St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-30

quarters 70 hlght from Gen. Thomas:
After getting two cannoqM g Il apd p shout fif-
ty wagons across the river, they abandon;
sdthem with Jill the ammuinitionn" in the
Department ata zAlill' 'Spring: They then
threvndaway their sarms land odispersed
through the mountains in the direatioh Of
Monticello, so ,demoralized that they will
NOT make u stand ;ssBoft of tennessee. The
property captured this eide 'of the riycr is:
|ofgEeat Nalusy aamounting os;sight 6;
FOUNDERS ard tEo, Parrot guns with soaiso1s
horse wagons abont 1900 horses and mules,
boxes efarmes never opened and 'fr6m 500
to: 1000 mpskats, mosteiy aaint-locksj su6:
sistence stores for the entire army forthree
days and large am ount. of hospital stores
Our loss Is So killed and 127 wounded.-
Rebels lost 'ltl4 Killed and buried,' ll6s
wounded and as prisoners unwoduded, 5
Of whom are surgeons;, and wlsiSut:r Col:
Carter of Tennessee regiment. :: 10 '1
,,.u sC,NolNNA11, Jsns "a. '7'
This mornings papers contsia tull ao.
counts Of the battls & Mil sparing:, It
was fair, open bottle =" The rebels fought,
we'll, and we're overcome only by:the"i 81,
Lperior fighting on our sides According 10
the rebel accounts their force. consisted Of
no Infantry regiments, three battarieA ald
|somesxasalr5a alabgettsr about II, 600
men. They fought in bushwhacking,
style. from rayines, and behind trees, bush
e and rocks. The brunt of the battle dec
Elvolved on' the 9Th Kentucky, I'd Minnes.:
ota, 9th Ohio, and the 10th lndiana. -
For nearly thtes hours the roar ef' mus.
kerry vas kept. up.:: .:tH.i.<,., <.ohW
Shortly after III o'clock Col. 70 HssknS
sncceedtd q ia aauking The enemy oqo the
sxtreme fright when; tho 9tho Ohio AID:
I'd, Minnssot. charged with the bayonet
With triumphant yells, which broke The
rsbel r-nkr, apd fhe ,ont heean. Ethay
led pellmell to their camp, .strewing the
road with 'muskets, blankets overeoats
and kn.psacks,; and labandoned two = guns
aud caissons. .1ao3
Zollicofer va shot through athe heart,
At the head Of h bis staff By Gol. Fzy of the
':1t .ppesr, tbat zol!isetfer lost hiii''is lis Wy
in. the bushesj and suddenly emerged Be-
fore Col. Fry, who was accompanied bystaf
officers. The two, parties mistook each
other for friends, and approached within, !
few yesrds Of each other, when, finding
their mistake; boeth halted aud prepared
for hand to hand conflict. One Of Zol,
licotfer's aids shot .tl Col; Fry but only
brought his horse down., The Federal
Colonel Immediately. drew his six-shooter
and brought Zolliccfer from his saddle at
the;6ist7 6re:i The areber staff deserted
their chiefs body which was: taken 10
Somerset the day after the battle l.; Il Cd
An East !Tennesseean, writing TO, the
Comn,eticciid1, + says al the credit and hon
or of this >battle9is due TO the 10th / ndi.
ana, 9th Ohio; 4th .Kentuc y aud I'd ,Miinh
esota, for they did all their firing single
handed, with the exception of what sup.
ported they received from, the artillery
They all fought 9nobly, and never 5wavered
ftrom the fixed determination I'd gain the
victory. Il The combataats were so neat
each other at one time that the, powde,
burned their faces in the discharge of theil
pieces. The I'd Minnesota captured .
banner from q Mississippii regiment, or
whieh5w.s inscribed "Mississippi Butch
ers: j. ND 2.2aZ ;I--nAl 3.l1l"<S III u