Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-10-17
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| For the Pomero5 Weekly Telegraph.
CoRINTH, Miss, Oct. s, 1862.
Editor Telcgraph:-Could [ do so, [
should be glad to give you minute de-
scription of the battle at Corinth ons the
Sd and 4th insts. l can only tell you
what [ saw, with small sprinkling of
what I hear. On the night of the
first inst, our Division, commanded by
Gen. d. S. Stanley, encamped on the
Tuscumba river, five miles from Cor
inth. At two o'clock A. NJ. on the
Sd, We received orders to march as soon
as practicable, to Corihth At three A.
NJ. we commenced moving, but owing to
the condition of the road, was obliged
to halt until daylight, at which time we
pressed forward as rapidly as possible.
Before sunrise the cannon commenced
booming in a north westerly direction
from Corinth. We heard it was the 9Th
Division of the army Of Tennessee, en-
gagged with the Rebels. We continued
moving in the direction Of the fighting,
to the northwest of Corinth. until IL
O'Clock, when the second Brigade Of our
Division was ordered up to support Da-
vies' Division, which was said to have
been worsted in the engagement, having
| been out fanked on both wings-the
! fighting continued at intervals until
about an hour before sunset when it
ceased. At 9 o'clock ?. NJ our Brig
ade, composed Of the 9th, 39th, 43d
and G3d Ohio Regiments, was ordered
up to relieve Davies Division. Now, in
order to make the matter Ineligible, l
must describe the position. On the
East and West sides Of Corinth, is a low
ridge running North and South. We
had two Batteries Of heavy guns on the
West ridge, one rather behind the other,
ranging in a nortferly direction; on the
East ridge we had several Batteries at
right angles with those on the West
Ridge At the left Of the Battery, in
front on the West ridge was posted the
:t3d Regiment; at the right of the same
Battery was posted the 63d Regiment
for its support; Oh our right was the
Both and 9th Ohio Regiments. | un-
derstand the Batteries on the East ridge
were supported by Davies Division
The epemy having got some Artillery
into position on the same West ridge,
during the night, not over four hundred
yards in front Of US, opened on us at
daylight and continued to play on US
until sunrise with some effect: they hav-
ing our range When the cannonading
ceased, we expected an assault, but
nothing occurred except the firing of
sharp p-shooters, some of which we could
see in the trees in front of US. The po-
sition of the enemy being hid by the
woods, until few minutes before ten
O'Clock, when our skirmishers were
driven in simultaneous and desperate
charge being made upon all our Bate
ries. The enemy made three distinct
charges upon the Battery we were sup
porting, and were repulsed each time;
the last time, however, not until one
man more desperate than others, had
succeeded in planting rebel flag on the
Battery, but it did not remain there
long-on the right, at first the rebels
were more successful capturing one of
our batteries and turning our own guns
upon US, and at one time were in the
town. Hamilton's Division, which was
held in reserve on the right, soon came
to the rescue, and the eaemy was re-
pulsed with terrible loss, What the loss
was on either side l have no means of
knowing, and the manner in which the
various Regiments fought I will leave
for the Commanding General to describe
in his 'soficial report" Our Regiment
Cthe 63d Ohio) went into the fight with
two hundred and fifty men, out of which
number thirty were killed, and eighty
two wounded. Out of my company c.,
w. Hicks and Henry Cochran were
killed, both being shot through the
heart: wounded as follows: J. f. Bush,
Daniel Carol and Austin Reed in the
shoulders; VIM. N. Halsey in the face;
Reuben Boring in the head; Joseph
Mccullough in the arm; Jacob White
head, George Cleland and myself in the
leg, none of us dangerously-Lieut. J.
W. Browning, of Portland, command
ing Co. G. received shot in each arm
and one in the head; he is doing well.
Elias Keyes from Portland died yester-
day from his wounds.
Our forces are still pursuing the en-
emy; they are said to be commanded by
Price and Van Dorm.
Respectfully Yours,
G. T. SMITH Can't