, 1862-08-14
4 LETTER FROM KENTUCKY.


Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Trfoanel |
HEADQUARTERS 6TH REo'r LIZ. VoL's,)
TnEaToN, Tenn, Aug. 8th, 1862.
understand recruiting for the army is 60
ing On very lively in Chicago, and the under
signed being much In want Of recruits, I se7d
you the following placard, which has been cir
culated freely In certain parts Of this State and
Kentucky:
confsSssate S,ss: /: xnsrG9RY E4g5F1ks:s FaSozns,
am authorized to increase my comaaaud to a
squadron. I want few more good, active men,
Il SspDE E 1enEs aa
Kentuckians. who a1e daily feeling the iron heel
your houtes robbed, and your negroes stolen ~
tte thlevIng 5ayhawEera, to you appeal! Shake
-epir1t of 18 IL yet aaiye within you. Mount your
ho1ee, with good double;barfel .shot-gan, and
help me to I'D the earth Of these heebootefs. Let
gats t1e aE ., on 1oSe 3 n
back, to their Northern dens, Ny whereabouts
may he .seestst9ed ey application to Cen villtpt
WML1AH ". FAULKNER,
Captain Kentucky Rangers
senatob1a, July, 1862
read in your paper Of the 9Th an article
taken from q Southern paper, stating that
Capt. Faulkner, Of the Kentucky Rangers,
proposed to make an item Of history by pay
ing visit to Hickman, Fort Pillow, Padacah,
and perhaps Egypt, and he has already com
menced, land think finished his mission on
earth. 4 detachment Of this regiment had
been stationed at Dyersburgh for some three
or four days, when Capt. G. ". Peck, who
ras in command, received notice that Faulk-
ner was encamped In the woods about five
miles from him. with q force Of about
$50 men, and that he Intended to
attack onr force that night Capt. Peck,
| guided by BONE negroes, immediately started
to attack the enemy, and reached their camp
/ at three o'clock p. IL, and surprised them
/ viii, but It WIS Of no use--they broke for the
| woods, our men pursuing them, until it WAS
nearly night, when 1t Was deemed prudent to
gather up. the property left and leave for
! Trenton at once, az another detachment OF
| property captured was seventy horses, sad
I dies and brides, any quantity Of doub1e-bar-
| relied sEot-gunf, pistols sabers, &c, In fact
| they left behind pretty. much everything bnt
their shirts and trsueers. We had seven man
wounded, four slightly and three seriously !;
! one has since died, Sergeant T. Kowabsky, co.
F. Sergeant s. L. BaSstow, CO. ., is not e1-
pected to recover. 8. J. Gibson, private. co.
| 4, badly wounded in face and shoulder. Johu
Campbell, private, co. a, shot in the left elbow
badly. The other tour have flesh wounds,
and will soon be able for duty
The rebels left dead on the field between
thirty and forty Of their number. Their force
engaged IN the fight WAS about LIS men, and
ours precisely fifty-four men, rank and file.
The affair throughout was admirably managed
by Capt. Peck. He diRmounted twenty-nine
men, leaving eleFen to hold horses, and made
the attack On the enemy's front, st the saue
tine sending twenty five mounted men, under
command Of Lient Sloan, of co. F, to make
an attack on their right Hank. Both parties
making the attack at the same tine SO hewil.
dered and confused them that they had moth.
ing TO do but shoot and run, and our men
killed them on tie wing. Capt. Faulkner il
supposed TO have been Killed, but not being
known to our men, it is isuncertain. His horse,
papers, etc, were brought in by our boys.
The weather is very warm here, but the
lea11h ct our regiment has never been so good
as At this time. Respectfully yours,
\ Jos. T. JAMES,
! LIST Bat. Serg't 9Th Cav. Reg. III. Vols.