Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-07-24

moved to the front it was thrown into some dls- order by the rifles, who had gotten into confu sion. and completely blocked up the passage. Al the same time my horse was killed under me, and before order could be restored, the enlire command had fallen back about 2OO yards. I was still on foot. when Capt Sherwood o1ered me a seat on his horse, behind him, "hich | accepted until we both came up With the eoii' mand. where I obtained another horse, anu en- deayored to rally the men, but the enemy was now pouring perfect shower ot baiis upon ny broken and confused columns, and soon iouho all attempts to reform under sucn hre II" Pi "o ticable 1 therefore ordered retreat peS oiiu the range of the enemys guns, where' al,el some difficulty, l succeeded m reStoilnS olAei and reforming. By this tune hao leatneu rron, inc nrisoner captured that we had been l 6ghtinp the whole, or nearly the whole of 'he 1 5th Kansas regiment, and was satlshed, aiSo from the reception we had met, that the ooas oi numbers against us was great, ana such .n0 enemv's advantage of position, 1t would pc m nrndent to renew the attack, and hence eohVii' ued the retreat. ,,,o, Orr loss in the engagement was seven lIen lllaa and seven wounded. eighteen horses Xii led and fonr wounded, besides some others so sl;gbtlv as not to be reported. Two ot the men are badlv wounded. but believe all will recover We hronpbt off all our wounded, except private Jones. who was accidently shot as we wen down. and left at a house half mile north the battle ground. .ooooo,,,,
 It IS impossible to obtain an accurate accool of tbo enemv,s loss. as he was left in possession of tbo Geld and would not allow any citizen t' 1;s;t inc scene of the conflict until all his aea had been buried and his wounded earred car defizan ' Some of the n,ea 66ees Of twenty five killed au ] Sc,,tya .1aA Il , forty horses without riders when the enemy pas sed through Jacksonport on the following morn ing. Besides the night after the engagement the enemy destroyed nearly all his train an, camp and garrison equipage, and evidently Jeff in haste. From these facts l am convinced that he considered himself roughly handled, anC dreaded another attack
 Early on the morning after the engagement 1 dispatched Capt. James E. Moore, with fla of truce, to bury our dead; but he met Lieut. Dougherty, who had been ordered to fall back with a rear guard and watch the movements 0 the enemy returning from the field where 1t had been to bury the dead, after he found the enemy had left.
 l mention with feelings of gratitude the gal. lant conduct of Capt. A. Faulkner. who had two horses shot under him, whilst rallying his men to the charge. Capt. V. P. Sanders and Capt Thos. E. Sherwood also displayed signal cool. ness and bravery; as did also Lieuts. Dougherty Stewart and Banister, the last named being Sc verely wounded in both arms-his right arm badly shattered by mimic ball. Many of the privates exhibited great cooness and determi~ nation in the fight, and are deserving of special mention; bat where all did so well, 1t would be invidions to distinguish. Let the gallant con duct of the brave bring the blush of shame when they remember it, to the cheeks of those few who sneaked away without firing gun.
 1t is with Q sad heart that have to report the loss of Capt. Thos. J. Johnson of my staff He fell, shot through the heart, whilst galantly leading his brave little band in a most d,sper- ate charge. He was brave almost to fault 1 trust his country will do honor to his memory.
 We captured two prisonerS-one soldier and one teamster; also blacksmith's forge with a complete set of tools horse shoes, etc.
 regret, for the sake of humanity, to be com pelled to report the barbar0us conduct Of the enemy in killing private Jones, the wounded man left at the house on the road, as before stated. After my command had retired from the field, a small party of the enemy's cavalry came out on the road in the direction we had taken, and finding Jones' deliberately shot him in the head, although he had not been in the i fight, and was wholly unable to make any resis- i tance. Can such an enemy prosper? God forbid ] it.
 GEO. Ii. SW EFT,
 Col. Com dg