Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1862-02-07

were doubie-quicked to the edge Of ths woods.
and halted again, until tho fring receded and
died away entirely.
1t Is needless to comment upon the conduct
OF the Tennesseeaos; to say what they could
have done or would have done under other
circumstances. Hsre is the fact what they did
do, and il was simply nothing. AS to the rest
the future viii decide
Our course was now steadily forward to the
main road that led to ZolicofFer's eneampment
4 on the Cumberland. | shall not atteinpt 10
describe the battle field, the dead or tho dying.
Of course, 10 ell battles somebody must be
killed, aud somebody must ba wounded; this
wss no exception to the general rnle. shall
mention only one OF the dead-thaf one X8llis
Golfer. lie lay By aah1e side Of tho road along
which we all passeo, and ell had fair view of
what was oace Zllicoffer. ! saw the lifeiass
body as it lay 10 fence cornar BY tue side Of
q road, but Zollicoffer himself Is uow in hell
He'll ia a fitting abode for all such arch trait
orsi May all the other chief coEspira.ors in
this rebellion soon share ZolIiceffar's fate
shot dead through the instrumentality Of an
ayenging God-their apirils cent stgaightway
TO bell, and their lifeless bodies lay in q fence
corner, their faces spattered with mud, and
their garments divided up, and even the hair OF
their head cut of aud pulled out by su unsYm-
/ palhzng soidiery of eonqueriug amy bat
! ting for the right The march was now steadi-
! ly and cautiously forward. Two pieces of ara
/ tillerY were taken; one was crippled in the
woods near the battle ground, ana the other
was found stuck in the mud about mile in the
rear; also two wsgo1s with ammunition. No
incident worth mentioning occurred on the
march, which was deliberately but steadily
forward, with the artillery well up, until 6,
nal halt was made, about half.past four, with
in mile of the breastworks of the famous for
tifications on the Cumberland, which havo been
reported impreguqble. Here the artillery wss
again planted, and set to work sheling the
wonderful fortifeations; and continuous Ere
was kept up for nearly an hour. Every she'll
that was thrown we could hear burst distinctly.
There was only one cannon that answered us
from the breast~works, and that one sounded
more like potato popsgan than anything else
can lkeo it to, and did US DO damage, as
the shot never reached us. This one pieco
was only fred four times. Night closed 10 and
the firing ceased. We ell laid down on the
vet ground, 10 perfect security, TO .rest our
weary limbs, the distance we had come being
over ten miles on the direct.road, let alone the
bushes Rnd Underbrush we went through, 10
say noting about two or three dress parades Of
the Second, for somebody's amusement, but
not our own | can assure you. Aud then the
roads and fields we're awfally cut up, and mud
was plenty, as it had raned good part of the
I forenoon. Our men laid down to rest without
inoatbful to eat, many of whom bad eaten no
breakfast; bu, as Captain Cross said, ''the man
who could not fast to days ever Z)llicofer's
scalp, vas 10 man at ALL aud there was DO
gFum3lDg, as there was necessity for it. How
ever, tue teams came up 10 the night with
crackers and bacon.
Now here is the summary, SO fer as ] know,
up to Sunday night: We are within mile Of
Ioliicofer's eucampment; Zoliicofer ia killed
snd his forces have been whipped, some two
hundred of them being killed and great many
wounded; one Of Crittenden's aids, Lieut..
Colonel and three Surgeons are taken prisoners
but k0w many more know not two pieces OF
artillery and three wagons we're left, and The
road was strewed with guns, blankets; coats,
haversacks aud every thing else that inlpodea
flight; on our side from 20 to so are killed,
and from so to 100 wounded, having no pris-
oners taken that We know of
Ga the morning OF the Goth, soon after day
light, several Of the regiments we're moved for
ward the breastTorks, and cannon ball or
two fred over into them, but no answer vas
made; all was quiet. The regiments moved
steadily on aud into their Notifications, it be-
ing asoeriained that there was no one to oppose
them. The enemy having crossed the river
during the night, or early in the morning, the
rout was complete. 1t seems as though there
vas perfect panic among than, their tents
having been left standing, and their blankets,
clothes, cooking utensils, letters, papers, {Sc.s
al loft behind. The position IS pretty strong
one, but not near so much as we had been led
to suppose. Huts we're bulls, uicely ehucked
with mud, many of them having windows in
them for comfortable winter quarters. How
much work the devils have done here, and
bow little it has profted them! have wan
derea around sll day, seeing and bearing what
could. The Cumberland makes one side of
he epcampment safe, by an abrupt bauk $50
feet high. | went down to the river bottom,
to which there IS a road on our side. Here
were all or nearly all of their wagons, some
twelve or fifteen horses aud mules, harness,
saddles, sabres and guns, in fact, everything.
Ii was o compieie stampede, aud by far the
most disastrous defeat the Southern Gonfeder-
acy has yet met With. Teu pieces of cannon,
With caissons, are also hero. To al appear
auees, they seom 10 have completely lost their
scnsss, having oaly one object in view, aud
that was to run somewhere and bide them
selves.
Now, TO ACCOUNT for tho battle taking place
as il did. There we're eleven rebel regiments
here. two being unarmed; and Kolicofer, who
was the presiding devil, although Grittspden
had taken the command, thought The Tenth
Indiana and KiBuey's Battery were just two
regiments by themselves, and did no know