The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-01-09
THE BATTLE AT CROSS ROADS.

count OF the late fight at Cross Roads.
Tenn, between Brigadier General Sulli-
van forces and the cavalry of the Con-
federate General Forrest 1t may be re.
he'd upon in every particular
General Hayne was at jackson, Tenn.
on the :, list. where. .%ylth the Ie6th Hi
nois, Col. Latham; 39th Iowa, cor Uum-
mings; ll9th Illinois, Major Watson;
and the Iowa Union Brigade, Lieut.. Col.
Cotton, he had arrived on the previous
day. His force was then about 1900
He was re-enforced by ninety men of the
llth Illinois Cavalry, Capt Bainbridge,
and one company of sixty men of the
18th Illinois After repairing the bridg-
es burned by Forests forces, he moved
on and occupied the town of Humboldt,
and until the 26th was engaged in making
further repairs with the engineer corps
The l26th Illinois, 257 men, and the 7th
Tennessee, 14S men, here Joined his
command.
On the 26th ult, the whole force
moved to Trenton, Tenn, leaving por-
ton of the l26th Illinois, Lieut.. Col
Birdsley, to guard Humboldt The
corps arrived at Trenton at noon on the
10Th, and Gen. Hayne reported to Gen.
Sullivan who was still at jackson, by tel
egraph. Various reports were flying
when the General arrived Some had it
that Forrest was at Middlebury, only
four miles from the railroad. 1t was
pickets were ten miles off. Gen. Haynie
had but 400 men all told, and wanted
to move forward and attack, but the re-
suit shows that it would have been a bad
move. On the 9th, the force returned to
Trenton. Two Union men :hen came in
and reported Forrest with 5000 men at
Dresden, moving in the direction of
Humboldt Gen. Sullivan was duly no
tilted of this, and promptly forwarded the
9th Ohio, Col. Fuller; 22d Ohio, Col.
Wood; 39th Ohio, Col. Noyes; 63d Ohio,
Col Spaulding; 50th Indiana, Col. Dun
ham; Didd's 18th Indiana Battery, and
the Seventh Wisconsin Battery to re-en-
force Gen. Haynie, who was with Gen.
Sullivan's cooperation, then busy plan
ming how to attack the Confederates.
Upon their arrival our troops were brig
AIDED as follows:
First Brigade, Col Fuller command
;.,4,.,:2;zt1 Nsie- 2o3L -nL;o-Gol nL:----
manding-50th Indiana, 39th Iowa,
l22d Illinois and 7th Tennessee.
With the two brigades were six guns,
under Lieut. Green of Wisconsin.
At dusk all were in readiness for a
movement forward Gen. Sullivan ar
rived from jackson at 9 that night, and
Col. Durham and his force moved the
same night. and Col Fuller at the en-
suing morning. Both bodies of troops
took the road to Huntington. The first
nights camp was made near Shady
Grove, within half days march OF
Huntington. So early as 4 on the morn.
ing of the Goth, Capt. cambridge and
command were sent forward to take anc
hold the bridge over Beaver Creek, SO as tC
allow the troops to cross. They were
attacked by Forests extreme advance
Our infantry then hastened forward anC
crossed the stream, the pickets retreat
ing. and made Huntington the same da,,
att p. NJ General Sullivan immedi
ately ordered the regiments into position
to protect the approaches to the town
and detached 800 men under Major Al
kinson of the Fiftieth Indiana, to g
some four miles out in the direction c
Forests advance to take and hold al
other bridge, at which it was feared b
would enter and flank our forces. A
Major Atkinson and the 50th approache
the bridge the rebels fired upon hin
wounding one man. The lndlanians RI
turned the fire, killing two and wount
ing one, when the Confederates seattle
ed, falling back to their main body.
On the morning of the 30th it W;
found that the enemy, not being able
J.. enter or pass near Huntington, was ma
: ing a detour, intending to reach Lexln
ton. Gen. Sullivan, late that evenin
ordered Dunham' 2nd brigade to mar
forward and intercept them. He start
and marched nine miles to Clarksbur
where he bivouacked during the nigl
, ker's Cross Roads. At this point we
concentrated the whole of Forres
! forces, the General himself in commar
Their number is since ascertalned
q have been at least seven thousand.
had cavalry mostly, and ten guns. L
fipht commenced at 9 A. NJ, and last
warmly contested, three hours, the e
= nv opening the ball with their artille
IS At the end of that time, Forrest
@ driven Du0Ndln uSFOlSu pAiS"NS ="
some slaughter-in fact fairly surroul
ed it, and demanded its surrender
Ddr ,ds Plucky to the last, Durham returned
ms answer that he never was known to
ON ON that. If they wanted him or his M
bed they had Just got to come and take the
ng, The rebels say Dunham's force had
'es ss' rendered Our men say they had
ion and did not intend to until forced to
IDS, so. Their artillery ammunition was
salt salt exhausted, but Colonel Durham wa;
Gin front, his brave fellows standing
iG1.r' i1sr and compact as if on parade, giving
overwhelming force of rebels as gooSc
and they received in musketry and rifle st
'i'' Inch by inch the ground was given
PLY A barley was going on. Flags OF tt
we're passing and repasslng, whel
e: shout rent the air, "The first brigad
re. RE. advancingp 1t vas so. Gems. Sull
N'i IS and Haynie appeared over a knoll at
rear of Parker house. They shot
ee - Forward the artillery, and the
: lery came rafting forward in haste