, 1862-02-04
RAIH FROM zOIIIC iii C0(FFER'YS i
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A Rebel COlonel.s Account OF
the Fight.
What i REBEL COLONEL TDlKKS-.-SONE.
BoDY MlsT BE HANGEr.
Griefs Of a Southern Clergyman:
The Charge and his Defense: :

camp. Among these VIC give an: unfinished |
letter from Col Wood, late .Comlnandanti at |
Knoxville, and frequently referred to in the |
compiled papers from the rebels, given in our
last ISSUE He led lis regiment, The 10th: Ali
bama. A letter from his brother to: him VIC
also give in this connection. Col. Wood .wns
in the fight Of Logan's Cross Roads, and com,
mcnced to write an account of it to his wife, |
which i; worth printing as it is probably cor
rect account Of what he saw.
The letter OF the rebel Colonel Sterling 4.
A. Wood, brother of the above named, is also
suggestive. He wants somebody hanged, and
thinks it would relieve matters very essen
tally. He hopes to be BEigadier and thinks
thus he would be *'rid Of. most abominable
company" Then the Confed ede1atc LIST Of Brig
adier6 is fur better than ours. Colonel S. 4.
N. Woods letter viii repay perusa1.
And again, we are greatly interested in the
case Of Rev. S. Berry, Of Killoeh, Alabama.
Mr. Brooks, his neighbor, deems Mr.. Berry's
Ill health an instance Of .s sogering," !" to which
the reverend gentleman responds. We give
the letters in all their pristine freshness and
beauty:
REBEL CoLoSEL's S ACCOUNT OF TIE FIGHT.
Buck GRorE, Ky, jan 10, 1852,
My Dear Wife-I wrote to .yon Inst night,
and dated my letter 't tic night before bat
fle"-this, 5th night after q battle" most
terrific and fierce battle Of over three hours,
which resulted In our defeat and the terrible
slaughter Of our troops. For two honts the
bullets fell al1 aronnd me, and sometimes
passed within a teE inches Of my head, if I
may judge from the whistling noise they made,
but the protecting providence Of God sheltered
me from harm, and came off the field without
scratch Our regiment lost ten or fifteen
men, and there are others missing who may be
Jet wandering in the woods, seeking an oppor-
tunity to get in.
The cause Of our defeat is not definitely as
eertaincd. Some attribute it to oyerwhelnl-
ipg numbers, they being two to our one:
killed early in the action Beth probably were
the combined CAUSES At first and for nearly
Two hours the tide Of battle WAS in our fayor,
but at this time no one seemed to have COM
lnand, and three regiments, viz: Murray's,
Powell's and mint, al Of which Ind been or.
| dered up to the place where the battle was
raging, remained in position ready to enter
| the woods where the enemy were under cover
| firing upon Us, but no order came, ut least to
me, and presume none to the other Col
onels, as both Of them being in advance
| of MS remained in their position Tor ncaely one
| and a half hours without advancing. Wewere
in an open space, with nothing to shelter us ex.
cept an OCCASIONAL stump or fallen tree. The
Generals aid passed US shortly after We had
arrived at our position, and told me that {
charge had been ordered. that the Missis
sippl regiment would charge the right
wing and Tennesseans the left, at 1ht
same time either Cummings or Battles
would attack the center. The charge wa:
made, and for half an hour the conflict WEE
terrific then saw the troops come out o
the wood, in disorder and at run. Col
Powell moved his regiment off to my righ
and rear. NY men we're about to follow
when ordered them to stand to their posi-
tion and mcct the enemy, drive him back, O
die in their tracks. At this time a fire wa
opened On my left flank, and my men returne'
it. The fight was becoming general, whel
some one told me we were firing on our owl
regiments. ordered my men to cease firing
aud ran down to see where the enemy opene
upon u.s. Finding we were tlanked and the enc
mywithin about sixty yards, ordered our me
thirty yards to cur right, which they did
good order, md the 4 ght continued tierccl
Tor fifteen or twenty minutes. I then diRco1
cred that all the other regiments had left th
field but mine. had only $50 men, and VI
were being pressed in front and on the 1e
flank by thousands. I then ordered the me
to take cover behind the point Of the lil
which NC did, but finding the other troops #
treating, my men started to follow. I rallie
about half Of them and turned the point Of I'll
| | pls6iu5 lllIQuEu u .uEl0, &lUu WAS ul1lEl
deht3'' - 'D' 'A'''' s0Nn0' "A'n u
=" became fight, - it is evident the Colon
Twas going 10 say, but fed himself. The ms
; who can write such letter Us that, und
such circumstances, must be cool and bray
COZ. WOOD TO HIS BROTHER IN COMMAND
KNOXVILLE.
