Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-10-30
From the Louisville Journal.J
NATIONAL HoTEL,
LOUISVILLE, KY., Oct. 12th, 1852.

CoLosEL: have the honor to report
that our train Of wagons, consisting Of
eleven Regimental Qusrtermsster wag-
ons commanded by Capt. Bowles, A.
@. NJ, and guarded BY myself with
abont forty convalescents. was attacked
about three miles beyond Lawrence
burg, Ky, on THURSDAY last at day.
light. As quick as possible / rallied
my men and deployed them as skirmish-
ers and advanced by giving the COM
mand in q loud tone, "bAttalion for
ward-march (which induced the reb-
els to believe that had at least regi.
ment to oppose them. They broke at
the first FIRE and left Us master Of the
field. ! then selected twenty Of the
bes. men to remain with me and order.
ed the rest back to rejoin the train with
word to Capt. Bowles. who by the way
is one Of the best and most efficient
Quartermasters in the army, that ]
would hold the rebels in check until the
train was safe. The train WAS now
under way and moving rapidly of. l
now proceeded to bury a man Of the
Sixteenth Regular U. s. l.. who had
been shot the night before and left be.
side the road; but had only broken the
sod when the rebels once more made
Iheir appearance in overwhelming num-
bers. Again l got my men in position
to receive them. Here, looking around
for an officer to assist me, knowing
there were several officers Of the line
with the train, not one to be found
At this juncture a young man by the
name Of Crawford. Quartermaster's
Sergeant Of the Forty ninth Regiment,
volunteered his services-and here let
me say that better nor braver boy if
action never lived. With the assist.
ance Of Serg'ts Crawford and Weber,
with nineteen men besides, l fought
and kept back force of at least one
thousand rebels for an hour and LaIf,
sufficient time, as I supposed. for the
train to cross the river and make its es-
cape. But. at last. being completely sur
rounded. l directed Sergeant Crawford
to endeavor to make bis escape to the
train, which he succeeded in doing hg
leaping his horse over the fence, the
horse receiving only q slight wound.
! surrendered myself and the following
nine brave boys as prisoners Of war to
Gen. Dupont, of the Confederate States
Army: Sergeant Weber. company G,
Forty-ninth Ohio Volunteers; privates
Wilcox, Forty-ninth Ohio Volunteers;
Emery. Seventy seventh Regular Penn
sylvania Volunteers: SelIus. do; Falls.
Thirty-ninth Indiana Eolunteersr; Har.
lott, do. Swartworth. Thirty fourth ILL
nois Volunteers: Adams, Fifth Ken
lucky Volunteers, and Clark, Seventy
seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers.
The rebels were not pleased to find
themselves held in check so long BY 90
small force, and said they would have
been justified in killing us for resisting
so long against such fearful odds; but,
on the whole, they treated us with the
greatest kindness and respect, and pa.
rolled rs the next morning.
The train was afterwards captured
BY running into another portion Of the
rebel army, but for further particulars
l reler you to Cart Bowles's report.
/ an, sir, your obedient servant,
8. N. BRADFORD,
Major 77th Reg't Penn. vi.
To Col. F. s. SrAUNBAUeH, command
ing 77th Reg't Penn. V. /.