The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-01-16
'Fac nnltlc OF cross noads.

TIE following is full and explicit ac-
count Of the late fight at Cross Roads,
Tennessee, between Drigadicr-Gcneral
Sullirsu's forces and the cavalry Of the
Cons derate General Forrsst. ltmay DO
be rsA.ed upon in every particular.
Gcn. Haynic was at Jackson, Tenn,,
on the 2lst, where, with the i06lh Hi
uos, Col. Latham; 39ih Iowa, Col. Cum
ming; 10th Illinois, Major Watson,
and the Iowa Union Brigade, Lieu, .-Col.
Cotton, no had arrived on the previous
day, His force YVES then about 6O0.--
He wus reinforced by 30 men from the
llth Illinois Cavalry, Captain Darbridge,
aud enc company Of SiXty mcn from the
ISth Illinois Atcr repairing the bridg-
es burned by Forests forces. he moved
on and occupied the town OF Humboldt,
aud until the goth was eugsgcd making
further repairs with the engineer cotps.
The i2Gth Illinois, 2j7 men, aud the 7th
.TcnHossce, las men, here joined his
command.
On the 26,h ult.. the whole force moy.
Cd forward TO Trenton. Tcnn, leaving
portion ofthc l26th lIlinois, Licut.-Col
Bifdslcy To guard Humboldt Tho corps
arrived at Trenton at noon on the 26th,
and Gen. Haynie reported to Cen. Sulli-
van who wps still at Jackson. by telo.
graph. Various reports were Gying when
the General arrived. Some had il that
Forrest was az Miidlcbury, only four
miles from the railroad. IL was soon as
certsiUcd tha Forests nearest pickcts
were ten miles Oft. General IIaynie had
but 2,lOO men all told, aud wanted to
move forward and attack. but the result
shows that it would have been a bud
move.
On tho 27th, the forces rsturrd TO
Trenton. Two Union men then came
IN and reported Forrest, with 5000 men,
at Dresden, moving in the direction Of !
Huntington. Gen. Sullivan was duly 4
notified of this, and promptly forwarded |
the eth Ohio, Col. Fuller, 92d Ohio. |
Col. Wood, 99lh Ohio, Col Noycs, 93d
Ohio, Col Spnuldiug, Goth Indiana, Col. |
Dunhan, Diid's llth Indiana Battery
and tho Seventh Wisconsin Battery 70 |
rc-oniurce Gen. Haynic, who was with
Gen. Su.livan's corporation, then busy
planning how TO attack the Confederate.
Upon their arrival our troops were brig
AIDED rs follows:
Frist Brigade, Colonel Fuller COM
munding-27th Ohio, 39th Ohio, aud ODD
Ohio.
Second Brigade, Colonel Durham
commanding-5olh Indiuia, 9ith Iowa,
l2ad H., and 7th Tenn.
Wiih the two brigados there were six
guls, under Lieutenant Green OF Wis
yonsin.
At dusk all were in readiness for n
movement forward. Gen. Sullivan urriy-
oil from Jackson Mt that night, aud Col.
Dunhlm and his force moved the same
ughi, aud Col. Fuller ot 4 the ensuing
morning. Both bodies OF troops took the
road to Huntingdon. The frs, nipht's
camps was made near Shady GruYe,wiih.
in half days march OF lTuntnaton.-l
So early us 4 on thc morning of the 2Oth |
CAPT Bninhridee aud command, we've
sent forward to take and hold the bridge
over Beaver Creek, so as TO allow the |
troops to cross They were attacked by |
Forests extreme advance. Our infant |
ry then hnstened forward and crossed the |
stream, the pckUts rctreating, and made |
lluI tingtun tho same day at . Z. M.rl
General Sullivan Immediately ordered
the regiments into position to protect the /,
approaches TO the town, aud detached
800 men urder Major Atkinson, of the .
10th Indiana, 10 20 scmo four miles out
in the direction Of Forests ndyance TO
take and hold another bridge, at which II .
was feared be would enter and flank our
forces.
AS Major Atkii son and the Fifieth
the bridge the rebols fired up
on him, wounding one mar. The Indi. .
anians returned the fire, killing two and
wounding one, when thc Conlederates
falling back to 'hcir main body.
On the morning Of the 30th il was
found that the enemy, not buing able 60
enter or PASS neGr Huntington, was maxi I
ing detour, intending to reach LcxinC-
ton. Gen. Sullivan, late that evening,
ordered Dunham's Cd brigade TO march
forward and intercept them. IIc sturtod
and marched nine miles to Clarksburg,
where he bivouiced during the highland
carly next moIning moved forward TO
Parker's Cross Roads. At this point
were concentrated the whole Of Forests |
forces, the General himself in command.
Their number is since usccrtained to have
been at least seven thousand. lIo had
cavalry mostly, and ten guns. The Gght
commenced at 8 A. NJ, and lasted warm.
Iy contested, three hours, the enemy
opening the ball with their artillery. At
the end of that time, Forrest had driven
Dunhum's devoted brigade with some
slaughtor--in fact fairly surrounded it,
and demanded its surrender. Plucky TO
the last, Dunham returned the answer
that he was never known to do that. IT.
they wanted him or his men, they had
just got 10 come and take them. The
rebels say Dunham's force had snlren-
dered. Our men say that they had not,
and did not intend to until compelled TO
do so.
Their artillery ammunition was all ex- /
hausted, but Col. Dunham was in front,
his brave fellows standing firm and com
pact as il on parade, giving the over
whelming force Of rebels as good as they
received, in musketfy aud rlnr Shots.
Inch by inch the ground was given up
A parley was going on. Faes of truce |
were passing and repdssing, when a shout !
rent the air, "the first brigade Is adyanc-
ingw 1t was SO. Gems. Sullivan and
Hayne appeared over a knoll at the rear
of parker's house. They shouted for
ward the artillery" and the artillery came
rafting TO ward n haste, up lane part
ly concealed from the rebels. At doub-
lcquirk, they came followed by the in
fantry, who deployed at double quick.--
They forwarded the line after the artil.
lery at double quick. The rebel artil-
lery did not fire shot after ours came /
in sight, but allowed their cannon, cal
sons and everything to be captured by
the still charging and firing Federal in.
fantu.