CHATTANOOGA, Ga, Nov. 21, 1861
L DEAR BRoTuERI received your letter
a day. wrote two days since. Hope you ha
- leave soon; only sent here temporarily: &c
u Carroll talks of coming up He is about tw
l. | thirds full Of whisky. think the Unit
: sentiment Is not dead It will break o
e again. Why do you not hang some Of the
y him viii; and I Iii Lang lang t the best 6i ha7 7
= amy how.
r A good many Florence people are hel
;. Among others, Leila and baby.
" lido not know what to make Of the fot
le tliat are 10 be found in Tennessee. And y'
le should all of you quit the name Of Uni
! and call them traitors. and tories.
have my regiment at Tymus, Is mil
u from town, and will stay there awhile. &
1t sure that good regiment should always
&c kept ut this place, and at Knoxville, vi
lr guards at all the bridges. Nothing but this c
save he from these rascals.
a-j Gen. Bragg intends to take me back knt
,e for he has refused to send on my sick in
1t hospital who are now getting well Abo
I three thousand additional troops have gone
= Pensacola It looks as If the old fellow
n tended to attack Pickens, if SO, want to
- turn. have hada good deal Of trouble co
"a ing here with drunken Florence Guards, q
ecveral Of them ure, now under serious ct,
<e ges and will be court maIttaled :; also abe
Six or eight other fellows.
Sister Campbell las been up Two days, h.
not seen about her. She will give you so
- fresh hints when she gets homo. II can d
III get Brigadier Generals place then am
rs Of this most abominable company he
Of to-day from home--an well. Write to r
r. again-to him not Louis Lee and Jenny. II
- ing some Of the money and stop their WI
u Jugs, I will, come up to q court martial
Ee bring them. Hope to see you soon but thil
n arc too uncertain to promise now. vi
l.. again. Your brother, Shilling
L GRAVE CHARGE AGAINST REV. BERRY.
~ MOUNT uorE, Ala, Oct. 2, 1856
- DEAR SIR After my respects, this will
10 form you TINT the Rev. s. Berry has come b
a. with 3 false certificate. He says hc: was
~~ YVES ill affected, and that he is capable Of
u ing such tricks. As regards his hand and 4
%, there is nothing the mattcr with him,
IT. be has 1roncd of wagon since be came ht
tb and is now weather boarding gin house,
's1 Col. Thaxton says it would be right for
uf to send for him and put him in service; m
I'D him serve bis time out; le is trying to
rn- snrde every young man from volunteerin
~. some Of his neighbors-- fact-al say it
'fR shame the tales he tells about
fitre and the way the soldiers are treated Il
rnder you. He Is doing great deal Of h
aG here, and if you could and would send
take him back, you would do a great ser
oee for.ycur country. You viii get letter t
1T Colonel Thaztoni ono: Of his neighbors.
lel renee Co. He makes his brags that 5Alab
ich WIS the only way he had TO get away
Md yon. Please show this to Capt. Bankh
oen He is the stoutcst bodied mar in the ne
borhood, md could endure as much hards
lms He says he never drilled but once; take
eve back, and learn him what it is to be a soll
me- Yours with e M7ssPSsst,
lan- To Col. WooD and Capt. RAsKnEAp. :,
isa- TIE DEFENCE OF REV. MIR. BERRY
IN KrsIocK, Ala, Sept. 4, Il
'plc DEAR CArrAN ". 8. BASKHEAD: I, as
Of your best friends in this life, feel 1t my
to drop you q, few lines this evening. Ath
;,,e. an. and can say to you that am not
yet, nor I never expect to be any more In
mot I have improved "a great deal I
and y; the care of Doctor .Crom ever
noit nI I came home, captain. # 7 improve IS
mn. one more week as i havc this last week,
nsti-' come to see you again., and stay with u
nip long IS can stand It. 1will fix myself
some bed-clothes to keep nc of tho grou
lcm- much as possibly can; and think t
on,1 will be the one that will get old Lin
skelp, yet I am not out Of hart In trJin
feto i've camp life and be Of some service t
ican country. Captain, ] find there arc bad p
| all *f,nx r hat