The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-04


his rou.a Of march can bs credissd, ne haa
ti.teen rex1ndentn Of infantry. sseerM hat-
teFts d. aud sevea ofnpanIes ca ravAsty. sHe
t.iset f,sei sttfs teal III thH "tts"ae et our
vvfyGiss Ia Il before the ac ton began, bug were
then reexliet. So.
u,sr ~oundes. who were FOR the tins pris-
cae.s s.vy that The enemy . iess WAS acknow-
isl4sa ~ hem 80 os very Levy ana sniohg
to, haif2 ~ Utah Eotoitsty and citizens
u.,ag sesow declare that they carried OF
,ssensy @egon loads OF killed and wounded,
ne.idrs many dead before them on tseiT
tosFss, cad That AS soon ~ their dead and
woHnoed We're removed. they left the field
,sees asately, leaving behind much Of the ma
tegsai which we ief on the field but which
W. recovered yae nepxt day.
j sahnot speak In too high terms OF Dol.
Fo'Dsys that gallant son OF Alabama, whose
conspicuous bravery leading his men In n
gal,lGE fire, was the admiration Of all nor
Q; has i.'eat -Cci. Martin, vino. with the bat
tie cry OF forward. on his lips, fell brayely
On encouraging his men. NOR can do more
tt4aa staple justice to the officers and men
Of thes regiment, who seeined determined 10
hollow their Colonel wherever he wen Id lead.
Col. Garland and IDS jor Ian hoTne, Of the
Eleventh Virginia, behaved with great cool
ness under fire, AID the Maen of that regi.
! ment. though deprived by locality ffcm shnr-
lag as ni,ce OF the danger of he engagemen mt
Us The 1enth AiabamG aRilnent, yet scquit-
ted thsIns selves TO my entire Satisfaction
1h- 9th South Carolina and the Is; Ken.
lucky were, Igegrekto say, too III UGH screened
from ny view t. afford me the privilege OF
Gearing witness, by per son al observation, OF
INDIVIDUAL rrowsss; bur that the 9th South
Carolina, un der the fearless Secrest did its
Wnoie duty, let the list of killed and wounded
aud her battle flag, ba he'd in blood, with It's
St. Il shivered IN the hand Of the bearer, be
silent but eloquent witnesses. I heir Major,
HoodwaTd, was painfully wounded, but
bofs himself heroicaily, EOtw. tbs tandin !;
while The telling report could distinctly
i.ft
Kentucky, under the gallant Taylor, the ia =.
trepid AialJr tropiand, and daring Ueshe,
Vos2iI iisht.
oar battery : loss, in killed an woanGed,
was great, and the ncn deserve great creeit
Tor their devotion to their pieces under such
perloLs circpla stances.
TIE detachment 0! North Carolina caval-
~, under Mpj. Sornon, was OF Srea. service
i. Ta,ciins Lac approaches to- our i.nks,
though ;he ground was extremely uIfayor-
able ior cavalry.
Ihe atsention Of the General commanding
Is Tcst ectfaHy called 10 the detailed reports
OF TIE commanders t regiments and curls,
and To he special IA sntion made by tlem OF
I.iLdiSidaai psowrss. Col. Taylor became Sc
parated from his regiment IN ia saiu from
us ieit ID its right, aud Iound pimseif beyund
siie eEepgy's ilnes, but by great GOODNESS and
presence III nina he extTiclled himself 9ua
joined hisreci;nent tina. night
ny thanks are cue 10 my AoJutant Il General
Capt. EIlsn; my aid, CnisWeii ID tpuey, Jr.;
Fairfax cavalry Lieut.. Jackson, aid 10 Gen.
Jones, volunteers FOX the occasion, tor yaiu-
abe services on the field. Lieut.. 1hIockIaor.
ION accompanied Capt. Pi,zer, amt was con-
sPIGuuusiy Useful during tle day and Lie at
JoAnson WIS ut great Sci vice to Ine. Corporal
henry Hagan, OF First Virginia cavalry, was
oI great service i'll showing the First ken-
lucky regiment lis pos. .iun Ill line, aId
proved himself Oh this, on every otner oc-
casIon, worthy OF u commission. keomond
Burke, chief bug.er Steele; pIivates Lewis
Barnes, Harris, sartou, LanJslreet, kou1h
BnsDlan, Thompson, and Carroll, OF nay es-
cort, u-s-fve my thanks Tor their prom ptnese
dEa accuracy Ill conveying orders and IL
strucLions.
Had ws.e hected the safety OF our wagons
eolisAsu.1 eng the greater part OF the aVa,iacie
in%ahs OF transportation " this army, with
great loss to ourselves, without IL Iiicting
III ach Gu me enem alone would have been
"A .ssumpn OF which the brave men OF the tour
regiments uhder iay command could be rrouu :;
oui Wheh ~ Is Considered what oveTWhe I'M
ihs oods were against Us, hutW Tristan cir z
which we saved the trans poriaiioa, in flicte0
upon me eaeIny Il loss seyerer than our own
reLnerinS MIN unequai 10 the task OF pursuit
retiIe1 la perfect Ter, aud bringing with US
nearly al; our wounded, we may rightly cal,
1t Il glorious success.
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