, 1863-01-09

.tiickcst Of the fight, waving their swords and
urging their men to moro chiralrous deeds,
and a1l this in tho midst of flying shot, ritlc
bullets and ,l ,bursting shell1the din Of battle
almost, and drowning nil vocal efforts beneath
the deep bass Of the roaring cannon. The
smoke Of burning powlcr-fhe dust created
by ploWing solid shot rs it struck tho Garth
enveloping men, horses, .batterles,-ali-as
Tith-thc- p1nopIy Uf mn impending storul4
Through this veil you sec the flush Of artillery
blaze from musket and rifle, and the sfladoWy
movements Of the soldiers and their officers,
rs througlethe gnnze and 1ed-lights you have
witnessed in the dcnouement Of Il drama on
conceive TINT something awfnlly tragic, ,somo:-
thing terribly sublime, Is being enacted bsiei,ss
your eyea, get, Until Yon approneh and 1aiogl gai
withthe dead and wounded and, !, re 1r .nc 1co,na
liiecnrrcnt ut your feet hsa55e 5eei .5 tat Ton nre
Of your connt5yntsnki: t;nk an Power higher than n
s,. ~ can only succor and protect in
ul.a t,nt artaH I'd houryou cannot appreciate the
faeiings sii Of those engaged upon the battle
i And still, without hope, almost, without
ammunition for his battery-for 1T had at the
end OF three hours given out entirely and
gould not be replenIshed-Col- :Dunham and
his gallant men held their position. The hour
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SO, and each soldier i'll bis place, slowly,
steadily, as though on parade. Still firing vol
ley alter yolley, and closely pressed By the
Confederate cavalry. A sudden movement Of
the enemy to the right, and our brigade was
hemmed in-Eurrounded. But they did not
give Up. Yet there was a cartridge in the
box, there was a musket in hand, the stars
and stripes were above their heads. Before
their eyes were the rebels, and in their very
faces the hated stripes and bars were h1tter-
Ing. The hearts Of oak flnchcd not. Still
they fought. Seeing their helpless condition,
and not knowing when-n eyer-the Yankee
commander would consider himself whipped.
Forrest ordered cessation Of tile conflict,
and parley ensued. a flag oftruce came to
Col. Dunham. demanding an unconditional
surrender. He sent back word he tsnerer sur
rendered. # they wanted to take him and
his ioreg, they had got to fight to the bitter
noon. The frst brigade could not be En-
AWAY. This answer had been returned to For
rest, and he was deliberatlng what next to do,
when, over knoll, Just in sight, came Gen.
Sullivan In person, closely followed by Gen.
Haynie. Behind them came the artillery, the
infantEy-all on, the double-quick, which for.
more than three miles the entire brigade, lead
on by the noise Of the conflict, had kept up
without cessation.
The scene at this moment was impressive
in tue extreme: The firing had almost ceased.
The Federals; in compact and orderly army
stood firm, rs before stated, entirely surroun-
dcd By rebels The first brigade coming up
the lane leading to Parker's house, headed -
The artillery and the comnanh;-.,e Officers
Gen. Sullivan abnn.. Co yards jr1 advance OF
Gen 1ie, turned on his horse and shouted,
:erc they are. Hurry up that artillery.d
Ine order was repeated by Haynie, and the
vengeance. It was not until the artillery
reached tho top of the knoll in the Lane, which
mas crowded with Confederate soldiers, had
unlfmbered, and WAS preparing to open lpon
them, the infantry had deployed at double
quick, and 'raa rushing upon them at charge
oayonet, that the Confederate leaders seemed
to appreciate the fact they were attacked. In
reality, so sudden was the onslaught, that
even Col. Dunllam's men forgot to fire upon
the enemy, anu stood, apparently trnnsfixcd,
| until the I'd brignde had actually scattered the
Intervening foe, and captured cannon after
cannon Of their batteries, the rebels succeed
ing in escaping with hut three out Of nine,
one having exploded in their hauds. The
| rebels in the lane we're dismonnted. They
scattered like a i1ock Of sheep, but were nearly
all captured. These further on, and upon
horseback, did not pause to see the result,
but ran for cover Of the adjacent forest as fast
IS their horses could carry them. Forrest,
himself, was one of the last to follow this ex-
ample. His Ad}utant General Strange WAS
| not so fortunate, aud Became prisoner, So
! quickly was tho fight ended By their appear
ance upon the scene, that there was hardly
| any thing done Oh either side afterwards-ex-
| cept running. The newly arrived battery had
| not chance to fire single gun. The rebel
| artillerymcn led with the rest, and could not
| be driven to their position By the most frantic
cxertions Of their officers.
| The battle was won. There were then three
| cheers and u tiger by the lst aud I'd brigade,
and after that, followed congratulations and
words Of tl,ankfulness such Is men in peril
suddenly saved can only speak.
TIE RESULTS.
The loss in killed, wounded and prisoners
| Of tic Union troops did not exceed 100.
Among tho wounded was Col. Rinnakcr, who
| was struck in the leg by bullet. His wound
| Is serious but not considered dangerous. The
| principal loss CHANGED to fall upon members
| Of the 122d Illinois regiment. Lieut.. Col.
Rcdle1d was wounded in the shoulder severe
| II. Capt. Brown Of the 39th Iowa, in the chest,
| supposed mortally. There were no field OF
| commissioned officers on our part killed
| Lieut.. Scott Of the nth Illinois cavalry, con-
! nected with Gen. suiliran's staff, but acting
on this occasion as an aid to Col. Dnnhani,
was taken prisoner. A few Of our rriyates
were also captured, but their names have not
I as yet been reported.
On the part Of the rebels, the actual loss III
| Killed, wounded and taken prisoners, as re-
| ported by Forrest himself to a Federal officer
IL SAFAlNA uut oAUoSstuC44L15 EGIEA5E0p "AS
fully 1000. Among tic killed were Col.
happier, Il Lieutenant Colonel and Major,
names not learned. Among the prisoners were
Forests Adj't: Gen. Strange, Col. Mckee, an
aid Of Forests, Col. Cox, Of the Tennessee
militia, Maj. Lee and fifteen other line and
commissioned officers. We also captured 400
! men, six guns, nil their caissons, lmbcrs and
contents, 800 or 500 horses, saddles, accou-
trtNenta, etc, II large amount Of small arms,
wagons, alnl,llLlnccs, mules, camp elnipagc,
tents, ete., etc, all Of which were forwarded
tn Lexington on the ensuing das-thc initial
day Of tic new year. IT,.
THE prnsElT.
Upon returning to Lexington on the 1st of
January, Gen. Sullivan met Col. Lawlcr with
- fresh brigade, which force hc added to Full,
l.rs brigade. :'i,d dispatched in pursuit of the
flying enemy, Col. Law}er in command It
was thought thai tile encIny might bc over
taken 1T Clifton, provided gunboats reported
to lie there had stopped them and not permit
ted them to cross the river There Is rs yet
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