Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-19
THE WAR.
News, Gossip, RumOrs, and Lies from
Black RepubIicsn Sources.
THE BATTLE OF RICH NoUNTAIy-THE ExEXT's AC-
COUNT.

Correspondence of the Cincinnati Commercial.
ROARING Run, Friday Morning, July IA cour>
Ter has just arrived, announcing that the enemy fed
silently over the hill during the night, leaving be-
hind their artillery, camp equipage and their sick
! Gen. RosecraHs occupies their position Just now
there is great roaring through this valley and all
| the bands are laundering Yankee Doodle. The en-
tire army ordered to advance. and we shall soon
set up the trophy the field We have no tidings
concerning killed and wounded
| On THE RoAD-8:l5 o'clock, A. M.-NOTEs FROM AN
! AMBULANCE.-The columns moved from Roaring
Run camp at o'clock for Beverly-men shouting
with frantic energy and every drum and fife is play
| ing Yankee Doodle
Troops were drawn up on either side Of the pike
waiting to fall into line. Every mans face was ex
| panded into broad grin of satisfaction. Now and
then we met struggling soldier returning from the
| field of battle displaying trophies from the rebel
camp. Some had holiday pistols such as are used
| by lads in your streets to make noise on the
Fourth; one of Burdsals troopers exhibited neat
| parade sword with silver mounted hllt; Capt.
Perkins of the 10th Indiana regiment, spurred a Sc
! cession horse briskly through the highway Then
came file of Burdsall's troopers with prOmiscu-
Gus display of trifing trophies-mementoes of
| victory. After crossing Roaring River, which ap-
parently i'll deserves its clustering name, for it is
! magnificent puddle most automatically sluggish,
| we wound up the pike until we suddenly drew up
! in front of the enemys works. The first view WAS
broadside dsIlr " Of the position the top of which
was visible US on the mound at recently de-
! serted camp.
battery Of two six pound brass pieces was
planted the top of hill about 400 yards perhaps
a little moro from the road but raked it only at the
! angle which the road describes as it winds out
norheastery from the thicket and strikes out shar
y to the left, along the base of the hill. fancied
! it would not have been desperate adventure for
brave to have rushed under the fire of this bat
teri Indeed, by hUyging close to the hill the shot
could not have touched file of men. But upon
| taking more extensive view of the prospect dis
covered that the battery could have been played
| more etectus y into the road after enemy had
turned Ieir salient. hundI ed yards or so beyond
| this outwOrk found tie eP in the valley on
the left side of the road eled and about $50 yards
| beyond We an entrenched camp, the breast
works Of which flnked the high way perfectly The
defences, however, were rude and incomplete. 1t
would have cost considerable lite to have captured
them by assault from a strong enemy but our tel
lows would have leaped over their trenches and
slender breastw works without difficulty. The trench
es were not more than three feet wide.
The camp of the enemy was occupied by
our troops seeking trophies. The tents scat
tered all over the sides of the hill on both sides of
the road. Besides there were many rude bowers
and bark huts constructed by the rebels to protect
them. indicating that they had more men than they
could comfortably quarter. Including the brush
accommodations, think the enemy had quarters
for fully $500 men. The officers marques we're Of
the best description. Indeed their camp on the |
whole with the exception designated, seemed better
provided with comfortable equipage than ours |
After leaving the valley we passed considerable |
number of old 'ConestOga" wagons, filed with |
army stores-spoils of war-and there was one