New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-27
,,,,u WORK DAILY TRIBUNE, MONDAY, JANUARY o. 1867.


i, our favor for from that time, although firing was
han, nm a, intervals, the Secessionsts whipped and
cotve beeup their retreat, which, III about twenty
miontos more became total rout, and from Tie
indications along the road which we passed
over, the ght appeared to have been regular race
from thu point back TO thelf inreDcnmen's, 10 see
Who could get there frat, aud the devil take the
All the credit and honor of this battle Is due TO
tho I'm Indiana. the OH Ohio, tho 4th Kentucky,
ana ID Minuesota; for they did bill the lighting, as
were, sing le-handed, with the exception OF VIVA,
support they received from tie ar'liieiy' ,hey ia
fought no IL, anc, judging from the Soma OF lne
mn. kerry they never wavered from q hxed ue'er-
nination 10 gain the victory, ard they did gam IT,
The combatants were go near 10 each o'oei az quo
time that tho powder burned their races 10 ''e uis
charge of their rieces; bat The under6rusn wac 80
thick that bsyOneis were OF out littie use, anu
charge could hardly bave been made
Tre most impOrtant even. or the day was the
death of ZoucoiIer Col. Fry II The 4tb Kentucky
charged up hill by himself upon a gronp D,
mou ted officers, end fired at the one he conceived
10 be Tie CHEF suOng them; he fred two shots
9th of them took effect, and Eollicoier one OF toe
master spirits of tue rebellion, fell OH LIS morse,
dead. Col. Fry was, luckily, unhurt; but his horse
was shot throug the body, the bullet entering only
few inches behind the Colonels leg Ihis must
have been a deadener to all the hopes the Seces'
siutists had Tor victory as from this moment begun
them that they were obliged 10 leave their iiasou'
leader where he fell, by the tide OF the road -,
What were the East Ieunesseeans dong duIingail
this engagement, with their boasted bravery ins
LIST Regiment know bot little about, except tnat IL
marched to.ard the edge VI the woods IN which tue
firing was going on and disappeared from SIGHT. AS q
regiment tley ala not tile gun but eut-CoL Spears
VINO is whole team and horee To let, some way
got in ahead of his and where the nBhtin5 "ae
he shot a few times with his revolver, ana tuiheh
ria where.
cs,ved an officer in between him aud where DIS feel
meut onght 10 be, evidently trying TO cut Inn Oh!
Rut the ofcer-who turned out 70 be lleut.-CO
Cnrter--wsked mp the wrong passenger when be got
ser Sceats aud the tables were turned; Tor instead
Of cutting Col Spears OIL The Colonel took Linn pTis-
oner and brought MIN back into the regiment. The
"a Tennessee went through various aud snndry eyo-
lutions; they were marched and contaminated
rigbt-obqued AMI left-oblqued, rghtiaced and lett
faced and brou.bt up all standing IN a bnar patch.
Wei, finally we were formed in line OF battle,
DOT of al, harms way and remained until the fir
ing WAS nearly all over, when we were do1b g.
oIc ked To tho edge Of The woods and halted again,
until the firing reeeded ana died away entirely.
IL Is needless 10 comment uloa the conduct OF the
Tenuesseeans; TO say what they could have done or
wonld have done under other circumstances. Hore
il the fact what they did do aud that was silnply
nothing. AS TO the resi, the future viii decide
Onr oourse WAS now steadily forward 10 the main
road that led to ZOllicoilers ebcampment on the
Cumberland l shal not attempt 70 describe the
battle field the dead the dying. OF eourse, in all
battles, somebody must lie killed, ana somebody
must be wounded this was no exception 10 tue gene
raj rule. shill mention OILY one OF tue dead-that
one Zocofer lie lay by the eide Of the road along
which we M passed and ell had fair view OF what
wGs once Iollicotf r. saw the h'eless oody rs u
Z0llcoIer himself is now in hell. Hell Is httiug
ode for all such arch tIai ors. May all the other
chief con,tirstors IN this rebellion soon share Zolli-
Golfers faie--shot dead through the fundamentally
of nm ayepQipQ od-theif spirits sent etr6igLtway 10
NIL and tbeir hfee.s bodies lay IN fence corner,
their faces spa,tered with mud, and their garments
al, Ted M and even the hair of their head cut of
nud pulled out by AN unsympathiziag soldiery OF
conquering army, battling Tor the rignt.
~, march was now steadily but cautiously for
ward. Two pieces of artillery were taken; one was
crinnled In the woods near the battle ground, and
Inc other was found stuck ia the mud about nile
In the rear; a'eo two wagons with ammnEiii0n. No
incident worth mentioning occurred GA the march,
~ I'm was deliberately bit steadily forward, with
the a,ery we'll up, until fins, halt was made, about
A. o'clock within u mile Of the breastworks Of the
tt, ops Publications the Cumberland, which have
been reported imprt gnublc. Hero the artillery was
AGAIN PLANTED, ana set To Work shelng TIE wonder
IN Publications; ana q continuous IRE was Kept up
Tor nearly AN hour. Every shell that wa. thrown
,ye conli hear burst distinctly. There was only one
cannon th.t answered Us from the bTeastwOrks hLd
hat one sounded more like potato popgun than
ANYTHING else hken II TO- and did Us 10 damage,
III. the sbgt never reached w. THIS one piece was
nuly fired four tines Night cosed in aud tde firing
csa.ed We Ill lad down on the wet ground, in
pe-f.ot security, 10 rest our weary limb, The ds.
lance we bad come being over ten miles On tie
direct road LET alone tue bushes and underbrush We
went through. 10 tay nothing about Two or three
dress parades II the Second for somebody's amuse-
fren' bit not orr OWE, can assure you. And then
the rad, ard fields were swfully cut up, aud mud
was plenty lbs it bad raned good part OF the lore.
noon. Our men laid down 10 rest without moatL-
ful TO ea, many of whom had eaten 10 breakfast;
bnt as Capt Cross said "the man who could not
fac, two days over Zollicofers scalp, man as
all; ara there was no grumbilng, IA there was
necessity for it. However, the teams came up in
the III with crackers and bacon.
Now here is tie summary 50 far ~ know, up 10
Sunday night: We are within "A mile OF /0iiiCoiers
.ncsmpu emit Zolicoher IA killed aud bis forces Rave
been yhipped-soue 200 oi them being Killed aud
groht many wounded one OF Critendenr aids,
lieutenant. colonel and three surgeons, are taken
urisouefs but how many mOto 4 know not; two
pieces o. artillery aid three wagons wele LETT, and
The road was slr,wod with guns, blankets, coats
l.yersacba, and everything else tia, inpedei flight
On orr Giic from 20 10 30 killed, and from 80 10
100 wounded, having no prisoners taken that We
know Of.
On the morning Of Ito Goth, soon after daylight
several Il tie giMens were moved forward toward
tho breastworks, aud cannon-hall Two ilci over
into thom; bat no answer was made-all WIS quiet.
The regiments moved steadily On aud into their
It being usCertainod that th're no
one 20 oppose them. The enemy having CROSSED the
liver dunng the hight or early in the morning, the
ron, WIS complete. II s,ems rs though there VIZ,
resfect panic anOrg them, their toEts having been
leit stending and their blankets, ciothe, cooking
ulonils, letters papers, etc, I'll lett behind. Tho
position is pretty strong one, bat not near so much
80 as va had been led To- suppose. Iuis wore built,
nicely chinked with mud, many Of them having
windows IN them FOR coadortabio Winter quarters.