The New York herald., 1863-11-20
v-ss u~yes % roal'as.

llyYe informing General hurbfdge. y sclh
was now ordered % that point, supported by 'te
sixth Ohio, and the sixtetn Indiana was sent ~
the bridge and email bayou in toe skr, Of he wo'ds Hd
~ throw out skirmshers IN advance of.cor mo enemy
his force aud position Horse artillery was sent cu but
our forces the eh IN danger I the IRE, and was
called in and aheed The woods wherever man showed
blnself or cavalry ana p.ckets o uto the woods
General Burbrige row ordered The sAi ON indiana 70
advance s1i Richardson Acting As ant Adiutant
General Of Colonel owens star roman q "ih ihem
until hs horse waa shot under him, ng th' nep'
Wien General Furbridge ordered hig bllng o. tho
Ninety sixth Ohio 20 their support the General ba'ey
cheering On fhe Crefny and our oon men we're
now close together that u was opossbe 70 pa" no
artillery Capian Lex, Brigade Inspector vas g place
a ou cf the seventeenth Onio battery position o1
ght emneuce 4 tbe prairie 10 our r0nt s-pp'fN y
The.inety pizth Ohio were now holding the read te
eft aud u font o. the fSeuty thifd Wscousui which
| was ou tho efs o. the -.Ntetn Indiana
| Captain Leonard, Of company a, Ninety sixth ohloi
called attoui on % heavy cavalry force coming n c no
left aank 10 surround but section ~ III seventeenth
OHIO battery had been placed thore " hold them c.e1
The Sixtieth being now hard pressed had TO ia BACK
The encmy advancing four ranks d.ep the men ifsF9.r
| y firing ton Or fifteen Toanda eafh 6eneral ~ nov m
rcced Colonel Owen 70 rally them. The later i0unN
impossible to 40 co AZ once, hey being olt 20 % btoY
Before succeeding the Ninety sHth mo ana NenIyiu'
Wisconsin fell back, the later osing re clbue' Hifr
which held its ground under disastrous ire bus max
| ing havoc in the enomys ranks Ihs gallant tGohti
| Guupoy Of the twenty third Wsconlin, is a 30 'o-s
oss 10 esteemed by bis mon, and wa brave ON
| car The e.emys cavalry was HoD seen. convTvog
from All points ..lo .O5is and zone bo rrai-c oar
ffont sinail.fOrce INC remn1ntN thc 90. Is
+ hack into tho woods sni through them sx f4ndred
| ward. iU,o omen ground Whie rally ur Tho neu around
ihe battery General washbcrne rode up aoI urormed
| them reiuorcaments conng
Tho capture Of The sixty seventh Indiana was effected
10 'front.' of section % tho seventeenth ohio battery
The cnemys CO rary were surrounding them shcA Gen.
rr,hrsge sept tbros c,ngeerye orders to tne t0i. u
tall back lie dsobeyed orders tui thus nearly me whole
free Vas captared Meanwhile tho Geuosa haa mount
ed ant personally hluded % the peass Ga auch
deNiarty did h0 canister and grape that ihe enemy
sixty.scyenth and i was mpossibe 70 IRE without ug
| cur own men. taptau Rice, command ~ Zoe BOT
| fla fd iv fIrfe M lar
| and the order TO timber up sas given and they
| escaped into the woods, but ubelncniy lost one
Of their pieces. Cen Burordse rode forward and
ordered The remnant 20 on General CamlronH brigade
ia flrward movement, tho twenty thira Wis,1ulin
Colono Moore Eighty hrd Ohio commandag tAe contro,
and tho NlnetysiSth onio COL hruwn on the icft iho
remainder fel 10 andef Captain Walker, acting ma -,
Captain Godger bong exhausted remnant y tne
sixty seventh Indiana fcll 10 uudcr MAJOR eefr7. lctr
rendered 70 The enemy cavalry Irtth supply d Am.
muntlon and cannon arriving The brs de moved forward
70 the old position threw out skrmshers With sec lon
Of tho seyenieenh Ohio battery our lei being fankoi
| by cavalry. they sEept the whole woods UufI
halted by seneral Burbrdgs ,ac!ng lane % which On
the preytous day We met and ssirmshod With ne enc
my sioavary our battery took pos,on supported ~
remnant of The brigade, amounting 20 our hundrci men
The went uto the Old camp b bury and rare
for the dead and wounded.
The enemy were I've 20 opo they vere GOO stro
1900 i1fany, disnouniei, aud AGO mounted ufantTy
and oavalry--whlo tho Union forces only number 4
ab Vt 900 nfsutry and i've hundred cavalry We Fsfe
pbort range the grape great slaughter
10 their ranks. Il ~ believed thcIr loss % kllci a1i
wounded was mucn greater than ours. We ost NOR,
heavily In prisoners The ioovsg our oss 40 far ~
Asccrtsucd-
Killed .............-........ ~
u,stng supposed captured, officers ......,..... ~
Missing supposed csptgred HeD ............. tJl
Total ...............................s77 s77
some regiments 1si more Than bs1 Their number
The -ixtieth indiana went IN With two hundred and
seven, and lost hundred and twenty 1uo aud ths
Ninety syth Ono vent IN with fewer. snd os; ban.
dret and nineteen. Tte battery, ogt hundred srd
iveuty.fve met, iosi twenty five % Eed -oulded
and "a sing
Tns cavalry force sea q ihoy rst Iol aEa cayal
w. 500 fourtsen,b New Yorz 20 rn,n Ono Hundred
and sDiseuth d. NOS m0untsf nfsntry srIoisl GO
I FIRST Iogis sIG--0ue oomn ssiorsd oa1u and tlf
nsn killed wounded sr1 twenty seven m'ffug
Fourteenth hsw YORK cavnry--four, iro u hen
- be wounded Aad IN the hanse n The enemy los
twelve horses killed and two wounfsd-Toiai, ~
| 'Jfrot " mention The splendid manuer 10 ~ a
| lieutsnaDi harln, with asolOb o. Nmis tattsry
! ttclled The enemy n ,he woodg
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