Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-10-25

wounded we have already published from
the Mahoning Register;
HEADQUARTERS 10TH Div. lsT ARMY CoRPs,)
PERRTyILLE BATTLE FIELD,
KENTUcKT, Oct. 10. 1862.
CAPTAIN CAMPBELL, A. A. A, GENERAL,
lsT Army CORPS Sir Having COM
manded the 105th regiment Ohio Volun-
teers, in the engagement Of the 8th
inst. near Perryville, Kentucky, it be-
comes nv duty, although now command
ing the 10th Division, to report the part
taken by said regiment in the battle. The
regiment was on the march from Macks-
vile to Perryville as part of the S3d brig
ade, commanded by General W. r. Terrill,
in the 10th division, commanded by Brig
adler General James S. Jackson, in the lst
Army Corps, commanded by Major Gener-
al McCook.
The 84th brigade, commanded by Colonel
Webster, Of the 98th regiment Ohio Volun-.
teers, was in the advance, and engaged
the enemy about q N. On hearing the
fire of the skirmishers, General Terrin or
dered forward the 98d brigade with all
possible dispatch, and reached the field
about Pm.
My regiment was marching in the rear
of Parson Battery, and at the moment
of reaching the field, was ordered to form
on the left Of the road in reserve.
This point was occupied but for a few
moments, when the order of General Ter
rill was to file to the left, through
the timber to the extreme left of the Union
forces. Upon reaching my position, l
found the 123d regiment Illinois volun-
teers-Colonel Monroe-hotly engaging
the enemy to the right and rear Of Parson' s
battery, then in position.
At the moment of coming into position
m the left and rear of Parsons battery it
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terminod to charge through the left of the
123d Illinois volunteers and cut off the bat
terry. This movement was Immediately
and effectually repulsed by the destructive
fire of Parsons battery and the charge Of
that wing Of ny regiment most gallantly
led by Major Perkins, executed by order
of General Terrill, who was personally
present.
The FIRE at this moment was terrific be-
yond description, and the running through
my line of six horse team, drawing q
caissien, created some disorder in my cen
ter. At almost the same moment Of this
repulse of the enemy, a determined assault
was made by them on our left. A battery
opened on US from the enemy's right, and
from the form Of the ground nearly enflad-
ed my line. Parsons Battery was sta
toned on q sharp crest of open ground
about eighty yards from a wood occupied
bv the enemy. From this crest the ground
descended to the woods, and then ascend
ed, so that the enemy delivered us the fire
Of consecutive battallions in rear Of each
other. The battery was also upon a crest
which abruptly terminated on the left
few yards from the guns, exposing the
support to q cross fire from the enomy's
extreme right, of which the enemy, as be-
fore described, promptly availed them
selves. Thus, at the distance Of eighty
yards, in an open field, did Parsons Bat
terry and the 105th regiment o. '. L. deliv
er to the enemy NEST terrible and de-
structive fire; receiving in return, the fire
ofan enflading battery, and Ofa rebel brig
ade concealed in the woods. The battery
becoming disabled and the rebel battery
on our flank making our posi-
ton untenable, by the order of
Gen. Terrill in person, l moved my regi-
ment go yards to the rear and formed on
the line of an old fence, then much broken
down. The enemy followed the move
ment and when he reached the crest, (oUr
former position, received fire that epen-
ed their ranks with the widest havoc. But
the position Of the ground was such that
we were still under the fire of their bate
ry, and the quick eye of Gen. Terrill dis
~ thu in
rayiue to turn our left, again ordered the
regiment TO retire into cnrntield IN nIlr
rear, which was done in good order and
formed. In this field, being
much exposed to the artillery and mus
kerry of the enemy, and hidden from each
other by the corn, some irregularity oc-
Cured in the line, whilst a movement by
the flank, then ordered by General Tirrell,
which could not be seen or heard distinctly
by the command, tended still more to di-
vide and scatter the regiment. The most
of the living, however, followed the
promptly, and formed in
the rear Of Bush's Battery, by Gen
eral TerrilIs order, and there remained
in its support until the close of the en-
At this last position in the
rear of Brush's Battery, our brave and be-
loved General Terrill, who had stood by
my side and moved with my Regiment
from the moment it was engaged, fell NOR
tally wounded by the fragments Of shell.
At this moment the disability of the Gen
eral threw the command Of the 33d Brig
ade upon me. Turning over the command
of the 105th Regiment to Lieutenant Colo
mel Tolles, proceeded to collect the Brig
ade. In the early part Of the engagement,
and before the 33d Brigade became en-
gagged, Lieutenant Colonel Tolles, with
by order of General Terrill,
was sent to the left of the road mile in
the rear of the line of battle to protect
the rear He Joined me at Brush Battery,
having come forward and joined in the en-
gagement with the 80th Illinois Regiment.
Of the bravery manifested by the officers
and enlisted men of the l05th Regiment o.
Y. l., l can speak with the highest satisfac-
ton. Not an officer, and but few of the en-
listed men finched from the hail of death,
Dr. left their position until ordered by their
proper officers. In the engagement at
Perryville they have covered themselves
with imperishable honor. Citizen soldiers,
with not twenty days drill they have eK-
hibited the coolness and efficiency of Yete-
rams. Of the mortality, and ofour wound
ed, speak with choking sorrow.
Captain L. D. Kee, Company l, and Rob-
srt Wilson, Of Company H, are no more
They fell upon that fatal crest, by Parsons
battery, the former dead, the latter NOR
ally wounded. Braver or better men never
lived. Truer patriots never offered hOlier
sacrifice to their country's cause. On the
Iame spot twenty mine enlisted men of my
gave their lives too, to the cause
If Constitutional Liberty, each one pre-
,ious offering on freedoms altar.
God of the true and brave these are
.hine their country calls them no more.
There, too, on that fatal spot, were wounded
40 less than lS0 of their gallant comrades.
Cen. Morgan at the Head of His Command