Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-11-06

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from the extreme right rushed in with
rapidity anu gallantry, checking tho fdstl,.
er advance OF the enemy, and closing tho
AT about half past FIVE r. NJ. Col Georrc
Webster fell from his horse ,nortallv voun5.
ed. No man on that battlefield disnlaved
more Of the characteristics ofthe soldier thar
he. He fully understood and most fa;tbfnlv
di+chared his duty. OF Gen. Terrill's
fatal wound was not apprised until tho
battle closed, when found him living pros.
trate and receiving every aid and cou,fort
from his devoted staff Up to the time Of
.Ee loss OF Lieut. Parson battery. both he
and his Adjutant General, Capt. WIN. p.
Anderson, displayed such courage and
PERSISTENT energy as is not to he surpassed
Lieutenant Parsons, whom met passing
through our lines after the loss of his bat.
terry, appeared perfectly unnamed ond
broken. hearted His only remark was. II
coull not hc'p it, Captain, it was not nv
Captain Harris, commanding the battery
on the right, is, with his men, entitled to
all praise tor their steady FIRE. continued far
three aud a half hours. cannot conceiye
a battery to be better served than his was
Ioo high praise cannot be given to Lieut..
E E. Kennon, Acting Adiutant to the 3lth
brigade, and to Lieut.. Jno. r. Collins, of
the 9Sth Ohio, Aid to Col Webster It
would be hard to conceive oftwo young of.
tccrs performing their duties with more un4
fiinching courage than they showed.
:. With the exception of Capt. s. NJ. STAR
ling, Inspector General of Infantry and O+dl
nance, all the staff officers left me. and I
believe reported to General McCook. On
the decease of our General, Capt. B. ID.
Williams, Division Quartermaster, knowing
well the topography of the country, was dc,
ta'led before the engagement, on General
McCook staff; and of him and of the other
staii officers have no doubt high praise will
be awarded by the General commanding the
corps. At one time | found Lewis Craig, q
then in disorder. II
Capt. Starting, who staid with me during
the whole engagement, rendered most val.
liable assistance. He Joined the service
only when the division was formed in Lou
isvile, yet appreciated at glance the i'm
portaDce of many positions and aided per-
sonally in maintaining them. His coolness
and courage are unsurpassed. n
Nor was the courage of the troops at all
at taultS 1t must be remembered that the
position of the two batteries, forming our
right and left, was taken without regard to
the line OF infantry battle, yet our entire
force, with the exception Of two regiments,
was formed between the two. And from
the contracted space, and from the fact that
all the men and most of the officers being of
the last and recent call, were without expe-
rience In such matters, many times the men
went up in line Of battle and delivered their
tire four, five, and six deep. Many of the
officers, whose names | never knew, did
their whole duty. Some failed, and amongst
them l regret to report Col. j. II. Taylor,
OF the 5Oth Ohio. He, although on the
held, and in sight of his men, was of no SER
vice to them. The first position that saw
him in, was lying on his face crouching be-
hind stump and twice subsequently | saw
him far 20 the rear Of his regiment, whilst
his men were in line of battle, apparently
trying to rally some half dozen stragglers.
!annex statement of killed, wounded,
and missing, amounting to near 20 per
cent Of the force engaged
The loss Of our General, crushing as it is
to this young division, falling as he did SO
early IN the fight, will be felt more deeply
by many OF his brother commanders whose
friend be had been, and whose friends they
were. But none will miss him more, or
mourn his death more sincerely than |, who
have beeirso near him during this unhappy
war.
Your obedient servant,
PERCIvAL Z. OLDERsHAw,
A. A. g. and Chief of Staff