Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-09-25

MANCHESTER. TEEE.,l
Aug. 81, 1869. !

port the result of fight, IN which Ga
liza county boys took prominent an
glorious part. On Friday, the s9t
of Aug, two of our companies, viz
Cos. A and F, with about go men Q
the 9th Michigan regiment, were at
tackled near Short Mountain Cros
Roads, while on duty there guarding
bridge. by fifteen hundred rebel cavslr.
under Gen. Forrest.
Our boys one hundred and ifteel
strong, all told, had just completed
stockade, and were resting and eating
dinner, some two hundred yards from
the stockade, when the attack wa.
made. Nine hundred dismounted cav
airy approached under cover Of dense
woods to position about as near to the
fertilization as our men we're. Now
they were discovered, and both parties
made desperate effort to gam the
stoekade first. The race was close
one, and most exciting, but our boys
had some advantage in the ground and
succeeded in reaching the fortihcation
first. So closely contested was the race,
that at one time Capt. Ross considered
his company intercepted, and he order
ed his men to FIX bayonets and go into
the stockade at all hazards. Our men
when once within the fortiication. were
safe, and had nothing to do but deal
terrible slaughter to the enemy. which
they did so successfully that they were
repulsed in the course Of fifteen or
twenty minutes. During the fight our
men had nine wounded. One man in co.
A, shot in the foot. one in the Michigan
squad shot in the back, and seven men
in Capt. Ross company we're wounded
as follows: Corporal Edwin Noel, shot
in the side. seriously but not positively
dangerous; Corporal Wiseman shot in
the shoulder. slightly; Jasper Queen,
shot in the neck. seriously; A. F. Will
son, flesh wound in the thigh Bostick
shot in the side in two places, one shot
passing under the muscles and fascia Of
the back, and the other lodging in the
wall Of the abdomen. Although they
are extensive flesh wounds, they are
not dangerous, and to-day Bostick is on
his feet. Bandy was slightly injured by
splinters from his own gun-stock, which
was struck by a ball. Lieut.. Charles
Baldwin was slightly grazed by balls
in two different places. These were all
the casualties on our side but it was
very different with the enemy. Their
loss was nine killed and between thirty
and forty wounded. Among their Eill-
ed was one Captain W. Y. Huston OF
the Texan Rangers. and his lst Lieu
tenant Butler. They bad also Cap
tain and Lieutenant wounded. All
their dead and twelve OF their wounded
fell into our hands. r-y
The enemy were SO badly whipped.
that they fled in great haste and confu-
sion. throwing away their arms. and
leaving the place without demanding
their dead or wounded. They did moi
deem il worth their while to send in a
flag of truce, after they had retired be-
yond our fire, and demand surrender
-as is their custom. Our boys picked
up from the field, about thirty OF Colts
Navy revolVers, forty double barrelled
shot-guns, seven Belgian muskets. one
Of Sharp's revolving rifles, one Carbine.
besides several other arms, many Of
which they had captured from our men
in the shameful affair at Murfreeboro,
Tennessee.
During the heat of the engagement
Capt. Ross bethought him Of our am.
munition, which bad been stored in a
tent more than one hundred yards from
the stockade. and fearing a seige lie
told Capt Miller, who was in command.
that the ammunition must be secured
and a part of it at least brought with
in the stockade. Cspt. Miller thour ht
this impraclicable, but Capt. Ross
swore that it must and should be
brought in. Now eighteen men were
ordered out. and ihev actually went and
returned safely with four boxes Of car
tridges. This feat was accomplished,
under the. fire of both fianks Of the en-
emy. who were approaching the fortif-
cations in the form of a semi-circle -
Seine of the boys who were out on pick
et did not get up in time to enter the
fort; but they come up in time to pour
in telling fire into the enemy's rear.
Two Of these boys were taken prisoners,
and both made their escape and returned
to the fort before night the same day.
One man of Company A, by the name
Of Wells. made his escape in this way
Three OF the rebels were ordered to
take charge Of him, on the march; two
Of them went into Ahouse to get some
water, whereupon Wells took the liber-
ty TO knock down his remaining guard
and take TO the woods
We gotinformation of the fight about
six o'clock P. N. DR.. johnson, my
self and some hospital nurses started
Immediately to the relief of our wour-
ded. We Travelled half way in car,
and walked the last six miles over
rough roads, and as we at the time sup
posed. through the enemy's lines
We arrived at the fort at 10 O'Clock F.
NJ, and dressed the wounds Of our SOL
diers, and also those of the wounded
rebels who were left on the field. The
next morning in company with Con-
federate Surgeon, we went out on the
Sparta road seven miles. and found
twelve more wounded rebels, and heard
Of good many more. that we had not