The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-09-23
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Three times during the day the rebels
were forced to change the position of
their pieces, and late in the afternoon
their guns were silent altogether.
By IL o'clock Coxs division had ar
rived at the woods, and a few minutes la
ter had entered for the purpose of get
/, ting round the enemys right yig4
At this juncture Gems Mcclellan and
Burnside, with their stats, rode upon the
i field, where they remained during the
continuance of the battle. sia i
+ Cooks battery took favorable posi-
/ t'oa for shelling the woodsein advance of
the division, but had hardly got to work
when the rebels fired a tremendous volley
: of musketry at the cannoniers.
This was repeated several times in
quick succession, until at length the can
noniers abandoned their pieces and ran
to the rear, leaving four or five of their
comrades dead upon the ground. The
drivers of the caissons also partook Of
the panic, and dashed headlong through
the ranks of Cox's Division, which was
drawn up in line of battle a few yards to
the rear. Two companies of cavalry,
regiment, which were supporting the
battery, also gallopped through the line
of infantry, thus leaving four pieces of
artillery (the other two having been de-
tached to another part of the field1 to
fall into the hands of the enemy. The
event caused temporary, and only tem7
porary confusion among the troops
They quickly Strengthened the line and
prepared to resist demonstration OBJ
servable on the part of the enemy to
seize the abandoned pieces. The rebels
march forward to secure their anticipated
prize, and at the same moment the 23rd
Ohio and the Tooth PENNSYLVANIA regi-
ments advanced in splendid order to re-
pulse them. The rebels had approached
to within ten feet Of the guns, when the
contest commenced. Each side seemed
desperate in its purpose, and the strug
| gle was most exciting. At length the
55th New York came to the rescue and
turned the tide in our favor Both par
ties suffered severely in the action. The
rebels retreated in great confusion,
while our men made the woods resound
with cheers. tf
For the succeeding two hours the in
fantry under the command of Gen. Reno
| ceased operations and the artillery alone
i continued the duel The guns used thus
far were 6, 10 and 12-pounders.s Sim
mons Ohio battery Of four 20-pounder
pieces was now placed in position on the
left, and commenced throwing Shells to-
the right Of the Gap, at which point the
rebels had again stationed battery
The firing for while was exceedingly
animated, but the 20-pounders proved
too much for the rebels, and they were
| compelled in the course of half an hour
to change the position of their guns At
the expiration of the next half hour,
their guns were silenced In this battle
the enemy did not appear to have so
many guns as usual, or if he did have
them, he did not bring them into prac-
tice. The 32-pounder which he was so
fond of using against US on the PENN
sula, did not make its appearance here.
AT 2 P. NJ. the head of Gen. Hooker's
column appeared coming up the turn
pike to re-enforce Reno The column
took the road branching off from the
turnpike at the right, near Bolivar, and
proceeded to the foot of the mountains.
All along the line the utmost enthusiasm
was manifested for Hooker Every man.
in the corps was intensely impressed
with the belief that he had a General
able and willing to lead them forward
to face the enemy.
| At 3P NJ the line of battle from right
to left was formed in the following order,
near the base of the mountains on the
right, at the edge of piece of woods on
the mountain slope at the left: The First
Brigade of Ricketts, Division on the ex-
treme right, which was about one mile
north of the turnpike; the Pennsylvania
Reserve Corps, the right resting on Rick
! etts' left; the Second Regiment q. s.
Sharpshooters on the road branching off
from the turnpike at the right; the Sec
ond. and Third Brigades of Ricketts, Di-
vision between the branch road and the
turnpike; Kings Division Commanded
by Gen. Hatch) at the head of the turn
, pike, the right resting on the turnpike;
, General Reno's force on the extreme left,
: about mile and half from the turn
, pike.
] The Sixth United States, Eight Hi
nois, Eighth, Third and Twelfth Ponnsyl-
vania, Sixth New York, Third Indiana
: and First Massachusetts Cavalry regi-
: ments, were on different portions of the
: field performing I,ieket duty, acting as
guards to the roads and supporting the
batteries
f Up to this time all our batteries had
been stationed to the left of the turnpike,
as the positions secured there enabled
the gunners to work their pieces to adj
} vantage.
: About one hundred yards in the rear
. of the Pennsylvania Reserse Corps was
: stationed Capt Cooper's First Pennsyl-
: vania Battery of four pieces; Capd Ran
som S, Company c, Fifth United States
: Battery, of four pieces, took a position at
: the extreme right in the rear of the First
7 Brigade of Ricketts, Division NJ 8,
!, Immediately after the line Of battle
t was formed, the right, left and center
: commenced moving simultaneously to
' ward the enemy on the slope of the noun
D tains .as ..asl
The rebels opened on the column with
} two pieces of cannon, directing the fire
of one to the right, and of the other to
, the left of the line. They were replied
; to by one of Simmons 20-pounders on
{ our left, and Cooper's battery on our
s right. The enemy continued the firing
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