The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-03-28
Fight at Cumberland Gap.
We are indebted TO the Knoxvillss R,r

we are luueoteu 70 tho hnoxvili0, NED
iaer for the following intelligence:
An engagement commenced at Cum.
berland Gap on Saturday morning last
| Cannonading continued at slow Intervals
until Sunday at two o'clock. The enc.
| my attempted to get cannes, In SCI sr ents
| % Insight which commanded our, forti.
| hcati6ns, bit were foile3, ahd Ne undcr.
stand they retired. Welesrn- thst four
Of our men were wounded Zone MORALLY
The Yankees had very ingenious
scheme to command our Qualifications,
but it did not win. Cumberland Gap,
with Che men we have there--and NJ
know them, will cost the Yankees more
dearly, than any success they have yet
gained fslNe' . 80 - va . -
The Register Of a later day has the fol.
lowing additional particulars, sSssve
We are indebted to Capt. Guilford,
Quartermaster OF the post at Cum bertrand
Gap, who arrived in this city yesterday,
for the following particulars Of the en-.
gagement there on Saturday last, which
resulted in the repulse Of The enemy.
The enemy drove in our pickets Fri.
day evening about half past FIVE O'Clock
IAN hour after Gen. Smith left the Gap
They then fell back. The attack was
commenced about daylight Saturday
morning with musketry. About tel,
o'clock they succeeded in getting two
rifle cannon pieces In position to the right
Of the Kentucky road, about mile and
o half from our Notifications. f
. Whenever the enemy presented him.
self in any force our batteries shelled him,
by which means he learned the position
Of our guns, to which he directed hii
whole attention, but did no damage, ex.
cept knocking spoke out of caisscr
belonging to the 81 Maryland, Art;llerv
and sending rife ball through die REQ,
Of the magazine OF one of our batteries. !
A musket ball from the enemy fell in
the. valley this side of the mountain
striking one of Col. .Brazelton,s mules
breaking its back. = 49, ~5,
Col. Rains is reported to have acted in
the most gallant manner, riding along
the line of Notifications during the whole
engagement. 1t is proper to state that
Col. Rains did not deem it necessary to
fire, except when the enemy were in
force, and then his shot generally scat
tered them like a flock Of frightened
sheep. |
The damage done to the enemy, we
had no means of ascertaining. The cas-.
ualties on our side we're: 1870.
9Th Georgia Reg't Col. Mapghan, com.
manding.-Private Smith and Crowley,
each wounded in the thigh with extra
large Minnie balls.
Col Morgan's Tennessee Regiment
Private Chisholm dangerously wounded
with musket ball-shot through the
bowels ti's
Third Geo. Battalion, Maj. Ruder COM
manding. Private Spears wounded in
his hand by a fragment of shell.
Many of our gunners distinguished
themselves by their admirable marks
manship whenever the enemy presented
themselves in groups sufficiently large to
waste powder on, but it would be invid-
ious to mention names where all were
burning with noble ardor to show them
selves worthy of the sacred cause in which
they are engaged.
1t. Miller, Of the Goth N. c.. Reg't
was shot through the thigh, this side Of
Powel's river, by bushwhacker.s
AS soon as the fight commenced on the
other side of the mountain, bushwhack
ers" commenced their deviltry on thi,
side.