, 1862-09-20
c L. NLDER's VICTORY BEFORE TIE SUR.
RENDER.

lFI0lQ Inc LOHlSfulc <CQIna. IL |
By Persons arriving last evening from Mum
forts.i1e, which place they lef Hunday night,
We have obtained a full report Of the battle Of
Sunday, fought between Col. Wilder's Indiana
brigade and the rebel troops Of the renegade
Buckner. The following is q circumstantia1
account Of The affair:
The intreEchments " thin which our troops
fought, arc situated about one mile from
2 foodtcnyi11cf foppositc Munfordsyi'le, on the
South eide OF the river, and are built SO IS to
protect the Green River railroad bridge. Im-
mt td.a'ely scu.h OF the works, ard 800 yards
1oln them, 4 strip of woods crosses the rail-
1oed. a portion ct this had been felled, and
ft,1med an aba:is In front Of the entrenchments.
B.yc1d the woods is another open space,
W}sicl, mas the Ectne of the battle het*etn
Gel. Which and Terry in December last. To
Tie tight and left OF the in1renchments arc
ext. 1E,ve open fields Of undulatin,g surfac',
eS:er ditg en- the left to Woodsoayil.e anl the
turnpike rod by which the 1cpel approach
Wis msdc.
The garrison Of The intrenchnents on the
morning Of the attack consisted Of the bri-
gaze OF Colonel Wilder Of the It'll Indiana
iLfabt1y, which was composed OF the lTt',,
9th and SD regiments OF Indiana troops, aud
VI der command Of Lieut. T. Watson. Tue
ebel force attacking consisted Of two or;-
gEdes of the first division Of General Bragg's
army, under Simon B. Buckner, but com
msnded in this attack by B1igadier General
Duncan Of Mississippi. The b1iga1cs we're
c. ctnposed Of Mississippi, Georgia and Ala
ba1nu troops.
Our picEc!s ere first fired on about three
O'Clock on Sunday morning, but the engage
mint did Dot becouie geueral until abou! five
TIE pickcts at the house Of Mr. Lewis, on the
r;glt Of The railroad ard beyond the woods.
we're first a,tscked, but rhey did not fill back
uu:il five o'cl.ck. It is note *ortby that tie
tbe}s made their fisst attack st the same point
at y bich they attacked Colonel Wlllich. As
81 Of as 1t IVES l1ght enough to see their way,
the rtttls PUSHED forward, confident Of sue
CHS, aid drove the PICKET guard through the
weeds sud into :he iutre ncEm.nts,
FtTnfrg In the edge Of tie woods and pro-
fectinn themselves among the fallen trees 10
tur trout, the rebels Kept up continuous
triu, which YES replied to no less vig,r-
cusly by our men within the works. Col.
Wilder Fcsted lis three regiments in an
to the works: Throughout tue whole engage
nssht Col. Wider conducted binself coo:y
atd deliberately, :nd effected his :.uancuSers
With marked skill. Tne first attack of the
rtbe)s, made under cover Of sho ser Of shells
tt1cRn from .hrse pieces of heavy artillery
ltrstc. ord tie repui-c blcedy. Tue rebels
rus heG through lie thick aoatis with loud
stLn's. hut rttreated btjure the terrible ire Of
The iE6iaLians Ni'h demcni.c shouts cf pain
ard raee- The four pieces Of our artillery cog
II, uce TO -Four shot and shell into their ranks,
ard thr Ee yer piece on tb. left Of our works
succet dad in dismouutiDg two Ut their guas
W sted in tie woods.
Resrcasing to the woods the rebels again
tormsd, ard the fig ut for eome time w.s car.
ricd on chiefly by tie. infantry. Tue rebels
.nc5cd their artillery and the create. pr Of
tic in;aLtT TO the lef', and formed On the
cocecIv,llc road, preparatory to making ac
asfanlt en- the left tf tce works. It H..5 on
this la1t If the w rks that :hs twenty four-
pt under, which lad dine sucI terrible exccu~
tim. Eas posted.
While This disposition Of the rebel troops
~as ttirg made, Il lew ot t3e 1ndianfans III lde
yeu'urts ulr sorfIe 10 ward the wouds, and
~bile under IRE from the ~oods, succeeded in
lnipgirg in several prisoners, among whom
was n!sjor Of Mississippi regi uent- This
officer, in conversation with the United States
tlicers, stated that, On the part Of the Il Id
rsilroad, they had lsft AGO killed and woan1ei
Tie seccId assault was On the right, aud
charactt r:zed By the same desperlte eaerEy as
The fjrtt. The rebels crossed the open fields
urder htavy fire, ard OulY halted uader the
brow Of d hill. 200 yards from the works
rapidly. They sFr.pg ever tne narrow
t1tnctss ana meua:ed the works. Bu. the
gallant 1ndiaLians cid not quit their pllc:s,
ard mary Of the rebels, bayonetea, fell back
iuto The Iitchcs. It is sta:4d that maay were
thus killed by the bayonet-
Af;er This assault the rebels Kept up des.
ultory fire until about IL O'Clock, when they
fell back beyond the woods aud ceased firing.
The troops on our right seeing the Others re-
| tscatiug, fell back ard LETT the two pieces ot
artillery f.rmeriy dismountcd on the field.
Du1lpg tie last attack force Of rebel cav.
airy. with piece Of light artillery, appeared
| at Mun:cresvile, and, from the bluff before
! town, threw few shells iutO our WORKS.
After the third slell the gun wus dismonn.ed
During the engagement the cavalry com
paIy vas ordered to remain under cover be.
meath the bridge, and took no part in the con,
| tllct-
Tie rebels were es'ip,ted By Captured OH
| GERS AID men to be 5000 strong. Theie loss
| will approximate 500 killed and wounded
| Among them is = colonel Of g Mississippi regt
dead statsd d 10 cur men that they had lost 6U
men. The story Of the wounded major |.
| probably nearest the truth, aud it NAV bt
safely said that their loss will reach tha'
numter.
| Our loss Eas eight killed and twenty wouu
1ed. Among the killed Is Major Abbott, O
the 9Th Indiana regiment
BG per:on Who LETT Muufordsy.lle lats
last evening, Colonel Dunham sent word tha
the rebel loss VAS over 500. We have take1
!lo stand Of small arr s, and two pieces Of ar
t1llery-tiz.pounderr.
Thus upon The field made glorious by tn,
1ndianians, under Which, have Iudian1au
won the second battle of Munlordsyille, ant
IN eceodiEE luet1e On the national arms
addea re" honors to the State from whlcl
a dispatch received at headouarter, firm
Nunfordsyil1e, fully co1roborA.es the accom-
atove. The dispatch states that the rebel los
is fully zoo. Our killed amounted to eiQh,
Including Major Abbott Of the 9th Indisna
ard thirty three wounded. Colonel Dunhsr
! haN h 3rh% II &hn ,z{u