sre not able to stand soldiers life.
We expect be paid on by the last .
next week. 10 s'sisseq & = ''.k A.. j.