Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-10-31
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(GEN. vEATCH's ORDER.
| HEADQUARTERS J
I'd BRIGADE, 18th DIVISION,
Bolivar, Tenn, Oct. 9, 1862.
General Order III. B.. IL.
No. 62. -.....
The General desires to congratulate
the troops of his con mand, on the bril-
liant victory at the battle of the Hatchie.
| On no field, since the war began, has
! better fl hting been done. The forces
of the enemy, greatly superior in nun
bers, were posted in the very strongest
positions, and commanded by those
vetran Rebel Generals, Van Dorm and
Price.
| You met them, you fought them, you
drove them, capturing Battery and hun
dreds of prisoners You compelled
them to seek shelter on the east side Of
the Hatchie.
Here the first Brigade came to your
support, and with Hrlouts fighting
FJurh Dictsion united. you drove them
again from their last stronghold, and
forced them to hasty retreat.
While we rel oice in victory, we regret
the loss Of many brave men Let us
honor the memory Of our fallen comrades,
and transmit to their friends the story
of their noble deeds. ...*..
The wounded who survive, will carry
their battle SCARS, which will speak more
eloqueutly for their bravery and during
than any words can do. ..
A Battery of four splendid brass field
pieces captured by this Brigade, has been
entrusted to your keeping by the Major
General comm ,ndins the Division
These pieces, manufactured in Rebel
work shops, will be made to do service
for the UHion in the hands Of Bolton
nd Burnap.
Officers and men Of the Second Brig
ade, you have the confidence Of your
Generals, and the respect and esteem of
all loyal citizens: Let your future good
conduct, maintain the high reputation
you have gained. Remember that you
belong to Hurlbut's .fyhting Fourth Di-
Oision. That fhat he commands, you
will obey; that what he orders, you will
e1ecu)e; where he leades, you will
follow, with full confidence of honor
and victory.
(To be read at the head of each Reg
imeht and Battery.) By order,
Brig Gen. Y. c. VEATCH.
+. w. Fox, A. A. Gen'l
(cAPT. BURNAP's REpoRT)
| HEADQUARTERS 7th Quo BATTERY,
Camp at Bolivar, Tenn, Oct. 8, 1862.
CAPT f. W. Fox, a. A. Gen.-.Str:
| | have the honor to submit to you the
following report, of the part taken by
my command, in the engagement on the
4th inst, on the Hatchie About 9
o'clock, A NJ, when Bottoms Battery
was engaging the enemy, from the posi-
ton it had in the road, to the left of the
house on a bluff, 1 was ordered forward by
Gen. Veatch, for a half a mile, under the
enemy's fire, directed at Bottoms Bat.
terry, which was stoutly contending for
the position it then held-and took po-
sition on the right Of Il stable, to Boil
toms right, with one section under the
command of Lieut.. John Brechtel,
opened upon Battery in the road, near
the Cotton Gin. By order of our brave
and daring Major and Chief of Artillery.
G. G. Campbell, l took position with my
second section, still to the right in the
road at the extreme right Of our line,
as it then was formed, and with this Sec
ton, paid or special respects to the en-
emys Infantry, which seemed to be
moving in the direction of our right
flank. In this position my command
was briskly engaged for about three
quarters of an hour. 1 was then or
derel to cease firing, and hold the posi- :