The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-10-24

Mr. LOCKE: will you oblige m,
by publishing the following extrac
from tho Louisville Journal, detail
ing the exploits Of George s. Craw
ford, Of Fipdlay.
Knowing the bravery of the boy.
of company A, and the 49th Ohio
generally, It always affords m,
great pleasure to read notices o
them. Yours truly,
A. LANowoRTny.
October 10, 1862.
NATIONAL HOTEL, LOUISVILLE, J
Kentucky, October l2, 1862
CoLoNEL:--l have the honor to re.
port that our train Of wagons, con-
sisting of eleven Rogimental Quar-
termaster wagons, commanded by
Capt. Bowles. A. Q. M, and guard.
ed by myself with about forty con.
valescents, was attacked about three
miles beyond Lswrenceburg, Ken
tucky, on Thursday last at daylight.
As quick as possible | rallied my
men and deployed them as skirmish
ere and advanced by giving the com
mand in a loud tone, "Battallion,
forward - march," which induced
the rebels to believe that l had at
least regiment to oppose them
They broke at the first fire and left
us master OF the field. | then Sc.
lected twenty OF the best men to re-
main with ne, ana ordered the rect
back to rtjoin the train, with word
to Capt. Bowlea, who by the way is
one OF the best and most efficient
Quartermasters in the army, that |
would hold the rebels in check until
the train was safe. The train was
now under way and moving rapid,
ly of. now proceeded to bury a
man Of the l6tn Regular U. S. l.,
who had been shot the night before
and left beside the road, but had
only broken the sod when the rebels
once more made their appearance
IN overwhelming numbers. Again
got my men in position to receive
them. Here, looking around for an
officer to assist Inc, knowing there
were several officers OF the line with
the train, not one was to be found.
At this juncture young man by
Tho name oi Crawford, Quartermas.
ter's Sergeant OF the ~ regiment,
volunteered his services--and here
lot me say that better nor 5raver
boy in action never lived. With
the assistance OF the Sergesnts Craw.
'ord and Weber, with nineteen men
besides, | fought and kept back
force OF at least one thousand rebels
Tor an hour and haii-suficient
time, as | supposed, for the train to
cross the river and make its escape.
But, at last, being completely sur
rounded, | directed Sergeant Craw.
ford to endeavor to mako his escape
to the train, which he succeeded in
doing by lesping his horse over the
fence, the horse receiving ohly
slight wound. l surrendered my
sell and tho following nine brave
boys rs prisoners OF war to General
Dupont, OF the Confederate States
Army: Sergeant Weber, company
q, 49th 0. V. i; privates Wilcox,
49th y. V. l.; Emery, 77th Rcgu'
lar Pennsylvania Volunteers; Sell.
US, do; Fallis, 30th Indiana VoIun.
teers; Harlott. do; Swartworth,
34th Illinois Volunteers; Adams,
Fifth Kentucky Volunteers. and
Clark, 77th Pennsylvania Volun
teers.
The rebels were not pleased to
fin6 themselves held in check 80
long by go small force, and said
they would have been justified in
killing us Tor resisting SO long
against such fearful odds; but, on
the whole, they treated us with the
greatest kindness and respect, and
paroled us the next morning.
The train was afterwards captrr-
ed by running into another portion
OF the rebel army, but for further
particulars refer you to Captain
Bowles' report.
! am, sir,
Your obedient servant.
S. N. BRADFORD.