The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1863-08-11

miles pursuit, ~ was Vonderiul that so lew
wo, ds of bitterness and despair escaped ths
lips Of our men. At last little help came,
the people sroueed, began TO fell trees across
his road, and they destroyed small bridge
in bis way, OBTAINING him few hours. With
renewed epihusiasm we aroused ourselves fol
a final effort to overtake him at the Chic
River. With shouts Of hope along our line,
and though hungry, weary and exhausted, we
renewed ourselves and spurred our horses on
through Saturday night, and Sunday morn
ing at about S O'Clock, we heard the fire ol
Judah's advance below US on the river, and
in twenty minutes our advance opened upon
the enemy's center and flank, our column
dasbing forward at right angle with the riv,
er. The gunboats opened fire few moments
after, and tbus ON three sides small arms and
artillery opened upon the foe. Kauts and
Saunders, with two pieces and pert Of the
Sd and 7th Ohio, and 9th and 9th Michigan
regiments, had the advance, and under the
direction and personal presence Of Gen. Hob
son pressed the enemy so hard, in concert
with Judah and the gunboats, that he soon
fled in wild disorder and panic up the river
and through the woods and fields in all d;.
rections. Gen. SbackIeford and Colonel VOL.
ford, pressing forward to the scene OF battle,
were met by some five hundred men under
Colonel. Dick Morgan and Ward, who at.
tempted to cut through our lines and escape.
We soQn forged our line OF battle, expecting
Morgan's whole force to meet us IN 'front.'.
Col. Jacobs had the right with the 9th Ken.
tucky, and LIEUTENANT Colonll Adams the
Left With the lst Kentucky, and Gen. shack.
leford ordered the battalion Of the Sd AND 9Th
to charge in the center. We made the charge,
when the enemy fed, leaving several killed
and wounded behind. We sent a flag Of truce
into the woods, and the lst Kentucky taking
the advance dismounted ready to charge on
foot, when the rebs surrendered and marched
out without further loss Of life. The Isl
Kentucky row pressed forward and soon over
took our advance brigades, and General Hob.
son gave faIl powers TO Colonel Adams to
pursue, fight and capture all he could come
up with. We now pressed up the river after
General Morgan, while Sbacklefoid and VOL
ford also directed their forces 10 the same di-
rection. These two brigades have been in
pursuit ever since and have captured some Gf.
teen hundred prisoners in all. So far as heard
from we have over two thousand of Morgan's
force already, and the prospect is very good
for securing nearly all the remainder.
THE CAPTURES AT cooLvILLE.
We bad now about four hundred in all
taken by Shackleford's division. Dick Morgan
brother Of John, and Major Elliot, Morgan's
Staff Co mmissary, being among the captured
Col. Cole, his Inspector General, was taken
by our troops at the river. Elliott is Penn
sylvapiau by birth, bpt has long resided al
the South. In conversation afterwards
had with him. he stated thu he was not an
original secessionist, but after the ordinance
had passed hc had gone into the army from 9
sense of duty, believing their cause was right
But few moments before he had burned fifty
five thousard dollars Of Confederate scrip, re-
tanning about twelve hundred which he hand.
ed to Col. Jacobs. heard it said that Dick
Morgan wept like cnId ar UeDg CapuuIeu
but cannot vouch for the truth of this report.
Where they entered the road from the
woods the ground was strewn with sabres
pistols and dry goods enough to almost stock
Shilto or Hopkins. They had taken all the
greenbacks they had, and tearing them up
search them-a policy the rebs always prac
tice. Some OF them were searched, and 9
rebel Captain going up to Col. Shackleford
asked him Il such proceedings were counte.
nanced by him. "No sir" was the reply
/" 1t is in direct disobedience of orders, not
withstanding you authorized it at Lebanon. >
The captive rsb. walked off 10 silence.
Their cartridge boxes were searched and
found empty, some of their ammunition hav
ing been thrown away, though they were un
doubtedly short Of il. The remainder of th,
force was scattered through the woods in al
directions, trying to make their way out
Scouts coming in reported force Of abou
fifteen hundred mostly got together from th'
small squads wandering about, making tbei
way toward .Tuper's Plains. An order being
received from Gen. Hobson for the prisoner
to be sent to the river, sufficient guard wa
left for that purpose, and the division movet
to intercept their retreat. The prisoners ack
nowledged their force as utterly demoralizet
and seeking escape. Many of them were anx
ious TO surrender.
VARIOUS INCIDENTS.
At Williamsburg Ohio, the rebels mad
the ladies work very hard to cook for them
but they did not take much pains to prepar
the food uicsly. One woman took fifty pound
of -four they brought her, put in some salt
and stirred it up with cod water, and baket
il for them. One brought out an old rust,
pan and said, "I wonder If this can be secures
up, 80 as to bake fast enough to satisfy th
demands Of the famished rascals." The otbe
said, " Don't let's scour it at ALL" 90 the
creased it we'll, and put 10 the biscuits. On
young lady, who had resisted their demand
as long as she could, bad to make some bis
cults for them. When she was taking ther
out of the oven, some one said, "shall &c
you a platei" "Nc." she replied, as sh
dragged them out on the floor, this is jus
as well,' and she told them, as she gave then
to the rebs, "You don't know what 1 hav
put in them." They went to one lady for o
all-wool blanket. She replied, have non
for you've want all our blankets for on
own soldiersl"
a vallandigb BANNER iu viutou county
Ohio, in reference to going out after Morgan
dccliped saying, :" that bis head was as goo
as nieger's."
Another one, who came along with now
from Hamdep, spoke Of the rotten soldiers
there who wanted his hone-tbeSe being se,
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