The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-09-08
A Sccesh Letter.
UNIoNrowN, September 4, 1862


Mr.. EDIToR:-As incorrect statements
of the fight at Uniontown, Ky, have
been made in your paper, wish to give
you plain statement Of the facts, moth
ing extenuating nor setting aught down
in malice. / will make no statement
only that which | know to be true from
my own knowledge. The fight com
menced at one o'clock on Sept lst 1t
lasted about thirty minutes; there was
only man killed ON the ground; he be-
longed to the command Of Colonel A. r.
johnson; his name was Brown, and was
| from Union county, Ky, ThnrA e -ra-e
| five wounded OF johnson men Hone
~ -4-iaJ, Urre may possibly die. On the
| federal side there was none killed on the
field Capt Howard died at O'clock
He was brave man, and his death was
much regretted by both friends and ene-
mics. Several of the Confederate sol
diers who saw him fall spoke in the high
est terms of him as brave man, and
regretted his death. He was certainly
man much beloved by his men, not only
as a soldier, but as man of the most
sterling qualities. There were % federal
| soldiers wounded; about FIVE of them
were considered fatal Il
johnson paroled 225 men, / do not
know whether he included the wounded
or not 1 understood from federal sol
dierS that their whole number at this
place, including the sick, was $50. AS
near as could learn, johnson had with
him here about 400 men; about $50 of
these were engaged in the fight
| Every fourth man was detailed to hold
their horses and part of his men were
sent above town. Johnson whole force
was not with him; a part having been
], sent to Henderson county to intercept
another party of Federal soldiers on their
way to reinforce Col. Shackleford's COM
mand. This l learn from one of his
men. l do not know of my own knowl-
edge whether it is true or not, but believe
it to be SO from the character of the in
formation.
| After the surrender, the Federal troops
were treated like brothers and especially
the wounded were treated with brotherly
attention both by the soldiers and citi-
zens. The Confe0rate surgeons and the
physicians of the town did all in their
J power for the wounded without regard to
their politics. Many of the wounded
we're carried to private houses-both Fed
erals and Confederate wounded were ta-
ken to the same house-and both received
all the attention that could be given for
: their comfort and welfare, and as all the
provisions were taken from the prison
| orc tla houSac 1uara tbroxxv,, o,,op 70 thaI-
and they were supplied with food as long
: as they stayed in town; many of them
: were high toned gentlemen and deserved
| to be treated as such.
johnson and Shackelford had skir-
mish yesterday near Caseyville at Cy
2 gers Lake. The reports are conflicting
! and we know but little about it. Wehavt
q a report that Shackelford's S leg is broker
by shot, but cannot vouch for its cor
rectness. Yours respectfully,
an al FIDELITY.
P. S.-Since writing the foregoing ac
2 count, l have seen several persons VIII,
s were engaged in the fight at Gyger'
=. Lake. They report that Shackelford al
; tackled johnson, and was three times re
}, pulsed The last repulse Shackelfor,
" | was WOuDutu buC iOOb UdulN Dy crap
V fred by johnson from his cannon, whic
he had masked in the weeds some tw
! hundred yards in front of his camT
y They also state that up to this time the
/ had found some thirty killed and wounc
l. ed. and were still bringing them il
3 They also report that Johnson lost on
: man killed on the field and severs
- wounded t.
d, In giving an account of the fight Q
Uniontown, | neglected to state that tn
ID Federals had six missing. Some of thes
~ were supposed to be dead, but none hav
!, been found up to this time. Sever;
IN swan the river, one of which was r,
d. ported drowned Colonel Farrow at th
time of the attack was at his headqua
is ters, some three hundred yards frol
- camp, and from all | can learn did n,
reach the field of battle during the figh
ne His men charge him with cowardice
p T.