Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-05
From the Gath Regiment.
WILD CAT. KENTUCKY.
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CI,rOaicLe Frisnds.-rhe fierce, savage
hand to hand fight at Perryville did not
cost the 9th Ohio a man, as the 4th
Division merely skirmished on the ex.
tream right, but Trumbull County. stood
nobly represented in the thicke~t of the
fray and her. sons of the lO5th proved
themselves reliable men. Col. Hall has
since commanded the entire division.
compliment enough for him. and Major
Perkins, is by every one accredited with
that self-possession and cautious courage
amid the iron hail that fell upon their
ranks from a marked position. which one
might expect to find in the soldiers nf
that family
should have sent YOU an early and
minute account of the casualties in the
! 9TH but there being only one-officer i'm
+. could not leave until the second dav
to obtain particulars, by which time |
presume hundreds of letters were home
ward bound with the news The Lymans
are both wounded [ one taken prisoner
and paroled same day but able to take
care of others in the hospital The Chiv-
alrous Kee fell as he cheered on his men
against scdthing fire which no troops
could rally under, and Col Hall saw at a
glance that he had been orderd right into
cross fire from which fierce fight could
alone extricate the I0jth. His men re-
sponded bravely and were soon enabled
to fall back from the death blast that was
crushing them
The average of the new regiments is
short of six hundred effective men. so
terribly does severe marching cut them
down.
Whist tie battle Of Per7yC;He ,eas raging.
ftty fue thousand U,iOn soldiers and eighty
pieces Of artillery lOers toithiR tloo miles Of tie
ground separated bur 1g a thin curtain Of rebel
sktrmishers behind 10hieh Bragg nlassed his
men and poured them on lcCook, tornado Eke
Do you say it is easy to see it after it is
all over. | tell you the common sense of
the 4th Division openly proclaimed it as
the booming cannon on its left was rem
ding our brave boys TO atoms. Ny God
shall these things always be?
DR.. Hart is now senior Surgeon of the
4lst Ohio having been promoted to the
position his merits long ago entitled him
to. During the past three days our divis-
ion has taken three hundred prisoners
three lots of durham beeveJ l07, 81 & 10
head respectively. OFF. note. Parker is
and will be for long time on the sick
list, Short and l.. c. Smith sent to hospital
to Louisville, Drake, Olmstead, Bochand
Lockwood unwell, Hayward is bright yet
as ever. Recruits, Montgomery, Giddings
and Morley stout and tough. Taylor is
regimental secretary, so he no longer lugs
his gun and knapsack, the staff wagon
takes them.
Lieut.. Osborn is on division staff, looks
quite spruce but busine IS like. lie stuck
to his guns in the last battle to the last
moment. frequently see those excellent
Captains, Miller and StrsttOn. their men
speak highly of them.
Patriots and soldiers of Old Trumbull,
look not mornfully upon the past,it comes
not back again, wisely improve the
present, it is thine and go forth to meet
the shadowy future without fear and with
a manly heart, for the morning light of
liberty breaks in the distance and will yet
prove it self too strong for all its foes.
C. r. HARMON,
s. Oct. 22d. At ii 4. NJ, It. Case, Z
sound as Sweed's iron No. l-reached
Wild Cat Summit, with the 18th 0. re-
cruits: Rupp, Stevens, Reeds, Brister,
the Millers, Truesdell, Hardy and Lamb,
all feeling fine, and good for % miles a
day-in fact there was not a sick man
among them. Their regiment was eleven
miles ahead. c. r. II.