M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-04-24
the aftern on, when it became evident

the Aitefn on, WDen IL OecdIlu eViucps
thai the enemy was relreatIng.
Eelore the clnsetf the action, the
ad, ance of Gen. 7. j Woods DlviS-
ION arrived in time to take part in the
actun. Ny force was 100 much fati.
cucd from wo days hard d! hting, and
exposed iu the uuen air to drench ns |
lain during tie intervening night, to
purs NC iamed ately. Night cloted n
cloudy and with heavy ram, making
the roads f,npracIieah for artillery
10y the II, xt m"lning.. Gen. sherman
|, ,wvyer, fol owed the enemy, fnding
that the main part 0i the army had
rctient,d d IN gmd "r,ler. liz spitals OF
the .n,my's wOCnled we've iuund all
along lh, road ~ !ar as purut was
nIair. Dead bod cs cI The enemy
AMI n.anr s;aves were also iound. |
,n,l,sr hercW ilh Icpolt at G,n. Sher
man, wnich will ,Xp'ain more fully
the result UIIhc plisu;t OF tle part
tfk,n hy each sel,rlatr command. ]
cArn take srecal not cc in ;hs re
port, Lat viii 90 Sc more iEiv when
rrWlt5 o' DIVISION coiiiili"nderS ave
handed III. g.,
/ nen. DneIi, com ~ On 'ne NC g"
with district arn,N, lrnI under III,
c"hiihahu' nj "''icn d'u 'tc' '''iI'e.l -
srrV &C. c"il!'.la'dcd ny h'I'lsr'' ~
re's' II on 'hc held' VIII Dc nuc' "e'
ter able 10 notice those OF ms COM ,
Un nd who particularly HiHInSu'S"eu
: themselves, inan p'sSt'iy '"n' :,
! feel it u duty, how, yer io@
liant and able officer, BrlG"di'rO%,
cr'l W. 1. Sherman, t" make Il sI"r'.'
= mention. II" not only was WIN us
! c"nln"nd dhrlrg the 'nt',e"' Inc '~o
days action. tn! d'spl"Hei Ere"' JnaF
incnt and 81 Ill in the manas' nent o.
Q lsm'n. Although se" rely Wounded
J. in the and the riIst day, his place was
y n,ve: Ncant. lie wrs a."n wounird
II and had three horses killed um'er h'nI,
!. In making this mention OF Fal'al',
!, officer, n" slaras"ncnt il intendS
II TO the other division c"inmard' ~
i Major Generals John A. MrOl'rna"o
Il ard L~w Wallace, and Brgnd,rr'Geh'
erals s. A. Hnhbat. u. NJ. rrent!s'
= and W. II. l.. Wallace, oil OF whom
s maintained their places with credit IL
. themselves and the cause.
u Gen. Prcntiss w''s tak"n prisoner, ~
: the first days action, and Gen W ~
l l. "al'ace s.vtfeiV' lno'"''H 'n"''"'',
e wounded. His Assistant A"ln'an'
General Captain Wil'am MEAN ic''a'i'
l is miss n, probably taken prisoner
My personal St"fi are all deserving
" at particular mention, '"ey i"''ns
+ been engaged during the entire wv"
days III carrying orders 10 every P%r'
Of he hrld. II consists o: Coi' d ~
Webster, ChietUt Stat L'eu'. O"''
y Il. MclhcrSoiI, "tlei ol Em5'ildcrs'
assisted by L'ents. W. u. ID jenny
( and Wm. hossac, Capt. .. a. na"l
lnss, a: a. Oe''era: W; o. h"y'I'
D W. Il. Kawlry ana y, d, L"Srow'
=. Aids de,camp, Col IT, Fr,de; '"'nh
,"rr' Aid, aud CaPalIi D. l. il""h,'S'
t Chef Co'ainI'sary, who accompanied
r me npon the nod. :.
, lhe Medical Depai'ment u,"t, al
rectl6n OF surgeon iieW'tt, M"aica'
Director, showed great energy IN pr"
8 Vn:lng f"r The wounded, anl 10 se'tihG
{ item from the Held, r'g"rdIcSs oi dah'
. ser. :,
3 Cd. Webster was Placed ~ epecIai
/ charge OF all the artillery, al,d was
constantly upon the field. lie dls'
, played, IA always heretofore. both
sFiil and bravery. At least, ~ Oh"
. instance, ne w"s Tue means "i placing
, AN entire regiment III position oi
doing most valuable service, ana
/. where it would lot have bee2 but i"r
r his cXertI"ns.
r Lieut. Col. Mcpherson. h''ac'ied I"
3 my staff rs ChIci d Engineers des