The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-31
was loosely closed on bis right elbow. His
eyes were closed, and be looked as though
be had just fallen asleep.

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ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE.
The first shots were exchanged at about
Z o'clock. and the above four regiments
came up at about 8 o'clock when the fight
ing became general. The blufy character
of the ground did not admit OF the effectu'
al employment of Artillery, and hence the
firing was mostly confined to musketry.-
For nearly three hours deadly roar was
kept up from each. The rebels fought in
the bushwhacking style-from ravines, and
behind trees, bushes and rocks. Each
body of them seemed to fight on its own
hook, Independent of all others. This evil
dent absence of all management and CO.
hesion would have resulted, in an open
country, in an utter defeat after briet
contest. But their battling after the guer
rilla fashion, together with the rugged sur
face of the country, made it difficult for
our troops to drive them back. The steep
hills and ravines made the employment OF
our whole force impracticable, and hence
the brunt of the battle dev0lved upon the
already mentioned regiments in the advance
Fourth Kentucky, Second Minnesota,
Ninth Ohio and Tenth Indiana.) These
gallant men slowly but steadily forced the
rebels toward the entertainments.
At last, shortly after eleven o'clock, Col.
Hoskins succeeded in thanking the enemy
on its extreme right. This with bayonet
charge, made with triumphant yells. by the
Second Minnesota and Ninth Ohio, accel-
Grated the retreat of the re els The near
er they approached their Notifications the
greater became their disorder and quick
ness of movement. At last panic SEEM
ed to seize them, and strewing the road
with muskets, blankets, overcOats and
knaps cks, and abandoning two guns and
caissons, they fed pelamel toward their
camp.
THE PURSUIT OF THE REBELS.
The march was now steadily but eau
tlousy forward. Two pieces of artillery
were taken one was crippled in the wOods
near the battle-ground, and the other Was
stuck in the mud about mile in the rear
also two wagons with ammunition. NOin
cident worth mentioning occurred on the
march, which was deliberately and steadily
forward, with the artillery we'll up, unit a
final halt was made, about halt past four
within mile OF the breastwOrks of the fa=
nous Notifications on the Cumberland,
which have been reported impregnable
Here the artillery was again planted, andset
to work Smelling the wonderful forti6ca-
tiOns; and a continuous fire was kept up
for nearly an hour. Every shell that was
thrown we could hear burst distinctly.
There was only one cannon that answered
us from the breastworks, and that one
sounded more like a potato pop>gun than
any thing else l can liken it to, and did US
no damage, as the shot never reached rs.
This one piece was only fred four times.
Night CLOSED in, and the firing ceased. We
all laid down on the wet ground in perfect
security, to lest our weary limbs, the dis
lance we had come being over ten miles on
the direct road, let alone the bushes and the
underbrush we went through. And then
the roads and fields were awfully cut up, and
mud was plenty, as it had rained good
part of the forenoon. Our men laid down
to rest without mouthtul to eat, many of
whom had eaten no breakfast but, as Cap-
tain Cross said, "the man who could not
fast two days over Zollicoffer's scalp was
no man at all" and there was no grum.
bling, as there was no necessity for it. How
ever, the teams came up in the night, with
crackers and bacon.
THE ENTERTAINMENTS INVESTED.
At day break Monday morning Gen.
Thomas put his troops in motion to storm
the rebel Notifications, while his batteries,
planted on the bluff of the river below,
kept up well direc.ed and incessant fire
upon the point of exit by which they could
retreat. The infantry were now thrown
forward upon the enemy's works; but, to
the utter CONSERVATION of officers and men,
it was soon discovered that this rebel army,
the day before $4,000 strong, had fled dur.
ing the night, crossing the river by means OF
small steamboat and one or two hat-bo
toned boats which they had in readiness,
burning all means Of transportation just at
day, having left everything in the shape of
public as we'll as private property behind
them, and not even stopping in their strong
Notifications on the opposite side of the
river.
Word soon came that the intreDchments
on this side were abandoned, and that we
were throwing shells into the Notifications
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up there. Then we were ordered up again
In few moments we were on hill top,
and the enemys camp lay before us-a space
of more than hundred acres, surrounded
and divided by low hills all of which were
capped by long lines of earthworks. The
woods were cut away, and the fallen timber
lay in every direction, to hinder the ap-
proach OF an attacking enemy.
Long columns of our men filed along tie
circular crests of hills. But there was hard.
ly cheer. We had hoped to capture eve
ry man, and though we had captured every
thing which made them an army, we felt
disappointed.
THEIR FoRTIFICATIONs AND CAMP.
At about nine o'clock on Monday morn-
ing the stars and stripes foated over the
intrenchments and we commenced look
ing about for spoils. They found no less
than twelve pieces of artillery. mostly
Notwithstanding with the two taken
on the day before, total of fourteen pieces,
an immense quantity of ammunition, quar-.
termaster's and commissary store, several
hundred muskets, blankets and knapsacks,
between i've and six hundred horses and
mules-in short, all the rebels had. includ-
ing their surgeons Instruments and medi-