Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1863-06-05
HORSE SHOE BEED BATTLE KY.

! l"leracv gives the annexed account Of the
"lIor~e Shoe Bend" baltic which lately oc.
cnrrcd in keniu"ky
! Iou have no douh, heard before this of
our late kentucky trip. aud Of the brisk
/ race an ti,ht which oar command had at
III ,rse Shoe Bend on the Cumberland
river. Cen Morgan received orders Oh
tn. 4ih of this month, to take hs COM
m"a! AMI drive back the YANKEES who
were r"porirl as having crossed tie river
in large force, ana moving down on E,s,
/ Tennessee. Our men We're greatly del gh-
! ted at the prospect of once more operating
,ni':prndntly. You can hardly Imagine
! the spiri' which it appea:cd to inf,,se
, through the whole command The rivers
were much swim them, hut they Offered no
inprlimcnt TO mcn who felt like birds IN.
Gagged. BY rapid and severe marches. for
| 'our days, duri':g most Of the time getting
not'ing to cat ciLhcr for horses or men ::
; we overlook the enemy near Monticello
! Our advance came ur with thc'n Just as
they were about to inprson in smoke
i,o,ts: Il number Of citizens; whose wivc,
and families were implurne their release.
We succeeded in capturing this party
: consisting Of Il Lieutenant and fifteen men
and pushed on after the enemy They
were aware o: our approach and h,d chu-
sen very strong position in u benl Of the
river and were awaiting our approach By
o'clock on Sunday the 10th, portion of
! five OF our regiments had arrived AMI were
Immediately V formed in line Of battle. Be-
! fore ammunition could be distributed their
artillery opened on us. This for moment
can>ea thrill to pass along the entire line,
but not man fine. cd. The order was at
once given to charge and de,crmnedly and
steadily orr E:en moved up. After recriv-
ing the enemy's fire cur men raised yell
and rushed or f.s'er. Soon the enemy
showed signs of giving way and after a
little while broke and fled. We pushed on
until the rugged and preciritous nature of
the ground and the approaching darkness
prevented further pursuit.
This Is about'the whole history Of the
fight.-lt was quickly Won the enemy be
ing driven across the river, leaving their
dead and wounded in our hands. Wa
buried 90 of their men. Our OWE loss
was Is killed aud 81 wounded.
: Tie Yankees were so sure of WHINING
ia That they had the impertincncc to az
temHta charge, crying out as they ap-
preached, "Where arc your Morgan,h horse
! thieves! Where is your brave John II. 2"
Our |en soca showed ,he,a where they
wee, and 7 don't think they will take such
pains to call for us again.
- .e-L
1Es. slEAGHER AND THE IRIsn-In a
letter to Mi. Gen. Hancock, (Which we
| lind printed in the Baltimore American
Con. Measi,er has resigned his commission
upon the ground that his command is re-
ducrd 'o mere handful, and that he cali
not recruit lis brigade Of course, he
proirSSes an undying devotion to tho cause
OF the Union, and desire to serve it in
any position in which he may be placed.
! lhlS iac:, taken in connection with the
! late lecur. Of Richard O'Gorman. of which
| he spoke some days SINCE proves 10 us
s'hi., we had believed before, that the Irish
citizens of tie Federal States arc eniire]v
sick Of the war. The statements Lately
made OF large masses of IRISH Immigrants
tempted over for the purpose Of enlistment,
must, therefore have been immensely ex-
aggrated. We have suspected so, and now
record the agreeable news with much graft
ticat'on, for three reasons: First, that the
Irish were the best troops in The Yankee
armies; second, that check has been put
upon the cruel imposture put upon that
creolnlous people, namely, that to fight for
the Union was to fight against the interests
of E"gland; third, that our own faithful
Irish ci'izens Of the Coniederacy, fighting
in our armies, will no longer be stung by
the bitter thought, as they move into line
Of battle, that in defence Of their homes
and their adopted States, they will no to
slaughter such lnultitudes Of their own mis-
guided kindred.
At the first battle Of. Fredericksburg,
Meagher led the desperate charges of his
brigade upon Marye's Heights and the
deIpded irish soIdiery displayed valor
which did no discredit to their ancestry.
Butslhey have enough Of it. They begin
TO suspect that the repeal of one Union in
Europe is not attained by forcing another
Union in America. The widows and the
orphans of their people will long mourn
by their desolste hearths this cruel aud ac-
cursed mistake.-Richnaond Examiner.